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+Book 01 Genesis
+001:001 In the beginning God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters
+        "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet)
+        as a grammatical marker.} created the heavens and the earth.
+001:002 Now the earth was formless and empty.  Darkness was on the surface
+        of the deep.  God's Spirit was hovering over the surface
+        of the waters.
+001:003 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
+001:004 God saw the light, and saw that it was good.  God divided
+        the light from the darkness.
+001:005 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
+        There was evening and there was morning, one day.
+001:006 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters,
+        and let it divide the waters from the waters."
+001:007 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under
+        the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse;
+        and it was so.
+001:008 God called the expanse sky.  There was evening and there
+        was morning, a second day.
+001:009 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together
+        to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
+001:010 God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together
+        of the waters he called Seas.  God saw that it was good.
+001:011 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed,
+        and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed
+        in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
+001:012 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
+        and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind;
+        and God saw that it was good.
+001:013 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
+001:014 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to
+        divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs,
+        and for seasons, and for days and years;
+001:015 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light
+        on the earth;" and it was so.
+001:016 God made the two great lights:  the greater light to rule
+        the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.
+        He also made the stars.
+001:017 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
+001:018 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide
+        the light from the darkness.  God saw that it was good.
+001:019 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
+001:020 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
+        and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
+001:021 God created the large sea creatures, and every living
+        creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed,
+        after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
+        God saw that it was good.
+001:022 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
+        the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
+001:023 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
+001:024 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after
+        their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth
+        after their kind;" and it was so.
+001:025 God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
+        and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps
+        on the ground after its kind.  God saw that it was good.
+001:026 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
+        and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
+        and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock,
+        and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
+        creeps on the earth."
+001:027 God created man in his own image.  In God's image he created him;
+        male and female he created them.
+001:028 God blessed them.  God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply,
+        fill the earth, and subdue it.  Have dominion over the fish
+        of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living
+        thing that moves on the earth."
+001:029 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
+        which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,
+        which bears fruit yielding seed.  It will be your food.
+001:030 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky,
+        and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life,
+        I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.
+001:031 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
+        There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
+002:001 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
+002:002 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made;
+        and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
+        he had made.
+002:003 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested
+        in it from all his work which he had created and made.
+002:004 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of
+        the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God
+        made the earth and the heavens.
+002:005 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of
+        the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it
+        to rain on the earth.  There was not a man to till the ground,
+002:006 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole
+        surface of the ground.
+002:007 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground,
+        and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
+        became a living soul.
+002:008 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put
+        the man whom he had formed.
+002:009 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is
+        pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life
+        also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge
+        of good and evil.
+002:010 A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there
+        it was parted, and became four heads.
+002:011 The name of the first is Pishon:  this is the one which flows
+        through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
+002:012 and the gold of that land is good.  There is aromatic resin
+        and the onyx stone.
+002:013 The name of the second river is Gihon:  the same river that flows
+        through the whole land of Cush.
+002:014 The name of the third river is Hiddekel:  this is the one which
+        flows in front of Assyria.  The fourth river is the Euphrates.
+002:015 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden
+        to dress it and to keep it.
+002:016 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden
+        you may freely eat;
+002:017 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall
+        not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you
+        will surely die."
+002:018 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone;
+        I will make him a helper suitable for him."
+002:019 Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field,
+        and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see
+        what he would call them.  Whatever the man called every
+        living creature, that was its name.
+002:020 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky,
+        and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not
+        found a helper suitable for him.
+002:021 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept;
+        and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
+        in its place.
+002:022 He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man,
+        into a woman, and brought her to the man.
+002:023 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.
+        She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
+002:024 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother,
+        and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
+002:025 They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
+003:001 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field
+        which Yahweh God had made.  He said to the woman, "Has God
+        really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
+003:002 The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees
+        of the garden we may eat,
+003:003 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden,
+        God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you
+        touch it, lest you die.'"
+003:004 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
+003:005 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened,
+        and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
+003:006 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
+        was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired
+        to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate;
+        and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
+003:007 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew
+        that they were naked.  They sewed fig leaves together,
+        and made themselves aprons.
+003:008 They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in
+        the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves
+        from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
+003:009 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
+003:010 The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
+        because I was naked; and I hid myself."
+003:011 God said, "Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten
+        from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
+003:012 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me,
+        she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
+003:013 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"
+        The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
+003:014 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
+        cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal
+        of the field.  On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat
+        dust all the days of your life.
+003:015 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
+        offspring and her offspring.  He will bruise your head,
+        and you will bruise his heel."
+003:016 To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain
+        in childbirth.  In pain you will bring forth children.
+        Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
+003:017 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice,
+        and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying,
+        'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake.
+        In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
+003:018 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you;
+        and you will eat the herb of the field.
+003:019 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you
+        return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.
+        For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
+003:020 The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother
+        of all living.
+003:021 Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife,
+        and clothed them.
+003:022 Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us,
+        knowing good and evil.  Now, lest he put forth his hand,
+        and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
+003:023 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
+        to till the ground from which he was taken.
+003:024 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east
+        of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned
+        every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
+004:001 The man knew Eve his wife.  She conceived, and gave birth to Cain,
+        and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
+004:002 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel.  Abel was a keeper
+        of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
+004:003 As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering
+        to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
+004:004 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of
+        the fat of it.  Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
+004:005 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering.  Cain was very angry,
+        and the expression on his face fell.
+004:006 Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry?  Why has the expression
+        of your face fallen?
+004:007 If you do well, will it not be lifted up?  If you don't do well,
+        sin crouches at the door.  Its desire is for you, but you
+        are to rule over it."
+004:008 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field."
+        It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
+        against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
+004:009 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?"
+        He said, "I don't know.  Am I my brother's keeper?"
+004:010 Yahweh said, "What have you done?  The voice of your brother's
+        blood cries to me from the ground.
+004:011 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened
+        its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
+004:012 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its
+        strength to you.  You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer
+        in the earth."
+004:013 Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
+004:014 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface
+        of the ground.  I will be hidden from your face,
+        and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.
+        It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
+004:015 Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will
+        be taken on him sevenfold."  Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain,
+        lest any finding him should strike him.
+004:016 Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and lived in the land
+        of Nod, east of Eden.
+004:017 Cain knew his wife.  She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch.
+        He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name
+        of his son, Enoch.
+004:018 To Enoch was born Irad.  Irad became the father of Mehujael.
+        Mehujael became the father of Methushael.  Methushael became
+        the father of Lamech.
+004:019 Lamech took two wives:  the name of the one was Adah,
+        and the name of the other Zillah.
+004:020 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell
+        in tents and have livestock.
+004:021 His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who
+        handle the harp and pipe.
+004:022 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting
+        instrument of brass and iron.  Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
+004:023 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.
+        You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain
+        a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
+004:024 If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech
+        seventy-seven times."
+004:025 Adam knew his wife again.  She gave birth to a son, and named
+        him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead
+        of Abel, for Cain killed him."
+004:026 There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh.
+        Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
+005:001 This is the book of the generations of Adam.  In the day
+        that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
+005:002 He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called
+        their name Adam,{"Adam" and "Man" are spelled with the exact
+        same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated
+        either way.} in the day when they were created.
+005:003 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a
+        son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
+005:004 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight
+        hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:005 All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years,
+        then he died.
+005:006 Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.
+005:007 Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred
+        seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:008 All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years,
+        then he died.
+005:009 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
+005:010 Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred
+        fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:011 All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
+005:012 Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.
+005:013 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred
+        forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters
+005:014 and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years,
+        then he died.
+005:015 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
+005:016 Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred
+        thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:017 All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years,
+        then he died.
+005:018 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became
+        the father of Enoch.
+005:019 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years,
+        and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:020 All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years,
+        then he died.
+005:021 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
+005:022 Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah
+        three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:023 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
+005:024 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
+005:025 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became
+        the father of Lamech.
+005:026 Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred
+        eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:027 All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years,
+        then he died.
+005:028 Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father
+        of a son,
+005:029 and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us
+        in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground
+        which Yahweh has cursed."
+005:030 Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred
+        ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+005:031 All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years,
+        then he died.
+005:032 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father
+        of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+006:001 It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface
+        of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
+006:002 that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful,
+        and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
+006:003 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever,
+        because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one
+        hundred twenty years."
+006:004 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also
+        after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters.
+        They bore children to them.  Those were the mighty men
+        who were of old, men of renown.
+006:005 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
+        and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
+        only evil continually.
+006:006 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it
+        grieved him in his heart.
+006:007 Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created
+        from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals,
+        creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I
+        have made them."
+006:008 But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
+006:009 This is the history of the generations of Noah.  Noah was
+        a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time.
+        Noah walked with God.
+006:010 Noah became the father of three sons:  Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+006:011 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was
+        filled with violence.
+006:012 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh
+        had corrupted their way on the earth.
+006:013 God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me,
+        for the earth is filled with violence through them.
+        Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
+006:014 Make a ship of gopher wood.  You shall make rooms in the ship,
+        and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
+006:015 This is how you shall make it.  The length of the ship will
+        be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
+        and the height of it thirty cubits.
+006:016 You shall make a roof in the ship, and to a cubit shall you finish
+        it upward.  You shall set the door of the ship in its side.
+        You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
+006:017 I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy
+        all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky.
+        Everything that is in the earth will die.
+006:018 But I will establish my covenant with you.  You shall come
+        into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons'
+        wives with you.
+006:019 Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two
+        of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you.
+        They shall be male and female.
+006:020 Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind,
+        of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,
+        two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
+006:021 Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you;
+        and it will be for food for you, and for them."
+006:022 Thus Noah did.  According to all that God commanded him,
+        so he did.
+007:001 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into
+        the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me
+        in this generation.
+007:002 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you,
+        the male and his female.  Of the animals that are not clean,
+        take two, the male and his female.
+007:003 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female,
+        to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
+007:004 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty
+        days and forty nights.  Every living thing that I have made,
+        I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
+007:005 Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
+007:006 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came
+        on the earth.
+007:007 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons'
+        wives, because of the waters of the flood.
+007:008 Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything
+        that creeps on the ground
+007:009 went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female,
+        as God commanded Noah.
+007:010 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood
+        came on the earth.
+007:011 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month,
+        on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all
+        the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's
+        windows were opened.
+007:012 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
+007:013 In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
+        and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
+        entered into the ship;
+007:014 they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after
+        their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth
+        after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird
+        of every sort.
+007:015 They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with
+        the breath of life in them.
+007:016 Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh,
+        as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
+007:017 The flood was forty days on the earth.  The waters increased,
+        and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
+007:018 The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth;
+        and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
+007:019 The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth.  All the high
+        mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
+007:020 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the
+        mountains were covered.
+007:021 All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds,
+        livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
+        and every man.
+007:022 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life,
+        of all that was on the dry land, died.
+007:023 Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface
+        of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things,
+        and birds of the sky.  They were destroyed from the earth.
+        Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
+007:024 The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
+008:001 God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were
+        with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth.
+        The waters subsided.
+008:002 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped,
+        and the rain from the sky was restrained.
+008:003 The waters receded from the earth continually.  After the end
+        of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
+008:004 The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day
+        of the month, on Ararat's mountains.
+008:005 The waters receded continually until the tenth month.
+        In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops
+        of the mountains were seen.
+008:006 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window
+        of the ship which he had made,
+008:007 and he sent forth a raven.  It went back and forth,
+        until the waters were dried up from the earth.
+008:008 He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
+        from the surface of the ground,
+008:009 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned
+        to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface
+        of the whole earth.  He put forth his hand, and took her,
+        and brought her to him into the ship.
+008:010 He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth
+        the dove out of the ship.
+008:011 The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth
+        was an olive leaf plucked off.  So Noah knew that the waters
+        were abated from the earth.
+008:012 He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove;
+        and she didn't return to him any more.
+008:013 It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month,
+        the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth.
+        Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked.
+        He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
+008:014 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month,
+        the earth was dry.
+008:015 God spoke to Noah, saying,
+008:016 "Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons,
+        and your sons' wives with you.
+008:017 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you
+        of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping
+        thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly
+        in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
+008:018 Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons'
+        wives with him.
+008:019 Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves
+        on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.
+008:020 Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal,
+        and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings
+        on the altar.
+008:021 Yahweh smelled the sweet savor.  Yahweh said in his heart,
+        "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake,
+        because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth;
+        neither will I ever again strike everything living,
+        as I have done.
+008:022 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat,
+        and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
+009:001 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful,
+        and multiply, and replenish the earth.
+009:002 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every
+        animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky.
+        Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish
+        of the sea are delivered into your hand.
+009:003 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you.
+        As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
+009:004 But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.
+009:005 I will surely require your blood of your lives.
+        At the hand of every animal I will require it.
+        At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother,
+        I will require the life of man.
+009:006 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man,
+        for God made man in his own image.
+009:007 Be fruitful and multiply.  Bring forth abundantly in the earth,
+        and multiply in it."
+009:008 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
+009:009 "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
+        and with your offspring after you,
+009:010 and with every living creature that is with you:  the birds,
+        the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you,
+        of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
+009:011 I will establish my covenant with you:  all flesh will not be cut
+        off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there
+        ever again be a flood to destroy the earth."
+009:012 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make
+        between me and you and every living creature that is with you,
+        for perpetual generations:
+009:013 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign
+        of a covenant between me and the earth.
+009:014 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
+        that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
+009:015 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
+        and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will
+        no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
+009:016 The rainbow will be in the cloud.  I will look at it, that I
+        may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
+        living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
+009:017 God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I
+        have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
+009:018 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham,
+        and Japheth.  Ham is the father of Canaan.
+009:019 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole
+        earth was populated.
+009:020 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
+009:021 He drank of the wine and got drunk.  He was uncovered
+        within his tent.
+009:022 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,
+        and told his two brothers outside.
+009:023 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
+        went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father.
+        Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see
+        their father's nakedness.
+009:024 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had
+        done to him.
+009:025 He said, "Canaan is cursed.  He will be servant of servants
+        to his brothers."
+009:026 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem.  Let Canaan
+        be his servant.
+009:027 May God enlarge Japheth.  Let him dwell in the tents of Shem.
+        Let Canaan be his servant."
+009:028 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
+009:029 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
+010:001 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah
+        and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  Sons were born to them
+        after the flood.
+010:002 The sons of Japheth:  Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech,
+        and Tiras.
+010:003 The sons of Gomer:  Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
+010:004 The sons of Javan:  Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
+010:005 Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands,
+        everyone after his language, after their families,
+        in their nations.
+010:006 The sons of Ham:  Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
+010:007 The sons of Cush:  Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.
+        The sons of Raamah:  Sheba and Dedan.
+010:008 Cush became the father of Nimrod.  He began to be a mighty
+        one in the earth.
+010:009 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh.  Therefore it is said,
+        "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
+010:010 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh,
+        in the land of Shinar.
+010:011 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built
+        Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
+010:012 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
+010:013 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
+010:014 Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from),
+        and Caphtorim.
+010:015 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
+010:016 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
+010:017 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
+010:018 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
+        Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
+010:019 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go
+        toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah,
+        and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
+010:020 These are the sons of Ham, after their families,
+        after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
+010:021 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder
+        brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
+010:022 The sons of Shem:  Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
+010:023 The sons of Aram:  Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
+010:024 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah.  Shelah became
+        the father of Eber.
+010:025 To Eber were born two sons.  The name of the one was Peleg,
+        for in his days the earth was divided.  His brother's
+        name was Joktan.
+010:026 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
+010:027 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
+010:028 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
+010:029 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.  All these were the sons of Joktan.
+010:030 Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar,
+        the mountain of the east.
+010:031 These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
+        after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
+010:032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
+        in their nations.  Of these were the nations divided in the earth
+        after the flood.
+011:001 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
+011:002 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain
+        in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
+011:003 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn
+        them thoroughly."  They had brick for stone, and they used
+        tar for mortar.
+011:004 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower
+        whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name,
+        lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
+011:005 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
+        of men built.
+011:006 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have
+        all one language, and this is what they begin to do.
+        Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
+011:007 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language,
+        that they may not understand one another's speech."
+011:008 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface
+        of all the earth.  They stopped building the city.
+011:009 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because there
+        Yahweh confused the language of all the earth.  From there,
+        Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
+011:010 This is the history of the generations of Shem.  Shem was
+        one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad
+        two years after the flood.
+011:011 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father
+        of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:012 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
+011:013 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father
+        of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:014 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
+011:015 and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became
+        the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:016 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
+011:017 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father
+        of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:018 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
+011:019 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father
+        of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:020 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
+011:021 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father
+        of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:022 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
+011:023 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor,
+        and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:024 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
+011:025 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father
+        of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.
+011:026 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father
+        of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
+011:027 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah.
+        Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
+        Haran became the father of Lot.
+011:028 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth,
+        in Ur of the Chaldees.
+011:029 Abram and Nahor took wives.  The name of Abram's wife was Sarai,
+        and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran
+        who was also the father of Iscah.
+011:030 Sarai was barren.  She had no child.
+011:031 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son,
+        and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife.  They went
+        forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan.
+        They came to Haran and lived there.
+011:032 The days of Terah were two hundred five years.
+        Terah died in Haran.
+012:001 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country,
+        and from your relatives, and from your father's house,
+        to the land that I will show you.
+012:002 I will make of you a great nation.  I will bless you and make
+        your name great.  You will be a blessing.
+012:003 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him
+        who curses you.  In you will all of the families of the
+        earth be blessed."
+012:004 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him.  Lot went with him.
+        Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
+012:005 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance
+        that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten
+        in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan.
+        Into the land of Canaan they came.
+012:006 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem,
+        to the oak of Moreh.  The Canaanite was then in the land.
+012:007 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to
+        your seed{or, offspring}." He built an altar there to Yahweh,
+        who appeared to him.
+012:008 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel,
+        and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai
+        on the east.  There he built an altar to Yahweh and called
+        on the name of Yahweh.
+012:009 Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
+012:010 There was a famine in the land.  Abram went down into Egypt
+        to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe
+        in the land.
+012:011 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said
+        to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful
+        woman to look at.
+012:012 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they
+        will say, 'This is his wife.'  They will kill me, but they
+        will save you alive.
+012:013 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me
+        for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
+012:014 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians
+        saw that the woman was very beautiful.
+012:015 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh;
+        and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
+012:016 He dealt well with Abram for her sake.  He had sheep,
+        oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants,
+        female donkeys, and camels.
+012:017 Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
+        because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
+012:018 Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done
+        to me?  Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
+012:019 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her
+        to be my wife?  Now therefore, see your wife, take her,
+        and go your way."
+012:020 Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him, and they brought him
+        on the way with his wife and all that he had.
+013:001 Abram went up out of Egypt:  he, his wife, all that he had,
+        and Lot with him, into the South.
+013:002 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
+013:003 He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel,
+        to the place where his tent had been at the beginning,
+        between Bethel and Ai,
+013:004 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first.
+        There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
+013:005 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
+013:006 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together:
+        for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
+013:007 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock
+        and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock:  and the Canaanite
+        and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
+013:008 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between
+        me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen;
+        for we are relatives.
+013:009 Isn't the whole land before you?  Please separate yourself from me.
+        If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right.
+        Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
+013:010 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan,
+        that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed
+        Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land
+        of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
+013:011 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself.
+        Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one
+        from the other.
+013:012 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities
+        of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
+013:013 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners
+        against Yahweh.
+013:014 Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now,
+        lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are,
+        northward and southward and eastward and westward,
+013:015 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to
+        your offspring forever.
+013:016 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that
+        if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed
+        may also be numbered.
+013:017 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
+        of it; for I will give it to you."
+013:018 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre,
+        which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
+014:001 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch,
+        king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal,
+        king of Goiim,
+014:002 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha,
+        king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber,
+        king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
+014:003 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same
+        is the Salt Sea).
+014:004 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
+        year, they rebelled.
+014:005 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who
+        were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,
+        and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
+014:006 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is
+        by the wilderness.
+014:007 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh),
+        and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,
+        that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
+014:008 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king
+        of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela
+        (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array
+        against them in the valley of Siddim;
+014:009 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
+        and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
+        four kings against the five.
+014:010 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings
+        of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those
+        who remained fled to the hills.
+014:011 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food,
+        and went their way.
+014:012 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom,
+        and his goods, and departed.
+014:013 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew.
+        Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
+        and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
+014:014 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth
+        his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen,
+        and pursued as far as Dan.
+014:015 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants,
+        and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left
+        hand of Damascus.
+014:016 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back
+        his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also,
+        and the people.
+014:017 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from
+        the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him,
+        at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
+014:018 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine:
+        and he was priest of God Most High.
+014:019 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
+        possessor of heaven and earth:
+014:020 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
+        into your hand."  Abram gave him a tenth of all.
+014:021 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people,
+        and take the goods to yourself."
+014:022 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand
+        to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
+014:023 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything
+        that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
+014:024 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men
+        have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me:
+        Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.  Let them take their portion."
+015:001 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in
+        a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram.  I am your shield,
+        your exceedingly great reward."
+015:002 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I
+        go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is
+        Eliezer of Damascus?"
+015:003 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed:
+        and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
+015:004 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will
+        not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own
+        body will be your heir."
+015:005 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky,
+        and count the stars, if you are able to count them."
+        He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
+015:006 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
+015:007 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur
+        of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
+015:008 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
+015:009 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female
+        goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove,
+        and a young pigeon."
+015:010 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle,
+        and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't
+        divide the birds.
+015:011 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram
+        drove them away.
+015:012 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram.
+        Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
+015:013 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as
+        foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them.
+        They will afflict them four hundred years.
+015:014 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve.
+        Afterward they will come out with great wealth,
+015:015 but you will go to your fathers in peace.  You will be buried
+        in a good old age.
+015:016 In the fourth generation they will come here again,
+        for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
+015:017 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it
+        was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch
+        passed between these pieces.
+015:018 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your
+        seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to
+        the great river, the river Euphrates:
+015:019 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
+015:020 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
+015:021 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
+016:001 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children.  She had a handmaid,
+        an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
+016:002 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing.
+        Please go in to my handmaid.  It may be that I will obtain
+        children by her."  Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
+016:003 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid,
+        after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan,
+        and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
+016:004 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived.  When she saw that she
+        had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
+016:005 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault.
+        I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw
+        that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes.
+        Yahweh judge between me and you."
+016:006 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand.
+        Do to her whatever is good in your eyes."  Sarai dealt harshly
+        with her, and she fled from her face.
+016:007 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in
+        the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
+016:008 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from?
+        Where are you going?"  She said, "I am fleeing from the face
+        of my mistress Sarai."
+016:009 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress,
+        and submit yourself under her hands."
+016:010 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply
+        your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
+016:011 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child,
+        and will bear a son.  You shall call his name Ishmael,
+        because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
+016:012 He will be like a wild donkey among men.  His hand will
+        be against every man, and every man's hand against him.
+        He will live opposite all of his brothers."
+016:013 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are
+        a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive
+        after seeing him?"
+016:014 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.{Beer Lahai Roi
+        means "well of the one who lives and sees me."} Behold,
+        it is between Kadesh and Bered.
+016:015 Hagar bore a son for Abram.  Abram called the name of his son,
+        whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
+016:016 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
+017:001 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram,
+        and said to him, "I am God Almighty.  Walk before me,
+        and be blameless.
+017:002 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will
+        multiply you exceedingly."
+017:003 Abram fell on his face.  God talked with him, saying,
+017:004 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you.  You will be
+        the father of a multitude of nations.
+017:005 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your
+        name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a
+        multitude of nations.
+017:006 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you.
+        Kings will come out of you.
+017:007 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed
+        after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,
+        to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
+017:008 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land
+        where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an
+        everlasting possession.  I will be their God."
+017:009 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant,
+        you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
+017:010 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me
+        and you and your seed after you.  Every male among you
+        shall be circumcised.
+017:011 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin.
+        It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
+017:012 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you,
+        every male throughout your generations, he who is born
+        in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is
+        not of your seed.
+017:013 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money,
+        must be circumcised.  My covenant will be in your flesh
+        for an everlasting covenant.
+017:014 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh
+        of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
+        He has broken my covenant."
+017:015 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not
+        call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
+017:016 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her.
+        Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations.
+        Kings of peoples will come from her."
+017:017 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
+        "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old?
+        Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
+017:018 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
+017:019 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son.
+        You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I
+        will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant
+        for his seed after him.
+017:020 As for Ishmael, I have heard you.  Behold, I have blessed him,
+        and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly.
+        He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make
+        him a great nation.
+017:021 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear
+        to you at this set time next year."
+017:022 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
+017:023 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house,
+        and all who were bought with his money; every male among
+        the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their
+        foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
+017:024 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised
+        in the flesh of his foreskin.
+017:025 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised
+        in the flesh of his foreskin.
+017:026 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
+017:027 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those
+        bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
+018:001 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat
+        in the tent door in the heat of the day.
+018:002 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men
+        stood opposite him.  When he saw them, he ran to meet them
+        from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
+018:003 and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight,
+        please don't go away from your servant.
+018:004 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest
+        yourselves under the tree.
+018:005 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart.
+        After that you may go your way, now that you have come to
+        your servant."  They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
+018:006 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make
+        ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
+018:007 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf,
+        and gave it to the servant.  He hurried to dress it.
+018:008 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed,
+        and set it before them.  He stood by them under the tree,
+        and they ate.
+018:009 They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?
+        He said, "See, in the tent."
+018:010 He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season
+        comes round.  Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son."
+        Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
+018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age.
+        It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
+018:012 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old
+        will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
+018:013 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I
+        really bear a child, yet I am old?'
+018:014 Is anything too hard for Yahweh?  At the set time I will return
+        to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
+018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid.
+        He said, "No, but you did laugh."
+018:016 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom.
+        Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
+018:017 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
+018:018 seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation,
+        and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
+018:019 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his
+        children and his household after him, that they may keep
+        the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice;
+        to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has
+        spoken of him."
+018:020 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
+        and because their sin is very grievous,
+018:021 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad
+        as the reports which have come to me.  If not, I will know."
+018:022 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham
+        stood yet before Yahweh.
+018:023 Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous
+        with the wicked?
+018:024 What if there are fifty righteous within the city?
+        Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty
+        righteous who are in it?
+018:025 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous
+        with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked.
+        May that be far from you.  Shouldn't the Judge of all
+        the earth do right?"
+018:026 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
+        then I will spare all the place for their sake."
+018:027 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak
+        to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
+018:028 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous?
+        Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?"  He said,
+        "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
+018:029 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty
+        found there?"  He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
+018:030 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak.
+        What if there are thirty found there?"  He said, "I will not
+        do it, if I find thirty there."
+018:031 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord.
+        What if there are twenty found there?"  He said, "I will not
+        destroy it for the twenty's sake."
+018:032 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will
+        speak just once more.  What if ten are found there?"
+        He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
+018:033 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing
+        with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
+019:001 The two angels came to Sodom at evening.  Lot sat in the gate
+        of Sodom.  Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them.
+        He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
+019:002 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into
+        your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet,
+        and you will rise up early, and go on your way."
+        They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
+019:003 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered
+        into his house.  He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread,
+        and they ate.
+019:004 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom,
+        surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people
+        from every quarter.
+019:005 They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men
+        who came in to you this night?  Bring them out to us,
+        that we may have sex with them."
+019:006 Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.
+019:007 He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
+019:008 See now, I have two virgin daughters.  Please let me bring them
+        out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you.
+        Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come
+        under the shadow of my roof."
+019:009 They said, "Stand back!"  They said, "This one fellow came
+        in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge.
+        Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!"
+        They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.
+019:010 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house
+        to them, and shut the door.
+019:011 They struck the men who were at the door of the house
+        with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied
+        themselves to find the door.
+019:012 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here?
+        Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you
+        have in the city, bring them out of the place:
+019:013 for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against
+        them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us
+        to destroy it."
+019:014 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were
+        pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up!
+        Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city."
+        But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
+019:015 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up!
+        Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here,
+        lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
+019:016 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand,
+        and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him;
+        and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
+019:017 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said,
+        "Escape for your life!  Don't look behind you, and don't
+        stay anywhere in the plain.  Escape to the mountains,
+        lest you be consumed!"
+019:018 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.
+019:019 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you
+        have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown
+        to me in saving my life.  I can't escape to the mountain,
+        lest evil overtake me, and I die.
+019:020 See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one.
+        Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my
+        soul will live."
+019:021 He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning
+        this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which
+        you have spoken.
+019:022 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there."
+        Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.{Zoar means "little."}
+019:023 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
+019:024 Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire
+        from Yahweh out of the sky.
+019:025 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants
+        of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
+019:026 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became
+        a pillar of salt.
+019:027 Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had
+        stood before Yahweh.
+019:028 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land
+        of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land
+        went up as the smoke of a furnace.
+019:029 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,
+        that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle
+        of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
+019:030 Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his
+        two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar.
+        He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
+019:031 The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old,
+        and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after
+        the manner of all the earth.
+019:032 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
+        that we may preserve our father's seed."
+019:033 They made their father drink wine that night:
+        and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father.
+        He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
+019:034 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said
+        to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father.
+        Let us make him drink wine again, tonight.  You go in,
+        and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
+019:035 They made their father drink wine that night also.
+        The younger went and lay with him.  He didn't know when she
+        lay down, nor when she got up.
+019:036 Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.
+019:037 The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab.  He is the father
+        of the Moabites to this day.
+019:038 The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi.
+        He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
+020:001 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived
+        between Kadesh and Shur.  He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
+020:002 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."
+        Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
+020:003 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said
+        to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman
+        whom you have taken.  For she is a man's wife."
+020:004 Now Abimelech had not come near her.  He said, "Lord, will you
+        kill even a righteous nation?
+020:005 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?'  She, even she herself,
+        said, 'He is my brother.'  In the integrity of my heart
+        and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
+020:006 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity
+        of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you
+        from sinning against me.  Therefore I didn't allow you
+        to touch her.
+020:007 Now therefore, restore the man's wife.  For he is a prophet,
+        and he will pray for you, and you will live.  If you don't
+        restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all
+        who are yours."
+020:008 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all
+        his servants, and told all these things in their ear.
+        The men were very scared.
+020:009 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him,
+        "What have you done to us?  How have I sinned against you,
+        that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin?
+        You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
+020:010 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have
+        done this thing?"
+020:011 Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is
+        not in this place.  They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
+020:012 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father,
+        but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
+020:013 It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house,
+        that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show
+        to me.  Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
+020:014 Abimelech took sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants,
+        and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
+020:015 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you.
+        Dwell where it pleases you."
+020:016 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand
+        pieces of silver.  Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes
+        to all that are with you.  In front of all you are vindicated."
+020:017 Abraham prayed to God.  God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
+        and his female servants, and they bore children.
+020:018 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house
+        of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
+021:001 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah
+        as he had spoken.
+021:002 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age,
+        at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
+021:003 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore
+        to him, Isaac.{Isaac means "He laughs."}
+021:004 Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old,
+        as God had commanded him.
+021:005 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac,
+        was born to him.
+021:006 Sarah said, "God has made me laugh.  Everyone who hears will
+        laugh with me."
+021:007 She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would
+        nurse children?  For I have borne him a son in his old age."
+021:008 The child grew, and was weaned.  Abraham made a great feast
+        on the day that Isaac was weaned.
+021:009 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne
+        to Abraham, mocking.
+021:010 Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son!
+        For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
+021:011 The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account
+        of his son.
+021:012 God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your
+        sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid.
+        In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice.
+        For from Isaac will your seed be called.
+021:013 I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid,
+        because he is your seed."
+021:014 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle
+        of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder;
+        and gave her the child, and sent her away.  She departed,
+        and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
+021:015 The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child
+        under one of the shrubs.
+021:016 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow
+        shot away.  For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child."
+        She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
+021:017 God heard the voice of the boy.  The angel of God called
+        to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails
+        you, Hagar?  Don't be afraid.  For God has heard the voice
+        of the boy where he is.
+021:018 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand.
+        For I will make him a great nation."
+021:019 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.  She went,
+        filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
+021:020 God was with the boy, and he grew.  He lived in the wilderness,
+        and became, as he grew up, an archer.
+021:021 He lived in the wilderness of Paran.  His mother took a wife
+        for him out of the land of Egypt.
+021:022 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain
+        of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all
+        that you do.
+021:023 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal
+        falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son.
+        But according to the kindness that I have done to you,
+        you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived
+        as a foreigner."
+021:024 Abraham said, "I will swear."
+021:025 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well,
+        which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
+021:026 Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing.
+        Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
+021:027 Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech.
+        Those two made a covenant.
+021:028 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
+021:029 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs
+        which you have set by themselves mean?"
+021:030 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand,
+        that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
+021:031 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can
+        mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they
+        both swore there.
+021:032 So they made a covenant at Beersheba.  Abimelech rose up
+        with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned
+        into the land of the Philistines.
+021:033 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there
+        on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
+021:034 Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines
+        many days.
+022:001 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham,
+        and said to him, "Abraham!"  He said, "Here I am."
+022:002 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love,
+        even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah.  Offer him there
+        for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will
+        tell you of."
+022:003 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
+        and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.
+        He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
+        and went to the place of which God had told him.
+022:004 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
+        the place far off.
+022:005 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey.
+        The boy and I will go yonder.  We will worship, and come
+        back to you."
+022:006 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on
+        Isaac his son.  He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
+        They both went together.
+022:007 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?"
+        He said, "Here I am, my son."  He said, "Here is the fire
+        and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
+022:008 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering,
+        my son."  So they both went together.
+022:009 They came to the place which God had told him of.
+        Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order,
+        bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
+022:010 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
+        kill his son.
+022:011 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said,
+        "Abraham, Abraham!"  He said, "Here I am."
+022:012 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him.
+        For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld
+        your son, your only son, from me."
+022:013 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind
+        him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.
+        Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt
+        offering instead of his son.
+022:014 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide{or,
+        Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing}. As it is said to this day,
+        "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."
+022:015 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out
+        of the sky,
+022:016 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you
+        have done this thing, and have not withheld your son,
+        your only son,
+022:017 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed
+        greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand
+        which is on the seashore.  Your seed will possess the gate
+        of his enemies.
+022:018 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
+        because you have obeyed my voice."
+022:019 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went
+        together to Beersheba.  Abraham lived at Beersheba.
+022:020 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham,
+        saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to
+        your brother Nahor:
+022:021 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
+022:022 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
+022:023 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.  These eight Milcah bore
+        to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
+022:024 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore
+        Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
+023:001 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years.  This was the length
+        of Sarah's life.
+023:002 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land
+        of Canaan.  Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
+023:003 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children
+        of Heth, saying,
+023:004 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you.
+        Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I
+        may bury my dead out of my sight."
+023:005 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
+023:006 "Hear us, my lord.  You are a prince of God among us.
+        Bury your dead in the best of our tombs.  None of us will
+        withhold from you his tomb.  Bury your dead."
+023:007 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
+        even to the children of Heth.
+023:008 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should
+        bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me
+        to Ephron the son of Zohar,
+023:009 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has,
+        which is in the end of his field.  For the full price let him
+        give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."
+023:010 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
+        Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of
+        the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate
+        of his city, saying,
+023:011 "No, my lord, hear me.  I give you the field, and I give you
+        the cave that is in it.  In the presence of the children
+        of my people I give it to you.  Bury your dead."
+023:012 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
+023:013 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of
+        the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me.
+        I will give the price of the field.  Take it from me,
+        and I will bury my dead there."
+023:014 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
+023:015 "My lord, listen to me.  What is a piece of land worth
+        four hundred shekels of silver between me and you?
+        Therefore bury your dead."
+023:016 Abraham listened to Ephron.  Abraham weighed to Ephron
+        the silver which he had named in the audience of the children
+        of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the
+        current merchants' standard.
+023:017 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was
+        before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it,
+        and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all
+        of its borders, were deeded
+023:018 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children
+        of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
+023:019 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave
+        of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron),
+        in the land of Canaan.
+023:020 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham
+        for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
+024:001 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age.  Yahweh had blessed
+        Abraham in all things.
+024:002 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled
+        over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
+024:003 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God
+        of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son
+        of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
+024:004 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take
+        a wife for my son Isaac."
+024:005 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing
+        to follow me to this land?  Must I bring your son again
+        to the land you came from?"
+024:006 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my
+        son there again.
+024:007 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house,
+        and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore
+        to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}.'
+        He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife
+        for my son from there.
+024:008 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall
+        be clear from this my oath.  Only you shall not bring my
+        son there again."
+024:009 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
+        and swore to him concerning this matter.
+024:010 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed,
+        having a variety of good things of his master's with him.
+        He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
+024:011 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well
+        of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out
+        to draw water.
+024:012 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me
+        success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
+024:013 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water.  The daughters
+        of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
+024:014 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say,
+        'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she
+        will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--
+        let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac.
+        By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
+024:015 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold,
+        Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah,
+        the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
+        on her shoulder.
+024:016 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin,
+        neither had any man known her.  She went down to the spring,
+        filled her pitcher, and came up.
+024:017 The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink,
+        a little water from your pitcher."
+024:018 She said, "Drink, my lord."  She hurried, and let down her
+        pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
+024:019 When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw
+        for your camels, until they have done drinking."
+024:020 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
+        again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
+024:021 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know
+        whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
+024:022 It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
+        took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets
+        for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
+024:023 and said, "Whose daughter are you?  Please tell me.
+        Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
+024:024 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
+        whom she bore to Nahor."
+024:025 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough,
+        and room to lodge in."
+024:026 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
+024:027 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has
+        not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master.
+        As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of
+        my master's relatives."
+024:028 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
+024:029 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban.  Laban ran
+        out to the man, to the spring.
+024:030 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his
+        sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah
+        his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me,"
+        that he came to the man.  Behold, he was standing by the camels
+        at the spring.
+024:031 He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh.  Why do you stand outside?
+        For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."
+024:032 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels.
+        He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash
+        his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
+024:033 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat
+        until I have told my message."  He said, "Speak on."
+024:034 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.
+024:035 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly.  He has become great.
+        He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold,
+        male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
+024:036 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old.
+        He has given all that he has to him.
+024:037 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife
+        for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
+        land I live,
+024:038 but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives,
+        and take a wife for my son.'
+024:039 I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'
+024:040 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his
+        angel with you, and prosper your way.  You shall take a wife
+        for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
+024:041 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives.
+        If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
+024:042 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God
+        of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--
+024:043 behold, I am standing by this spring of water.  Let it happen,
+        that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say,
+        "Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink,"
+024:044 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for
+        your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed
+        for my master's son.'
+024:045 Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
+        with her pitcher on her shoulder.  She went down to the spring,
+        and drew.  I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
+024:046 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,
+        and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.'
+        So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
+024:047 I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?'  She said,
+        'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.'
+        I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
+024:048 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh,
+        the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way
+        to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
+024:049 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me.
+        If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand,
+        or to the left."
+024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh.
+        We can't speak to you bad or good.
+024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before you.  Take her, and go, and let
+        her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."
+024:052 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words,
+        he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
+024:053 The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
+        and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah.  He also gave precious
+        things to her brother and her mother.
+024:054 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him,
+        and stayed all night.  They rose up in the morning, and he said,
+        "Send me away to my master."
+024:055 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay
+        with us a few days, at least ten.  After that she will go."
+024:056 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered
+        my way.  Send me away that I may go to my master."
+024:057 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
+024:058 They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?"
+        She said, "I will go."
+024:059 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse,
+        Abraham's servant, and his men.
+024:060 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you
+        be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed
+        possess the gate of those who hate them."
+024:061 Rebekah arose with her ladies.  They rode on the camels,
+        and followed the man.  The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
+024:062 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived
+        in the land of the South.
+024:063 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening.
+        He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there
+        were camels coming.
+024:064 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,
+        she dismounted from the camel.
+024:065 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in
+        the field to meet us?"  The servant said, "It is my master."
+        She took her veil, and covered herself.
+024:066 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
+024:067 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,
+        and took Rebekah, and she became his wife.  He loved her.
+        Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
+025:001 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
+025:002 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
+025:003 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan.  The sons
+        of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
+025:004 The sons of Midian:  Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
+        All these were the children of Keturah.
+025:005 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
+025:006 but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts.
+        He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
+        eastward, to the east country.
+025:007 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived:
+        one hundred seventy-five years.
+025:008 Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age,
+        an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
+025:009 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah,
+        in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite,
+        which is before Mamre,
+025:010 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth.
+        Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
+025:011 It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac,
+        his son.  Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
+025:012 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,
+        whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
+025:013 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
+        according to the order of their birth:  the firstborn
+        of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
+025:014 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
+025:015 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
+025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names,
+        by their villages, and by their encampments:  twelve princes,
+        according to their nations.
+025:017 These are the years of the life of Ishmael:  one hundred
+        thirty-seven years.  He gave up the spirit and died,
+        and was gathered to his people.
+025:018 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you
+        go toward Assyria.  He lived opposite all his relatives.
+025:019 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son.
+        Abraham became the father of Isaac.
+025:020 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter
+        of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban
+        the Syrian, to be his wife.
+025:021 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren.
+        Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
+025:022 The children struggled together within her.  She said,
+        "If it be so, why do I live?"  She went to inquire of Yahweh.
+025:023 Yahweh said to her, Two nations are in your womb.
+        Two peoples will be separated from your body.
+        The one people will be stronger than the other people.
+        The elder will serve the younger.
+025:024 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
+        twins in her womb.
+025:025 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment.
+        They named him Esau.
+025:026 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on
+        Esau's heel.  He was named Jacob.  Isaac was sixty years old
+        when she bore them.
+025:027 The boys grew.  Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.
+        Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
+025:028 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison.
+        Rebekah loved Jacob.
+025:029 Jacob boiled stew.  Esau came in from the field,
+        and he was famished.
+025:030 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew,
+        for I am famished."  Therefore his name was called Edom.
+025:031 Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."
+025:032 Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die.  What good is the
+        birthright to me?"
+025:033 Jacob said, "Swear to me first."  He swore to him.
+        He sold his birthright to Jacob.
+025:034 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils.  He ate and drank,
+        rose up, and went his way.  So Esau despised his birthright.
+026:001 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine
+        that was in the days of Abraham.  Isaac went to Abimelech
+        king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
+026:002 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt.
+        Live in the land I will tell you about.
+026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you.
+        For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I
+        will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
+026:004 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will
+        give to your seed all these lands.  In your seed will all
+        the nations of the earth be blessed,
+026:005 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
+        my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
+026:006 Isaac lived in Gerar.
+026:007 The men of the place asked him about his wife.  He said,
+        "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife,"
+        lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah,
+        because she is beautiful to look at."
+026:008 It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
+        king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,
+        and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
+026:009 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife.
+        Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'"  Isaac said to him,
+        "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
+026:010 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us?
+        One of the people might easily have lain with your wife,
+        and you would have brought guilt on us!"
+026:011 Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this
+        man or his wife will surely be put to death."
+026:012 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one
+        hundred times what he planted.  Yahweh blessed him.
+026:013 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he
+        became very great.
+026:014 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds,
+        and a great household.  The Philistines envied him.
+026:015 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in
+        the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped,
+        and filled with earth.
+026:016 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much
+        mightier than we."
+026:017 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar,
+        and lived there.
+026:018 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days
+        of Abraham his father.  For the Philistines had stopped them
+        after the death of Abraham.  He called their names after
+        the names by which his father had called them.
+026:019 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well
+        of springing water.
+026:020 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying,
+        "The water is ours."  He called the name of the well Esek,
+        because they contended with him.
+026:021 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also.
+        He called the name of it Sitnah.
+026:022 He left that place, and dug another well.  They didn't
+        argue over that one.  He called it Rehoboth.  He said,
+        "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful
+        in the land."
+026:023 He went up from there to Beersheba.
+026:024 Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am
+        the God of Abraham your father.  Don't be afraid, for I am
+        with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my
+        servant Abraham's sake."
+026:025 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh,
+        and pitched his tent there.  There Isaac's servants dug a well.
+026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend,
+        and Phicol the captain of his army.
+026:027 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me,
+        and have sent me away from you?"
+026:028 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you.
+        We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us
+        and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
+026:029 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you,
+        and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent
+        you away in peace.'  You are now the blessed of Yahweh."
+026:030 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
+026:031 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another.
+        Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
+026:032 It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told
+        him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him,
+        "We have found water."
+026:033 He called it Shibah.{Shibah means "oath" or "seven."} Therefore
+        the name of the city is Beersheba{Beersheba means "well of the oath"
+        or "well of the seven"} to this day.
+026:034 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith,
+        the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter
+        of Elon the Hittite.
+026:035 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.
+027:001 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
+        so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son,
+        and said to him, "My son?"  He said to him, "Here I am."
+027:002 He said, "See now, I am old.  I don't know the day of my death.
+027:003 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow,
+        and go out to the field, and take me venison.
+027:004 Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me,
+        that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."
+027:005 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.
+        Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
+027:006 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard
+        your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
+027:007 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat,
+        and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
+027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which
+        I command you.
+027:009 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids
+        of the goats.  I will make them savory food for your father,
+        such as he loves.
+027:010 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that
+        he may bless you before his death."
+027:011 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother
+        is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
+027:012 What if my father touches me?  I will seem to him as a deceiver,
+        and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
+027:013 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son.
+        Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
+027:014 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother.
+        His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
+027:015 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son,
+        which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob,
+        her younger son.
+027:016 She put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands,
+        and on the smooth of his neck.
+027:017 She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared,
+        into the hand of her son Jacob.
+027:018 He came to his father, and said, "My father?"  He said, "Here I am.
+        Who are you, my son?"
+027:019 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn.
+        I have done what you asked me to do.  Please arise, sit and eat
+        of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
+027:020 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly,
+        my son?"  He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
+027:021 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you,
+        my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
+027:022 Jacob went near to Isaac his father.  He felt him, and said,
+        "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
+027:023 He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy,
+        like his brother, Esau's hands.  So he blessed him.
+027:024 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?"  He said, "I am."
+027:025 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,
+        that my soul may bless you."  He brought it near to him, and he ate.
+        He brought him wine, and he drank.
+027:026 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
+027:027 He came near, and kissed him.  He smelled the smell of his clothing,
+        and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son
+        is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
+027:028 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth,
+        and plenty of grain and new wine.
+027:029 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you.
+        Be lord over your brothers.  Let your mother's sons
+        bow down to you.  Cursed be everyone who curses you.
+        Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
+027:030 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob,
+        and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,
+        that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
+027:031 He also made savory food, and brought it to his father.
+        He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his
+        son's venison, that your soul may bless me."
+027:032 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?"  He said,
+        "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
+027:033 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has
+        taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
+        you came, and have blessed him?  Yes, he will be blessed."
+027:034 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an
+        exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father,
+        "Bless me, even me also, my father."
+027:035 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken
+        away your blessing."
+027:036 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob?  For he has
+        supplanted me these two times.  He took away my birthright.
+        See, now he has taken away my blessing."  He said, "Haven't you
+        reserved a blessing for me?"
+027:037 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord,
+        and all his brothers have I given to him for servants.
+        With grain and new wine have I sustained him.  What then
+        will I do for you, my son?"
+027:038 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father?
+        Bless me, even me also, my father."  Esau lifted up
+        his voice, and wept.
+027:039 Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth
+        will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
+027:040 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother.
+        It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall
+        shake his yoke from off your neck."
+027:041 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father
+        blessed him.  Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning
+        for my father are at hand.  Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
+027:042 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah.
+        She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said
+        to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you
+        by planning to kill you.
+027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice.  Arise, flee to Laban,
+        my brother, in Haran.
+027:044 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
+027:045 until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what
+        you have done to him.  Then I will send, and get you from there.
+        Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
+027:046 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of
+        the daughters of Heth.  If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters
+        of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land,
+        what good will my life do me?"
+028:001 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall
+        not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
+028:002 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your
+        mother's father.  Take a wife from there from the daughters
+        of Laban, your mother's brother.
+028:003 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you,
+        that you may be a company of peoples,
+028:004 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed
+        with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel,
+        which God gave to Abraham."
+028:005 Isaac sent Jacob away.  He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of
+        Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
+028:006 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away
+        to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as
+        he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not
+        take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
+028:007 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone
+        to Paddan Aram.
+028:008 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac,
+        his father.
+028:009 Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had,
+        Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister
+        of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
+028:010 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
+028:011 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night,
+        because the sun had set.  He took one of the stones of the place,
+        and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
+028:012 He dreamed.  Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and the top
+        of it reached to heaven.  Behold, the angels of God ascending
+        and descending on it.
+028:013 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh,
+        the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac.
+        The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
+028:014 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread
+        abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,
+        and to the south.  In you and in your seed will all the families
+        of the earth be blessed.
+028:015 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go,
+        and will bring you again into this land.  For I will not leave you,
+        until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
+028:016 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh
+        is in this place, and I didn't know it."
+028:017 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place!
+        This is none other than God's house, and this is the
+        gate of heaven."
+028:018 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone
+        that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar,
+        and poured oil on the top of it.
+028:019 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city
+        was Luz at the first.
+028:020 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will
+        keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
+        and clothing to put on,
+028:021 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh
+        will be my God,
+028:022 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be
+        God's house.  Of all that you will give me I will surely give
+        the tenth to you."
+029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of
+        the children of the east.
+029:002 He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks
+        of sheep lying there by it.  For out of that well they watered
+        the flocks.  The stone on the well's mouth was large.
+029:003 There all the flocks were gathered.  They rolled the stone
+        from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone
+        again on the well's mouth in its place.
+029:004 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?"
+        They said, "We are from Haran."
+029:005 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?"  They said,
+        "We know him."
+029:006 He said to them, "Is it well with him?"  They said, "It is well.
+        See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
+029:007 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day,
+        not time to gather the livestock together.  Water the sheep,
+        and go and feed them."
+029:008 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered
+        together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth.
+        Then we water the sheep."
+029:009 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her
+        father's sheep, for she kept them.
+029:010 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban,
+        his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother,
+        that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
+        and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
+029:011 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
+029:012 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that
+        he was Rebekah's son.  She ran and told her father.
+029:013 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son,
+        that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him,
+        and brought him to his house.  Jacob told Laban all these things.
+029:014 Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh.
+        He lived with him for a month.
+029:015 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you
+        therefore serve me for nothing?  Tell me, what will
+        your wages be?"
+029:016 Laban had two daughters.  The name of the elder was Leah,
+        and the name of the younger was Rachel.
+029:017 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in
+        form and attractive.
+029:018 Jacob loved Rachel.  He said, "I will serve you seven years
+        for Rachel, your younger daughter."
+029:019 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I
+        should give her to another man.  Stay with me."
+029:020 Jacob served seven years for Rachel.  They seemed to him
+        but a few days, for the love he had for her.
+029:021 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
+        that I may go in to her."
+029:022 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
+029:023 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
+        and brought her to him.  He went in to her.
+029:024 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
+029:025 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah.
+        He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me?
+        Didn't I serve with you for Rachel?  Why then have
+        you deceived me?"
+029:026 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger
+        before the firstborn.
+029:027 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other
+        also for the service which you will serve with me yet
+        seven other years."
+029:028 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week.  He gave him Rachel
+        his daughter as wife.
+029:029 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid,
+        to be her handmaid.
+029:030 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
+        and served with him yet seven other years.
+029:031 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb,
+        but Rachel was barren.
+029:032 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben.
+        For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction.
+        For now my husband will love me."
+029:033 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has
+        heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also."
+        She named him Simeon.
+029:034 She conceived again, and bore a son.  Said, "Now this time will my
+        husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons."
+        Therefore was his name called Levi.
+029:035 She conceived again, and bore a son.  She said, "This time
+        will I praise Yahweh."  Therefore she named him Judah.
+        Then she stopped bearing.
+030:001 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied
+        her sister.  She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else
+        I will die."
+030:002 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said,
+        "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit
+        of the womb?"
+030:003 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah.  Go in to her, that she
+        may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."
+030:004 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went
+        in to her.
+030:005 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
+030:006 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice,
+        and has given me a son."  Therefore called she his name Dan.
+030:007 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob
+        a second son.
+030:008 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
+        and have prevailed."  She named him Naphtali.
+030:009 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah,
+        her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
+030:010 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.
+030:011 Leah said, "How fortunate!"  She named him Gad.
+030:012 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.
+030:013 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy."
+        She named him Asher.
+030:014 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes
+        in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah.  Then Rachel
+        said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
+030:015 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away
+        my husband?  Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?"
+        Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for
+        your son's mandrakes."
+030:016 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went
+        out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me;
+        for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes."
+        He lay with her that night.
+030:017 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob
+        a fifth son.
+030:018 Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid
+        to my husband."  She named him Issachar.
+030:019 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
+030:020 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry.  Now my
+        husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons."
+        She named him Zebulun.
+030:021 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
+030:022 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
+030:023 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken
+        away my reproach."
+030:024 She named him Joseph,{Joseph means "may he add."} saying,
+        "May Yahweh add another son to me."
+030:025 It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said
+        to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place,
+        and to my country.
+030:026 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you,
+        and let me go; for you know my service with which I
+        have served you."
+030:027 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes,
+        stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me
+        for your sake."
+030:028 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."
+030:029 He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your
+        livestock have fared with me.
+030:030 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased
+        to a multitude.  Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned.
+        Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
+030:031 He said, "What shall I give you?"  Jacob said, "You shall
+        not give me anything.  If you will do this thing for me,
+        I will again feed your flock and keep it.
+030:032 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there
+        every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among
+        the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats.
+        This will be my hire.
+030:033 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter,
+        when you come concerning my hire that is before you.
+        Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats,
+        and black among the sheep, that might be with me,
+        will be counted stolen."
+030:034 Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be according to your word."
+030:035 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted,
+        and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted,
+        every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among
+        the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
+030:036 He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob,
+        and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
+030:037 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree,
+        peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear
+        which was in the rods.
+030:038 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the
+        gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink.
+        They conceived when they came to drink.
+030:039 The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought
+        forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
+030:040 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
+        toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban:
+        and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them
+        into Laban's flock.
+030:041 It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived,
+        that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock
+        in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
+030:042 but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in.
+        So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
+030:043 The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks,
+        female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
+031:001 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away
+        all that was our father's. From that which was our father's,
+        has he gotten all this wealth."
+031:002 Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was
+        not toward him as before.
+031:003 Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers,
+        and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
+031:004 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
+031:005 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face,
+        that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father
+        has been with me.
+031:006 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
+031:007 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times,
+        but God didn't allow him to hurt me.
+031:008 If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all
+        the flock bore speckled.  If he said this, 'The streaked
+        will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
+031:009 Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given
+        them to me.
+031:010 It happened during mating season that I lifted up my eyes,
+        and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped
+        on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
+031:011 The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said,
+        'Here I am.'
+031:012 He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats
+        which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled,
+        for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
+031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you
+        vowed a vow to me.  Now arise, get out from this land,
+        and return to the land of your birth.'"
+031:014 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion
+        or inheritance for us in our father's house?
+031:015 Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners?  For he has sold us,
+        and has also quite devoured our money.
+031:016 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father,
+        that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has
+        said to you, do."
+031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
+031:018 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions
+        which he had gathered, including the livestock which
+        he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father,
+        to the land of Canaan.
+031:019 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep:  and Rachel stole
+        the teraphim{teraphim were household idols that may have been
+        associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
+        that were her father's.
+031:020 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him
+        that he was running away.
+031:021 So he fled with all that he had.  He rose up, passed over the River,
+        and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
+031:022 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
+031:023 He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him
+        seven days' journey.  He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
+031:024 God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night,
+        and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak
+        to Jacob either good or bad."
+031:025 Laban caught up with Jacob.  Now Jacob had pitched his tent
+        in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped
+        in the mountain of Gilead.
+031:026 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me,
+        and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
+031:027 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me,
+        that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs,
+        with tambourine and with harp;
+031:028 and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
+        Now have you done foolishly.
+031:029 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your
+        father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself
+        that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
+031:030 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your
+        father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
+031:031 Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said,
+        'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'
+031:032 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live.
+        Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it."
+        For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
+031:033 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into
+        the tent of the two female servants; but he didn't find them.
+        He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
+031:034 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's
+        saddle, and sat on them.  Laban felt about all the tent,
+        but didn't find them.
+031:035 She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I
+        can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me."
+        He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.
+031:036 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban.  Jacob answered
+        Laban, "What is my trespass?  What is my sin, that you have
+        hotly pursued after me?
+031:037 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found
+        of all your household stuff?  Set it here before my relatives
+        and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
+031:038 These twenty years I have been with you.  Your ewes and your
+        female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten
+        the rams of your flocks.
+031:039 That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you.
+        I bore the loss of it.  Of my hand you required it,
+        whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
+031:040 This was my situation:  in the day the drought consumed me,
+        and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
+031:041 These twenty years I have been in your house.  I served you fourteen
+        years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock,
+        and you have changed my wages ten times.
+031:042 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear
+        of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me
+        away empty.  God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands,
+        and rebuked you last night."
+031:043 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters,
+        the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks,
+        and all that you see is mine:  and what can I do this day to
+        these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
+031:044 Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be
+        for a witness between me and you."
+031:045 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
+031:046 Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones."  They took stones,
+        and made a heap.  They ate there by the heap.
+031:047 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,{"Jegar Sahadutha"
+        means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.} but Jacob called
+        it Galeed.{"Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.}
+031:048 Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day."
+        Therefore it was named Galeed
+031:049 and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you,
+        when we are absent one from another.
+031:050 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides
+        my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness
+        between me and you."
+031:051 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar,
+        which I have set between me and you.
+031:052 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness,
+        that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you
+        will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
+031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father,
+        judge between us."  Then Jacob swore by the fear of
+        his father, Isaac.
+031:054 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his
+        relatives to eat bread.  They ate bread, and stayed all night
+        in the mountain.
+031:055 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and
+        his daughters, and blessed them.  Laban departed and returned
+        to his place.
+032:001 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
+032:002 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army."
+        He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
+032:003 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother,
+        to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
+032:004 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell
+        my lord, Esau:  'This is what your servant, Jacob, says.
+        I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
+032:005 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants.
+        I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
+032:006 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your
+        brother Esau.  Not only that, but he comes to meet you,
+        and four hundred men with him."
+032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed.
+        He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks,
+        and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
+032:008 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it,
+        then the company which is left will escape."
+032:009 Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my
+        father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country,
+        and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'
+032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses,
+        and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant;
+        for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I
+        have become two companies.
+032:011 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
+        for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers
+        with the children.
+032:012 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed
+        as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there
+        are so many.'"
+032:013 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had
+        with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
+032:014 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred
+        ewes and twenty rams,
+032:015 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls,
+        twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
+032:016 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd
+        by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me,
+        and put a space between herd and herd."
+032:017 He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you,
+        and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you?  Where are you going?
+        Whose are these before you?'
+032:018 Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a
+        present sent to my lord, Esau.  Behold, he also is behind us.'"
+032:019 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed
+        the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau,
+        when you find him.
+032:020 You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob,
+        is behind us.'"  For, he said, "I will appease him with the present
+        that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face.
+        Perhaps he will accept me."
+032:021 So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged
+        that night in the camp.
+032:022 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids,
+        and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
+032:023 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over
+        that which he had.
+032:024 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until
+        the breaking of the day.
+032:025 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched
+        the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh
+        was strained, as he wrestled.
+032:026 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks."  Jacob said,
+        "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
+032:027 He said to him, "What is your name?"  He said, "Jacob."
+032:028 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel;
+        for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
+032:029 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name."
+        He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?"
+        He blessed him there.
+032:030 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel{Peniel means "face
+        of God."}: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face,
+        and my life is preserved."
+032:031 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped
+        because of his thigh.
+032:032 Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of
+        the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day,
+        because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
+        of the hip.
+033:001 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming,
+        and with him four hundred men.  He divided the children
+        between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
+033:002 He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her
+        children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
+033:003 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself
+        to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
+033:004 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him,
+        and they wept.
+033:005 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;
+        and said, "Who are these with you?"  He said, "The children
+        whom God has graciously given your servant."
+033:006 Then the handmaids came near with their children,
+        and they bowed themselves.
+033:007 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves.
+        After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
+033:008 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?"
+        Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
+033:009 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you
+        have be yours."
+033:010 Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight,
+        then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face,
+        as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
+033:011 Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has
+        dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough."
+        He urged him, and he took it.
+033:012 Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I
+        will go before you."
+033:013 Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender,
+        and that the flocks and herds with me have their young,
+        and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
+033:014 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I
+        will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock
+        that are before me and according to the pace of the children,
+        until I come to my lord to Seir."
+033:015 Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are
+        with me."  He said, "Why?  Let me find favor in the sight
+        of my lord."
+033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
+033:017 Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made
+        shelters for his livestock.  Therefore the name of the place
+        is called Succoth.{succoth means shelters or booths.}
+033:018 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is
+        in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram;
+        and encamped before the city.
+033:019 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent,
+        at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,
+        for one hundred pieces of money.
+033:020 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.{El
+        Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God
+        of Israel is mighty."}
+034:001 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out
+        to see the daughters of the land.
+034:002 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her.
+        He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
+034:003 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
+        the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
+034:004 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young
+        lady as a wife."
+034:005 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter;
+        and his sons were with his livestock in the field.
+        Jacob held his peace until they came.
+034:006 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
+034:007 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it.
+        The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he
+        had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter;
+        a which thing ought not to be done.
+034:008 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem,
+        longs for your daughter.  Please give her to him as a wife.
+034:009 Make marriages with us.  Give your daughters to us, and take
+        our daughters for yourselves.
+034:010 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you.
+        Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
+034:011 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find
+        favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
+034:012 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever
+        you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
+034:013 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit,
+        and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
+034:014 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister
+        to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
+034:015 Only on this condition will we consent to you.  If you will
+        be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
+034:016 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take
+        your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we
+        will become one people.
+034:017 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we
+        will take our sister,{Hebrew has, literally, "daughter"} and we
+        will be gone."
+034:018 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
+034:019 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight
+        in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house
+        of his father.
+034:020 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city,
+        and talked with the men of their city, saying,
+034:021 "These men are peaceful with us.  Therefore let them live in the land
+        and trade in it.  For behold, the land is large enough for them.
+        Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
+        them our daughters.
+034:022 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us,
+        to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised,
+        as they are circumcised.
+034:023 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their
+        animals be ours?  Only let us give our consent to them,
+        and they will dwell with us."
+034:024 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor,
+        and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised,
+        all who went out of the gate of his city.
+034:025 It happened on the third day, when they were sore,
+        that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers,
+        each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city,
+        and killed all the males.
+034:026 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword,
+        and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
+034:027 Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city,
+        because they had defiled their sister.
+034:028 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which
+        was in the city, that which was in the field,
+034:029 and all their wealth.  They took captive all their little ones
+        and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was
+        in the house.
+034:030 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me,
+        to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land,
+        among the Canaanites and the Perizzites.  I am few in number.
+        They will gather themselves together against me and strike me,
+        and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
+034:031 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
+035:001 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there.
+        Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled
+        from the face of Esau your brother."
+035:002 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
+        "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves,
+        change your garments.
+035:003 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel.  I will make there
+        an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
+        and was with me in the way which I went."
+035:004 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands,
+        and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
+        under the oak which was by Shechem.
+035:005 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were
+        around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.
+035:006 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land
+        of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
+035:007 He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El;
+        because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from
+        the face of his brother.
+035:008 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel
+        under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.
+035:009 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram,
+        and blessed him.
+035:010 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob.  Your name shall
+        not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel."
+        He named him Israel.
+035:011 God said to him, "I am God Almighty.  Be fruitful and multiply.
+        A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings
+        will come out of your body.
+035:012 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you,
+        and to your seed after you will I give the land."
+035:013 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
+035:014 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him,
+        a pillar of stone.  He poured out a drink offering on it,
+        and poured oil on it.
+035:015 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
+035:016 They traveled from Bethel.  There was still some distance
+        to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed.  She had hard labor.
+035:017 When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her,
+        "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."
+035:018 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died),
+        that she named him Benoni,{"Benoni" means "son of my
+        trouble."} but his father named him Benjamin.{"Benjamin"
+        means "son of my right hand."}
+035:019 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath
+        (the same is Bethlehem).
+035:020 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave.  The same is the Pillar
+        of Rachel's grave to this day.
+035:021 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
+035:022 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and
+        lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.
+        Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
+035:023 The sons of Leah:  Reuben (Jacob's firstborn),
+        Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
+035:024 The sons of Rachel:  Joseph and Benjamin.
+035:025 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid):  Dan and Naphtali.
+035:026 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid):  Gad and Asher.
+        These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
+035:027 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba
+        (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
+035:028 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
+035:029 Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people,
+        old and full of days.  Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
+036:001 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau
+        (that is, Edom).
+036:002 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan:  Adah the daughter
+        of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah,
+        the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
+036:003 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
+036:004 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz.  Basemath bore Reuel.
+036:005 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.  These are the sons
+        of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
+036:006 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members
+        of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all
+        his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan,
+        and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
+036:007 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together,
+        and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because
+        of their livestock.
+036:008 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir.  Esau is Edom.
+036:009 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father
+        of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
+036:010 these are the names of Esau's sons:  Eliphaz, the son
+        of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath,
+        the wife of Esau.
+036:011 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
+036:012 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore
+        to Eliphaz Amalek.  These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
+036:013 These are the sons of Reuel:  Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
+        These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
+036:014 These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah,
+        the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife:  she bore to
+        Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
+036:015 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau:  the sons of
+        Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:  chief Teman, chief Omar,
+        chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
+036:016 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek:  these are the chiefs
+        who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the
+        sons of Adah.
+036:017 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son:
+        chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah:
+        these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom;
+        these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
+036:018 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife:  chief Jeush,
+        chief Jalam, chief Korah:  these are the chiefs who came
+        of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
+036:019 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these
+        are their chiefs.
+036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land:
+        Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
+036:021 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.  These are the chiefs who came
+        of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
+036:022 The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman.  Lotan's sister was Timna.
+036:023 These are the children of Shobal:  Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,
+        and Onam.
+036:024 These are the children of Zibeon:  Aiah and Anah.
+        This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness,
+        as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
+036:025 These are the children of Anah:  Dishon and Oholibamah,
+        the daughter of Anah.
+036:026 These are the children of Dishon:  Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran,
+        and Cheran.
+036:027 These are the children of Ezer:  Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
+036:028 These are the children of Dishan:  Uz and Aran.
+036:029 These are the chiefs who came of the Horites:  chief Lotan,
+        chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
+036:030 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan:  these are
+        the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs
+        in the land of Seir.
+036:031 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom,
+        before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
+036:032 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom.  The name of his
+        city was Dinhabah.
+036:033 Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah,
+        reigned in his place.
+036:034 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned
+        in his place.
+036:035 Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck
+        Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place.
+        The name of his city was Avith.
+036:036 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
+036:037 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river,
+        reigned in his place.
+036:038 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned
+        in his place.
+036:039 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place.
+        The name of his city was Pau.  His wife's name was Mehetabel,
+        the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
+036:040 These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to
+        their families, after their places, and by their names:
+        chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
+036:041 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
+036:042 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
+036:043 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram.  These are the chiefs of Edom,
+        according to their habitations in the land of their possession.
+        This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
+037:001 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the
+        land of Canaan.
+037:002 This is the history of the generations of Jacob.  Joseph, being
+        seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.
+        He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.
+        Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
+037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
+        because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat
+        of many colors.
+037:004 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than
+        all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak
+        peaceably to him.
+037:005 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers,
+        and they hated him all the more.
+037:006 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
+037:007 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold,
+        my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves
+        came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
+037:008 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us?
+        Or will you indeed have dominion over us?"  They hated him
+        all the more for his dreams and for his words.
+037:009 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers,
+        and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream:
+        and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed
+        down to me."
+037:010 He told it to his father and to his brothers.  His father rebuked him,
+        and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed?
+        Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow
+        ourselves down to you to the earth?"
+037:011 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
+037:012 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
+037:013 Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding
+        the flock in Shechem?  Come, and I will send you to them."
+        He said to him, "Here I am."
+037:014 He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers,
+        and well with the flock; and bring me word again."
+        So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
+037:015 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field.
+        The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
+037:016 He said, "I am looking for my brothers.  Tell me, please,
+        where they are feeding the flock."
+037:017 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say,
+        'Let us go to Dothan.'"  Joseph went after his brothers,
+        and found them in Dothan.
+037:018 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them,
+        they conspired against him to kill him.
+037:019 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
+037:020 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one
+        of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.'
+        We will see what will become of his dreams."
+037:021 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said,
+        "Let's not take his life."
+037:022 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood.  Throw him into this
+        pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--
+        that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him
+        to his father.
+037:023 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped
+        Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
+037:024 and they took him, and threw him into the pit.  The pit was empty.
+        There was no water in it.
+037:025 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked,
+        and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead,
+        with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh,
+        going to carry it down to Egypt.
+037:026 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill
+        our brother and conceal his blood?
+037:027 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let
+        our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh."
+        His brothers listened to him.
+037:028 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted
+        up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
+        for twenty pieces of silver.  They brought Joseph into Egypt.
+037:029 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit;
+        and he tore his clothes.
+037:030 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more;
+        and I, where will I go?"
+037:031 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped
+        the coat in the blood.
+037:032 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought
+        it to their father, and said, "We have found this.
+        Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
+037:033 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat.
+        An evil animal has devoured him.  Joseph is without doubt
+        torn in pieces."
+037:034 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist,
+        and mourned for his son many days.
+037:035 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him,
+        but he refused to be comforted.  He said, "For I will go down
+        to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.} to my son mourning."
+        His father wept for him.
+037:036 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer
+        of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
+038:001 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers,
+        and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
+038:002 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name
+        was Shua.  He took her, and went in to her.
+038:003 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
+038:004 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
+038:005 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah:
+        and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
+038:006 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
+038:007 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh.
+        Yahweh killed him.
+038:008 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform
+        the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed
+        to your brother."
+038:009 Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened,
+        when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it
+        on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
+038:010 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        and he killed him also.
+038:011 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow
+        in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;"
+        for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers."
+        Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
+038:012 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died.
+        Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah,
+        he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
+038:013 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going
+        up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
+038:014 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood,
+        and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself,
+        and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah;
+        for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given
+        to him as a wife.
+038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute,
+        for she had covered her face.
+038:016 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come,
+        let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was
+        his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me,
+        that you may come in to me?"
+038:017 He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock."
+        She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"
+038:018 He said, "What pledge will I give you?"  She said, "Your signet
+        and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand."
+        He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
+038:019 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her,
+        and put on the garments of her widowhood.
+038:020 Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend,
+        the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand,
+        but he didn't find her.
+038:021 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is
+        the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?"  They said,
+        "There has been no prostitute here."
+038:022 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her;
+        and also the men of the place said, 'There has been
+        no prostitute here.'"
+038:023 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed.  Behold, I sent
+        this kid, and you haven't found her."
+038:024 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah,
+        saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute;
+        and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."
+        Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
+038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law,
+        saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child."
+        She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet,
+        and the cords, and the staff."
+038:026 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous
+        than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son."
+        He knew her again no more.
+038:027 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold,
+        twins were in her womb.
+038:028 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied
+        a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."
+038:029 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother
+        came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?"
+        Therefore his name was called Perez.{Perez means "breaking out."}
+038:030 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet
+        thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.{Zerah
+        means "scarlet" or "brightness."}
+039:001 Joseph was brought down to Egypt.  Potiphar, an officer
+        of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
+        bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought
+        him down there.
+039:002 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man.
+        He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
+039:003 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made
+        all that he did prosper in his hand.
+039:004 Joseph found favor in his sight.  He ministered to him,
+        and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had
+        he put into his hand.
+039:005 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house,
+        and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's
+        house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on
+        all that he had, in the house and in the field.
+039:006 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand.  He didn't concern
+        himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.
+        Joseph was well-built and handsome.
+039:007 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast
+        her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
+039:008 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master
+        doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put
+        all that he has into my hand.
+039:009 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept
+        back anything from me but you, because you are his wife.
+        How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
+039:010 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her,
+        to lie by her, or to be with her.
+039:011 About this time, he went into the house to do his work,
+        and there were none of the men of the house inside.
+039:012 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"
+        He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
+039:013 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,
+        and had run outside,
+039:014 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them,
+        saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us.
+        He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
+039:015 It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried,
+        that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."
+039:016 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
+039:017 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew
+        servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
+039:018 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
+        his garment by me, and ran outside."
+039:019 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife,
+        which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant
+        did to me," that his wrath was kindled.
+039:020 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison,
+        the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was
+        there in custody.
+039:021 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him,
+        and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
+039:022 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all
+        the prisoners who were in the prison.  Whatever they did there,
+        he was responsible for it.
+039:023 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under
+        his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did,
+        Yahweh made it prosper.
+040:001 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king
+        of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
+040:002 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer
+        and the chief baker.
+040:003 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,
+        into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
+040:004 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took
+        care of them.  They stayed in prison many days.
+040:005 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night,
+        each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
+        the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were
+        bound in the prison.
+040:006 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw
+        that they were sad.
+040:007 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his
+        master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
+040:008 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there
+        is no one who can interpret it."  Joseph said to them,
+        "Don't interpretations belong to God?  Please tell it to me."
+040:009 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,
+        "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
+040:010 and in the vine were three branches.  It was as though it budded,
+        its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought
+        forth ripe grapes.
+040:011 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes,
+        and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup
+        into Pharaoh's hand."
+040:012 Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it:
+        the three branches are three days.
+040:013 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head,
+        and restore you to your office.  You will give Pharaoh's cup
+        into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.
+040:014 But remember me when it will be well with you, and show
+        kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh,
+        and bring me out of this house.
+040:015 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews,
+        and here also have I done nothing that they should put me
+        into the dungeon."
+040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good,
+        he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold,
+        three baskets of white bread were on my head.
+040:017 In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food
+        for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket
+        on my head."
+040:018 Joseph answered, "This is the interpretation of it.
+        The three baskets are three days.
+040:019 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from
+        off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat
+        your flesh from off you."
+040:020 It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,
+        that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up
+        the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief
+        baker among his servants.
+040:021 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again,
+        and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
+040:022 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
+040:023 Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
+041:001 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:
+        and behold, he stood by the river.
+041:002 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat,
+        and they fed in the marsh grass.
+041:003 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river,
+        ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink
+        of the river.
+041:004 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle.
+        So Pharaoh awoke.
+041:005 He slept and dreamed a second time:  and behold, seven heads
+        of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
+041:006 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind,
+        sprung up after them.
+041:007 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears.
+        Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
+041:008 It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled,
+        and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men.
+        Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could
+        interpret them to Pharaoh.
+041:009 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember
+        my faults today.
+041:010 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in
+        the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
+041:011 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he.  We dreamed each man
+        according to the interpretation of his dream.
+041:012 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain
+        of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams.
+        To each man according to his dream he interpreted.
+041:013 It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was:
+        he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
+041:014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
+        out of the dungeon.  He shaved himself, changed his clothing,
+        and came in to Pharaoh.
+041:015 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there
+        is no one who can interpret it.  I have heard it said of you,
+        that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
+041:016 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me.
+        God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
+041:017 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on
+        the brink of the river:
+041:018 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle,
+        fat and sleek.  They fed in the marsh grass,
+041:019 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and
+        very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land
+        of Egypt for ugliness.
+041:020 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,
+041:021 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they
+        had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning.
+        So I awoke.
+041:022 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up
+        on one stalk, full and good:
+041:023 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted
+        with the east wind, sprung up after them.
+041:024 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain.
+        I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could
+        explain it to me."
+041:025 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one.
+        What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
+041:026 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads
+        of grain are seven years.  The dream is one.
+041:027 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are
+        seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted
+        with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
+041:028 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh.  What God is about
+        to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
+041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout
+        all the land of Egypt.
+041:030 There will arise after them seven years of famine,
+        and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt.
+        The famine will consume the land,
+041:031 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that
+        famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
+041:032 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established
+        by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
+041:033 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man,
+        and set him over the land of Egypt.
+041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land,
+        and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce
+        in the seven plenteous years.
+041:035 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come,
+        and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities,
+        and let them keep it.
+041:036 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven
+        years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt;
+        that the land not perish through the famine."
+041:037 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes
+        of all his servants.
+041:038 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this,
+        a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
+041:039 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this,
+        there is none so discreet and wise as you.
+041:040 You shall be over my house, and according to your word
+        will all my people be ruled.  Only in the throne I will be
+        greater than you."
+041:041 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all
+        the land of Egypt."
+041:042 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it
+        on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen,
+        and put a gold chain about his neck,
+041:043 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had.
+        They cried before him, "Bow the knee!"  He set him over all
+        the land of Egypt.
+041:044 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall
+        no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
+041:045 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave
+        him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife.
+        Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
+041:046 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
+        of Egypt.  Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
+        and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
+041:047 In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.
+041:048 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were
+        in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities:
+        the food of the field, which was round about every city,
+        he laid up in the same.
+041:049 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much,
+        until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
+041:050 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came,
+        whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On,
+        bore to him.
+041:051 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,{"Manasseh"
+        sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."} "For," he said, "God has
+        made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
+041:052 The name of the second, he called Ephraim{"Ephraim"
+        sounds like the Hebrew for "twice fruitful."}: "For God has
+        made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
+041:053 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt,
+        came to an end.
+041:054 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said.
+        There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt
+        there was bread.
+041:055 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh
+        for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph.
+        What he says to you, do."
+041:056 The famine was over all the surface of the earth.
+        Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians.
+        The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
+041:057 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain,
+        because the famine was severe in all the earth.
+042:001 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said
+        to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
+042:002 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt.
+        Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live,
+        and not die."
+042:003 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
+042:004 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers;
+        for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
+042:005 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came,
+        for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
+042:006 Joseph was the governor over the land.  It was he who sold
+        to all the people of the land.  Joseph's brothers came,
+        and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
+042:007 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted
+        like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them.
+        He said to them, "Where did you come from?"  They said,
+        "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
+042:008 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.
+042:009 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them,
+        and said to them, "You are spies!  You have come to see
+        the nakedness of the land."
+042:010 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come
+        to buy food.
+042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men.  Your servants
+        are not spies."
+042:012 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness
+        of the land."
+042:013 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons
+        of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest
+        is this day with our father, and one is no more."
+042:014 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.'
+042:015 By this you shall be tested.  By the life of Pharaoh,
+        you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest
+        brother comes here.
+042:016 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound,
+        that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you,
+        or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
+042:017 He put them all together into custody for three days.
+042:018 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live,
+        for I fear God.
+042:019 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound
+        in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine
+        of your houses.
+042:020 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified,
+        and you won't die."  They did so.
+042:021 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning
+        our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul,
+        when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen.  Therefore this
+        distress has come upon us."
+042:022 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying,
+        'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen?
+        Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
+042:023 They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was
+        an interpreter between them.
+042:024 He turned himself away from them, and wept.  Then he returned
+        to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them,
+        and bound him before their eyes.
+042:025 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain,
+        and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give
+        them food for the way.  So it was done to them.
+042:026 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
+042:027 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the
+        lodging place, he saw his money.  Behold, it was in the mouth
+        of his sack.
+042:028 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored!  Behold, it is
+        in my sack!"  Their hearts failed them, and they turned
+        trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has
+        done to us?"
+042:029 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan,
+        and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
+042:030 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us,
+        and took us for spies of the country.
+042:031 We said to him, 'We are honest men.  We are no spies.
+042:032 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more,
+        and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
+042:033 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know
+        that you are honest men:  leave one of your brothers with me,
+        and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
+042:034 Bring your youngest brother to me.  Then I will know
+        that you are not spies, but that you are honest men.
+        So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade
+        in the land.'"
+042:035 It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's
+        bundle of money was in his sack.  When they and their father
+        saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
+042:036 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me
+        of my children!  Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more,
+        and you want to take Benjamin away.  All these things
+        are against me."
+042:037 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons,
+        if I don't bring him to you.  Entrust him to my care,
+        and I will bring him to you again."
+042:038 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother
+        is dead, and he only is left.  If harm happens to him along
+        the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray
+        hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
+043:001 The famine was severe in the land.
+043:002 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had
+        brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again,
+        buy us a little more food."
+043:003 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying,
+        'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
+043:004 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
+043:005 but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man
+        said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother
+        is with you.'"
+043:006 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man
+        that you had another brother?"
+043:007 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves,
+        and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive?
+        Have you another brother?'  We just answered his questions.
+        Is there any way we could know that he would say,
+        'Bring your brother down?'"
+043:008 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me,
+        and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die,
+        both we, and you, and also our little ones.
+043:009 I'll be collateral for him.  From my hand will you require him.
+        If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you,
+        then let me bear the blame forever,
+043:010 for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second
+        time by now."
+043:011 Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this.
+        Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry
+        down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey,
+        spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
+043:012 and take double money in your hand, and take back
+        the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks.
+        Perhaps it was an oversight.
+043:013 Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.
+043:014 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man,
+        that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin.
+        If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
+043:015 The men took that present, and they took double money in
+        their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt,
+        and stood before Joseph.
+043:016 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of
+        his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal,
+        and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."
+043:017 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men
+        to Joseph's house.
+043:018 The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house;
+        and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our
+        sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek
+        occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves,
+        along with our donkeys."
+043:019 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
+        spoke to him at the door of the house,
+043:020 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time
+        to buy food.
+043:021 When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks,
+        and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack,
+        our money in full weight.  We have brought it back in our hand.
+043:022 We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food.
+        We don't know who put our money in our sacks."
+043:023 He said, "Peace be to you.  Don't be afraid.  Your God,
+        and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks.
+        I received your money."  He brought Simeon out to them.
+043:024 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water,
+        and they washed their feet.  He gave their donkeys fodder.
+043:025 They made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon,
+        for they heard that they should eat bread there.
+043:026 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was
+        in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him
+        to the earth.
+043:027 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well,
+        the old man of whom you spoke?  Is he yet alive?"
+043:028 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well.  He is still alive."
+        They bowed the head, and did homage.
+043:029 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother,
+        his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother,
+        of whom you spoke to me?"  He said, "God be gracious
+        to you, my son."
+043:030 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother;
+        and he sought a place to weep.  He entered into his room,
+        and wept there.
+043:031 He washed his face, and came out.  He controlled himself,
+        and said, "Serve the meal."
+043:032 They served him by himself, and them by themselves,
+        and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves,
+        because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews,
+        for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
+043:033 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
+        and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled
+        one with another.
+043:034 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's
+        portion was five times as much as any of theirs.
+        They drank, and were merry with him.
+044:001 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's
+        sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every
+        man's money in his sack's mouth.
+044:002 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,
+        with his grain money."  He did according to the word that
+        Joseph had spoken.
+044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away,
+        they and their donkeys.
+044:004 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off,
+        Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men.
+        When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded
+        evil for good?
+044:005 Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which
+        he indeed divines?  You have done evil in so doing.'"
+044:006 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
+044:007 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these?
+        Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
+044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
+        again to you out of the land of Canaan.  How then should we
+        steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
+044:009 With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die,
+        and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
+044:010 He said, "Now also let it be according to your words:
+        he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you
+        will be blameless."
+044:011 Then they hurried, and every man took his sack down to the ground,
+        and every man opened his sack.
+044:012 He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest.
+        The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
+044:013 Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey,
+        and returned to the city.
+044:014 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was
+        still there.  They fell on the ground before him.
+044:015 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done?
+        Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"
+044:016 Judah said, "What will we tell my lord?  What will we speak?
+        Or how will we clear ourselves?  God has found out the iniquity
+        of your servants.  Behold, we are my lord's bondservants,
+        both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
+044:017 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so.  The man
+        in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant;
+        but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
+044:018 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord,
+        please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears,
+        and don't let your anger burn against your servant;
+        for you are even as Pharaoh.
+044:019 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father,
+        or a brother?'
+044:020 We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child
+        of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead,
+        and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'
+044:021 You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may
+        set my eyes on him.'
+044:022 We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father:
+        for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
+044:023 You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes
+        down with you, you will see my face no more.'
+044:024 It happened when we came up to your servant my father,
+        we told him the words of my lord.
+044:025 Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'
+044:026 We said, 'We can't go down.  If our youngest brother is with us,
+        then we will go down:  for we may not see the man's face,
+        unless our youngest brother is with us.'
+044:027 Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife
+        bore me two sons:
+044:028 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn
+        in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.
+044:029 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him,
+        you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'
+044:030 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father,
+        and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up
+        in the boy's life;
+044:031 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more,
+        that he will die.  Your servants will bring down the gray
+        hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
+044:032 For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father,
+        saying, 'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear
+        the blame to my father forever.'
+044:033 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy,
+        a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
+044:034 For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--
+        lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
+045:001 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood
+        before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!"
+        No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known
+        to his brothers.
+045:002 He wept aloud.  The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
+045:003 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph!  Does my father
+        still live?"  His brothers couldn't answer him; for they
+        were terrified at his presence.
+045:004 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."
+        They came near.  "He said, I am Joseph, your brother,
+        whom you sold into Egypt.
+045:005 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold
+        me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
+045:006 For these two years the famine has been in the land,
+        and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither
+        plowing nor harvest.
+045:007 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth,
+        and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
+045:008 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has
+        made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler
+        over all the land of Egypt.
+045:009 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what
+        your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt.
+        Come down to me.  Don't wait.
+045:010 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near
+        to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks,
+        your herds, and all that you have.
+045:011 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine;
+        lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all
+        that you have."'
+045:012 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
+        that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
+045:013 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt,
+        and of all that you have seen.  You shall hurry and bring
+        my father down here."
+045:014 He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin
+        wept on his neck.
+045:015 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them.  After that his
+        brothers talked with him.
+045:016 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
+        "Joseph's brothers have come."  It pleased Pharaoh well,
+        and his servants.
+045:017 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this.
+        Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
+045:018 Take your father and your households, and come to me,
+        and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you
+        will eat the fat of the land.'
+045:019 Now you are commanded:  do this.  Take wagons out of the land
+        of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring
+        your father, and come.
+045:020 Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings,
+        for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."
+045:021 The sons of Israel did so.  Joseph gave them wagons,
+        according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
+        provision for the way.
+045:022 He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave
+        three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
+045:023 To his father, he sent after this manner:  ten donkeys loaded
+        with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded
+        with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
+045:024 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed.
+        He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."
+045:025 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan,
+        to Jacob their father.
+045:026 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is
+        ruler over all the land of Egypt."  His heart fainted,
+        for he didn't believe them.
+045:027 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them.
+        When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him,
+        the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
+045:028 Israel said, "It is enough.  Joseph my son is still alive.
+        I will go and see him before I die."
+046:001 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba,
+        and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
+046:002 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
+        "Jacob, Jacob!"  He said, "Here I am."
+046:003 He said, "I am God, the God of your father.  Don't be afraid to go
+        down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
+046:004 I will go down with you into Egypt.  I will also surely bring
+        you up again.  Joseph will close your eyes."
+046:005 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob,
+        their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
+        which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
+046:006 They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten
+        in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt--Jacob, and all
+        his seed with him,
+046:007 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,
+        and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his seed with
+        him into Egypt.
+046:008 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came
+        into Egypt, Jacob and his sons:  Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
+046:009 The sons of Reuben:  Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
+046:010 The sons of Simeon:  Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul
+        the son of a Canaanite woman.
+046:011 The sons of Levi:  Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
+046:012 The sons of Judah:  Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah;
+        but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.  The sons of Perez
+        were Hezron and Hamul.
+046:013 The sons of Issachar:  Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
+046:014 The sons of Zebulun:  Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
+046:015 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,
+        with his daughter Dinah.  All the souls of his sons and his
+        daughters were thirty-three.
+046:016 The sons of Gad:  Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi,
+        and Areli.
+046:017 The sons of Asher:  Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah
+        their sister.  The sons of Beriah:  Heber and Malchiel.
+046:018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah,
+        his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
+046:019 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife:  Joseph and Benjamin.
+046:020 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
+        whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,
+        bore to him.
+046:021 The sons of Benjamin:  Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman,
+        Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
+046:022 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob:
+        all the souls were fourteen.
+046:023 The son of Dan:  Hushim.
+046:024 The sons of Naphtali:  Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
+046:025 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter,
+        and these she bore to Jacob:  all the souls were seven.
+046:026 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his
+        direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the
+        souls were sixty-six.
+046:027 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls.
+        All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt,
+        were seventy.
+046:028 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him
+        to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
+046:029 Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel,
+        his father, in Goshen.  He presented himself to him,
+        and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
+046:030 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen
+        your face, that you are still alive."
+046:031 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house,
+        "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him,
+        'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land
+        of Canaan, have come to me.
+046:032 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock,
+        and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
+        and all that they have.'
+046:033 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say,
+        'What is your occupation?'
+046:034 that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock
+        from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:'
+        that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd
+        is an abomination to the Egyptians."
+047:001 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father
+        and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that
+        they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold,
+        they are in the land of Goshen."
+047:002 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented
+        them to Pharaoh.
+047:003 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
+        They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we,
+        and our fathers."
+047:004 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in
+        the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks.
+        For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan.  Now therefore,
+        please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
+047:005 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers
+        have come to you.
+047:006 The land of Egypt is before you.  Make your father and your
+        brothers dwell in the best of the land.  Let them dwell
+        in the land of Goshen.  If you know any able men among them,
+        then put them in charge of my livestock."
+047:007 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh,
+        and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
+047:008 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years
+        of your life?"
+047:009 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage
+        are one hundred thirty years.  Few and evil have been
+        the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained
+        to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days
+        of their pilgrimage."
+047:010 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
+047:011 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them
+        a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land,
+        in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
+047:012 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his
+        father's household, with bread, according to their families.
+047:013 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe,
+        so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted
+        by reason of the famine.
+047:014 Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
+        and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought:
+        and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
+047:015 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in
+        the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said,
+        "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence?
+        For our money fails."
+047:016 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food
+        for your livestock, if your money is gone."
+047:017 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave
+        them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks,
+        and for the herds, and for the donkeys:  and he fed them
+        with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
+047:018 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year,
+        and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money
+        is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There
+        is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies,
+        and our lands.
+047:019 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land?
+        Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will
+        be servants to Pharaoh.  Give us seed, that we may live,
+        and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."
+047:020 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh,
+        for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
+        was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
+047:021 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end
+        of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
+047:022 Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a
+        portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them.
+        That is why they didn't sell their land.
+047:023 Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you
+        and your land today for Pharaoh.  Behold, here is seed for you,
+        and you shall sow the land.
+047:024 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth
+        to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed
+        of the field, for your food, for them of your households,
+        and for food for your little ones."
+047:025 They said, "You have saved our lives!  Let us find favor
+        in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
+047:026 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt
+        to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth.
+        Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
+047:027 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen;
+        and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful,
+        and multiplied exceedingly.
+047:028 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
+        So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one
+        hundred forty-seven years.
+047:029 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph,
+        and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put
+        your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me.
+        Please don't bury me in Egypt,
+047:030 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me
+        out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place."
+        He said, "I will do as you have said."
+047:031 He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him.  Israel bowed
+        himself on the bed's head.
+048:001 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold,
+        your father is sick."  He took with him his two sons,
+        Manasseh and Ephraim.
+048:002 Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,"
+        and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
+048:003 Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz
+        in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
+048:004 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you,
+        and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this
+        land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'
+048:005 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt
+        before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh,
+        even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
+048:006 Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours.
+        They will be called after the name of their brothers
+        in their inheritance.
+048:007 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land
+        of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come
+        to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath
+        (the same is Bethlehem)."
+048:008 Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
+048:009 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God
+        has given me here."  He said, "Please bring them to me,
+        and I will bless them."
+048:010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see.
+        He brought them near to him; and he kissed them,
+        and embraced them.
+048:011 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face,
+        and behold, God has let me see your seed also."
+048:012 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
+        himself with his face to the earth.
+048:013 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's
+        left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
+        right hand, and brought them near to him.
+048:014 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head,
+        who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head,
+        guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
+048:015 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers
+        Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life
+        long to this day,
+048:016 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads,
+        and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers
+        Abraham and Isaac.  Let them grow into a multitude in the midst
+        of the earth."
+048:017 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head
+        of Ephraim, it displeased him.  He held up his father's hand,
+        to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
+048:018 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is
+        the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
+048:019 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know.
+        He also will become a people, and he also will be great.
+        However, his younger brother will be greater than he,
+        and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
+048:020 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless,
+        saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set
+        Ephraim before Manasseh.
+048:021 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be
+        with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
+048:022 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers,
+        which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword
+        and with my bow."
+049:001 Jacob called to his sons, and said:  "Gather yourselves together,
+        that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the
+        days to come.
+049:002 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.
+        Listen to Israel, your father.
+049:003 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning
+        of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
+049:004 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you
+        went up to your father's bed, then defiled it.
+        He went up to my couch.
+049:005 "Simeon and Levi are brothers.  Their swords are weapons of violence.
+049:006 My soul, don't come into their council.  My glory, don't be
+        united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men.
+        In their self-will they hamstrung oxen.
+049:007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,
+        for it was cruel.  I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter
+        them in Israel.
+049:008 "Judah, your brothers will praise you.  Your hand will be
+        on the neck of your enemies.  Your father's sons will bow
+        down before you.
+049:009 Judah is a lion's cub.  From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
+        He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness.
+        Who will rouse him up?
+049:010 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff
+        from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs.
+        To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
+049:011 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine;
+        he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the
+        blood of grapes.
+049:012 His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
+049:013 "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea.  He will be for
+        a haven of ships.  His border will be on Sidon.
+049:014 "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
+049:015 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land,
+        that it was pleasant.  He bows his shoulder to the burden,
+        and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
+049:016 "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
+049:017 Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path,
+        That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
+049:018 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
+049:019 "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
+049:020 "Asher's food will be rich.  He will yield royal dainties.
+049:021 "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
+049:022 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring.
+        His branches run over the wall.
+049:023 The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him,
+        and persecute him:
+049:024 But his bow remained strong.  The arms of his hands were
+        made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
+        (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
+049:025 even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty,
+        who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above,
+        blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts,
+        and of the womb.
+049:026 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings
+        of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills.
+        They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head
+        of him who is separated from his brothers.
+049:027 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.  In the morning he will devour
+        the prey.  At evening he will divide the spoil."
+049:028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this
+        is what their father spoke to them and blessed them.
+        He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
+049:029 He charged them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people.
+        Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field
+        of Ephron the Hittite,
+049:030 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre,
+        in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field
+        from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
+049:031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife.  There they
+        buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
+049:032 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased
+        from the children of Heth."
+049:033 When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered
+        up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit,
+        and was gathered to his people.
+050:001 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
+050:002 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father;
+        and the physicians embalmed Israel.
+050:003 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many
+        the days it takes to embalm.  The Egyptians wept for him
+        for seventy days.
+050:004 When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke
+        to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor
+        in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
+050:005 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying.  Bury me
+        in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan."
+        Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father,
+        and I will come again.'"
+050:006 Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, just like he
+        made you swear."
+050:007 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up
+        all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house,
+        all the elders of the land of Egypt,
+050:008 all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house.
+        Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds,
+        they left in the land of Goshen.
+050:009 There went up with him both chariots and horsemen.
+        It was a very great company.
+050:010 They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan,
+        and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation.
+        He mourned for his father seven days.
+050:011 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
+        in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning
+        by the Egyptians."  Therefore, the name of it was called
+        Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
+050:012 His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
+050:013 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried
+        him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham
+        bought with the field, for a possession of a burial site,
+        from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
+050:014 Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all
+        that went up with him to bury his father, after he had
+        buried his father.
+050:015 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,
+        "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us
+        back for all of the evil which we did to him."
+050:016 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded
+        before he died, saying,
+050:017 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience
+        of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."'
+        Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God
+        of your father."  Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
+050:018 His brothers also went and fell down before his face;
+        and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
+050:019 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
+050:020 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,
+        to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
+050:021 Now therefore don't be afraid.  I will nourish you and your
+        little ones."  He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
+050:022 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house.
+        Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
+050:023 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation.
+        The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born
+        on Joseph's knees.
+050:024 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely
+        visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land
+        which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
+050:025 Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will
+        surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
+050:026 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they
+        embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
+Book 02 Exodus
+001:001 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt
+        (every man and his household came with Jacob):
+001:002 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
+001:003 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
+001:004 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
+001:005 All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy souls,
+        and Joseph was in Egypt already.
+001:006 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
+001:007 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,
+        and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land
+        was filled with them.
+001:008 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
+001:009 He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children
+        of Israel are more and mightier than we.
+001:010 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply,
+        and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join
+        themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape
+        out of the land."
+001:011 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict
+        them with their burdens.  They built storage cities
+        for Pharaoh:  Pithom and Raamses.
+001:012 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
+        and the more they spread out.  They were grieved because of
+        the children of Israel.
+001:013 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
+001:014 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar
+        and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field,
+        all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
+001:015 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name
+        of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
+001:016 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife
+        to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool;
+        if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter,
+        then she shall live."
+001:017 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king
+        of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
+001:018 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them,
+        "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"
+001:019 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women
+        aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous,
+        and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
+001:020 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied,
+        and grew very mighty.
+001:021 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he
+        gave them families.
+001:022 Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every
+        son who is born into the river, and every daughter you
+        shall save alive."
+002:001 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi
+        as his wife.
+002:002 The woman conceived, and bore a son.  When she saw that he was
+        a fine child, she hid him three months.
+002:003 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus
+        basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch.
+        She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by
+        the river's bank.
+002:004 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
+002:005 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river.
+        Her maidens walked along by the riverside.  She saw the basket
+        among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.
+002:006 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried.
+        She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of
+        the Hebrews' children."
+002:007 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go
+        and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she
+        may nurse the child for you?"
+002:008 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called
+        the child's mother.
+002:009 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away,
+        and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages."
+        The woman took the child, and nursed it.
+002:010 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter,
+        and he became her son.  She named him Moses,{"Moses"
+        sounds like the Hebrew for "draw out".} and said, "Because I
+        drew him out of the water."
+002:011 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up,
+        that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens.
+        He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
+002:012 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there
+        was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
+002:013 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews
+        were fighting with each other.  He said to him who did the wrong,
+        "Why do you strike your fellow?"
+002:014 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us?  Do you plan
+        to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?"  Moses was afraid,
+        and said, "Surely this thing is known."
+002:015 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses.
+        But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land
+        of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
+002:016 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters.
+        They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water
+        their father's flock.
+002:017 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up
+        and helped them, and watered their flock.
+002:018 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it
+        that you have returned so early today?"
+002:019 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
+        and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
+002:020 He said to his daughters, "Where is he?  Why is it that you
+        have left the man?  Call him, that he may eat bread."
+002:021 Moses was content to dwell with the man.  He gave
+        Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
+002:022 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,{"Gershom"
+        sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for he said,
+        "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
+002:023 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king
+        of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of
+        the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God
+        because of the bondage.
+002:024 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
+        with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
+002:025 God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
+003:001 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law,
+        the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back
+        of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
+003:002 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out
+        of the midst of a bush.  He looked, and behold, the bush
+        burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
+003:003 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight,
+        why the bush is not burnt."
+003:004 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him
+        out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses!  Moses!"  He said,
+        "Here I am."
+003:005 He said, "Don't come close.  Take your sandals off of your feet,
+        for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
+003:006 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God
+        of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
+        Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
+003:007 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are
+        in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters,
+        for I know their sorrows.
+003:008 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
+        and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land,
+        to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place
+        of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite,
+        the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
+003:009 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me.
+        Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the
+        Egyptians oppress them.
+003:010 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh,
+        that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel,
+        out of Egypt."
+003:011 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh,
+        and that I should bring forth the children of Israel
+        out of Egypt?"
+003:012 He said, "Certainly I will be with you.  This will be the token
+        to you, that I have sent you:  when you have brought forth
+        the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
+003:013 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children
+        of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has
+        sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?'
+        What should I tell them?"
+003:014 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell
+        the children of Israel this:  'I AM has sent me to you.'"
+003:015 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of
+        Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
+        the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.'
+        This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
+003:016 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,
+        'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac,
+        and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely
+        visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
+003:017 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction
+        of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite,
+        the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
+        to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
+003:018 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and
+        the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall
+        tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us.
+        Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness,
+        that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
+003:019 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission
+        to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
+003:020 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders
+        which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will
+        let you go.
+003:021 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
+        and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
+003:022 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits
+        her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing;
+        and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters.
+        You shall despoil the Egyptians.
+004:001 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me,
+        nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not
+        appeared to you.'"
+004:002 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
+        He said, "A rod."
+004:003 He said, "Throw it on the ground."  He threw it on the ground,
+        and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
+004:004 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail."
+        He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became
+        a rod in his hand.
+004:005 "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
+        the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
+        has appeared to you."
+004:006 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside
+        your cloak."  He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took
+        it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
+004:007 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again."
+        He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out
+        of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
+004:008 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen
+        to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe
+        the voice of the latter sign.
+004:009 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs,
+        neither listen to your voice, that you shall take
+        of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land.
+        The water which you take out of the river will become blood
+        on the dry land."
+004:010 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent,
+        neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant;
+        for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
+004:011 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth?  Or who makes one mute,
+        or deaf, or seeing, or blind?  Isn't it I, Yahweh?
+004:012 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach
+        you what you shall speak."
+004:013 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
+004:014 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said,
+        "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite?  I know that he can
+        speak well.  Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you.
+        When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
+004:015 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth.
+        I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
+        you what you shall do.
+004:016 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen,
+        that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
+004:017 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall
+        do the signs."
+004:018 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law,
+        and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers
+        who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."
+        Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
+004:019 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt;
+        for all the men who sought your life are dead."
+004:020 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey,
+        and he returned to the land of Egypt.  Moses took God's rod
+        in his hand.
+004:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you
+        do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand,
+        but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
+004:022 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is
+        my son, my firstborn,
+004:023 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;"
+        and you have refused to let him go.  Behold, I will kill
+        your son, your firstborn.'"
+004:024 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met
+        him and wanted to kill him.
+004:025 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son,
+        and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a
+        bridegroom of blood to me."
+004:026 So he let him alone.  Then she said, "You are a bridegroom
+        of blood," because of the circumcision.
+004:027 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
+        He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
+004:028 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had
+        sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him.
+004:029 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders
+        of the children of Israel.
+004:030 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses,
+        and did the signs in the sight of the people.
+004:031 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited
+        the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction,
+        then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
+005:001 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is
+        what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go,
+        that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
+005:002 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice
+        to let Israel go?  I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will
+        not let Israel go."
+005:003 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us.
+        Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness,
+        and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us
+        with pestilence, or with the sword."
+005:004 The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron,
+        take the people from their work?  Get back to your burdens!"
+005:005 Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many,
+        and you make them rest from their burdens."
+005:006 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people,
+        and their officers, saying,
+005:007 "You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before.
+        Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
+005:008 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require
+        from them.  You shall not diminish anything of it, for they
+        are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice
+        to our God.'
+005:009 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein;
+        and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
+005:010 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers,
+        and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says:
+        "I will not give you straw.
+005:011 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing
+        of your work shall be diminished."
+005:012 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land
+        of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
+005:013 The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily,
+        as when there was straw!"
+005:014 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's
+        taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded,
+        "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today,
+        in making brick as before?"
+005:015 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried
+        to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
+005:016 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us,
+        'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten;
+        but the fault is in your own people."
+005:017 But he said, "You are idle!  You are idle!  Therefore you say,
+        'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
+005:018 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you,
+        yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!"
+005:019 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were
+        in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything
+        from your daily quota of bricks!"
+005:020 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came
+        forth from Pharaoh:
+005:021 and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge,
+        because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes
+        of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword
+        in their hand to kill us."
+005:022 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought
+        trouble on this people?  Why is it that you have sent me?
+005:023 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has
+        brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered
+        your people at all."
+006:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh,
+        for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong
+        hand he shall drive them out of his land."
+006:002 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
+006:003 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty;
+        but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
+006:004 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them
+        the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they
+        lived as aliens.
+006:005 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
+        whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered
+        my covenant.
+006:006 Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I
+        will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians,
+        and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem
+        you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
+006:007 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you
+        out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
+006:008 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham,
+        to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage:
+        I am Yahweh.'"
+006:009 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen
+        to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
+006:010 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:011 "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children
+        of Israel go out of his land."
+006:012 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel
+        haven't listened to me.  How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,
+        who am of uncircumcised lips?"
+006:013 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge
+        to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
+006:014 These are the heads of their fathers' houses.  The sons of Reuben
+        the firstborn of Israel:  Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
+        these are the families of Reuben.
+006:015 The sons of Simeon:  Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,
+        and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman;
+        these are the families of Simeon.
+006:016 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to
+        their generations:  Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years
+        of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
+006:017 The sons of Gershon:  Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
+006:018 The sons of Kohath:  Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
+        and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one
+        hundred thirty-three years.
+006:019 The sons of Merari:  Mahli and Mushi.  These are the families
+        of the Levites according to their generations.
+006:020 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife;
+        and she bore him Aaron and Moses:  and the years of the life
+        of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
+006:021 The sons of Izhar:  Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
+006:022 The sons of Uzziel:  Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
+006:023 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab,
+        the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab
+        and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
+006:024 The sons of Korah:  Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph;
+        these are the families of the Korahites.
+006:025 Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife;
+        and she bore him Phinehas.  These are the heads of the fathers'
+        houses of the Levites according to their families.
+006:026 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said,
+        "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt
+        according to their armies."
+006:027 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt.
+        These are that Moses and Aaron.
+006:028 It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the
+        land of Egypt,
+006:029 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh.
+        Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
+006:030 Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
+        and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
+007:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh;
+        and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
+007:002 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother
+        shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel
+        go out of his land.
+007:003 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
+        wonders in the land of Egypt.
+007:004 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt,
+        and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel,
+        out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
+007:005 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch
+        forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel
+        from among them."
+007:006 Moses and Aaron did so.  As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
+007:007 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old,
+        when they spoke to Pharaoh.
+007:008 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+007:009 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!'
+        then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down
+        before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"
+007:010 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh
+        had commanded:  and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh
+        and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
+007:011 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers.
+        They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner
+        with their enchantments.
+007:012 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
+        but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
+007:013 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
+        as Yahweh had spoken.
+007:014 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn.
+        He refuses to let the people go.
+007:015 Go to Pharaoh in the morning.  Behold, he goes out to the water;
+        and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him;
+        and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take
+        in your hand.
+007:016 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent
+        me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me
+        in the wilderness:"  and behold, until now you haven't listened.
+007:017 Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+        Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters
+        which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
+007:018 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall
+        become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water
+        from the river."'"
+007:019 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod,
+        and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt,
+        over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools,
+        and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood;
+        and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt,
+        both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
+007:020 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted
+        up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river,
+        in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants;
+        and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
+007:021 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul,
+        and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river;
+        and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
+007:022 The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments;
+        and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
+        as Yahweh had spoken.
+007:023 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay
+        even this to heart.
+007:024 All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink;
+        for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
+007:025 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
+008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
+        "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they
+        may serve me.
+008:002 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your
+        borders with frogs:
+008:003 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come
+        into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed,
+        and into the house of your servants, and on your people,
+        and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:
+008:004 and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people,
+        and on all your servants.'"
+008:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with
+        your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools,
+        and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"
+008:006 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;
+        and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
+008:007 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments,
+        and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
+008:008 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh,
+        that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people;
+        and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
+008:009 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting
+        the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants,
+        and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you
+        and your houses, and remain in the river only."
+008:010 He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word,
+        that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
+008:011 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses,
+        and from your servants, and from your people.  They shall
+        remain in the river only."
+008:012 Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh
+        concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
+008:013 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died
+        out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
+008:014 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
+008:015 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened
+        his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
+008:016 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod,
+        and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice
+        throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
+008:017 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,
+        and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man,
+        and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout
+        all the land of Egypt.
+008:018 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
+        but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
+008:019 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:"
+        and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them;
+        as Yahweh had spoken.
+008:020 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning,
+        and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water;
+        and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go,
+        that they may serve me.
+008:021 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
+        of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people,
+        and into your houses:  and the houses of the Egyptians shall be
+        full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
+008:022 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which
+        my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there;
+        to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst
+        of the earth.
+008:023 I will put a division between my people and your people:
+        by tomorrow shall this sign be."'"
+008:024 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies
+        into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses:
+        and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason
+        of the swarms of flies.
+008:025 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to
+        your God in the land!"
+008:026 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall
+        sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God.
+        Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
+        before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
+008:027 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice
+        to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
+008:028 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh
+        your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away.
+        Pray for me."
+008:029 Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray
+        to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh,
+        from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't
+        let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people
+        go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
+008:030 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
+008:031 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms
+        of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people.
+        There remained not one.
+008:032 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let
+        the people go.
+009:001 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
+        'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says:
+        "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+009:002 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
+009:003 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are
+        in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels,
+        on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
+009:004 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel
+        and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die
+        of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"
+009:005 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall
+        do this thing in the land."
+009:006 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock
+        of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel,
+        not one died.
+009:007 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of
+        the livestock of the Israelites dead.  But the heart of Pharaoh
+        was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
+009:008 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls
+        of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward
+        the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
+009:009 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall
+        be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal,
+        throughout all the land of Egypt."
+009:010 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh;
+        and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil
+        breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.
+009:011 The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils;
+        for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
+009:012 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen
+        to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
+009:013 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning,
+        and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh,
+        the God of the Hebrews, says:  "Let my people go, that they
+        may serve me.
+009:014 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart,
+        against your officials, and against your people; that you
+        may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
+009:015 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and
+        your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off
+        from the earth;
+009:016 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand:
+        to show you my power, and that my name may be declared
+        throughout all the earth;
+009:017 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't
+        let them go.
+009:018 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
+        grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day
+        it was founded even until now.
+009:019 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all
+        that you have in the field be brought into shelter.
+        Every man and animal that is found in the field,
+        and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them,
+        and they shall die."'"
+009:020 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh
+        made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
+009:021 Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants
+        and his livestock in the field.
+009:022 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky,
+        that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man,
+        and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the
+        land of Egypt."
+009:023 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh
+        sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth.
+        Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
+009:024 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail,
+        such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it
+        became a nation.
+009:025 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was
+        in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every
+        herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
+009:026 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,
+        there was no hail.
+009:027 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them,
+        "I have sinned this time.  Yahweh is righteous, and I and my
+        people are wicked.
+009:028 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings
+        and hail.  I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
+009:029 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city,
+        I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh.  The thunders
+        shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you
+        may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
+009:030 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet
+        fear Yahweh God."
+009:031 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear,
+        and the flax was in bloom.
+009:032 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had
+        not grown up.
+009:033 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
+        his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased,
+        and the rain was not poured on the earth.
+009:034 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders
+        were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart,
+        he and his servants.
+009:035 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children
+        of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
+010:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened
+        his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show
+        these my signs in the midst of them,
+010:002 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son,
+        and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt,
+        and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know
+        that I am Yahweh."
+010:003 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him,
+        "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says:
+        'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?
+        Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+010:004 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I
+        will bring locusts into your country,
+010:005 and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one
+        won't be able to see the earth.  They shall eat the residue
+        of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail,
+        and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
+010:006 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all
+        your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians;
+        as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen,
+        since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'"
+        He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
+010:007 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare
+        to us?  Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God.
+        Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
+010:008 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said
+        to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those
+        who will go?"
+010:009 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old;
+        with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with
+        our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
+010:010 He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go
+        with your little ones!  See, evil is clearly before your faces.
+010:011 Not so!  Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is
+        what you desire!"  They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
+010:012 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land
+        of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land
+        of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that
+        the hail has left."
+010:013 Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt,
+        and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day,
+        and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind
+        brought the locusts.
+010:014 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested
+        in all the borders of Egypt.  They were very grievous.
+        Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after
+        them shall be such.
+010:015 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that
+        the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land,
+        and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left.
+        There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field,
+        through all the land of Egypt.
+010:016 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said,
+        "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
+010:017 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh
+        your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
+010:018 He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
+010:019 Yahweh turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up
+        the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+        There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
+010:020 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let
+        the children of Israel go.
+010:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky,
+        that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
+        which may be felt."
+010:022 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was
+        a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
+010:023 They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his
+        place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light
+        in their dwellings.
+010:024 Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh.
+        Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind.
+        Let your little ones also go with you."
+010:025 Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices
+        and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
+010:026 Our livestock also shall go with us.  There shall not a hoof
+        be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh
+        our God; and we don't know with what we must serve Yahweh,
+        until we come there."
+010:027 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.
+010:028 Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me!  Be careful to see my
+        face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
+010:029 Moses said, "You have spoken well.  I will see your face
+        again no more."
+011:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring
+        on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go.
+        When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
+011:002 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every
+        man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor,
+        jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
+011:003 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.
+        Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt,
+        in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight
+        of the people.
+011:004 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says:  'About midnight I
+        will go out into the midst of Egypt,
+011:005 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
+        from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to
+        the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill;
+        and all the firstborn of livestock.
+011:006 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,
+        such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.
+011:007 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't
+        even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal;
+        that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between
+        the Egyptians and Israel.
+011:008 All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down
+        themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people
+        who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'"
+        He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
+011:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my
+        wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
+011:010 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh
+        hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children
+        of Israel go out of his land.
+012:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
+012:002 "This month shall be to you the beginning of months.
+        It shall be the first month of the year to you.
+012:003 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth
+        day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb,
+        according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
+012:004 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and
+        his neighbor next to his house shall take one according
+        to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can
+        eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
+012:005 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old.
+        You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
+012:006 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month;
+        and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
+        kill it at evening.
+012:007 They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts
+        and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
+012:008 They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire,
+        and unleavened bread.  They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
+012:009 Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted
+        with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.
+012:010 You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning;
+        but that which remains of it until the morning you shall
+        burn with fire.
+012:011 This is how you shall eat it:  with your waist girded,
+        your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;
+        and you shall eat it in haste:  it is Yahweh's Passover.
+012:012 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike
+        all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal.
+        Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments:
+        I am Yahweh.
+012:013 The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are:
+        and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there
+        shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike
+        the land of Egypt.
+012:014 This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep
+        it a feast to Yahweh:  throughout your generations you shall
+        keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
+012:015 "'Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first
+        day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever
+        eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day,
+        that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
+012:016 In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation,
+        and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work
+        shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat,
+        that only may be done by you.
+012:017 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
+        same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
+        therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations
+        by an ordinance forever.
+012:018 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening,
+        you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day
+        of the month at evening.
+012:019 Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses,
+        for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut
+        off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner,
+        or one who is born in the land.
+012:020 You shall eat nothing leavened.  In all your habitations you
+        shall eat unleavened bread.'"
+012:021 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them,
+        "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families,
+        and kill the Passover.
+012:022 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that
+        is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts
+        with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall
+        go out of the door of his house until the morning.
+012:023 For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when
+        he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts,
+        Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer
+        to come in to your houses to strike you.
+012:024 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to
+        your sons forever.
+012:025 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh
+        will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall
+        keep this service.
+012:026 It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean
+        by this service?'
+012:027 that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover,
+        who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt,
+        when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'"
+        The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
+012:028 The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded
+        Moses and Aaron, so they did.
+012:029 It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn
+        in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his
+        throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon;
+        and all the firstborn of livestock.
+012:030 Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants,
+        and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt,
+        for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
+012:031 He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up,
+        get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel;
+        and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
+012:032 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said,
+        and be gone; and bless me also!"
+012:033 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out
+        of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
+012:034 The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading
+        troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
+012:035 The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;
+        and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels
+        of gold, and clothing.
+012:036 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
+        so that they let them have what they asked.
+        They despoiled the Egyptians.
+012:037 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth,
+        about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
+012:038 A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds,
+        and even very much livestock.
+012:039 They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
+        forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they
+        were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they
+        prepared for themselves any food.
+012:040 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was
+        four hundred thirty years.
+012:041 It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years,
+        even the same day it happened, that all the armies of Yahweh
+        went out from the land of Egypt.
+012:042 It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them
+        out from the land of Egypt.  This is that night of Yahweh,
+        to be much observed of all the children of Israel
+        throughout their generations.
+012:043 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance
+        of the Passover.  There shall no foreigner eat of it,
+012:044 but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you
+        have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
+012:045 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
+012:046 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth
+        anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall
+        you break a bone of it.
+012:047 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
+012:048 When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you,
+        and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males
+        be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it;
+        and he shall be as one who is born in the land:
+        but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
+012:049 One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger
+        who lives as a foreigner among you."
+012:050 Thus did all the children of Israel.  As Yahweh commanded
+        Moses and Aaron, so they did.
+012:051 It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children
+        of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
+013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+013:002 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb
+        among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal.
+        It is mine."
+013:003 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you
+        came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by
+        strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place.
+        No leavened bread shall be eaten.
+013:004 This day you go forth in the month Abib.
+013:005 It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of
+        the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite,
+        and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you,
+        a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this
+        service in this month.
+013:006 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
+        day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
+013:007 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days;
+        and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall
+        there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
+013:008 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of
+        that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
+013:009 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial
+        between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth;
+        for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
+013:010 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from
+        year to year.
+013:011 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land
+        of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers,
+        and shall give it you,
+013:012 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
+        and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal.
+        The males shall be Yahweh's.
+013:013 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb;
+        and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck;
+        and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
+013:014 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying,
+        'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand
+        Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
+013:015 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go,
+        that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
+        both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal.
+        Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
+        being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
+013:016 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between
+        your eyes:  for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth
+        out of Egypt."
+013:017 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
+        didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines,
+        although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people
+        change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
+013:018 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness
+        by the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}; and the children of Israel
+        went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
+013:019 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made
+        the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you,
+        and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
+013:020 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
+        in the edge of the wilderness.
+013:021 Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud,
+        to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire,
+        to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
+013:022 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
+        didn't depart from before the people.
+014:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+014:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp
+        before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon.
+        You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
+014:003 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled
+        in the land.  The wilderness has shut them in.'
+014:004 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them;
+        and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies;
+        and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh."
+        They did so.
+014:005 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled;
+        and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed
+        towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done,
+        that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
+014:006 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him;
+014:007 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots
+        of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
+014:008 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        and he pursued after the children of Israel; for the children
+        of Israel went out with a high hand.
+014:009 The Egyptians pursued after them:  all the horses and chariots
+        of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them
+        encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
+014:010 When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up
+        their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them;
+        and they were very afraid.  The children of Israel cried
+        out to Yahweh.
+014:011 They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt,
+        have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?
+        Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
+014:012 Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying,
+        'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?'  For it
+        were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we
+        should die in the wilderness."
+014:013 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid.  Stand still, and see
+        the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today:
+        for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never
+        see them again.
+014:014 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."
+014:015 Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me?  Speak to the children
+        of Israel, that they go forward.
+014:016 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea,
+        and divide it:  and the children of Israel shall go into
+        the midst of the sea on dry ground.
+014:017 I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
+        and they shall go in after them:  and I will get myself honor
+        over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots,
+        and over his horsemen.
+014:018 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have
+        gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots,
+        and over his horsemen."
+014:019 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
+        moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved
+        from before them, and stood behind them.
+014:020 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there
+        was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night:
+        and the one didn't come near the other all the night.
+014:021 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused
+        the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
+        and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
+014:022 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on
+        the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their
+        right hand, and on their left.
+014:023 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst
+        of the sea:  all of Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
+        and his horsemen.
+014:024 It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on
+        the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
+        and confused the Egyptian army.
+014:025 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily;
+        so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel,
+        for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"
+014:026 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea,
+        that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots,
+        and on their horsemen."
+014:027 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned
+        to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
+        fled against it.  Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst
+        of the sea.
+014:028 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
+        even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea.
+        There remained not so much as one of them.
+014:029 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of
+        the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand,
+        and on their left.
+014:030 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians;
+        and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
+014:031 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians,
+        and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh,
+        and in his servant Moses.
+015:001 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh,
+        and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
+        The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
+015:002 Yah is my strength and song.  He has become my salvation.
+        This is my God, and I will praise him; my father's God,
+        and I will exalt him.
+015:003 Yahweh is a man of war.  Yahweh is his name.
+015:004 He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea.
+        His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+015:005 The deeps cover them.  They went down into the depths
+        like a stone.
+015:006 Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power.
+        Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
+015:007 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those
+        who rise up against you.  You send forth your wrath.
+        It consumes them as stubble.
+015:008 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.
+        The floods stood upright as a heap.  The deeps were congealed
+        in the heart of the sea.
+015:009 The enemy said, 'I will pursue.  I will overtake.
+        I will divide the spoil.  My desire shall be satisfied on them.
+        I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
+015:010 You blew with your wind.  The sea covered them.
+        They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
+015:011 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?  Who is like you,
+        glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
+015:012 You stretched out your right hand.  The earth swallowed them.
+015:013 "You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you
+        have redeemed.  You have guided them in your strength
+        to your holy habitation.
+015:014 The peoples have heard.  They tremble.  Pangs have taken hold
+        on the inhabitants of Philistia.
+015:015 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.  Trembling takes hold
+        of the mighty men of Moab.  All the inhabitants of Canaan
+        are melted away.
+015:016 Terror and dread falls on them.  By the greatness of your arm
+        they are as still as a stone--until your people pass over,
+        Yahweh, until the people pass over who you have purchased.
+015:017 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain
+        of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made
+        for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your
+        hands have established.
+015:018 Yahweh shall reign forever and ever."
+015:019 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with
+        his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters
+        of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry
+        land in the midst of the sea.
+015:020 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine
+        in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines
+        and with dances.
+015:021 Miriam answered them, "Sing to Yahweh, for he has
+        triumphed gloriously.  The horse and his rider he has thrown
+        into the sea."
+015:022 Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
+        and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went
+        three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
+015:023 When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters
+        of Marah, for they were bitter.  Therefore the name of it
+        was called Marah.{Marah means bitter.}
+015:024 The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
+015:025 Then he cried to Yahweh.  Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw
+        it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet.
+        There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there
+        he tested them;
+015:026 and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of
+        Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes,
+        and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all
+        his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I
+        have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
+015:027 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water,
+        and seventy palm trees:  and they encamped there by the waters.
+016:001 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation
+        of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
+        which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second
+        month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
+016:002 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured
+        against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
+016:003 and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we
+        had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt,
+        when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread,
+        for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill
+        this whole assembly with hunger."
+016:004 Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from
+        the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather
+        a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they
+        will walk in my law, or not.
+016:005 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare
+        that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much
+        as they gather daily."
+016:006 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening,
+        then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from
+        the land of Egypt;
+016:007 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh;
+        because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh.
+        Who are we, that you murmur against us?"
+016:008 Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening,
+        and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears
+        your murmurings which you murmur against him.  And who are we?
+        Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
+016:009 Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the
+        children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has
+        heard your murmurings.'"
+016:010 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the
+        children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,
+        and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
+016:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+016:012 "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
+        Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat,
+        and in the morning you shall be filled with bread:
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
+016:013 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp;
+        and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
+016:014 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of
+        the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost
+        on the ground.
+016:015 When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,
+        "What is it?"  For they didn't know what it was.
+        Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given
+        you to eat."
+016:016 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded:
+        "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head,
+        according to the number of your persons, shall you take it,
+        every man for those who are in his tent."
+016:017 The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
+016:018 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much
+        had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack.
+        They gathered every man according to his eating.
+016:019 Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."
+016:020 Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left
+        of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul:
+        and Moses was angry with them.
+016:021 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according
+        to his eating.  When the sun grew hot, it melted.
+016:022 It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread,
+        two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation
+        came and told Moses.
+016:023 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,
+        'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh.
+        Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you
+        want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves
+        to be kept until the morning.'"
+016:024 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it
+        didn't become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
+016:025 Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh.
+        Today you shall not find it in the field.
+016:026 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath.
+        In it there shall be none."
+016:027 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went
+        out to gather, and they found none.
+016:028 Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my
+        commandments and my laws?
+016:029 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath,
+        therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days.
+        Everyone stay in his place.  Let no one go out of his place
+        on the seventh day."
+016:030 So the people rested on the seventh day.
+016:031 The house of Israel called the name of it Manna,{"Manna"
+        means "What is it?"} and it was like coriander seed, white;
+        and its taste was like wafers with honey.
+016:032 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
+        'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations,
+        that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness,
+        when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'"
+016:033 Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full
+        of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept
+        throughout your generations."
+016:034 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
+        to be kept.
+016:035 The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they
+        came to an inhabited land.  They ate the manna until they
+        came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
+016:036 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
+017:001 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled
+        from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to
+        Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there
+        was no water for the people to drink.
+017:002 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water
+        to drink."  Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me?
+        Why do you test Yahweh?"
+017:003 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured
+        against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt,
+        to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"
+017:004 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people?
+        They are almost ready to stone me."
+017:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take
+        the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand
+        with which you struck the Nile, and go.
+017:006 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb.
+        You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it,
+        that the people may drink."  Moses did so in the sight
+        of the elders of Israel.
+017:007 He called the name of the place Massah,{Massah means testing.}
+        and Meribah,{Meribah means quarreling.} because the children
+        of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying,
+        "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
+017:008 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
+017:009 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out,
+        fight with Amalek.  Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill
+        with God's rod in my hand."
+017:010 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek;
+        and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
+017:011 It happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed;
+        and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
+017:012 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it
+        under him, and he sat on it.  Aaron and Hur held up his hands,
+        the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
+        His hands were steady until sunset.
+017:013 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
+017:014 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book,
+        and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua:  that I will utterly
+        blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
+017:015 Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh
+        our Banner.{Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi}
+017:016 He said, "Yah has sworn:  'Yahweh will have war with Amalek
+        from generation to generation.'"
+018:001 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of
+        all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people,
+        how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
+018:002 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife,
+        after he had sent her away,
+018:003 and her two sons.  The name of one son was Gershom,{"Gershom"
+        sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for Moses said,
+        "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
+018:004 The name of the other was Eliezer,{Eliezer means "God is my
+        helper."} for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered
+        me from Pharaoh's sword."
+018:005 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his
+        wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped,
+        at the Mountain of God.
+018:006 He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come
+        to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.
+018:007 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him.
+        They asked each other of their welfare, and they came
+        into the tent.
+018:008 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh
+        and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships
+        that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
+018:009 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done
+        to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand
+        of the Egyptians.
+018:010 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out
+        of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh;
+        who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
+018:011 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of
+        the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
+018:012 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices
+        for God.  Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel,
+        to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
+018:013 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people,
+        and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
+018:014 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people,
+        he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people?
+        Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you
+        from morning to evening?"
+018:015 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come
+        to me to inquire of God.
+018:016 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man
+        and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God,
+        and his laws."
+018:017 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do
+        is not good.
+018:018 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people
+        that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you.
+        You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
+018:019 Listen now to my voice.  I will give you counsel, and God
+        be with you.  You represent the people before God, and bring
+        the causes to God.
+018:020 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall
+        show them the way in which they must walk, and the work
+        that they must do.
+018:021 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men,
+        such as fear God:  men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place
+        such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
+        rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
+018:022 Let them judge the people at all times.  It shall be that every
+        great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter
+        they shall judge themselves.  So shall it be easier for you,
+        and they shall share the load with you.
+018:023 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you
+        will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go
+        to their place in peace."
+018:024 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did
+        all that he had said.
+018:025 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads
+        over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds,
+        rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
+018:026 They judged the people at all times.  They brought the hard
+        causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
+018:027 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into
+        his own land.
+019:001 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone
+        forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came
+        into the wilderness of Sinai.
+019:002 When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to
+        the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness;
+        and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
+019:003 Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain,
+        saying, "This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob,
+        and tell the children of Israel:
+019:004 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore
+        you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
+019:005 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant,
+        then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples;
+        for all the earth is mine;
+019:006 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.'
+        These are the words which you shall speak to the children
+        of Israel."
+019:007 Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set
+        before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
+019:008 All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh
+        has spoken we will do."  Moses reported the words of the
+        people to Yahweh.
+019:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud,
+        that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe
+        you forever."  Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
+019:010 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them
+        today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
+019:011 and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Yahweh
+        will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
+019:012 You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful
+        that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border.
+        Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
+019:013 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or
+        shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.'
+        When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain."
+019:014 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified
+        the people; and they washed their clothes.
+019:015 He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day.
+        Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
+019:016 It happened on the third day, when it was morning,
+        that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
+        on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet;
+        and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
+019:017 Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they
+        stood at the lower part of the mountain.
+019:018 Mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yahweh descended
+        on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace,
+        and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
+019:019 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke,
+        and God answered him by a voice.
+019:020 Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain.
+        Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
+019:021 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, charge the people, lest they
+        break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
+019:022 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves,
+        lest Yahweh break forth on them."
+019:023 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai,
+        for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain,
+        and sanctify it.'"
+019:024 Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you,
+        but don't let the priests and the people break through to come
+        up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."
+019:025 So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
+020:001 God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav"
+        (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word,
+        but as a grammatical marker.} spoke all these words, saying,
+020:002 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
+        out of the house of bondage.
+020:003 You shall have no other gods before me.
+020:004 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything
+        that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath,
+        or that is in the water under the earth:
+020:005 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them,
+        for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
+        of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth
+        generation of those who hate me,
+020:006 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me
+        and keep my commandments.
+020:007 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain,
+        for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
+020:008 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
+020:009 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
+020:010 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God.
+        You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son,
+        nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant,
+        nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
+020:011 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea,
+        and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day;
+        therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
+020:012 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long
+        in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
+020:013 "You shall not murder.
+020:014 "You shall not commit adultery.
+020:015 "You shall not steal.
+020:016 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
+020:017 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house.  You shall
+        not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant,
+        nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey,
+        nor anything that is your neighbor's."
+020:018 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings,
+        the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking.
+        When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
+020:019 They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen;
+        but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
+020:020 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has
+        come to test you, and that his fear may be before you,
+        that you won't sin."
+020:021 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick
+        darkness where God was.
+020:022 Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children
+        of Israel:  'You yourselves have seen that I have talked
+        with you from heaven.
+020:023 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver,
+        or gods of gold for yourselves.
+020:024 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice
+        on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings,
+        your sheep and your oxen.  In every place where I record
+        my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
+020:025 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build
+        it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it,
+        you have polluted it.
+020:026 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness
+        may not be exposed to it.'
+021:001 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
+021:002 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in
+        the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
+021:003 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself.
+        If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
+021:004 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters,
+        the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall
+        go out by himself.
+021:005 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master,
+        my wife, and my children.  I will not go out free;'
+021:006 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him
+        to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore
+        his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
+021:007 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall
+        not go out as the male servants do.
+021:008 If she doesn't please her master, who has married
+        her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed.
+        He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people,
+        seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
+021:009 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after
+        the manner of daughters.
+021:010 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish
+        her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
+021:011 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free
+        without paying any money.
+021:012 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be
+        put to death,
+021:013 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen:
+        then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
+021:014 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor
+        to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
+021:015 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely
+        put to death.
+021:016 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found
+        in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
+021:017 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely
+        be put to death.
+021:018 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone,
+        or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
+021:019 if he rises again and walks around with his staff,
+        then he who struck him shall be cleared:  only he shall pay
+        for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing
+        until he is thoroughly healed.
+021:020 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod,
+        and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
+021:021 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall
+        not be punished, for he is his property.
+021:022 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives
+        birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely
+        fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
+021:023 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
+021:024 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
+021:025 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
+021:026 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye,
+        and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
+021:027 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female
+        servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
+021:028 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall
+        surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten;
+        but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
+021:029 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it
+        has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in,
+        but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned,
+        and its owner shall also be put to death.
+021:030 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption
+        of his life whatever is laid on him.
+021:031 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter,
+        according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
+021:032 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant,
+        thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master,
+        and the ox shall be stoned.
+021:033 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it,
+        and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
+021:034 the owner of the pit shall make it good.  He shall give money
+        to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
+021:035 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies,
+        then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price;
+        and they shall also divide the dead animal.
+021:036 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring
+        in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely
+        pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
+022:001 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it;
+        he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
+022:002 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies,
+        there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
+022:003 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed
+        for him; he shall make restitution.  If he has nothing,
+        then he shall be sold for his theft.
+022:004 If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it
+        is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
+022:005 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets
+        his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field,
+        he shall make restitution from the best of his own field,
+        and from the best of his own vineyard.
+022:006 "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks
+        of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed;
+        he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
+022:007 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep,
+        and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found,
+        he shall pay double.
+022:008 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall
+        come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand
+        to his neighbor's goods.
+022:009 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey,
+        for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing,
+        about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties
+        shall come before God.  He whom God condemns shall pay double
+        to his neighbor.
+022:010 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep,
+        or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away,
+        no man seeing it;
+022:011 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't
+        put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it
+        shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
+022:012 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution
+        to the owner of it.
+022:013 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence.
+        He shall not make good that which was torn.
+022:014 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured,
+        or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall
+        surely make restitution.
+022:015 If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good.
+        If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
+022:016 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married,
+        and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to
+        be his wife.
+022:017 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall
+        pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
+022:018 "You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
+022:019 "Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
+022:020 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only,
+        shall be utterly destroyed.
+022:021 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him,
+        for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
+022:022 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
+022:023 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me,
+        I will surely hear their cry;
+022:024 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword;
+        and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
+022:025 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor,
+        you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you
+        charge him interest.
+022:026 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall
+        restore it to him before the sun goes down,
+022:027 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin.
+        What would he sleep in?  It will happen, when he cries to me,
+        that I will hear, for I am gracious.
+022:028 "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
+022:029 "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from
+        the outflow of your presses.  "You shall give the firstborn
+        of your sons to me.
+022:030 You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep.
+        Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth
+        day you shall give it me.
+022:031 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not
+        eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field.
+        You shall cast it to the dogs.
+023:001 "You shall not spread a false report.  Don't join your hand
+        with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
+023:002 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you
+        testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
+023:003 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
+023:004 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray,
+        you shall surely bring it back to him again.
+023:005 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under
+        his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
+023:006 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
+023:007 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent
+        and righteous:  for I will not justify the wicked.
+023:008 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have
+        sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
+023:009 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien,
+        seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
+023:010 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather
+        in its increase,
+023:011 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,
+        that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave
+        the animal of the field shall eat.  In like manner you shall
+        deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
+023:012 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you
+        shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest,
+        and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
+023:013 "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you;
+        and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them
+        be heard out of your mouth.
+023:014 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
+023:015 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
+        Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
+        at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came
+        out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
+023:016 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors,
+        which you sow in the field:  and the feast of harvest,
+        at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out
+        of the field.
+023:017 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before
+        the Lord Yahweh.
+023:018 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread,
+        neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night
+        until the morning.
+023:019 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring
+        into the house of Yahweh your God.  "You shall not boil a kid
+        in its mother's milk.
+023:020 "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way,
+        and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
+023:021 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice.
+        Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience,
+        for my name is in him.
+023:022 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak,
+        then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary
+        to your adversaries.
+023:023 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite,
+        the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite,
+        and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
+023:024 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them,
+        nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow
+        them and demolish their pillars.
+023:025 You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread
+        and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
+023:026 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land.
+        I will fulfill the number of your days.
+023:027 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people
+        to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn
+        their backs to you.
+023:028 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite,
+        the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
+023:029 I will not drive them out from before you in one year,
+        lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field
+        multiply against you.
+023:030 Little by little I will drive them out from before you,
+        until you have increased and inherit the land.
+023:031 I will set your border from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} even to
+        the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River;
+        for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand,
+        and you shall drive them out before you.
+023:032 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
+023:033 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin
+        against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely
+        be a snare to you."
+024:001 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab,
+        and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship
+        from a distance.
+024:002 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near,
+        neither shall the people go up with him."
+024:003 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all
+        the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice,
+        and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
+024:004 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early
+        in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain,
+        and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
+024:005 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt
+        offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
+024:006 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half
+        of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
+024:007 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing
+        of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken
+        will we do, and be obedient."
+024:008 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people,
+        and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant,
+        which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
+024:009 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders
+        of Israel went up.
+024:010 They saw the God of Israel.  Under his feet was like a paved work
+        of sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone, like the skies for clearness.
+024:011 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel.
+        They saw God, and ate and drank.
+024:012 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain,
+        and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone
+        with the law and the commands that I have written, that you
+        may teach them."
+024:013 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up
+        onto God's Mountain.
+024:014 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come
+        again to you.  Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you.
+        Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
+024:015 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
+024:016 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud
+        covered it six days.  The seventh day he called to Moses
+        out of the midst of the cloud.
+024:017 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on
+        the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
+024:018 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up
+        on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days
+        and forty nights.
+025:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+025:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me.
+        From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall
+        take my offering.
+025:003 This is the offering which you shall take from them:
+        gold, silver, brass,
+025:004 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
+025:005 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
+025:006 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for
+        the sweet incense,
+025:007 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and
+        for the breastplate.
+025:008 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
+025:009 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tent,
+        and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you
+        shall make it.
+025:010 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood.  Its length shall
+        be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half,
+        and a cubit and a half its height.
+025:011 You shall overlay it with pure gold.  Inside and outside shall
+        you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
+025:012 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them
+        in its four feet.  Two rings shall be on the one side of it,
+        and two rings on the other side of it.
+025:013 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
+025:014 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark
+        to carry the ark.
+025:015 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark.  They shall not
+        be taken from it.
+025:016 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
+025:017 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold.  Two and a half cubits
+        shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
+025:018 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold.  You shall make
+        them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
+025:019 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end.
+        You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece
+        with the mercy seat.
+025:020 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy
+        seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another.
+        The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
+025:021 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark
+        you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
+025:022 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above
+        the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are
+        on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for
+        the children of Israel.
+025:023 "You shall make a table of acacia wood.  Two cubits shall
+        be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half
+        cubits its height.
+025:024 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold
+        molding around it.
+025:025 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it.
+        You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.
+025:026 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings
+        in the four corners that are on its four feet.
+025:027 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles
+        to carry the table.
+025:028 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them
+        with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
+025:029 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls
+        to pour out offerings with.  Of pure gold shall you make them.
+025:030 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
+025:031 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold.  Of hammered work shall
+        the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups,
+        its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
+025:032 There shall be six branches going out of its sides:
+        three branches of the lampstand out of its one side,
+        and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
+025:033 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud
+        and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in
+        the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches
+        going out of the lampstand;
+025:034 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms,
+        its buds and its flowers;
+025:035 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
+        under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two
+        branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going
+        out of the lampstand.
+025:036 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it,
+        the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
+025:037 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps
+        to give light to the space in front of it.
+025:038 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
+025:039 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all
+        these accessories.
+025:040 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been
+        shown to you on the mountain.
+026:001 "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine
+        twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim.
+        The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
+026:002 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,
+        and the breadth of each curtain four cubits:  all the curtains
+        shall have one measure.
+026:003 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another;
+        and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
+026:004 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain
+        from the edge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in
+        the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
+026:005 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall
+        make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the
+        second coupling.  The loops shall be opposite one to another.
+026:006 You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains
+        one to another with the clasps:  and the tent shall be a unit.
+026:007 "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent:
+        eleven curtains shall you make them.
+026:008 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth
+        of each curtain four cubits:  the eleven curtains shall
+        have one measure.
+026:009 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
+        by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain
+        in the forefront of the tent.
+026:010 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain
+        that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge
+        of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
+026:011 You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into
+        the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
+026:012 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent,
+        the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back
+        of the tent.
+026:013 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side,
+        of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent,
+        shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on
+        that side, to cover it.
+026:014 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
+        and a covering of sea cow hides above.
+026:015 "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
+026:016 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half
+        cubits the breadth of each board.
+026:017 There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another:
+        thus shall you make for all the boards of the tent.
+026:018 You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty boards for
+        the south side southward.
+026:019 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
+        two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets
+        under another board for its two tenons.
+026:020 For the second side of the tent, on the north side, twenty boards,
+026:021 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board,
+        and two sockets under another board.
+026:022 For the far part of the tent westward you shall make six boards.
+026:023 Two boards shall you make for the corners of the tent in
+        the far part.
+026:024 They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire
+        to the top of it to one ring:  thus shall it be for them both;
+        they shall be for the two corners.
+026:025 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
+        sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets
+        under another board.
+026:026 "You shall make bars of acacia wood:  five for the boards
+        of the one side of the tent,
+026:027 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent,
+        and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent,
+        for the far part westward.
+026:028 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through
+        from end to end.
+026:029 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings
+        of gold for places for the bars:  and you shall overlay
+        the bars with gold.
+026:030 You shall set up the tent according to the way that it was shown
+        to you on the mountain.
+026:031 "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
+        and fine twined linen, with cherubim.  The work of the skillful
+        workman shall it be made.
+026:032 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold;
+        their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
+026:033 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall
+        bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil:
+        and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most
+        holy for you.
+026:034 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony
+        in the most holy place.
+026:035 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over
+        against the table on the side of the tent toward the south:
+        and you shall put the table on the north side.
+026:036 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue,
+        and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work
+        of the embroiderer.
+026:037 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia,
+        and overlay them with gold:  their hooks shall be of gold:
+        and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
+027:001 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long,
+        and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare:
+        and its height shall be three cubits.
+027:002 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall
+        be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
+027:003 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels,
+        its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans:
+        all its vessels you shall make of brass.
+027:004 You shall make a grating for it of network of brass:
+        and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
+027:005 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath,
+        that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
+027:006 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood,
+        and overlay them with brass.
+027:007 Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall
+        be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
+027:008 Hollow with planks shall you make it:  as it has been shown
+        you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
+027:009 "You shall make the court of the tent:  for the south side
+        southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined
+        linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
+027:010 and the pillars of it shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty,
+        of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall
+        be of silver.
+027:011 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings
+        one hundred cubits long, and the pillars of it twenty,
+        and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars,
+        and their fillets, of silver.
+027:012 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
+        of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
+027:013 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall
+        be fifty cubits.
+027:014 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits;
+        their pillars three, and their sockets three.
+027:015 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits;
+        their pillars three, and their sockets three.
+027:016 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits,
+        of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
+        the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four,
+        and their sockets four.
+027:017 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted
+        with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
+027:018 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,
+        and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits,
+        of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
+027:019 All the instruments of the tent in all its service,
+        and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court,
+        shall be of brass.
+027:020 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring
+        to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp
+        to burn continually.
+027:021 In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before
+        the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order
+        from evening to morning before Yahweh:  it shall be a
+        statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf
+        of the children of Israel.
+028:001 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you
+        from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me
+        in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar
+        and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
+028:002 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory
+        and for beauty.
+028:003 You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled
+        with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to
+        sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
+028:004 These are the garments which they shall make:  a breastplate,
+        and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work,
+        a turban, and a sash:  and they shall make holy garments
+        for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister
+        to me in the priest's office.
+028:005 They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple,
+        and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
+028:006 "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet,
+        and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
+028:007 It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it,
+        that it may be joined together.
+028:008 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him,
+        shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue,
+        and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
+028:009 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names
+        of the children of Israel:
+028:010 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six
+        that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
+028:011 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings
+        of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to
+        the names of the children of Israel:  you shall make them
+        to be enclosed in settings of gold.
+028:012 You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod,
+        to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel:
+        and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two
+        shoulders for a memorial.
+028:013 You shall make settings of gold,
+028:014 and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords
+        of braided work:  and you shall put the braided chains
+        on the settings.
+028:015 "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the
+        skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it;
+        of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
+        shall you make it.
+028:016 It shall be square and folded double; a span{A span is the length
+        from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger
+        when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.)}
+        shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.
+028:017 You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones:
+        a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
+028:018 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli},
+        and an emerald;
+028:019 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
+028:020 and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper:
+        they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
+028:021 The stones shall be according to the names of the children
+        of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings
+        of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall
+        be for the twelve tribes.
+028:022 You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided
+        work of pure gold.
+028:023 You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall
+        put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
+028:024 You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings
+        at the ends of the breastplate.
+028:025 The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put
+        on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps
+        of the ephod in the forepart of it.
+028:026 You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on
+        the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward
+        the side of the ephod inward.
+028:027 You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two
+        shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in the forepart of it,
+        close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band
+        of the ephod.
+028:028 They shall bind the breastplate by the rings of it to the rings
+        of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
+        woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing
+        out from the ephod.
+028:029 Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in
+        the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to
+        the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
+028:030 You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim;
+        and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh:
+        and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
+        on his heart before Yahweh continually.
+028:031 "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
+028:032 It shall have a hole for the head in the midst of it:
+        it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it,
+        as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
+028:033 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple,
+        and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between
+        them round about:
+028:034 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
+        on the hem of the robe round about.
+028:035 It shall be on Aaron to minister:  and the sound of it shall
+        be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh,
+        and when he comes out, that he not die.
+028:036 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it,
+        like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
+028:037 You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash;
+        on the front of the sash it shall be.
+028:038 It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity
+        of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy
+        in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead,
+        that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
+028:039 You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you
+        shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash,
+        the work of the embroiderer.
+028:040 "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make
+        sashes for them and headbands shall you make for them,
+        for glory and for beauty.
+028:041 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him,
+        and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them,
+        that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
+028:042 You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh
+        of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs
+        they shall reach:
+028:043 They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to
+        the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar
+        to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity,
+        and die:  it shall be a statute forever to him and to his
+        descendants after him.
+029:001 "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make
+        them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office:
+        take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
+029:002 unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil,
+        and unleavened wafers anointed with oil:  you shall make them
+        of fine wheat flour.
+029:003 You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket,
+        with the bull and the two rams.
+029:004 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent
+        of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
+029:005 You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat,
+        the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate,
+        and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
+029:006 and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy
+        crown on the turban.
+029:007 Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head,
+        and anoint him.
+029:008 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
+029:009 You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind
+        headbands on them:  and they shall have the priesthood
+        by a perpetual statute:  and you shall consecrate Aaron
+        and his sons.
+029:010 "You shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting:
+        and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head
+        of the bull.
+029:011 You shall kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of the
+        tent of meeting.
+029:012 You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns
+        of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all
+        the blood at the base of the altar.
+029:013 You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover
+        of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
+        and burn them on the altar.
+029:014 But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung,
+        you shall burn with fire outside of the camp:
+        it is a sin offering.
+029:015 "You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
+        lay their hands on the head of the ram.
+029:016 You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood,
+        and sprinkle it around on the altar.
+029:017 You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards,
+        and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
+029:018 You shall burn the whole ram on the altar:  it is a burnt
+        offering to Yahweh; it is a sweet savor, an offering made
+        by fire to Yahweh.
+029:019 "You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
+        lay their hands on the head of the ram.
+029:020 Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood,
+        and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on
+        the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb
+        of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot,
+        and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
+029:021 You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the
+        anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments,
+        and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him:
+        and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons,
+        and his sons' garments with him.
+029:022 Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail,
+        the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver,
+        the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh
+        (for it is a ram of consecration),
+029:023 and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
+        out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh.
+029:024 You shall put all of this in Aaron's hands, and in his sons'
+        hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
+029:025 You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar
+        on the burnt offering, for a sweet savor before Yahweh:
+        it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+029:026 "You shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration,
+        and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh:
+        and it shall be your portion.
+029:027 You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh
+        of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up,
+        of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron,
+        and of that which is for his sons:
+029:028 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever
+        from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering:
+        and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel
+        of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave
+        offering to Yahweh.
+029:029 "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him,
+        to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
+029:030 Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put
+        them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister
+        in the holy place.
+029:031 "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh
+        in a holy place.
+029:032 Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread
+        that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
+029:033 They shall eat those things with which atonement was made,
+        to consecrate and sanctify them:  but a stranger shall not eat
+        of it, because they are holy.
+029:034 If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread,
+        remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire:
+        it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
+029:035 "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all
+        that I have commanded you.  Seven days shall you consecrate them.
+029:036 Every day shall you offer the bull of sin offering for atonement:
+        and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it;
+        and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
+029:037 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it:
+        and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar
+        shall be holy.
+029:038 "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar:
+        two lambs a year old day by day continually.
+029:039 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb
+        you shall offer at evening:
+029:040 and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine
+        flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil,
+        and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
+029:041 The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it
+        according to the meal offering of the morning, and according
+        to its drink offering, for a sweet savor, an offering made
+        by fire to Yahweh.
+029:042 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your
+        generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh,
+        where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
+029:043 There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place
+        shall be sanctified by my glory.
+029:044 I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar:
+        Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me
+        in the priest's office.
+029:045 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
+029:046 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them
+        forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them:
+        I am Yahweh their God.
+030:001 "You shall make an altar to burn incense on.  You shall make
+        it of acacia wood.
+030:002 Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
+        It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits.
+        Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
+030:003 You shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, the sides
+        of it around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold
+        molding around it.
+030:004 You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding;
+        on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them;
+        and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
+030:005 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay
+        them with gold.
+030:006 You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony,
+        before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I
+        will meet with you.
+030:007 Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning.
+        When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
+030:008 When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it,
+        a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
+030:009 You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering,
+        nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
+030:010 Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year;
+        with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year
+        he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations.
+        It is most holy to Yahweh."
+030:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+030:012 "When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to
+        those who are numbered among them, then each man shall give
+        a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you number them;
+        that there be no plague among them when you number them.
+030:013 They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who
+        are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary;
+        (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an
+        offering to Yahweh.
+030:014 Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty
+        years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
+030:015 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less,
+        than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh,
+        to make atonement for your souls.
+030:016 You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel,
+        and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting;
+        that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh,
+        to make atonement for your souls."
+030:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+030:018 "You shall also make a basin of brass, and the base of it
+        of brass, in which to wash.  You shall put it between the tent
+        of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
+030:019 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
+030:020 When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water,
+        that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister,
+        to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+030:021 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die:
+        and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him
+        and to his descendants throughout their generations."
+030:022 Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+030:023 "Also take fine spices:  of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels;
+        and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty;
+        and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
+030:024 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
+        and a hin of olive oil.
+030:025 You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded
+        after the art of the perfumer:  it shall be a holy anointing oil.
+030:026 You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark
+        of the testimony,
+030:027 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories,
+        the altar of incense,
+030:028 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin
+        with its base.
+030:029 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy.
+        Whatever touches them shall be holy.
+030:030 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them,
+        that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
+030:031 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall
+        be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
+030:032 It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make
+        any like it, according to its composition:  it is holy.
+        It shall be holy to you.
+030:033 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it
+        on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
+030:034 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin,
+        and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense:
+        of each shall there be an equal weight;
+030:035 and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art
+        of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
+030:036 and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before
+        the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you.
+        It shall be to you most holy.
+030:037 The incense which you shall make, according to its composition
+        you shall not make for yourselves:  it shall be to you
+        holy for Yahweh.
+030:038 Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall
+        be cut off from his people."
+031:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+031:002 "Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
+        the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
+031:003 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
+        and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all
+        manner of workmanship,
+031:004 to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver,
+        and in brass,
+031:005 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood,
+        to work in all manner of workmanship.
+031:006 I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son
+        of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all
+        who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make
+        all that I have commanded you:
+031:007 the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat
+        that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
+031:008 the table and its vessels, the pure lampstand with all its vessels,
+        the altar of incense,
+031:009 the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin
+        and its base,
+031:010 the finely worked garments--the holy garments for Aaron the priest--
+        the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office,
+031:011 the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for
+        the holy place:  according to all that I have commanded you
+        they shall do."
+031:012 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+031:013 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most certainly
+        you shall keep my Sabbaths:  for it is a sign between me
+        and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I
+        am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
+031:014 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you.
+        Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death;
+        for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut
+        off from among his people.
+031:015 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
+        of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh.  Whoever does any work on
+        the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
+031:016 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath,
+        to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations,
+        for a perpetual covenant.
+031:017 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever;
+        for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh
+        day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
+031:018 He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on
+        Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets,
+        written with God's finger.
+032:001 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from
+        the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron,
+        and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us;
+        for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land
+        of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
+032:002 Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in
+        the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,
+        and bring them to me."
+032:003 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears,
+        and brought them to Aaron.
+032:004 He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an
+        engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said,
+        "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of
+        the land of Egypt."
+032:005 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
+        a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
+032:006 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings,
+        and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat
+        and to drink, and rose up to play.
+032:007 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you
+        brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
+032:008 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them.
+        They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it,
+        and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods,
+        Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
+032:009 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold,
+        they are a stiff-necked people.
+032:010 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot
+        against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make
+        of you a great nation."
+032:011 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your
+        wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought
+        forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with
+        a mighty hand?
+032:012 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth
+        for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them
+        from the surface of the earth?'  Turn from your fierce wrath,
+        and repent of this evil against your people.
+032:013 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants,
+        to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them,
+        'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all
+        this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed,
+        and they shall inherit it forever.'"
+032:014 Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do
+        to his people.
+032:015 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two
+        tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were
+        written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other
+        they were written.
+032:016 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
+        of God, engraved on the tables.
+032:017 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,
+        he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
+032:018 He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory,
+        neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome;
+        but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
+032:019 It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw
+        the calf and the dancing:  and Moses' anger grew hot,
+        and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them
+        beneath the mountain.
+032:020 He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire,
+        ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made
+        the children of Israel drink of it.
+032:021 Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you,
+        that you have brought a great sin on them?"
+032:022 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot.
+        You know the people, that they are set on evil.
+032:023 For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us;
+        for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land
+        of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
+032:024 I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:'
+        so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire,
+        and out came this calf."
+032:025 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron
+        had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
+032:026 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is
+        on Yahweh's side, come to me!"  All the sons of Levi gathered
+        themselves together to him.
+032:027 He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man
+        put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate
+        to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother,
+        and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
+032:028 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses:
+        and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
+032:029 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man
+        against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow
+        on you a blessing this day."
+032:030 It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people,
+        "You have sinned a great sin.  Now I will go up to Yahweh.
+        Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."
+032:031 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned
+        a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
+032:032 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot
+        me out of your book which you have written."
+032:033 Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me,
+        him will I blot out of my book.
+032:034 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have
+        spoken to you.  Behold, my angel shall go before you.
+        Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them
+        for their sin."
+032:035 Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf,
+        which Aaron made.
+033:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and
+        the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt,
+        to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
+        and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.'
+033:002 I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite,
+        the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite,
+        and the Jebusite:
+033:003 to a land flowing with milk and honey:  for I will not go
+        up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people,
+        lest I consume you in the way."
+033:004 When the people heard this evil news, they mourned:
+        and no one put on his jewelry.
+033:005 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are
+        a stiff-necked people.  If I were to go up into your midst
+        for one moment, I would consume you.  Therefore now take off
+        your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"
+033:006 The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry
+        from Mount Horeb onward.
+033:007 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp,
+        far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting."
+        It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent
+        of meeting, which was outside the camp.
+033:008 It happened that when Moses went out to the Tent, that all
+        the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door,
+        and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
+033:009 It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar
+        of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent,
+        and spoke with Moses.
+033:010 All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door
+        of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped,
+        everyone at their tent door.
+033:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
+        He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua,
+        the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.
+033:012 Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:'
+        and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me.
+        Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found
+        favor in my sight.'
+033:013 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight,
+        please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I
+        may find favor in your sight:  and consider that this nation
+        is your people."
+033:014 He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
+033:015 He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me,
+        don't carry us up from here.
+033:016 For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight,
+        I and your people?  Isn't it in that you go with us,
+        so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people
+        who are on the surface of the earth?"
+033:017 Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you
+        have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know
+        you by name."
+033:018 He said, "Please show me your glory."
+033:019 He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you,
+        and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you.
+        I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show
+        mercy on whom I will show mercy."
+033:020 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see
+        me and live."
+033:021 Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you
+        shall stand on the rock.
+033:022 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you
+        in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until
+        I have passed by;
+033:023 then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back;
+        but my face shall not be seen."
+034:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first:
+        and I will write on the tablets the words that were on
+        the first tablets, which you broke.
+034:002 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai,
+        and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
+034:003 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen
+        throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds
+        feed before that mountain."
+034:004 He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose
+        up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh
+        had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
+034:005 Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,
+        and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
+034:006 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh!  Yahweh, a
+        merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant
+        in loving kindness and truth,
+034:007 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity
+        and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear
+        the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,
+        and on the children's children, on the third and on
+        the fourth generation."
+034:008 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
+034:009 He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord,
+        please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this
+        is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin,
+        and take us for your inheritance."
+034:010 He said, "Behold, I make a covenant:  before all your people I
+        will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth,
+        nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall
+        see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I
+        do with you.
+034:011 Observe that which I command you this day.  Behold, I drive
+        out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite,
+        the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
+034:012 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants
+        of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare
+        in the midst of you:
+034:013 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
+        their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
+034:014 for you shall worship no other god:  for Yahweh, whose name
+        is Jealous, is a jealous God.
+034:015 Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land,
+        lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice
+        to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
+034:016 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters
+        play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play
+        the prostitute after their gods.
+034:017 You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
+034:018 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread.
+        Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you,
+        at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month
+        Abib you came out from Egypt.
+034:019 All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock
+        that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
+034:020 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb:
+        and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck.
+        All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.
+        No one shall appear before me empty.
+034:021 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest:
+        in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
+034:022 You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits
+        of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
+034:023 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before
+        the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+034:024 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders;
+        neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear
+        before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
+034:025 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
+        neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover
+        be left to the morning.
+034:026 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground
+        to the house of Yahweh your God.  You shall not boil a young
+        goat in its mother's milk."
+034:027 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words:
+        for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant
+        with you and with Israel."
+034:028 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights;
+        he neither ate bread, nor drank water.  He wrote on the tablets
+        the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
+034:029 It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two
+        tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down
+        from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin
+        of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
+034:030 When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin
+        of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
+034:031 Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the
+        congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
+034:032 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave
+        them all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him
+        on Mount Sinai.
+034:033 When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
+034:034 But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him,
+        he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out,
+        and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
+034:035 The children of Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses'
+        face shone:  and Moses put the veil on his face again,
+        until he went in to speak with him.
+035:001 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded,
+        that you should do them.
+035:002 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall
+        be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh:
+        whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
+035:003 You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on
+        the Sabbath day.'"
+035:004 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,
+035:005 'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh.  Whoever is
+        of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering:
+        gold, silver, brass,
+035:006 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
+035:007 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
+035:008 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for
+        the sweet incense,
+035:009 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and
+        for the breastplate.
+035:010 "'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all
+        that Yahweh has commanded:
+035:011 the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards,
+        its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
+035:012 the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
+035:013 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;
+035:014 the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps,
+        and the oil for the light;
+035:015 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil,
+        the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door
+        of the tent;
+035:016 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass,
+        it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
+035:017 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets,
+        and the screen for the gate of the court;
+035:018 the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords;
+035:019 the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place,
+        the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments
+        of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"
+035:020 All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from
+        the presence of Moses.
+035:021 They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone
+        whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's offering,
+        for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all of its service,
+        and for the holy garments.
+035:022 They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted,
+        and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets,
+        all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering
+        of gold to Yahweh.
+035:023 Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet,
+        fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea
+        cow hides, brought them.
+035:024 Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought
+        Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia
+        wood for any work of the service, brought it.
+035:025 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands,
+        and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple,
+        the scarlet, and the fine linen.
+035:026 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun
+        the goats' hair.
+035:027 The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set,
+        for the ephod and for the breastplate;
+035:028 and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil,
+        and for the sweet incense.
+035:029 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh;
+        every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring
+        for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
+035:030 Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has
+        called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
+        of the tribe of Judah.
+035:031 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
+        in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
+035:032 and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
+035:033 in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood,
+        to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
+035:034 He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab,
+        the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
+035:035 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner
+        of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman,
+        and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet,
+        and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do
+        any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
+036:001 "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man,
+        in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know
+        how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary,
+        according to all that Yahweh has commanded."
+036:002 Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man,
+        in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose
+        heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
+036:003 and they received from Moses all the offering which the children
+        of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary,
+        with which to make it.  They brought yet to him freewill
+        offerings every morning.
+036:004 All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary,
+        each came from his work which they did.
+036:005 They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough
+        for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."
+036:006 Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
+        throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman
+        make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary."
+        So the people were restrained from bringing.
+036:007 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
+        and too much.
+036:008 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made
+        the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple,
+        and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman,
+        they made them.
+036:009 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,
+        and the breadth of each curtain four cubits.  All the curtains
+        had one measure.
+036:010 He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five
+        curtains he coupled one to another.
+036:011 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from
+        the edge in the coupling.  Likewise he made in the edge
+        of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
+036:012 He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops
+        in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling.
+        The loops were opposite one to another.
+036:013 He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one
+        to another with the clasps:  so the tent was a unit.
+036:014 He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent.
+        He made them eleven curtains.
+036:015 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four
+        cubits the breadth of each curtain.  The eleven curtains
+        had one measure.
+036:016 He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
+        by themselves.
+036:017 He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was
+        outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge
+        of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.
+036:018 He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together,
+        that it might be a unit.
+036:019 He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
+        and a covering of sea cow hides above.
+036:020 He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
+036:021 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
+        the breadth of each board.
+036:022 Each board had two tenons, joined one to another.
+        He made all the boards of the tent this way.
+036:023 He made the boards for the tent:  twenty boards for the
+        south side southward.
+036:024 He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
+        two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets
+        under another board for its two tenons.
+036:025 For the second side of the tent, on the north side,
+        he made twenty boards,
+036:026 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board,
+        and two sockets under another board.
+036:027 For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
+036:028 He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
+036:029 They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all
+        the way to the top of it to one ring.  He did thus to both
+        of them in the two corners.
+036:030 There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
+        sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
+036:031 He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one
+        side of the tent,
+036:032 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five
+        bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward.
+036:033 He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards
+        from the one end to the other.
+036:034 He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold
+        for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
+036:035 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen:
+        with cherubim.  He made it the work of a skillful workman.
+036:036 He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold.
+        Their hooks were of gold.  He cast four sockets of silver for them.
+036:037 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet,
+        and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
+036:038 and the five pillars of it with their hooks.  He overlaid
+        their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five
+        sockets were of brass.
+037:001 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood.  Its length was two
+        and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half,
+        and a cubit and a half its height.
+037:002 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made
+        a molding of gold for it round about.
+037:003 He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two
+        rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
+037:004 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
+037:005 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark,
+        to bear the ark.
+037:006 He made a mercy seat of pure gold.  Its length was two and a
+        half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
+037:007 He made two cherubim of gold.  He made them of beaten work,
+        at the two ends of the mercy seat;
+037:008 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end.
+        He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at
+        its two ends.
+037:009 The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy
+        seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another.
+        The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
+037:010 He made the table of acacia wood.  Its length was two cubits,
+        and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit
+        and a half.
+037:011 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
+037:012 He made a border of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden
+        molding on its border around it.
+037:013 He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four
+        corners that were on its four feet.
+037:014 The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles
+        to carry the table.
+037:015 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
+        to carry the table.
+037:016 He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes,
+        its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out,
+        of pure gold.
+037:017 He made the lampstand of pure gold.  He made the lampstand
+        of beaten work.  Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds,
+        and its flowers were of one piece with it.
+037:018 There were six branches going out of its sides:
+        three branches of the lampstand out of its one side,
+        and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
+037:019 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch,
+        a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond
+        blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower:
+        so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
+037:020 In the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms,
+        its buds and its flowers;
+037:021 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
+        under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two
+        branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going
+        out of it.
+037:022 Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it.
+        The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
+037:023 He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes,
+        of pure gold.
+037:024 He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.
+037:025 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood.  It was square:
+        its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
+        Its height was two cubits.  Its horns were of one piece with it.
+037:026 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it,
+        and its horns.  He made a gold molding around it.
+037:027 He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown,
+        on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles
+        with which to carry it.
+037:028 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
+037:029 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices,
+        after the art of the perfumer.
+038:001 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood.  It was square.
+        Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits,
+        and its height was three cubits.
+038:002 He made its horns on its four corners.  Its horns were of one
+        piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
+038:003 He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels,
+        the basins, the forks, and the fire pans.  He made all its
+        vessels of brass.
+038:004 He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass,
+        under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
+038:005 He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating,
+        to be places for the poles.
+038:006 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
+038:007 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar,
+        with which to carry it.  He made it hollow with planks.
+038:008 He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of
+        the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door
+        of the tent of meeting.
+038:009 He made the court:  for the south side southward the hangings
+        of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
+038:010 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass;
+        the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
+038:011 For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty,
+        and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars,
+        and their fillets, of silver.
+038:012 For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten,
+        and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars,
+        and their fillets, of silver.
+038:013 For the east side eastward fifty cubits.
+038:014 The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits;
+        their pillars three, and their sockets three;
+038:015 and so for the other side:  on this hand and that hand
+        by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits;
+        their pillars three, and their sockets three.
+038:016 All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
+038:017 The sockets for the pillars were of brass.  The hooks of the
+        pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying
+        of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court
+        were filleted with silver.
+038:018 The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer,
+        of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
+        Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth
+        was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
+038:019 Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass;
+        their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals,
+        and their fillets, of silver.
+038:020 All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
+038:021 This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent
+        of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to
+        the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites,
+        by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
+038:022 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
+        made all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
+038:023 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,
+        an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue,
+        in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
+038:024 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work
+        of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering,
+        was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary.
+038:025 The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation
+        was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred
+        seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
+038:026 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel
+        of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who
+        were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six
+        hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
+038:027 The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets
+        of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred
+        sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
+038:028 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels
+        he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals,
+        and made fillets for them.
+038:029 The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
+        four hundred shekels.
+038:030 With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting,
+        the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels
+        of the altar,
+038:031 the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court,
+        all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
+039:001 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments,
+        for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments
+        for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:002 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine
+        twined linen.
+039:003 They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
+        to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet,
+        and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
+039:004 They made shoulder straps for it, joined together.
+        At the two ends it was joined together.
+039:005 The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to
+        fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work;
+        of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:006 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold,
+        engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names
+        of the children of Israel.
+039:007 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones
+        of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:008 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman,
+        like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet,
+        and fine twined linen.
+039:009 It was square.  They made the breastplate double.
+        Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
+039:010 They set in it four rows of stones.  A row of ruby, topaz,
+        and beryl was the first row;
+039:011 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli},
+        and an emerald;
+039:012 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
+039:013 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper.
+        They were enclosed in gold settings.
+039:014 The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel,
+        twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet,
+        everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
+039:015 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided
+        work of pure gold.
+039:016 They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put
+        the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
+039:017 They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings
+        at the ends of the breastplate.
+039:018 The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the
+        two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod,
+        in the front of it.
+039:019 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends
+        of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward
+        the side of the ephod inward.
+039:020 They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder
+        straps of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by
+        its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
+039:021 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod
+        with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven
+        band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come
+        loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:022 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
+039:023 The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening
+        of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening,
+        that it should not be torn.
+039:024 They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue,
+        purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
+039:025 They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between
+        the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe,
+        between the pomegranates;
+039:026 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the
+        skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:027 They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron,
+        and for his sons,
+039:028 and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen,
+        and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
+039:029 and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
+        the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:030 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold,
+        and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet:
+        "HOLY TO YAHWEH."
+039:031 They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above,
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+039:032 Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished.
+        The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh
+        commanded Moses; so they did.
+039:033 They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture,
+        its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
+039:034 the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of sea
+        cow hides, the veil of the screen,
+039:035 the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
+039:036 the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
+039:037 the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order,
+        all its vessels, the oil for the light,
+039:038 the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense,
+        the screen for the door of the Tent,
+039:039 the bronze altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of
+        its vessels, the basin and its base,
+039:040 the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets,
+        the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins,
+        all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the
+        tent of meeting,
+039:041 the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place,
+        the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments
+        of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
+039:042 According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children
+        of Israel did all the work.
+039:043 Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it
+        as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it:
+        and Moses blessed them.
+040:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+040:002 "On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent
+        of the Tent of Meeting.
+040:003 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall
+        screen the ark with the veil.
+040:004 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things
+        that are on it.  You shall bring in the lampstand, and light
+        the lamps of it.
+040:005 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark
+        of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
+040:006 You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door
+        of the tent of the tent of meeting.
+040:007 You shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar,
+        and shall put water therein.
+040:008 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen
+        of the gate of the court.
+040:009 You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all
+        that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture:
+        and it will be holy.
+040:010 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels,
+        and sanctify the altar:  and the altar will be most holy.
+040:011 You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
+040:012 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent
+        of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
+040:013 You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall
+        anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me
+        in the priest's office.
+040:014 You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
+040:015 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father,
+        that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
+        Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood
+        throughout their generations."
+040:016 Moses did so.  According to all that Yahweh commanded him,
+        so he did.
+040:017 It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first
+        day of the month, that the tent was raised up.
+040:018 Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up
+        the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised
+        up its pillars.
+040:019 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof
+        of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:020 He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles
+        on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
+040:021 He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil
+        of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony,
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:022 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of
+        the tent northward, outside of the veil.
+040:023 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh,
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:024 He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table,
+        on the side of the tent southward.
+040:025 He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:026 He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
+040:027 and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh
+        commanded Moses.
+040:028 He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
+040:029 He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent
+        of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering
+        and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:030 He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar,
+        and put water therein, with which to wash.
+040:031 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
+040:032 When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came
+        near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+040:033 He raised up the court around the tent and the altar,
+        and set up the screen of the gate of the court.
+        So Moses finished the work.
+040:034 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory
+        of Yahweh filled the tent.
+040:035 Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the
+        cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
+040:036 When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the children
+        of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
+040:037 but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel
+        until the day that it was taken up.
+040:038 For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire
+        in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,
+        throughout all their journeys.
+Book 03 Leviticus
+001:001 Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent
+        of Meeting, saying,
+001:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone
+        of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your
+        offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
+001:003 "'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall
+        offer a male without blemish.  He shall offer it at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
+001:004 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering,
+        and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
+001:005 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh.  Aaron's sons, the priests,
+        shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on
+        the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
+001:006 He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
+001:007 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar,
+        and lay wood in order on the fire;
+001:008 and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head,
+        and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is
+        on the altar;
+001:009 but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water.
+        The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering,
+        an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+001:010 "'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep,
+        or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer
+        a male without blemish.
+001:011 He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh.
+        Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around
+        on the altar.
+001:012 He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat.
+        The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on
+        the fire which is on the altar,
+001:013 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water.
+        The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar.
+        It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet
+        savor to Yahweh.
+001:014 "'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds,
+        then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves,
+        or of young pigeons.
+001:015 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head,
+        and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained
+        out on the side of the altar;
+001:016 and he shall take away its crop with its filth, and cast it
+        beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
+001:017 He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart.
+        The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on
+        the fire.  It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+002:001 "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh,
+        his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it,
+        and put frankincense on it.
+002:002 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall
+        take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil,
+        with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn
+        the memorial of it on the altar, an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+002:003 That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's
+        and his sons'.  It is a most holy thing of the offerings
+        of Yahweh made by fire.
+002:004 "'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven,
+        it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil,
+        or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
+002:005 If your offering is a meal offering of the baking pan,
+        it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
+002:006 You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it.
+        It is a meal offering.
+002:007 If your offering is a meal offering of the frying pan,
+        it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
+002:008 You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things
+        to Yahweh:  and it shall be presented to the priest,
+        and he shall bring it to the altar.
+002:009 The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial,
+        and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+002:010 That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's
+        and his sons'.  It is a thing most holy of the offerings
+        of Yahweh made by fire.
+002:011 "'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be
+        made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey,
+        as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+002:012 As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh:
+        but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
+002:013 Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt;
+        neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God
+        to be lacking from your meal offering.  With all your offerings
+        you shall offer salt.
+002:014 "'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh,
+        you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain
+        in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
+002:015 You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it:
+        it is a meal offering.
+002:016 The priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain,
+        and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense:
+        it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+003:001 "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings;
+        if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female,
+        he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.
+003:002 He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill
+        it at the door of the tent of meeting:  and Aaron's sons
+        the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
+003:003 He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
+        made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards,
+        and all the fat that is on the innards,
+003:004 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
+        by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
+        he shall take away.
+003:005 Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering,
+        which is on the wood that is on the fire:  it is an offering
+        made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+003:006 "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to
+        Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer
+        it without blemish.
+003:007 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer
+        it before Yahweh;
+003:008 and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering,
+        and kill it before the tent of meeting:  and Aaron's sons
+        shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
+003:009 He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering
+        made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall
+        take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers
+        the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
+003:010 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
+        by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
+        he shall take away.
+003:011 The priest shall burn it on the altar:  it is the food
+        of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+003:012 "'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
+003:013 and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before
+        the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
+        its blood on the altar round about.
+003:014 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire
+        to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
+        that is on the innards,
+003:015 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
+        by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
+        he shall take away.
+003:016 The priest shall burn them on the altar:  it is the food
+        of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor;
+        all the fat is Yahweh's.
+003:017 "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations
+        in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
+004:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+004:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone
+        sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has
+        commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
+004:003 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people,
+        then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young
+        bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
+004:004 He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting
+        before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull,
+        and kill the bull before Yahweh.
+004:005 The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull,
+        and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
+004:006 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
+        some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil
+        of the sanctuary.
+004:007 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
+        of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting;
+        and he shall pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at
+        the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting.
+004:008 He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering
+        off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
+        that is on the innards,
+004:009 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
+        by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
+        he shall take away,
+004:010 as it is taken off of the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings.
+        The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
+004:011 The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs,
+        its innards, and its dung,
+004:012 even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp
+        to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn
+        it on wood with fire.  Where the ashes are poured out it
+        shall be burned.
+004:013 "'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing
+        is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done
+        any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
+        and are guilty;
+004:014 when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly
+        shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it
+        before the Tent of Meeting.
+004:015 The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on
+        the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be
+        killed before Yahweh.
+004:016 The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull
+        to the Tent of Meeting:
+004:017 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle
+        it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
+004:018 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar
+        which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting;
+        and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base
+        of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of
+        the Tent of Meeting.
+004:019 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
+004:020 Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull
+        of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest
+        shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
+004:021 He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn
+        it as he burned the first bull.  It is the sin offering
+        for the assembly.
+004:022 "'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all
+        the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done,
+        and is guilty;
+004:023 if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him,
+        he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
+004:024 He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it
+        in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh.
+        It is a sin offering.
+004:025 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with
+        his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering.
+        He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar
+        of burnt offering.
+004:026 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of
+        the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make
+        atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
+004:027 "'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing
+        any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
+        and is guilty;
+004:028 if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him,
+        then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female
+        without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
+004:029 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering,
+        and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
+004:030 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger,
+        and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering;
+        and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
+        of the altar.
+004:031 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken
+        away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
+        and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor
+        to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him,
+        and he will be forgiven.
+004:032 "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering,
+        he shall bring a female without blemish.
+004:033 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering,
+        and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill
+        the burnt offering.
+004:034 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with
+        his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering;
+        and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
+        of the altar.
+004:035 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken
+        away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall
+        burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire;
+        and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin
+        that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
+005:001 "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration,
+        he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't
+        report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
+005:002 "'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass
+        of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock,
+        or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden
+        from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.
+005:003 "'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness
+        is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him;
+        when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.
+005:004 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil,
+        or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly
+        with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it,
+        then he shall be guilty of one of these.
+005:005 It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall
+        confess that in which he has sinned:
+005:006 and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin
+        which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat,
+        for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement
+        for him concerning his sin.
+005:007 "'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass
+        offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves,
+        or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering,
+        and the other for a burnt offering.
+005:008 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer
+        the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head
+        from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
+005:009 He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on
+        the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be
+        drained out at the base of the altar.  It is a sin offering.
+005:010 He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to
+        the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him
+        concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
+005:011 "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
+        then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned,
+        the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering.
+        He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense
+        on it, for it is a sin offering.
+005:012 He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take
+        his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it
+        on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
+        It is a sin offering.
+005:013 The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that
+        he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven;
+        and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal offering.'"
+005:014 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+005:015 "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly,
+        in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass
+        offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock,
+        according to your estimation in silver by shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
+005:016 He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong
+        in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it,
+        and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make
+        atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering,
+        and he will be forgiven.
+005:017 "If anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh
+        has commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it,
+        yet he is guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
+005:018 He shall bring a ram without blemish from of the flock,
+        according to your estimation, for a trespass offering,
+        to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him
+        concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn't know it,
+        and he will be forgiven.
+005:019 It is a trespass offering.  He is certainly guilty before Yahweh."
+006:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:002 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh,
+        and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit,
+        or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
+006:003 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein,
+        and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a
+        man does, sinning therein;
+006:004 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall
+        restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has
+        gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him,
+        or the lost thing which he found,
+006:005 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore
+        it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it.
+        To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his
+        being found guilty.
+006:006 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without
+        blemish from the flock, according to your estimation,
+        for a trespass offering, to the priest.
+006:007 The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will
+        be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty."
+006:008 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:009 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law
+        of the burnt offering:  the burnt offering shall be on
+        the hearth on the altar all night until the morning;
+        and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
+006:010 The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put
+        on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove
+        the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering
+        on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
+006:011 He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments,
+        and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
+006:012 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not
+        go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning:
+        and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it,
+        and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
+006:013 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually;
+        it shall not go out.
+006:014 "'This is the law of the meal offering:  the sons of Aaron
+        shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar.
+006:015 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of
+        the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense
+        which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar
+        for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to Yahweh.
+006:016 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat.
+        It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place.
+        They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting
+006:017 It shall not be baked with yeast.  I have given it as their
+        portion of my offerings made by fire.  It is most holy,
+        as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
+006:018 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it,
+        as their portion forever throughout your generations,
+        from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.  Whoever touches
+        them shall be holy.'"
+006:019 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:020 "This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they
+        shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed:
+        the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal
+        offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half
+        of it in the evening.
+006:021 It shall be made with oil in a baking pan.  When it is soaked,
+        you shall bring it in.  You shall offer the meal offering
+        in baked pieces for a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+006:022 The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his
+        sons shall offer it.  By a statute forever, it shall be wholly
+        burnt to Yahweh.
+006:023 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned.
+        It shall not be eaten."
+006:024 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:025 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law
+        of the sin offering:  in the place where the burnt offering
+        is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh.
+        It is most holy.
+006:026 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it.  It shall be
+        eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
+006:027 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy.  When there
+        is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash
+        that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
+006:028 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken;
+        and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured,
+        and rinsed in water.
+006:029 Every male among the priests shall eat of it:  it is most holy.
+006:030 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent
+        of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten:
+        it shall be burned with fire.
+007:001 "'This is the law of the trespass offering.  It is most holy.
+007:002 In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall
+        kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle
+        on the altar round about.
+007:003 He shall offer all of its fat:  the fat tail, and the fat
+        that covers the innards,
+007:004 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
+        by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys,
+        shall he take away;
+007:005 and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering
+        made by fire to Yahweh:  it is a trespass offering.
+007:006 Every male among the priests may eat of it.  It shall be eaten
+        in a holy place.  It is most holy.
+007:007 "'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering;
+        there is one law for them.  The priest who makes atonement
+        with them shall have it.
+007:008 The priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest
+        shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which
+        he has offered.
+007:009 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all
+        that is dressed in the frying pan, and on the baking pan,
+        shall be the priest's who offers it.
+007:010 Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all
+        the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.
+007:011 "'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
+        which one shall offer to Yahweh.
+007:012 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer
+        with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed
+        with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes
+        mixed with oil.
+007:013 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering
+        with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
+007:014 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave
+        offering to Yahweh.  It shall be the priest's who sprinkles
+        the blood of the peace offerings.
+007:015 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for
+        thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering.
+        He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
+007:016 "'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill
+        offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice;
+        and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten:
+007:017 but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third
+        day shall be burned with fire.
+007:018 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
+        is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted,
+        neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it.
+        It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it
+        will bear his iniquity.
+007:019 "'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten.
+        It shall be burned with fire.  As for the flesh, everyone who
+        is clean may eat it;
+007:020 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
+        offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him,
+        that soul shall be cut off from his people.
+007:021 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man,
+        or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some
+        of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong
+        to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
+007:022 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+007:023 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat,
+        of ox, or sheep, or goat.
+007:024 The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that
+        which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service,
+        but you shall in no way eat of it.
+007:025 For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer
+        an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats
+        it shall be cut off from his people.
+007:026 You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal,
+        in any of your dwellings.
+007:027 Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off
+        from his people.'"
+007:028 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+007:029 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers
+        the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his
+        offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
+007:030 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh
+        made by fire.  He shall bring the fat with the breast,
+        that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
+007:031 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast
+        shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
+007:032 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave
+        offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
+007:033 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the
+        peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh
+        for a portion.
+007:034 For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the
+        children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings,
+        and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons
+        as their portion forever from the children of Israel.'"
+007:035 This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion
+        of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
+        in the day when he presented them to minister to Yahweh
+        in the priest's office;
+007:036 which Yahweh commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,
+        in the day that he anointed them.  It is their portion forever
+        throughout their generations.
+007:037 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering,
+        and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering,
+        and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
+007:038 which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day that
+        he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings
+        to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai.
+008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+008:002 "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments,
+        and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering,
+        and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
+008:003 and assemble all the congregation at the door of the
+        Tent of Meeting."
+008:004 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was
+        assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
+008:005 Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh
+        has commanded to be done."
+008:006 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
+008:007 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him
+        with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully
+        woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.
+008:008 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put
+        the Urim and the Thummim.
+008:009 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front,
+        he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:010 Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle
+        and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
+008:011 He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed
+        the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base,
+        to sanctify them.
+008:012 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head,
+        and anointed him, to sanctify him.
+008:013 Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats,
+        and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:014 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons
+        laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
+008:015 He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns
+        of the altar round about with his finger, and purified
+        the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar,
+        and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
+008:016 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover
+        of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses
+        burned it on the altar.
+008:017 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung,
+        he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:018 He presented the ram of the burnt offering:  and Aaron and his
+        sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
+008:019 He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
+008:020 He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head,
+        and the pieces, and the fat.
+008:021 He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses
+        burned the whole ram on the altar.  It was a burnt offering
+        for a sweet savor.  It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:022 He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration:
+        and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
+008:023 He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on
+        the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand,
+        and on the great toe of his right foot.
+008:024 He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood
+        on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their
+        right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot;
+        and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
+008:025 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on
+        the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys,
+        and their fat, and the right thigh;
+008:026 and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh,
+        he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread,
+        and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.
+008:027 He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved
+        them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
+008:028 Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on
+        the burnt offering.  They were a consecration for a sweet savor.
+        It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+008:029 Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering
+        before Yahweh.  It was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration,
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:030 Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which
+        was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments,
+        and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him,
+        and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons'
+        garments with him.
+008:031 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that
+        is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying,
+        'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
+008:032 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall
+        burn with fire.
+008:033 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting
+        seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled:
+        for he shall consecrate you seven days.
+008:034 What has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded to do,
+        to make atonement for you.
+008:035 At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night
+        seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die:
+        for so I am commanded."
+008:036 Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh
+        commanded by Moses.
+009:001 It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons,
+        and the elders of Israel;
+009:002 and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering,
+        and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer
+        them before Yahweh.
+009:003 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male
+        goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old,
+        without blemish, for a burnt offering;
+009:004 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice
+        before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil:
+        for today Yahweh appears to you.'"
+009:005 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting:
+        and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh.
+009:006 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you
+        should do:  and the glory of Yahweh shall appear to you."
+009:007 Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer
+        your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make
+        atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer
+        the offering of the people, and make atonement for them;
+        as Yahweh commanded."
+009:008 So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of
+        the sin offering, which was for himself.
+009:009 The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped
+        his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar,
+        and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
+009:010 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from
+        the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+009:011 The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
+009:012 He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood
+        to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about.
+009:013 They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece,
+        and the head:  and he burned them upon the altar.
+009:014 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt
+        offering on the altar.
+009:015 He presented the people's offering, and took the goat of
+        the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it,
+        and offered it for sin, like the first.
+009:016 He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according
+        to the ordinance.
+009:017 He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there,
+        and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering
+        of the morning.
+009:018 He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings,
+        which was for the people:  and Aaron's sons delivered to him
+        the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about,
+009:019 and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that
+        which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover
+        of the liver:
+009:020 and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat
+        on the altar:
+009:021 and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave
+        offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
+009:022 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them;
+        and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the
+        burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
+009:023 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out,
+        and blessed the people:  and the glory of Yahweh appeared
+        to all the people.
+009:024 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt
+        offering and the fat upon the altar:  and when all the people
+        saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
+010:001 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer,
+        and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange
+        fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
+010:002 And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them,
+        and they died before Yahweh.
+010:003 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of,
+        saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me,
+        and before all the people I will be glorified.'"
+        Aaron held his peace.
+010:004 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle
+        of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers
+        from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
+010:005 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp,
+        as Moses had said.
+010:006 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons,
+        "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear
+        your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry
+        with all the congregation:  but let your brothers, the whole
+        house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.
+010:007 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting,
+        lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you."
+        They did according to the word of Moses.
+010:008 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
+010:009 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you,
+        when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die:
+        it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
+010:010 and that you are to make a distinction between the holy
+        and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
+010:011 and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes
+        which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."
+010:012 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar,
+        his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains
+        of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without
+        yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
+010:013 and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion,
+        and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire:
+        for so I am commanded.
+010:014 The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a
+        clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you:
+        for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of
+        the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
+010:015 The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with
+        the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave
+        offering before Yahweh:  and it shall be yours, and your sons'
+        with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."
+010:016 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering,
+        and, behold, it was burned:  and he was angry with Eleazar
+        and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
+010:017 "Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of
+        the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it you
+        to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement
+        for them before Yahweh?
+010:018 Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of
+        the sanctuary:  you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary,
+        as I commanded."
+010:019 Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered
+        their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh;
+        and such things as these have happened to me:  and if I had
+        eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing
+        in the sight of Yahweh?"
+010:020 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.
+011:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
+011:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living
+        things which you may eat among all the animals that are
+        on the earth.
+011:003 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews
+        the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
+011:004 "'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew
+        the cud, or of those who part the hoof:  the camel,
+        because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof,
+        he is unclean to you.
+011:005 The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof,
+        he is unclean to you.
+011:006 The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof,
+        she is unclean to you.
+011:007 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
+        but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
+011:008 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you
+        shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
+011:009 "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters:
+        whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas,
+        and in the rivers, that you may eat.
+011:010 All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
+        of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures
+        that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
+011:011 and you detest them.  You shall not eat of their flesh,
+        and you shall detest their carcasses.
+011:012 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an
+        abomination to you.
+011:013 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten,
+        they are an abomination:  the eagle, and the vulture,
+        and the black vulture,
+011:014 and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
+011:015 any kind of raven,
+011:016 the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
+011:017 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
+011:018 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
+011:019 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
+011:020 "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an
+        abomination to you.
+011:021 Yet you may eat these:  of all winged creeping things
+        that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet,
+        with which to hop on the earth.
+011:022 Even of these you may eat:  any kind of locust, any kind of katydid,
+        any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
+011:023 But all winged creeping things which have four feet,
+        are an abomination to you.
+011:024 "'By these you will become unclean:  whoever touches the carcass
+        of them shall be unclean until the evening.
+011:025 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes,
+        and be unclean until the evening.
+011:026 "'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed,
+        nor chews the cud, is unclean to you.  Everyone who touches
+        them shall be unclean.
+011:027 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours,
+        they are unclean to you.  Whoever touches their carcass shall
+        be unclean until the evening.
+011:028 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be
+        unclean until the evening.  They are unclean to you.
+011:029 "'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping
+        things that creep on the earth:  the weasel, the rat,
+        any kind of great lizard,
+011:030 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink,
+        and the chameleon.
+011:031 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep.
+        Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean
+        until the evening.
+011:032 On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean;
+        whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack,
+        whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must
+        be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening;
+        then it will be clean.
+011:033 Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is
+        in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
+011:034 All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes,
+        shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every
+        such vessel shall be unclean.
+011:035 Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean;
+        whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces:
+        they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
+011:036 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
+        shall be clean:  but that which touches their carcass
+        shall be unclean.
+011:037 If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is
+        to be sown, it is clean.
+011:038 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass
+        falls on it, it is unclean to you.
+011:039 "'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches
+        its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
+011:040 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be
+        unclean until the evening.  He also who carries its carcass
+        shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
+011:041 "'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination.
+        It shall not be eaten.
+011:042 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours,
+        or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things
+        that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they
+        are an abomination.
+011:043 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping
+        thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean
+        with them, that you should be defiled thereby.
+011:044 For I am Yahweh your God.  Sanctify yourselves therefore,
+        and be holy; for I am holy:  neither shall you defile yourselves
+        with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
+011:045 For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
+        to be your God.  You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
+011:046 "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every
+        living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature
+        that creeps on the earth,
+011:047 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean,
+        and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living
+        thing that may not be eaten.'"
+012:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+012:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives,
+        and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days;
+        as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
+012:003 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
+012:004 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days.
+        She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
+        until the days of her purifying are completed.
+012:005 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean
+        two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood
+        of purification sixty-six days.
+012:006 "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son,
+        or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering,
+        and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
+012:007 and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her;
+        and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
+        "'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
+012:008 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves,
+        or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering,
+        and the other for a sin offering:  and the priest shall make
+        atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"
+013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+013:002 "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab,
+        or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body
+        the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron
+        the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
+013:003 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body:
+        and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the
+        appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin,
+        it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him,
+        and pronounce him unclean.
+013:004 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body,
+        and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin,
+        and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall
+        isolate the infected person for seven days.
+013:005 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold,
+        if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't
+        spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for
+        seven more days.
+013:006 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day;
+        and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't
+        spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean.
+        It is a scab.  He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
+013:007 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself
+        to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself
+        to the priest again.
+013:008 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread
+        on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
+        It is leprosy.
+013:009 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be
+        brought to the priest;
+013:010 and the priest shall examine him.  Behold, if there is a white
+        rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white,
+        and there is raw flesh in the rising,
+013:011 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest
+        shall pronounce him unclean.  He shall not isolate him,
+        for he is unclean.
+013:012 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy
+        covers all the skin of the infected person from his head
+        even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
+013:013 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has
+        covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague.
+        It has all turned white:  he is clean.
+013:014 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
+013:015 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean:
+        the raw flesh is unclean.  It is leprosy.
+013:016 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white,
+        then he shall come to the priest;
+013:017 and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague
+        has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean
+        of the plague.  He is clean.
+013:018 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
+013:019 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising,
+        or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown
+        to the priest;
+013:020 and the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the appearance
+        of it is lower than the skin, and the hair of it has
+        turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
+        It is the plague of leprosy.  It has broken out in the boil.
+013:021 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white
+        hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim,
+        then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
+013:022 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
+        him unclean.  It is a plague.
+013:023 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread,
+        it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall
+        pronounce him clean.
+013:024 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw
+        flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
+013:025 then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair
+        in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance of it
+        is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy.  It has broken out
+        in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
+        It is the plague of leprosy.
+013:026 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white
+        hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin,
+        but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
+013:027 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day.  If it has spread
+        in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
+        It is the plague of leprosy.
+013:028 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread
+        in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn,
+        and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar
+        from the burn.
+013:029 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
+013:030 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the
+        appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it
+        is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean:
+        it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
+013:031 If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold,
+        its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no
+        black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person
+        infected with itching seven days.
+013:032 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold,
+        if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it,
+        and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
+013:033 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch;
+        and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
+013:034 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold,
+        if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't
+        deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean.
+        He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
+013:035 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
+013:036 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has
+        spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair;
+        he is unclean.
+013:037 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair
+        has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean.
+        The priest shall pronounce him clean.
+013:038 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body,
+        even white bright spots;
+013:039 then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright
+        spots on the skin of their body are a dull white,
+        it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin;
+        he is clean.
+013:040 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald.
+        He is clean.
+013:041 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head,
+        he is forehead bald.  He is clean.
+013:042 But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead,
+        a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his
+        bald head, or his bald forehead.
+013:043 Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising
+        of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his
+        bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin
+        of the flesh,
+013:044 he is a leprous man.  He is unclean.  The priest shall surely
+        pronounce him unclean.  His plague is on his head.
+013:045 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes,
+        and the hair of his head shall hang loose.  He shall cover
+        his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean!  Unclean!'
+013:046 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean.
+        He is unclean.  He shall dwell alone.  Outside of the camp
+        shall be his dwelling.
+013:047 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it
+        is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
+013:048 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool;
+        whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
+013:049 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
+        or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin;
+        it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
+013:050 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the
+        plague seven days.
+013:051 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day.
+        If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp,
+        or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin
+        is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew.
+        It is unclean.
+013:052 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool
+        or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is:
+        for it is a destructive mildew.  It shall be burned in the fire.
+013:053 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't
+        spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof,
+        or in anything of skin;
+013:054 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which
+        the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
+013:055 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed;
+        and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague
+        hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire.
+        It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
+013:056 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after
+        it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment,
+        or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
+013:057 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp,
+        or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading.
+        You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
+013:058 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing
+        of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has
+        departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time,
+        and it will be clean."
+013:059 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool
+        or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin,
+        to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
+014:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+014:002 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing.
+        He shall be brought to the priest,
+014:003 and the priest shall go forth out of the camp.  The priest shall
+        examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed
+        in the leper,
+014:004 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is
+        to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood,
+        and scarlet, and hyssop.
+014:005 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an
+        earthen vessel over running water.
+014:006 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood,
+        and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and
+        the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed
+        over the running water.
+014:007 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy
+        seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let
+        the living bird go into the open field.
+014:008 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off
+        all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean.
+        After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell
+        outside his tent seven days.
+014:009 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his
+        hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all
+        his hair he shall shave off.  He shall wash his clothes,
+        and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
+014:010 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish,
+        and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths
+        of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil,
+        and one log of oil.
+014:011 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to
+        be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting.
+014:012 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him
+        for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them
+        for a wave offering before Yahweh.
+014:013 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill
+        the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place
+        of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's,
+        so is the trespass offering.  It is most holy.
+014:014 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering,
+        and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him
+        who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand,
+        and on the big toe of his right foot.
+014:015 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it
+        into the palm of his own left hand.
+014:016 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his
+        left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger
+        seven times before Yahweh.
+014:017 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his
+        hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed,
+        and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his
+        right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
+014:018 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
+        on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest
+        shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.
+014:019 "The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement
+        for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness:
+        and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;
+014:020 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal
+        offering on the altar.  The priest shall make atonement for him,
+        and he shall be clean.
+014:021 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall
+        take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved,
+        to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine
+        flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
+014:022 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able
+        to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other
+        a burnt offering.
+014:023 "On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to
+        the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.
+014:024 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering,
+        and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave
+        offering before Yahweh.
+014:025 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering.
+        The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass
+        offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him
+        who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand,
+        and on the big toe of his right foot.
+014:026 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his
+        own left hand;
+014:027 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of
+        the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
+014:028 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand
+        on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed,
+        and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his
+        right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
+014:029 The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
+        on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement
+        for him before Yahweh.
+014:030 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons,
+        such as he is able to afford,
+014:031 even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering,
+        and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering.
+        The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be
+        cleansed before Yahweh."
+014:032 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy,
+        who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
+014:033 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+014:034 "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you
+        for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house
+        in the land of your possession,
+014:035 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
+        'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
+014:036 The priest shall command that they empty the house,
+        before the priest goes in to examine the plague,
+        that all that is in the house not be made unclean:
+        and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
+014:037 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in
+        the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish,
+        and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
+014:038 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,
+        and shut up the house seven days.
+014:039 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look.
+        If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
+014:040 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones
+        in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place
+        outside of the city:
+014:041 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about,
+        and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off,
+        outside of the city into an unclean place.
+014:042 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place
+        of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall
+        plaster the house.
+014:043 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house,
+        after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped
+        the house, and after it was plastered;
+014:044 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague
+        has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house.
+        It is unclean.
+014:045 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber,
+        and all the house's mortar.  He shall carry them out of the city
+        into an unclean place.
+014:046 "Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall
+        be unclean until the evening.
+014:047 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes;
+        and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
+014:048 "If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold,
+        the plague hasn't spread in the house, after the house
+        was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean,
+        because the plague is healed.
+014:049 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood,
+        and scarlet, and hyssop.
+014:050 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel
+        over running water.
+014:051 He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
+        and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird,
+        and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
+014:052 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with
+        the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood,
+        with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
+014:053 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into
+        the open field.  So shall he make atonement for the house;
+        and it shall be clean."
+014:054 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
+014:055 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,
+014:056 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
+014:057 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean.
+        This is the law of leprosy.
+015:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+015:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any
+        man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge
+        he is unclean.
+015:003 This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge:
+        whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has
+        stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
+015:004 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean;
+        and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
+015:005 Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
+        himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:006 He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge
+        sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
+        and be unclean until the evening.
+015:007 "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall
+        wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
+        until the evening.
+015:008 "'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean,
+        then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
+        and be unclean until the evening.
+015:009 "'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on
+        shall be unclean.
+015:010 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean
+        until the evening.  He who carries those things shall wash
+        his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
+        until the evening.
+015:011 "'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having
+        rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes,
+        and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:012 "'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches,
+        shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
+015:013 "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge,
+        then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing,
+        and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water,
+        and shall be clean.
+015:014 "'On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two
+        young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the Tent
+        of Meeting, and give them to the priest:
+015:015 and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering,
+        and the other for a burnt offering.  The priest shall make
+        atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.
+015:016 "'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe
+        all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:017 Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be
+        washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:018 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen,
+        they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean
+        until the evening.
+015:019 "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her
+        flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days:
+        and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
+015:020 "'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean.
+        Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
+015:021 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
+        himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:022 Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes,
+        and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+015:023 If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits,
+        when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
+015:024 "'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him,
+        he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies
+        shall be unclean.
+015:025 "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not
+        in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond
+        the time of her period; all the days of the discharge
+        of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period:
+        she is unclean.
+015:026 Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall
+        be to her as the bed of her period:  and everything whereon
+        she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
+015:027 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash
+        his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
+        until the evening.
+015:028 "'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count
+        to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
+015:029 On the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two
+        young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting.
+015:030 The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
+        for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement
+        for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.
+015:031 "'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from
+        their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness,
+        when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"
+015:032 This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has
+        an emission of semen, so that he is unclean thereby;
+015:033 and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has
+        a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.
+016:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,
+        when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
+016:002 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come
+        at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil,
+        before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die:
+        for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
+016:003 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary:  with a young
+        bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
+016:004 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
+        breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall
+        be dressed with the linen turban.  They are the holy garments.
+        He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
+016:005 He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two
+        male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
+016:006 "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is
+        for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
+016:007 He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at
+        the door of the Tent of Meeting.
+016:008 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh,
+        and the other lot for the scapegoat.
+016:009 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh,
+        and offer him for a sin offering.
+016:010 But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be
+        presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him,
+        to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
+016:011 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering,
+        which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself
+        and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering
+        which is for himself.
+016:012 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar
+        before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small,
+        and bring it within the veil:
+016:013 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh,
+        that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is
+        on the testimony, so that he will not die.
+016:014 He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it
+        with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before
+        the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his
+        finger seven times.
+016:015 "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is
+        for the people, and bring his blood within the veil,
+        and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull,
+        and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
+016:016 and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place,
+        because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel,
+        and because of their transgressions, even all their sins;
+        and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells
+        with them in the midst of their uncleanness.
+016:017 There shall be no one in the Tent of Meeting when he enters
+        to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out,
+        and has made atonement for himself and for his household,
+        and for all the assembly of Israel.
+016:018 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make
+        atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood,
+        and some of the goat's blood, and put it on the horns
+        of the altar round about.
+016:019 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger
+        seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness
+        of the children of Israel.
+016:020 "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent
+        of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
+016:021 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat,
+        and confess over him all the iniquities of the children
+        of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins;
+        and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall
+        send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man
+        who is in readiness.
+016:022 The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a
+        solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
+016:023 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take
+        off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into
+        the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.
+016:024 Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put
+        on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering
+        and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement
+        for himself and for the people.
+016:025 The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
+016:026 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
+        and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come
+        into the camp.
+016:027 The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering,
+        whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place,
+        shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn
+        their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
+016:028 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
+        in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
+016:029 "It shall be a statute to you forever:  in the seventh month,
+        on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls,
+        and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger
+        who lives as a foreigner among you:
+016:030 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you;
+        from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
+016:031 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict
+        your souls; it is a statute forever.
+016:032 The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be
+        priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement,
+        and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
+016:033 Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall
+        make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar;
+        and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all
+        the people of the assembly.
+016:034 "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for
+        the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins."
+        It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+017:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+017:002 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel,
+        and say to them:  'This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
+017:003 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox,
+        or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
+017:004 and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer
+        it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh:
+        blood shall be imputed to that man.  He has shed blood;
+        and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
+017:005 This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring
+        their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field,
+        that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent
+        of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices
+        of peace offerings to Yahweh.
+017:006 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at
+        the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet
+        savor to Yahweh.
+017:007 They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols,
+        after which they play the prostitute.  This shall be a statute
+        forever to them throughout their generations.'
+017:008 "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel,
+        or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them,
+        who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
+017:009 and doesn't bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
+        to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man shall be cut off
+        from his people.
+017:010 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live
+        as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood,
+        I will set my face against that soul who eats blood,
+        and will cut him off from among his people.
+017:011 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given
+        it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls:
+        for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
+017:012 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person
+        among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives
+        as a foreigner among you eat blood."
+017:013 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel,
+        or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them,
+        who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten;
+        he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
+017:014 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life:
+        therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat
+        the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh
+        is its blood.  Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
+017:015 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is
+        torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner,
+        he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
+        and be unclean until the evening:  then he shall be clean.
+017:016 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall
+        bear his iniquity.'"
+018:001 Yahweh said to Moses,
+018:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am
+        Yahweh your God.
+018:003 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived:
+        and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I
+        am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
+018:004 You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes,
+        and walk in them:  I am Yahweh your God.
+018:005 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances;
+        which if a man does, he shall live in them:  I am Yahweh.
+018:006 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives,
+        to uncover their nakedness:  I am Yahweh.
+018:007 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father,
+        nor the nakedness of your mother:  she is your mother.
+        You shall not uncover her nakedness.
+018:008 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife:
+        it is your father's nakedness.
+018:009 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister,
+        the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother,
+        whether born at home, or born abroad.
+018:010 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter,
+        or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness:
+        for theirs is your own nakedness.
+018:011 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's
+        wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she
+        is your sister.
+018:012 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister:
+        she is your father's near kinswoman.
+018:013 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister:
+        for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
+018:014 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother,
+        you shall not approach his wife:  she is your aunt.
+018:015 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law:
+        she is your son's wife.  You shall not uncover her nakedness.
+018:016 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife:
+        it is your brother's nakedness.
+018:017 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter.
+        You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter,
+        to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen:
+        it is wickedness.
+018:018 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival,
+        to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
+018:019 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness,
+        as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
+018:020 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife,
+        and defile yourself with her.
+018:021 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech;
+        neither shall you profane the name of your God:  I am Yahweh.
+018:022 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman.
+        That is detestable.
+018:023 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it;
+        neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie
+        down with it:  it is a perversion.
+018:024 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things:
+        for in all these the nations which I am casting out before
+        you were defiled.
+018:025 The land was defiled:  therefore I punished its iniquity,
+        and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
+018:026 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall
+        not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born,
+        nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
+018:027 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done,
+        that were before you, and the land became defiled);
+018:028 that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it,
+        as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
+018:029 "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls
+        that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
+018:030 Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice
+        any of these abominable customs, which were practiced
+        before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them:
+        I am Yahweh your God.'"
+019:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+019:002 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.
+019:003 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father.
+        You shall keep my Sabbaths.  I am Yahweh your God.
+019:004 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves.
+        I am Yahweh your God.
+019:005 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh,
+        you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
+019:006 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day:
+        and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be
+        burned with fire.
+019:007 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination.
+        It will not be accepted;
+019:008 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has
+        profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut
+        off from his people.
+019:009 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly
+        reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather
+        the gleanings of your harvest.
+019:010 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather
+        the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them
+        for the poor and for the foreigner.  I am Yahweh your God.
+019:011 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely,
+        nor lie to one another.
+019:012 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name
+        of your God.  I am Yahweh.
+019:013 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
+        The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all
+        night until the morning.
+019:014 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling
+        block before the blind; but you shall fear your God.
+        I am Yahweh.
+019:015 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment:  you shall not be
+        partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great;
+        but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
+019:016 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people;
+        neither shall you stand against the life{literally,
+        "blood"} of your neighbor.  I am Yahweh.
+019:017 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart.
+        You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin
+        because of him.
+019:018 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against
+        the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor
+        as yourself.  I am Yahweh.
+019:019 "'You shall keep my statutes.  "'You shall not crossbreed
+        different kinds of animals.  "'you shall not sow your field
+        with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you
+        a garment made of two kinds of material.
+019:020 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl,
+        pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed,
+        or given her freedom; they shall be punished.  They shall
+        not be put to death, because she was not free.
+019:021 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.
+019:022 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
+        offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed:
+        and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
+019:023 "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees
+        for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden.{literally,
+        "uncircumcised"} Three years shall they be forbidden to you.
+        It shall not be eaten.
+019:024 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving
+        praise to Yahweh.
+019:025 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield
+        its increase to you.  I am Yahweh your God.
+019:026 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it;
+        neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
+019:027 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads,
+        neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.
+019:028 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
+        nor tattoo any marks on you.  I am Yahweh.
+019:029 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute;
+        lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become
+        full of wickedness.
+019:030 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary;
+        I am Yahweh.
+019:031 "'Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards.
+        Don't seek them out, to be defiled by them.  I am Yahweh your God.
+019:032 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor
+        the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God.
+        I am Yahweh.
+019:033 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land,
+        you shall not do him wrong.
+019:034 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you
+        as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself;
+        for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt.
+        I am Yahweh your God.
+019:035 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures
+        of length, of weight, or of quantity.
+019:036 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin,
+        shall you have.  I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out
+        of the land of Egypt.
+019:037 You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances,
+        and do them.  I am Yahweh.'"
+020:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+020:002 "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of
+        the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as
+        foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech;
+        he shall surely be put to death.  The people of the land
+        shall stone him with stones.
+020:003 I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off
+        from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech,
+        to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
+020:004 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person,
+        when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;
+020:005 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
+        and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him,
+        to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
+020:006 "'The person that turns to those who are mediums,
+        and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them,
+        I will even set my face against that person, and will cut
+        him off from among his people.
+020:007 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am
+        Yahweh your God.
+020:008 You shall keep my statutes, and do them.  I am Yahweh
+        who sanctifies you.
+020:009 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely
+        be put to death:  he has cursed his father or his mother;
+        his blood shall be upon him.
+020:010 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife,
+        even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife,
+        the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
+020:011 The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his
+        father's nakedness:  both of them shall surely be put to death;
+        their blood shall be upon them.
+020:012 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall
+        surely be put to death:  they have committed a perversion;
+        their blood shall be upon them.
+020:013 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have
+        committed an abomination:  they shall surely be put to death;
+        their blood shall be upon them.
+020:014 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness:
+        they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there
+        may be no wickedness among you.
+020:015 "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death;
+        and you shall kill the animal.
+020:016 "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it,
+        you shall kill the woman, and the animal:  they shall surely
+        be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
+020:017 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter,
+        or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she
+        sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall
+        be cut off in the sight of the children of their people:
+        he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
+020:018 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period,
+        and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain,
+        and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood:
+        and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
+020:019 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of
+        your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative:
+        they shall bear their iniquity.
+020:020 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered
+        his uncle's nakedness:  they shall bear their sin;
+        they shall die childless.
+020:021 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity:
+        he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
+020:022 "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances,
+        and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell,
+        may not vomit you out.
+020:023 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am
+        casting out before you:  for they did all these things,
+        and therefore I abhorred them.
+020:024 But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will
+        give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey."
+        I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
+020:025 "'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal
+        and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean:
+        and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal,
+        or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems,
+        which I have separated from you as unclean for you.
+020:026 You shall be holy to me:  for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set
+        you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
+020:027 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard,
+        shall surely be put to death:  they shall stone them with stones;
+        their blood shall be upon them.'"
+021:001 Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,
+        and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead
+        among his people;
+021:002 except for his relatives that are near to him:  for his mother,
+        for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
+021:003 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband;
+        for her he may defile himself.
+021:004 He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
+        to profane himself.
+021:005 "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave
+        off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings
+        in their flesh.
+021:006 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of
+        their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
+        the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
+021:007 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane;
+        neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband:
+        for he is holy to his God.
+021:008 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread
+        of your God:  he shall be holy to you:  for I Yahweh,
+        who sanctify you, am holy.
+021:009 "'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself
+        by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father:
+        she shall be burned with fire.
+021:010 "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head
+        the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put
+        on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose,
+        nor tear his clothes;
+021:011 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself
+        for his father, or for his mother;
+021:012 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane
+        the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil
+        of his God is upon him.  I am Yahweh.
+021:013 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
+021:014 A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled,
+        or a prostitute, these he shall not marry:  but a virgin
+        of his own people shall he take as a wife.
+021:015 He shall not profane his seed among his people:
+        for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"
+021:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+021:017 "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations
+        who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
+021:018 For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near:
+        a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose,
+        or any deformity,
+021:019 or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,
+021:020 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye,
+        or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;
+021:021 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish,
+        shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
+        Since has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread
+        of his God.
+021:022 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy,
+        and of the holy.
+021:023 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar,
+        because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries,
+        for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
+021:024 So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the
+        children of Israel.
+022:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+022:002 "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy
+        things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me,
+        and that they not profane my holy name.  I am Yahweh.
+022:003 "Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your
+        generations approaches the holy things, which the children
+        of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness
+        on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me.
+        I am Yahweh.
+022:004 "'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a leper or has an issue;
+        he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean.
+        Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead,
+        or a man whose seed goes from him;
+022:005 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be
+        made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness,
+        whatever uncleanness he has;
+022:006 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening,
+        and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his
+        body in water.
+022:007 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall
+        eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
+022:008 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall
+        not eat, defiling himself by it.  I am Yahweh.
+022:009 "'They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear
+        sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it.
+        I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
+022:010 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing:  a foreigner
+        living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat
+        of the holy thing.
+022:011 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money,
+        he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house,
+        they shall eat of his bread.
+022:012 If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall
+        not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
+022:013 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or divorced,
+        and has no child, and has returned to her father's house,
+        as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread:
+        but no stranger shall eat any of it.
+022:014 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add
+        the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy
+        thing to the priest.
+022:015 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children
+        of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
+022:016 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt,
+        when they eat their holy things:  for I am Yahweh
+        who sanctifies them.'"
+022:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+022:018 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children
+        of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of the house of Israel,
+        or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering,
+        whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings,
+        which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering;
+022:019 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish,
+        of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
+022:020 But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer:
+        for it shall not be acceptable for you.
+022:021 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh
+        to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd
+        or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted;
+        there shall be no blemish therein.
+022:022 Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having
+        a running sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor make
+        an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
+022:023 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking
+        in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering;
+        but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
+022:024 That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut,
+        you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall you do thus
+        in your land.
+022:025 Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall you offer the bread
+        of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them.
+        There is a blemish in them.  They shall not be accepted for you.'"
+022:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+022:027 "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall
+        remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth
+        day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering
+        of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+022:028 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young
+        both in one day.
+022:029 "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh,
+        you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
+022:030 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it
+        until the morning.  I am Yahweh.
+022:031 "Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them.
+        I am Yahweh.
+022:032 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy
+        among the children of Israel.  I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
+022:033 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God.
+        I am Yahweh."
+023:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+023:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts
+        of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
+        even these are my set feasts.
+023:003 "'Six days shall work be done:  but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
+        of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work.
+        It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
+023:004 "'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations,
+        which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
+023:005 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month
+        in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.
+023:006 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
+        bread to Yahweh.  Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
+023:007 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation.
+        You shall do no regular work.
+023:008 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh
+        seven days.  In the seventh day is a holy convocation:
+        you shall do no regular work.'"
+023:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+023:010 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you
+        have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap
+        its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first
+        fruits of your harvest to the priest:
+023:011 and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you.
+        On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
+023:012 On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb
+        without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
+023:013 The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah
+        of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire
+        to Yahweh for a sweet savor; and the drink offering with it
+        shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
+023:014 You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain,
+        until this same day, until you have brought the offering
+        of your God.  This is a statute forever throughout your
+        generations in all your dwellings.
+023:015 "'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath,
+        from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering;
+        seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
+023:016 even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall number
+        fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
+023:017 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a
+        wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour.
+        They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
+023:018 You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish
+        a year old, one young bull, and two rams.  They shall
+        be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering,
+        and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
+023:019 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male
+        lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
+023:020 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits
+        for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs.
+        They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
+023:021 You shall make proclamation on the same day:  there shall
+        be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work.
+        This is a statute forever in all your dwellings
+        throughout your generations.
+023:022 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall
+        not wholly reap into the corners of your field,
+        neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest:
+        you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner.
+        I am Yahweh your God.'"
+023:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+023:024 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month,
+        on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you,
+        a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
+023:025 You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering
+        made by fire to Yahweh.'"
+023:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+023:027 "However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day
+        of atonement:  it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you
+        shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering
+        made by fire to Yahweh.
+023:028 You shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day
+        of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God.
+023:029 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day;
+        shall be cut off from his people.
+023:030 Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day,
+        that person I will destroy from among his people.
+023:031 You shall do no manner of work:  it is a statute forever
+        throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
+023:032 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall
+        deny yourselves.  In the ninth day of the month at evening,
+        from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."
+023:033 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+023:034 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth
+        day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven
+        days to Yahweh.
+023:035 On the first day shall be a holy convocation:  you shall
+        do no regular work.
+023:036 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+        On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you;
+        and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+        It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
+023:037 "'These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh, which you shall
+        proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made
+        by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal offering,
+        a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day;
+023:038 besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your gifts,
+        and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings,
+        which you give to Yahweh.
+023:039 "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have
+        gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast
+        of Yahweh seven days:  on the first day shall be a solemn rest,
+        and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
+023:040 You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees,
+        branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees,
+        and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh
+        your God seven days.
+023:041 You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year:
+        it is a statute forever throughout your generations;
+        you shall keep it in the seventh month.
+023:042 You shall dwell in booths seven days.  All who are native-born
+        in Israel shall dwell in booths,
+023:043 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel
+        to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.
+        I am Yahweh your God.'"
+023:044 Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed
+        feasts of Yahweh.
+024:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+024:002 "Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive
+        oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
+024:003 Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting,
+        shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning
+        before Yahweh continually:  it shall be a statute forever
+        throughout your generations.
+024:004 He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lampstand
+        before Yahweh continually.
+024:005 "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it:
+        two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
+024:006 You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold
+        table before Yahweh.
+024:007 You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may
+        be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made
+        by fire to Yahweh.
+024:008 Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before
+        Yahweh continually.  It is on the behalf of the children
+        of Israel an everlasting covenant.
+024:009 It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it
+        in a holy place:  for it is most holy to him of the offerings
+        of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
+024:010 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
+        went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite
+        woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.
+024:011 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed;
+        and they brought him to Moses.  His mother's name was Shelomith,
+        the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
+024:012 They put him in custody, until the will of Yahweh should be
+        declared to them.
+024:013 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+024:014 "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay
+        their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
+024:015 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses
+        his God shall bear his sin.
+024:016 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put
+        to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him:
+        the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes
+        the Name, shall be put to death.
+024:017 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
+024:018 He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good,
+        life for life.
+024:019 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it
+        be done to him:
+024:020 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
+        as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
+024:021 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills
+        a man shall be put to death.
+024:022 You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well
+        as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"
+024:023 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him
+        who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones.
+        The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+025:001 Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
+025:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you
+        come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep
+        a Sabbath to Yahweh.
+025:003 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall
+        prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
+025:004 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn
+        rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh.  You shall not sow
+        your field or prune your vineyard.
+025:005 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap,
+        and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather.
+        It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
+025:006 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself,
+        for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant,
+        and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
+025:007 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land,
+        shall all the increase of it be for food.
+025:008 "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times
+        seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven
+        Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
+025:009 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of
+        the seventh month.  On the Day of Atonement you shall sound
+        the trumpet throughout all your land.
+025:010 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty
+        throughout the land to all its inhabitants.  It shall be a jubilee
+        to you; and each of you shall return to his own property,
+        and each of you shall return to his family.
+025:011 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you.  In it you
+        shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself,
+        nor gather from the undressed vines.
+025:012 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you.  You shall eat
+        of its increase out of the field.
+025:013 "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
+025:014 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor,
+        you shall not wrong one another.
+025:015 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall
+        buy from your neighbor.  According to the number of years
+        of the crops he shall sell to you.
+025:016 According to the length of the years you shall increase the price
+        of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall
+        diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number
+        of the crops to you.
+025:017 You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God:
+        for I am Yahweh your God.
+025:018 "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances
+        and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
+025:019 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill,
+        and dwell therein in safety.
+025:020 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year?
+        Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
+025:021 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year,
+        and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
+025:022 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits,
+        the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in,
+        you shall eat the old store.
+025:023 "'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine;
+        for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
+025:024 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption
+        for the land.
+025:025 "'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions,
+        then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem
+        that which his brother has sold.
+025:026 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous
+        and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
+025:027 then let him reckon the years since the sale of it,
+        and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it;
+        and he shall return to his property.
+025:028 But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has
+        sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until
+        the Year of Jubilee:  and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
+        and he shall return to his property.
+025:029 "'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may
+        redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold.
+        For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
+025:030 If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year,
+        then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure
+        in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations.
+        It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
+025:031 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round
+        about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country:
+        they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
+025:032 "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities
+        of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
+025:033 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city
+        of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee;
+        for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession
+        among the children of Israel.
+025:034 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold;
+        for it is their perpetual possession.
+025:035 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't
+        support him among you; then you shall uphold him.
+        As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
+025:036 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God;
+        that your brother may live among you.
+025:037 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him
+        your food for profit.
+025:038 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land
+        of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
+025:039 "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself
+        to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
+025:040 As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you;
+        he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
+025:041 then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him,
+        and shall return to his own family, and to the possession
+        of his fathers.
+025:042 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land
+        of Egypt.  They shall not be sold as slaves.
+025:043 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall
+        fear your God.
+025:044 "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have;
+        of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy
+        male and female slaves.
+025:045 Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you,
+        of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you,
+        which they have conceived in your land; and they will
+        be your property.
+025:046 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you,
+        to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever:
+        but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule,
+        one over another, with harshness.
+025:047 "'If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich,
+        and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself
+        to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member
+        of the stranger's family;
+025:048 after he is sold he may be redeemed.  One of his brothers
+        may redeem him;
+025:049 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any
+        who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him;
+        or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
+025:050 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year
+        that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee:
+        and the price of his sale shall be according to the number
+        of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall
+        he be with him.
+025:051 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall
+        give back the price of his redemption out of the money
+        that he was bought for.
+025:052 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee,
+        then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service
+        he shall give back the price of his redemption.
+025:053 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him:
+        he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
+025:054 If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released
+        in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
+025:055 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my
+        servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.
+        I am Yahweh your God.
+026:001 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you
+        raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you
+        place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it:
+        for I am Yahweh your God.
+026:002 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary.
+        I am Yahweh.
+026:003 "'If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments,
+        and do them;
+026:004 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land
+        shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall
+        yield their fruit.
+026:005 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage
+        shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread
+        to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
+026:006 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down,
+        and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals
+        out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
+026:007 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you
+        by the sword.
+026:008 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall
+        chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you
+        by the sword.
+026:009 "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful,
+        and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
+026:010 You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall move out
+        the old because of the new.
+026:011 I will set my tent among you:  and my soul won't abhor you.
+026:012 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will
+        be my people.
+026:013 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land
+        of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have
+        broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
+026:014 "'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do
+        all these commandments;
+026:015 and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors
+        my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments,
+        but break my covenant;
+026:016 I also will do this to you:  I will appoint terror over you,
+        even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes,
+        and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed
+        in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
+026:017 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck
+        before your enemies.  Those who hate you will rule over you;
+        and you will flee when no one pursues you.
+026:018 "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me,
+        then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
+026:019 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky
+        like iron, and your soil like brass;
+026:020 and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't
+        yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land
+        yield their fruit.
+026:021 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me,
+        then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according
+        to your sins.
+026:022 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you
+        of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few
+        in number; and your roads will become desolate.
+026:023 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk
+        contrary to me;
+026:024 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you,
+        even I, seven times for your sins.
+026:025 I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance
+        of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within
+        your cities:  and I will send the pestilence among you;
+        and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
+026:026 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread
+        in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight:
+        and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
+026:027 "'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk
+        contrary to me;
+026:028 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will
+        chastise you seven times for your sins.
+026:029 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh
+        of your daughters.
+026:030 I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars,
+        and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols;
+        and my soul will abhor you.
+026:031 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries
+        to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet
+        fragrance of your offerings.
+026:032 I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies
+        that dwell therein will be astonished at it.
+026:033 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out
+        the sword after you:  and your land will be a desolation,
+        and your cities shall be a waste.
+026:034 Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies
+        desolate and you are in your enemies' land.  Even then the land
+        will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
+026:035 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest
+        which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it.
+026:036 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness
+        into their hearts in the lands of their enemies:
+        and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight;
+        and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they
+        will fall when no one pursues.
+026:037 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword,
+        when no one pursues:  and you will have no power to stand
+        before your enemies.
+026:038 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies
+        will eat you up.
+026:039 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity
+        in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their
+        fathers shall they pine away with them.
+026:040 "'If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
+        in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that,
+        because they walked contrary to me,
+026:041 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land
+        of their enemies:  if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled,
+        and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
+026:042 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my
+        covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham;
+        and I will remember the land.
+026:043 The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths
+        while it lies desolate without them:  and they will accept
+        the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they
+        rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
+026:044 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies,
+        I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them,
+        to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them;
+        for I am Yahweh their God;
+026:045 but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their
+        ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt
+        in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God.
+        I am Yahweh.'"
+026:046 These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made
+        between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
+027:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+027:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man
+        makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.
+027:003 Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even
+        to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels
+        of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
+027:004 If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
+027:005 If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old,
+        then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels,
+        and for a female ten shekels.
+027:006 If the person is from a month old even to five years old,
+        then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver,
+        and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
+027:007 If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it
+        is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels,
+        and for a female ten shekels.
+027:008 But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set
+        before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to
+        the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
+027:009 "'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh,
+        all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
+027:010 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad
+        for a good:  and if he shall at all change animal for animal,
+        then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
+027:011 If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer
+        as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal
+        before the priest;
+027:012 and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad.
+        As you the priest values it, so shall it be.
+027:013 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth
+        part of it to its valuation.
+027:014 "'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh,
+        then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad:
+        as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand.
+027:015 If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall
+        add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it,
+        and it shall be his.
+027:016 "'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession,
+        then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it:
+        the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty
+        shekels of silver.
+027:017 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee,
+        according to your valuation it shall stand.
+027:018 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest
+        shall reckon to him the money according to the years that
+        remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made
+        from your valuation.
+027:019 If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall
+        add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it,
+        and it shall remain his.
+027:020 If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field
+        to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
+027:021 but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy
+        to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
+027:022 "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought,
+        which is not of the field of his possession,
+027:023 then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation
+        up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation
+        on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh.
+027:024 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from
+        whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession
+        of the land belongs.
+027:025 All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of
+        the sanctuary:  twenty gerahs to the shekel.
+027:026 "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn
+        to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep,
+        it is Yahweh's.
+027:027 If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according
+        to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it:
+        or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according
+        to your valuation.
+027:028 "'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote
+        to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal,
+        or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed:
+        every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
+027:029 "'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men,
+        shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
+027:030 "'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land
+        or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.
+027:031 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth
+        part to it.
+027:032 All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes
+        under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
+027:033 He shall not search whether it is good or bad,
+        neither shall he change it:  and if he changes it at all,
+        then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
+        It shall not be redeemed.'"
+027:034 These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses
+        for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
+Book 04 Numbers
+001:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent
+        of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second
+        year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
+001:002 "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
+        the number of the names, every male, one by one;
+001:003 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go
+        out to war in Israel.  You and Aaron shall number them
+        by their divisions.
+001:004 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head
+        of his fathers' house.
+001:005 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you:
+        Of Reuben:  Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+001:006 Of Simeon:  Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
+001:007 Of Judah:  Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
+001:008 Of Issachar:  Nethanel the son of Zuar.
+001:009 Of Zebulun:  Eliab the son of Helon.
+001:010 Of the children of Joseph:  Of Ephraim:  Elishama the son of Ammihud.
+        Of Manasseh:  Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+001:011 Of Benjamin:  Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+001:012 Of Dan:  Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+001:013 Of Asher:  Pagiel the son of Ochran.
+001:014 Of Gad:  Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
+001:015 Of Naphtali:  Ahira the son of Enan."
+001:016 These are those who were called of the congregation,
+        the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads
+        of the thousands of Israel.
+001:017 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
+001:018 They assembled all the congregation together on the first
+        day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry
+        by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
+        the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
+        one by one.
+001:019 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
+        wilderness of Sinai.
+001:020 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations,
+        by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to
+        the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty
+        years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
+001:021 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben,
+        were forty-six thousand five hundred.
+001:022 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it,
+        according to the number of the names, one by one, every male
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:023 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon,
+        were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
+001:024 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:025 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad,
+        were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
+001:026 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:027 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah,
+        were sixty-four thousand six hundred.
+001:028 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:029 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar,
+        were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
+001:030 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:031 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun,
+        were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
+001:032 Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim,
+        their generations, by their families, by their fathers'
+        houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty
+        years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
+001:033 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim,
+        were forty thousand five hundred.
+001:034 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:035 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh,
+        were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
+001:036 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        out to war;
+001:037 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin,
+        were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
+001:038 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        forth to war;
+001:039 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan,
+        were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
+001:040 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        forth to war;
+001:041 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher,
+        were forty-one thousand five hundred.
+001:042 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names,
+        from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
+        forth to war;
+001:043 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali,
+        were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
+001:044 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron
+        numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men:
+        they were each one for his fathers' house.
+001:045 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel
+        by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward,
+        all who were able to go out to war in Israel;
+001:046 even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand
+        five hundred fifty.
+001:047 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not
+        numbered among them.
+001:048 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+001:049 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall
+        you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
+001:050 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
+        and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it.
+        They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings;
+        and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
+001:051 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down;
+        and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set
+        it up.  The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
+001:052 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man
+        by his own camp, and every man by his own standard,
+        according to their divisions.
+001:053 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
+        that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children
+        of Israel:  and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle
+        of the Testimony."
+001:054 Thus the children of Israel did.  According to all that Yahweh
+        commanded Moses, so they did.
+002:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+002:002 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard,
+        with the banners of their fathers' houses:  at a distance
+        from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."
+002:003 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of
+        the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions:
+        and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon
+        the son of Amminadab.
+002:004 His division, and those who were numbered of them,
+        were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
+002:005 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
+        and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel
+        the son of Zuar.
+002:006 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four
+        thousand four hundred.
+002:007 The tribe of Zebulun:  and the prince of the children of Zebulun
+        shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
+002:008 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven
+        thousand four hundred.
+002:009 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred
+        eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions.
+        They shall set out first.
+002:010 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
+        according to their divisions.  The prince of the children
+        of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+002:011 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six
+        thousand five hundred.
+002:012 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon.
+        The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel
+        the son of Zurishaddai.
+002:013 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine
+        thousand three hundred.
+002:014 "The tribe of Gad:  and the prince of the children of Gad
+        shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
+002:015 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five
+        thousand six hundred fifty.
+002:016 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred
+        fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies.
+        They shall set out second.
+002:017 "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp
+        of the Levites in the midst of the camps.  As they encamp,
+        so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
+002:018 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
+        according to their divisions:  and the prince of the children
+        of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
+002:019 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty
+        thousand five hundred.
+002:020 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh:  and the prince
+        of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+002:021 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two
+        thousand two hundred.
+002:022 "The tribe of Benjamin:  and the prince of the children
+        of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+002:023 His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five
+        thousand four hundred.
+002:024 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred
+        eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions.
+        They shall set out third.
+002:025 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan
+        according to their divisions:  and the prince of the children
+        of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+002:026 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two
+        thousand seven hundred.
+002:027 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher:
+        and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel
+        the son of Ochran.
+002:028 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one
+        thousand and five hundred.
+002:029 "The tribe of Naphtali:  and the prince of the children
+        of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
+002:030 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three
+        thousand four hundred.
+002:031 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred
+        fifty-seven thousand six hundred.  They shall set out last
+        by their standards."
+002:032 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel
+        by their fathers' houses.  All who were numbered of the camps
+        according to their armies were six hundred three thousand
+        five hundred fifty.
+002:033 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+002:034 Thus the children of Israel did.  According to all that Yahweh
+        commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards,
+        and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to
+        their fathers' houses.
+003:001 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses
+        in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
+003:002 These are the names of the sons of Aaron:  Nadab the firstborn,
+        and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+003:003 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests
+        who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in
+        the priest's office.
+003:004 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange
+        fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had
+        no children.  Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's
+        office in the presence of Aaron their father.
+003:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+003:006 "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron
+        the priest, that they may minister to him.
+003:007 They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
+        congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service
+        of the tabernacle.
+003:008 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting,
+        and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service
+        of the tabernacle.
+003:009 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons.  They are
+        wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
+003:010 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep
+        their priesthood.  The stranger who comes near shall be
+        put to death."
+003:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+003:012 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children
+        of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among
+        the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
+003:013 for all the firstborn are mine.  On the day that I struck
+        down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy
+        to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal.
+        They shall be mine.  I am Yahweh."
+003:014 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
+003:015 "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses,
+        by their families:  every male from a month old and upward
+        shall you number."
+003:016 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh,
+        as he was commanded.
+003:017 These were the sons of Levi by their names:  Gershon, and Kohath,
+        and Merari.
+003:018 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:
+        Libni and Shimei.
+003:019 The sons of Kohath by their families:  Amram, and Izhar, Hebron,
+        and Uzziel.
+003:020 The sons of Merari by their families:  Mahli and Mushi.
+        These are the families of the Levites according to
+        their fathers' houses.
+003:021 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family
+        of the Shimeites:  these are the families of the Gershonites.
+003:022 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all
+        the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were
+        numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
+003:023 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind
+        the tabernacle westward.
+003:024 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall
+        be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
+003:025 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall
+        be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen
+        for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
+003:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
+        of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar,
+        and its cords for all of its service.
+003:027 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family
+        of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites,
+        and the family of the Uzzielites:  these are the families
+        of the Kohathites.
+003:028 According to the number of all the males, from a month
+        old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred,
+        keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
+003:029 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south
+        side of the tabernacle.
+003:030 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites
+        shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
+003:031 Their charge shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand,
+        the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister,
+        and the screen, and all its service.
+003:032 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes
+        of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge
+        of the sanctuary.
+003:033 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family
+        of the Mushites.  These are the families of Merari.
+003:034 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number
+        of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six
+        thousand two hundred.
+003:035 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari
+        was Zuriel the son of Abihail.  They shall encamp on the north
+        side of the tabernacle.
+003:036 The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
+        tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
+        all its instruments, all its service,
+003:037 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins,
+        and their cords.
+003:038 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward,
+        in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise,
+        shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge
+        of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel.
+        The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
+003:039 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
+        at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males
+        from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
+003:040 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males
+        of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,
+        and take the number of their names.
+003:041 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh)
+        instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel;
+        and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn
+        among the livestock of the children of Israel."
+003:042 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn
+        among the children of Israel.
+003:043 All the firstborn males according to the number of names,
+        from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them,
+        were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
+003:044 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+003:045 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among
+        the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites
+        instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine.
+        I am Yahweh.
+003:046 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the
+        firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number
+        of the Levites,
+003:047 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one;
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them
+        (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
+003:048 and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them
+        is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
+003:049 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded
+        the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
+003:050 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money,
+        one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel
+        of the sanctuary:
+003:051 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons,
+        according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+004:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+004:002 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
+        by their families, by their fathers' houses,
+004:003 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old,
+        all who enter into the service, to do the work in the
+        Tent of Meeting.
+004:004 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting,
+        the most holy things.
+004:005 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons,
+        and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover
+        the ark of the Testimony with it,
+004:006 and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread
+        over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
+004:007 On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth,
+        and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups
+        with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
+004:008 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same
+        with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
+004:009 They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light,
+        and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes,
+        and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
+004:010 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin,
+        and shall put it on the frame.
+004:011 On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover
+        it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
+004:012 They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they
+        minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth,
+        and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put
+        them on the frame.
+004:013 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread
+        a purple cloth on it.
+004:014 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister
+        about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels,
+        and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall
+        spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
+004:015 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary,
+        and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward;
+        after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it:
+        but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die.
+        These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the
+        Tent of Meeting.
+004:016 "The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil
+        for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering,
+        and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle,
+        and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
+004:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+004:018 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites
+        from among the Levites;
+004:019 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they
+        approach to the most holy things:  Aaron and his sons shall go in,
+        and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
+004:020 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment,
+        lest they die."
+004:021 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+004:022 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers'
+        houses, by their families;
+004:023 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall
+        you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service,
+        to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
+004:024 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
+        in serving and in bearing burdens:
+004:025 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent
+        of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is
+        above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
+004:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
+        of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and
+        around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments
+        of their service, and whatever shall be done with them.
+        Therein shall they serve.
+004:027 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the
+        service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden,
+        and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them
+        in charge all their burden.
+004:028 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites
+        in the Tent of Meeting:  and their charge shall be under
+        the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
+004:029 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses;
+004:030 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old
+        shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service,
+        to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
+004:031 This is the charge of their burden, according to all their
+        service in the Tent of Meeting:  the tabernacle's boards,
+        its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
+004:032 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets,
+        and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,
+        and with all their service:  and by name you shall appoint
+        the instruments of the charge of their burden.
+004:033 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
+        according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting,
+        under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
+004:034 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation
+        numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families,
+        and by their fathers' houses,
+004:035 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
+        everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
+        Tent of Meeting.
+004:036 Those who were numbered of them by their families were two
+        thousand seven hundred fifty.
+004:037 These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
+        all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron
+        numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
+004:038 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families,
+        and by their fathers' houses,
+004:039 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
+        everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
+        Tent of Meeting,
+004:040 even those who were numbered of them, by their families,
+        by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
+004:041 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
+        of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses
+        and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.
+004:042 Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
+        by their families, by their fathers' houses,
+004:043 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
+        everyone who entered into the service, for work in the
+        Tent of Meeting,
+004:044 even those who were numbered of them by their families,
+        were three thousand two hundred.
+004:045 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
+        of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the
+        commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
+004:046 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and
+        Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families,
+        and by their fathers' houses,
+004:047 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
+        everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work
+        of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
+004:048 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand
+        five hundred eighty.
+004:049 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses,
+        everyone according to his service, and according to his burden.
+        Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+005:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+005:002 "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp
+        every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever
+        is unclean by the dead.
+005:003 Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp
+        shall you put them; that they not defile their camp,
+        in the midst of which I dwell."
+005:004 The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp;
+        as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
+005:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+005:006 "Speak to the children of Israel:  When a man or woman commits
+        any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Yahweh,
+        and that soul is guilty;
+005:007 then he shall confess his sin which he has done, and he shall
+        make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it
+        the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom
+        he has been guilty.
+005:008 But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made
+        for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Yahweh
+        shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement,
+        by which atonement shall be made for him.
+005:009 Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children
+        of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
+005:010 Every man's holy things shall be his:  whatever any man gives
+        the priest, it shall be his."
+005:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+005:012 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them:
+        If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
+005:013 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes
+        of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled,
+        and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken
+        in the act;
+005:014 and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous
+        of his wife, and she is defiled:  or if the spirit
+        of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife,
+        and she isn't defiled:
+005:015 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring
+        her offering for her:  the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal.
+        He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it
+        is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial,
+        bringing iniquity to memory.
+005:016 The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;
+005:017 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel;
+        and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle
+        the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
+005:018 The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair
+        of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of
+        memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy.
+        The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness
+        that brings a curse.
+005:019 The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman,
+        'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside
+        to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this
+        water of bitterness that brings a curse.
+005:020 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband,
+        and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you
+        besides your husband:'
+005:021 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath
+        of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make
+        you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows
+        your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
+005:022 and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels,
+        and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.'
+        The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
+005:023 "The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
+        blot them out into the water of bitterness.
+005:024 He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes
+        the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter
+        into her and become bitter.
+005:025 The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the
+        woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh,
+        and bring it to the altar.
+005:026 The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering,
+        as the memorial of it, and burn it on the altar, and afterward
+        shall make the woman drink the water.
+005:027 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen,
+        if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against
+        her husband, that the water that causes the curse will
+        enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell,
+        and her thigh will fall away:  and the woman will be a curse
+        among her people.
+005:028 If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free,
+        and shall conceive seed.
+005:029 "This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband,
+        goes astray, and is defiled;
+005:030 or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous
+        of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh,
+        and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
+005:031 The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall
+        bear her iniquity."
+006:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:002 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them:  When either
+        man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,
+        to separate himself to Yahweh,
+006:003 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink.
+        He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink,
+        neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh
+        grapes or dried.
+006:004 All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is
+        made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
+006:005 "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no
+        razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled,
+        in which he separates himself to Yahweh.  He shall be holy.
+        He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
+006:006 "All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall
+        not go near a dead body.
+006:007 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for
+        his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die;
+        because his separation to God is on his head.
+006:008 All the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh.
+006:009 "If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head
+        of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day
+        of his cleansing.  On the seventh day he shall shave it.
+006:010 On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young
+        pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
+006:011 The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other
+        for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he
+        sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy
+        that same day.
+006:012 He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation,
+        and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering;
+        but the former days shall be void, because his separation
+        was defiled.
+006:013 "This is the law of the Nazirite:  when the days of his
+        separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting,
+006:014 and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb
+        a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one
+        ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering,
+        and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
+006:015 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour
+        mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
+        and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.
+006:016 The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer
+        his sin offering, and his burnt offering.
+006:017 He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings
+        to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread.  The priest
+        shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
+006:018 The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
+        of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head
+        of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under
+        the sacrifice of peace offerings.
+006:019 The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one
+        unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer,
+        and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has
+        shaved the head of his separation;
+006:020 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
+        This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is
+        waved and the thigh that is offered.  After that the Nazirite
+        may drink wine.
+006:021 "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering
+        to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get.
+        According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law
+        of his separation."
+006:022 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+006:023 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you
+        shall bless the children of Israel.'  You shall tell them,
+006:024 'Yahweh bless you, and keep you.
+006:025 Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.
+006:026 Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.'
+006:027 "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel;
+        and I will bless them."
+007:001 It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up
+        the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it,
+        with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels,
+        and had anointed and sanctified them;
+007:002 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers'
+        houses, offered.  These were the princes of the tribes.
+        These are they who were over those who were numbered:
+007:003 and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons,
+        and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for
+        each one an ox:  and they presented them before the tabernacle.
+007:004 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+007:005 "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service
+        of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites,
+        to every man according to his service."
+007:006 Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
+007:007 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon,
+        according to their service:
+007:008 and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari,
+        according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar
+        the son of Aaron the priest.
+007:009 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service
+        of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it
+        on their shoulders.
+007:010 The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar
+        in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their
+        offerings before the altar.
+007:011 Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering,
+        each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
+007:012 He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son
+        of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,
+007:013 and his offering was:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:014 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:015 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:016 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:017 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
+007:018 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
+        gave his offering.
+007:019 He offered for his offering:  one silver platter, the weight
+        of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl
+        of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
+        both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:020 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:021 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:022 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:023 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
+007:024 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the
+        children of Zebulun
+007:025 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:026 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:027 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:028 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:029 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
+007:030 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the
+        children of Reuben
+007:031 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:032 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:033 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:034 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:035 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+007:036 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of
+        the children of Simeon
+007:037 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:038 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:039 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:040 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:041 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old:
+        this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
+007:042 On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the
+        children of Gad
+007:043 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:044 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:045 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:046 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:047 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
+007:048 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of
+        the children of Ephraim
+007:049 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:050 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:051 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:052 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:053 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
+007:054 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
+        the children of Manasseh
+007:055 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:056 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:057 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:058 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:059 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+007:060 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the
+        children of Benjamin
+007:061 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:062 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:063 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:064 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:065 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+007:066 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of
+        the children of Dan
+007:067 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:068 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:069 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:070 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:071 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+007:072 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of
+        the children of Asher
+007:073 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:074 one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:075 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:076 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:077 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
+007:078 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the
+        children of Naphtali
+007:079 gave his offering:  one silver platter, the weight of which was
+        one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
+        after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
+        flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
+007:080 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
+007:081 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
+        for a burnt offering;
+007:082 one male goat for a sin offering;
+007:083 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
+        five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old.
+        This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
+007:084 This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it
+        was anointed, by the princes of Israel:  twelve silver platters,
+        twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
+007:085 each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels,
+        and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand
+        four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
+007:086 the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten
+        shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
+        all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
+007:087 all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve,
+        the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering;
+        and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
+007:088 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings
+        twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty,
+        the male lambs a year old sixty.  This was the dedication
+        of the altar, after it was anointed.
+007:089 When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh,
+        he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that
+        was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim:
+        and he spoke to him.
+008:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+008:002 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps,
+        the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
+008:003 Aaron did so.  He lit its lamps to light the area in front
+        of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+008:004 This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold.
+        From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work:
+        according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses,
+        so he made the lampstand.
+008:005 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+008:006 "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel,
+        and cleanse them.
+008:007 Thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them:  sprinkle the water
+        of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor,
+        and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
+008:008 Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering,
+        fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall
+        take for a sin offering.
+008:009 You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting.
+        You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
+008:010 You shall present the Levites before Yahweh.  The children
+        of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
+008:011 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering,
+        on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs
+        to do the service of Yahweh.
+008:012 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,
+        and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for
+        a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
+008:013 You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
+        and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
+008:014 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children
+        of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
+008:015 "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of
+        the Tent of Meeting:  and you shall cleanse them, and offer
+        them as a wave offering.
+008:016 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel;
+        instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all
+        the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
+008:017 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine,
+        both man and animal.  On the day that I struck all the firstborn
+        in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
+008:018 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among
+        the children of Israel.
+008:019 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons
+        from among the children of Israel, to do the service of
+        the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make
+        atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague
+        among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel
+        come near to the sanctuary."
+008:020 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children
+        of Israel, to the Levites.  According to all that Yahweh
+        commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children
+        of Israel did to them.
+008:021 The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed
+        their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering
+        before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
+008:022 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in
+        the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons:
+        as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites,
+        so they did to them.
+008:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+008:024 "This is that which belongs to the Levites:  from twenty-five
+        years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service
+        in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
+008:025 and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting
+        on the work, and shall serve no more,
+008:026 but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent
+        of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service.
+        Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."
+009:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first
+        month of the second year after they had come out of the land
+        of Egypt, saying,
+009:002 "Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover
+        in its appointed season.
+009:003 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep
+        it in its appointed season--according to all its statutes,
+        and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
+009:004 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should
+        keep the Passover.
+009:005 They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth
+        day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai.
+        According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children
+        of Israel did.
+009:006 There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body
+        of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day,
+        and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
+009:007 Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead
+        body of a man.  Why are we kept back, that we may not offer
+        the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among
+        the children of Israel?"
+009:008 Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will
+        command concerning you."
+009:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+009:010 "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your
+        generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a
+        journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
+009:011 In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they
+        shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread
+        and bitter herbs.
+009:012 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone
+        of it.  According to all the statute of the Passover they
+        shall keep it.
+009:013 But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails
+        to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
+        Because he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its
+        appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
+009:014 If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover
+        to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover,
+        and according to its ordinance, so shall he do.
+        You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him
+        who is born in the land.'"
+009:015 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud
+        covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony:
+        and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were
+        the appearance of fire, until morning.
+009:016 So it was continually.  The cloud covered it, and the appearance
+        of fire by night.
+009:017 Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after
+        that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where
+        the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
+009:018 At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled,
+        and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped.  As long
+        as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.
+009:019 When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days,
+        then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh,
+        and didn't travel.
+009:020 Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle;
+        then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped,
+        and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
+009:021 Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning;
+        and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled:
+        or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.
+009:022 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud
+        stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children
+        of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it
+        was taken up, they traveled.
+009:023 At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment
+        of Yahweh they traveled.  They kept the charge of Yahweh,
+        at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
+010:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+010:002 Make you two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shall you make them:
+        and you shall use them for the calling of the congregation,
+        and for the journeying of the camps.
+010:003 When they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather
+        themselves to you at the door of the tent of meeting.
+010:004 If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands
+        of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
+010:005 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side
+        shall take their journey.
+010:006 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie
+        on the south side shall take their journey:  they shall blow
+        an alarm for their journeys.
+010:007 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow,
+        but you shall not sound an alarm.
+010:008 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they
+        shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
+010:009 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who
+        oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets;
+        and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you
+        shall be saved from your enemies.
+010:010 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts,
+        and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets
+        over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your
+        peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial
+        before your God:  I am Yahweh your God.
+010:011 It happened in the second year, in the second month,
+        on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken
+        up from over the tent of the testimony.
+010:012 The children of Israel set forward according to their journeys
+        out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in
+        the wilderness of Paran.
+010:013 They first took their journey according to the commandment
+        of Yahweh by Moses.
+010:014 In the first [place] the standard of the camp of the children
+        of Judah set forward according to their armies:
+        and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
+010:015 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
+        Nethanel the son of Zuar.
+010:016 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
+        the son of Helon.
+010:017 The tent was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons
+        of Merari, who bore the tent, set forward.
+010:018 The standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to
+        their armies:  and over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+010:019 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
+        Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
+010:020 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
+        the son of Deuel.
+010:021 The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary:
+        and [the others] did set up the tent against their coming.
+010:022 The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
+        according to their armies:  and over his army was Elishama
+        the son of Ammihud.
+010:023 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
+        Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+010:024 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
+        Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+010:025 The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the
+        rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies:
+        and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+010:026 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
+        the son of Ochran.
+010:027 Over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
+        the son of Enan.
+010:028 Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according
+        to their armies; and they set forward.
+010:029 Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses'
+        father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said,
+        I will give it to you:  come you with us, and we will do you good;
+        for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.
+010:030 He said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land,
+        and to my relatives.
+010:031 He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we
+        are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us
+        instead of eyes.
+010:032 It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever
+        good Yahweh shall do to us, the same will we do to you.
+010:033 They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey;
+        and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them
+        three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
+010:034 The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward
+        from the camp.
+010:035 It happened, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
+        Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered;
+        and let those who hate you flee before you.
+010:036 When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands
+        of the thousands of Israel.
+011:001 The people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Yahweh:
+        and when Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire
+        of Yahweh burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost
+        part of the camp.
+011:002 The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh,
+        and the fire abated.
+011:003 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire
+        of Yahweh burnt among them.
+011:004 The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly:
+        and the children of Israel also wept again, and said,
+        Who shall give us flesh to eat?
+011:005 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing;
+        the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
+        and the garlic:
+011:006 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save
+        this manna to look on.
+011:007 The manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance of it
+        as the appearance of bdellium.
+011:008 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
+        or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it:
+        and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
+011:009 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
+011:010 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families,
+        every man at the door of his tent:  and the anger of Yahweh
+        was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
+011:011 Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant?
+        and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay
+        the burden of all this people on me?
+011:012 Have I conceived all this people?  Have I brought them forth,
+        that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom,
+        as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you
+        swore to their fathers?
+011:013 Where should I get meat to give to all this people? for they
+        weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that we may eat.
+011:014 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is
+        too heavy for me.
+011:015 If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have
+        found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
+011:016 Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders
+        of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people,
+        and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting,
+        that they may stand there with you.
+011:017 I will come down and talk with you there:  and I will take
+        of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them;
+        and they shall bear the burden of the people with you,
+        that you not bear it yourself alone.
+011:018 Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow,
+        and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears
+        of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was
+        well with us in Egypt:  therefore Yahweh will give you flesh,
+        and you shall eat.
+011:019 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days,
+        neither ten days, nor twenty days,
+011:020 but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
+        be loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh
+        who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came
+        we forth out of Egypt?
+011:021 Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred
+        thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh,
+        that they may eat a whole month.
+011:022 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
+        or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them,
+        to suffice them?
+011:023 Yahweh said to Moses, Has Yahweh's hand grown short? now shall
+        you see whether my word shall happen to you or not.
+011:024 Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh:
+        and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people,
+        and set them round about the Tent.
+011:025 Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of
+        the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders:
+        and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them,
+        they prophesied, but they did so no more.
+011:026 But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad,
+        and the name of the other Medad:  and the Spirit rested on them;
+        and they were of those who were written, but had not gone
+        out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
+011:027 There ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad
+        do prophesy in the camp.
+011:028 Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his
+        chosen men, answered, My lord Moses, forbid them.
+011:029 Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake?
+        I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh
+        would put his Spirit on them!
+011:030 Moses got him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
+011:031 There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails
+        from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's
+        journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side,
+        round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface
+        of the earth.
+011:032 The people rose up all that day, and all the night,
+        and all the next day, and gathered the quails:
+        he who gathered least gathered ten homers:  and they spread
+        them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
+011:033 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed,
+        the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh
+        struck the people with a very great plague.
+011:034 The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there
+        they buried the people who lusted.
+011:035 From Kibrothhattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth;
+        and they abode at Hazeroth.
+012:001 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite
+        woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
+012:002 They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses?  Hasn't he
+        spoken also with us?  Yahweh heard it.
+012:003 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were
+        on the surface of the earth.
+012:004 Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron,
+        and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting.
+        They three came out.
+012:005 Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of
+        the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
+012:006 He said, Hear now my words:  if there be a prophet among you,
+        I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will
+        speak with him in a dream.
+012:007 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
+012:008 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly,
+        and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see:
+        why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant,
+        against Moses?
+012:009 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed.
+012:010 The cloud removed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous,
+        as [white as] snow:  and Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold,
+        she was leprous.
+012:011 Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on us,
+        for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
+012:012 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half
+        consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
+012:013 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.
+012:014 Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face,
+        shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up
+        outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall
+        be brought in again.
+012:015 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days:
+        and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
+012:016 Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped
+        in the wilderness of Paran.
+013:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+013:002 Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan,
+        which I give to the children of Israel:  of every tribe of their
+        fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
+013:003 Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to
+        the commandment of Yahweh:  all of them men who were heads
+        of the children of Israel.
+013:004 These were their names:  Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
+        son of Zaccur.
+013:005 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
+013:006 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
+013:007 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
+013:008 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
+013:009 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
+013:010 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
+013:011 Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi
+        the son of Susi.
+013:012 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
+013:013 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
+013:014 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
+013:015 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
+013:016 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land.
+        Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
+013:017 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them,
+        Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:
+013:018 and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein,
+        whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
+013:019 and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad;
+        and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps,
+        or in strongholds;
+013:020 and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean,
+        whether there is wood therein, or not.  Be of good courage,
+        and bring of the fruit of the land.  Now the time was the time
+        of the first-ripe grapes.
+013:021 So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness
+        of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
+013:022 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
+        and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.
+        (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
+013:023 They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there
+        a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on
+        a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates,
+        and of the figs.
+013:024 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster
+        which the children of Israel cut down from there.
+013:025 They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
+013:026 They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation
+        of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh;
+        and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation,
+        and shown them the fruit of the land.
+013:027 They told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us;
+        and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is
+        the fruit of it.
+013:028 However the people who dwell in the land are strong,
+        and the cities are fortified, [and] very great:
+        and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
+013:029 Amalek dwells in the land of the South:  and the Hittite,
+        and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country;
+        and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side
+        of the Jordan.
+013:030 Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up
+        at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
+013:031 But the men who went up with him said, We aren't able to go
+        up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
+013:032 They brought up an evil report of the land which they had
+        spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land,
+        through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats
+        up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it
+        are men of great stature.
+013:033 There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of
+        the Nephilim:  and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
+        and so we were in their sight.
+014:001 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;
+        and the people wept that night.
+014:002 All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron:
+        and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we
+        had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died
+        in this wilderness!
+014:003 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword?
+        Our wives and our little ones will be a prey:  wouldn't it
+        be better for us to return into Egypt?
+014:004 They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us
+        return into Egypt.
+014:005 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly
+        of the congregation of the children of Israel.
+014:006 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
+        who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
+014:007 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out,
+        is an exceeding good land.
+014:008 If Yahweh delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,
+        and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
+014:009 Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people
+        of the land; for they are bread for us:  their defense
+        is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us:
+        don't fear them.
+014:010 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones.
+        The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all
+        the children of Israel.
+014:011 Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me?
+        and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs
+        which I have worked among them?
+014:012 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them,
+        and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
+014:013 Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it;
+        for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
+014:014 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land.
+        They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people;
+        for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands
+        over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day,
+        and in a pillar of fire by night.
+014:015 Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations
+        which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
+014:016 Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into
+        the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them
+        in the wilderness.
+014:017 Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you
+        have spoken, saying,
+014:018 Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
+        forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means
+        clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers
+        on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.
+014:019 Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to
+        the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you
+        have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
+014:020 Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
+014:021 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be
+        filled with the glory of Yahweh;
+014:022 because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs,
+        which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted
+        me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
+014:023 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers,
+        neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
+014:024 but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him,
+        and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land
+        into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
+014:025 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley:
+        tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way
+        to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+014:026 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+014:027 How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur
+        against me?  I have heard the murmurings of the children
+        of Israel, which they murmur against me.
+014:028 Tell them, As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken
+        in my ears, so will I do to you:
+014:029 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all
+        who were numbered of you, according to your whole number,
+        from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
+014:030 surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I
+        swore that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son
+        of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
+014:031 But your little ones, that you said should be a prey,
+        them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which
+        you have rejected.
+014:032 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
+014:033 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years,
+        and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies
+        be consumed in the wilderness.
+014:034 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land,
+        even forty days, for every day a year, shall you bear your
+        iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my alienation.
+014:035 I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this
+        evil congregation, who are gathered together against me:
+        in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there
+        they shall die.
+014:036 The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned,
+        and made all the congregation to murmur against him,
+        by bringing up an evil report against the land,
+014:037 even those men who did bring up an evil report of the land,
+        died by the plague before Yahweh.
+014:038 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
+        remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
+014:039 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel:
+        and the people mourned greatly.
+014:040 They rose up early in the morning, and got them up
+        to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here,
+        and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised:
+        for we have sinned.
+014:041 Moses said, Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh,
+        seeing it shall not prosper?
+014:042 Don't go up, for Yahweh isn't among you; that you not be struck
+        down before your enemies.
+014:043 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you,
+        and you shall fall by the sword:  because you are turned back
+        from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you.
+014:044 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain:
+        nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses,
+        didn't depart out of the camp.
+014:045 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who lived
+        in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down,
+        even to Hormah.
+015:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+015:002 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you are
+        come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
+015:003 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering,
+        or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering,
+        or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Yahweh,
+        of the herd, or of the flock;
+015:004 then shall he who offers his offering offer to Yahweh a meal
+        offering of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed
+        with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
+015:005 and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin,
+        shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice,
+        for each lamb.
+015:006 Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth
+        parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the third part
+        of a hin of oil:
+015:007 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part
+        of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+015:008 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice,
+        to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh;
+015:009 then shall he offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenth
+        parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil:
+015:010 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine,
+        for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+015:011 Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram,
+        or for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.
+015:012 According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you
+        do to everyone according to their number.
+015:013 All who are native-born shall do these things after this manner,
+        in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+015:014 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may
+        be among you throughout your generations, and will offer
+        an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh;
+        as you do, so he shall do.
+015:015 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you,
+        and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you],
+        a statute forever throughout your generations:  as you are,
+        so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
+015:016 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger
+        who lives as a foreigner with you.
+015:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+015:018 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come
+        into the land where I bring you,
+015:019 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land,
+        you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh.
+015:020 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a
+        wave offering:  as the wave offering of the threshing floor,
+        so shall you heave it.
+015:021 Of the first of your dough you shall give to Yahweh a wave
+        offering throughout your generations.
+015:022 When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments,
+        which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,
+015:023 even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day that
+        Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
+015:024 then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge
+        of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one
+        young bull for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh,
+        with the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it,
+        according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
+015:025 The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation
+        of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven;
+        for it was an error, and they have brought their offering,
+        an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering
+        before Yahweh, for their error:
+015:026 and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall
+        be forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them;
+        for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
+015:027 If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female
+        goat a year old for a sin offering.
+015:028 The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs,
+        when he sins unwittingly, before Yahweh, to make atonement for him;
+        and he shall be forgiven.
+015:029 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly,
+        for him who is native-born among the children of Israel,
+        and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
+015:030 But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is
+        native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh;
+        and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
+015:031 Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken
+        his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off;
+        his iniquity shall be on him.
+015:032 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
+        a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
+015:033 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses
+        and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
+015:034 They put him in custody, because it had not been declared
+        what should be done to him.
+015:035 Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death:
+        all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside
+        of the camp.
+015:036 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned
+        him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+015:037 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+015:038 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they
+        should make them fringes{or, tassels (Hebrew tzitzit)} in
+        the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
+        and that they put on the fringe{or, tassel} of each border
+        a cord of blue:
+015:039 and it shall be to you for a fringe{or, tassel}, that you may look
+        on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them;
+        and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes,
+        after which you use to play the prostitute;
+015:040 that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy
+        to your God.
+015:041 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
+        to be your God:  I am Yahweh your God.
+016:001 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
+        with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son
+        of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:
+016:002 and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children
+        of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation,
+        called to the assembly, men of renown;
+016:003 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and
+        against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you,
+        seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them,
+        and Yahweh is among them:  why then lift yourselves up above
+        the assembly of Yahweh?
+016:004 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
+016:005 and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the
+        morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy,
+        and will cause him to come near to him:  even him whom he shall
+        choose he will cause to come near to him.
+016:006 This do:  take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
+016:007 and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow:
+        and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [shall
+        be] holy:  you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.
+016:008 Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
+016:009 [seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel
+        has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring
+        you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of Yahweh,
+        and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
+016:010 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons
+        of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?
+016:011 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together
+        against Yahweh:  and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him?
+016:012 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab;
+        and they said, We won't come up:
+016:013 is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land
+        flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness,
+        but you must needs make yourself also a prince over us?
+016:014 Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk
+        and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards:
+        will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.
+016:015 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect
+        their offering:  I have not taken one donkey from them,
+        neither have I hurt one of them."
+016:016 Moses said to Korah, You and all your company go before Yahweh,
+        you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
+016:017 and take every man his censer, and put incense on them,
+        and bring you before Yahweh every man his censer, two hundred
+        fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
+016:018 They took every man his censer, and put fire in them,
+        and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent
+        of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
+016:019 Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door
+        of the tent of meeting:  and the glory of Yahweh appeared
+        to all the congregation.
+016:020 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+016:021 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
+        consume them in a moment.
+016:022 They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits
+        of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry
+        with all the congregation?
+016:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+016:024 Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent
+        of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
+016:025 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders
+        of Israel followed him.
+016:026 He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
+        from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs,
+        lest you be consumed in all their sins.
+016:027 So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
+        on every side:  and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood
+        at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons,
+        and their little ones.
+016:028 Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do
+        all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind.
+016:029 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they
+        be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh
+        hasn't sent me.
+016:030 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth,
+        and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them,
+        and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand
+        that these men have despised Yahweh.
+016:031 It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words,
+        that the ground split apart that was under them;
+016:032 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up,
+        and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah,
+        and all their goods.
+016:033 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive
+        into Sheol:  and the earth closed on them, and they perished
+        from among the assembly.
+016:034 All Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them;
+        for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
+016:035 Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred
+        fifty men who offered the incense.
+016:036 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+016:037 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up
+        the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder;
+        for they are holy,
+016:038 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives;
+        and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar:
+        for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy;
+        and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
+016:039 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who
+        were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering
+        of the altar,
+016:040 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that
+        no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn
+        incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company:
+        as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
+016:041 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel
+        murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have
+        killed the people of Yahweh.
+016:042 It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses
+        and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting:
+        and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
+016:043 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
+016:044 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+016:045 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them
+        in a moment.  They fell on their faces.
+016:046 Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein
+        from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it
+        quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them:
+        for there is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun.
+016:047 Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly;
+        and behold, the plague was begun among the people:
+        and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
+016:048 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
+016:049 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and
+        seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
+016:050 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting:
+        and the plague was stayed.
+017:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+017:002 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods,
+        one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according
+        to their fathers' houses, twelve rods:  write you every man's
+        name on his rod.
+017:003 You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there
+        shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
+017:004 You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony,
+        where I meet with you.
+017:005 It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose
+        shall bud:  and I will make to cease from me the murmurings
+        of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
+017:006 Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes
+        gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers'
+        houses, even twelve rods:  and the rod of Aaron was
+        among their rods.
+017:007 Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
+017:008 It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent
+        of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house
+        of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms,
+        and bore ripe almonds.
+017:009 Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all
+        the children of Israel:  and they looked, and took every
+        man his rod.
+017:010 Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony,
+        to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion;
+        that you may make an end of their murmurings against me,
+        that they not die.
+017:011 Thus did Moses:  as Yahweh commanded him, so did he.
+017:012 The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish,
+        we are undone, we are all undone.
+017:013 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tent of Yahweh, dies:
+        shall we perish all of us?
+018:001 Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your sons and your fathers'
+        house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary;
+        and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity
+        of your priesthood.
+018:002 Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father,
+        bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you,
+        and minister to you:  but you and your sons with you shall
+        be before the tent of the testimony.
+018:003 They shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent:
+        only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary
+        and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
+018:004 They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of
+        the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent:
+        and a stranger shall not come near to you.
+018:005 You shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of
+        the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.
+018:006 I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among
+        the children of Israel:  to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh,
+        to do the service of the tent of meeting.
+018:007 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for
+        everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you
+        shall serve:  I give you the priesthood as a service of gift:
+        and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
+018:008 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I, behold, I have given you the charge
+        of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children
+        of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing,
+        and to your sons, as a portion forever.
+018:009 This shall be your of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire:
+        every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs,
+        and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering
+        of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy
+        for you and for your sons.
+018:010 As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall
+        eat of it:  it shall be holy to you.
+018:011 This is your:  the wave offering of their gift, even all
+        the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given
+        them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you,
+        as a portion forever; everyone who is clean in your house
+        shall eat of it.
+018:012 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage,
+        and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give
+        to Yahweh, to you have I given them.
+018:013 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they
+        bring to Yahweh, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your
+        house shall eat of it.
+018:014 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
+018:015 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they
+        offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours:
+        nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem,
+        and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.
+018:016 Those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old shall
+        you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money
+        of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary
+        (the same is twenty gerahs).
+018:017 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep,
+        or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy:
+        you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall
+        burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet
+        savor to Yahweh.
+018:018 The flesh of them shall be your, as the wave offering breast
+        and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
+018:019 All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children
+        of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your
+        sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever:
+        it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to
+        your seed with you.
+018:020 Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land,
+        neither shall you have any portion among them:  I am your
+        portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
+018:021 To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe
+        in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service
+        which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
+018:022 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent
+        of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
+018:023 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting,
+        and they shall bear their iniquity:  it shall be a statute
+        forever throughout your generations; and among the children
+        of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
+018:024 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave
+        offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance:
+        therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel
+        they shall have no inheritance.
+018:025 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+018:026 Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them,
+        When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I
+        have given you from them for your inheritance, then you
+        shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe
+        of the tithe.
+018:027 Your wave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it
+        were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness
+        of the winepress.
+018:028 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all
+        your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel;
+        and of it you shall give Yahweh's wave offering to Aaron the priest.
+018:029 Out of all your gifts you shall offer every wave offering
+        of Yahweh, of all the best of it, even the holy part of it
+        out of it.
+018:030 Therefore you shall tell them, When you heave the best of it
+        from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase
+        of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
+018:031 You shall eat it in every place, you and your households:
+        for it is your reward in return for your service in the
+        tent of meeting.
+018:032 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved
+        from it the best of it:  and you shall not profane the holy
+        things of the children of Israel, that you not die.
+019:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
+019:002 This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded,
+        saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring
+        you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish,
+        [and] on which never came yoke.
+019:003 You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring
+        her forth outside of the camp, and one shall kill her
+        before his face:
+019:004 and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,
+        and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of
+        meeting seven times.
+019:005 One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
+        and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
+019:006 and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
+        and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
+019:007 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe
+        his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp,
+        and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
+019:008 He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe
+        his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
+019:009 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,
+        and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place;
+        and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children
+        of Israel for a water for impurity:  it is a sin offering.
+019:010 He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,
+        and be unclean until the even:  and it shall be to the children
+        of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner
+        among them, for a statute forever.
+019:011 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
+019:012 the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day,
+        and on the seventh day he shall be clean:  but if he doesn't
+        purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall
+        not be clean.
+019:013 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died,
+        and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tent of Yahweh;
+        and that soul shall be cut off from Israel:  because the water
+        for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean;
+        his uncleanness is yet on him.
+019:014 This is the law when a man dies in a tent:  everyone who comes
+        into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be
+        unclean seven days.
+019:015 Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
+019:016 Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword,
+        or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
+        unclean seven days.
+019:017 For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning
+        of the sin offering; and running water shall be put thereto
+        in a vessel:
+019:018 and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,
+        and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on
+        the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone,
+        or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
+019:019 and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day,
+        and on the seventh day:  and on the seventh day he shall purify him;
+        and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
+        and shall be clean at even.
+019:020 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,
+        that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
+        because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh:
+        the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him;
+        he is unclean.
+019:021 It shall be a perpetual statute to them:  and he who sprinkles
+        the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who
+        touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
+019:022 Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean;
+        and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until even.
+020:001 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
+        came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month:
+        and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there,
+        and was buried there.
+020:002 There was no water for the congregation:  and they assembled
+        themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
+020:003 The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we
+        had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
+020:004 Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness,
+        that we should die there, we and our animals?
+020:005 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us
+        in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs,
+        or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any
+        water to drink.
+020:006 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to
+        the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces:
+        and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.
+020:007 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+020:008 Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron
+        your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes,
+        that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them
+        water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation
+        and their livestock drink.
+020:009 Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
+020:010 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock,
+        and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring
+        you forth water out of this rock?
+020:011 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice:
+        and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank,
+        and their livestock.
+020:012 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe
+        in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,
+        therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land
+        which I have given them.
+020:013 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel
+        strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
+020:014 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says
+        your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has
+        happened to us:
+020:015 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in
+        Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us,
+        and our fathers:
+020:016 and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent
+        an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt:  and behold,
+        we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
+020:017 Please let us pass through your land:  we will not pass
+        through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of
+        the water of the wells:  we will go along the king's highway;
+        we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left,
+        until we have passed your border.
+020:018 Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come
+        out with the sword against you.
+020:019 The children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway;
+        and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give
+        the price of it:  let me only, without [doing] anything [else],
+        pass through on my feet.
+020:020 He said, You shall not pass through.  Edom came out against him
+        with much people, and with a strong hand.
+020:021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
+        why Israel turned away from him.
+020:022 They traveled from Kadesh:  and the children of Israel,
+        even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
+020:023 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border
+        of the land of Edom, saying,
+020:024 Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter
+        into the land which I have given to the children of Israel,
+        because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
+020:025 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
+020:026 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son:
+        and Aaron shall be gathered [to his people], and shall die there.
+020:027 Moses did as Yahweh commanded:  and they went up into Mount Hor
+        in the sight of all the congregation.
+020:028 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar
+        his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain:
+        and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
+020:029 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept
+        for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
+021:001 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South,
+        heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim;
+        and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
+021:002 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed
+        deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly
+        destroy their cities.
+021:003 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up
+        the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities:
+        and the name of the place was called Hormah.
+021:004 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea
+        of Reeds}, to compass the land of Edom:  and the soul
+        of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
+021:005 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you
+        brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there
+        is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes
+        this light bread.
+021:006 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people;
+        and much people of Israel died.
+021:007 The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
+        because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you;
+        pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.
+        Moses prayed for the people.
+021:008 Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on
+        a standard:  and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten,
+        when he sees it, shall live.
+021:009 Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard:
+        and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man,
+        when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
+021:010 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
+021:011 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim,
+        in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
+021:012 From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
+021:013 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side
+        of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of
+        the border of the Amorites:  for the Arnon is the border of Moab,
+        between Moab and the Amorites.
+021:014 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb
+        in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
+021:015 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar,
+        leans on the border of Moab."
+021:016 From there they traveled to Beer:  that is the well of
+        which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together,
+        and I will give them water.
+021:017 Then sang Israel this song:  "Spring up, well; sing to it:
+021:018 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of
+        the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles."
+        From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
+021:019 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
+021:020 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab,
+        to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
+021:021 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
+021:022 Let me pass through your land:  we will not turn aside into field,
+        or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells:
+        we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
+021:023 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border:
+        but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out
+        against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz;
+        and he fought against Israel.
+021:024 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his
+        land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon;
+        for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
+021:025 Israel took all these cities:  and Israel lived in all the cities
+        of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it.
+021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
+        who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken
+        all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
+021:027 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon.
+        Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
+021:028 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon.
+        It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places
+        of the Arnon.
+021:029 Woe to you, Moab!  You are undone, people of Chemosh!  He has
+        given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity,
+        to Sihon king of the Amorites.
+021:030 We have shot at them.  Heshbon has perished even to Dibon.
+        We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
+021:031 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
+021:032 Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns of it,
+        and drove out the Amorites who were there.
+021:033 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan:  and Og the king
+        of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people,
+        to battle at Edrei.
+021:034 Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him:  for I have delivered
+        him into your hand, and all his people, and his land;
+        and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
+        who lived at Heshbon.
+021:035 So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there
+        was none left him remaining:  and they possessed his land.
+022:001 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains
+        of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
+022:002 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done
+        to the Amorites.
+022:003 Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:
+        and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
+022:004 Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick
+        up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass
+        of the field.  Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab
+        at that time.
+022:005 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor,
+        which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people,
+        to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
+        from Egypt:  behold, they cover the surface of the earth,
+        and they abide over against me.
+022:006 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are
+        too mighty for me:  peradventure I shall prevail, that we
+        may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land;
+        for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom
+        you curse is cursed.
+022:007 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the
+        rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam,
+        and spoke to him the words of Balak.
+022:008 He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
+        word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me:  and the princes
+        of Moab abode with Balaam.
+022:009 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
+022:010 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
+        has sent to me, [saying],
+022:011 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers
+        the surface of the earth:  now, come curse me them;
+        peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall
+        drive them out.
+022:012 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall
+        not curse the people; for they are blessed.
+022:013 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes
+        of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give
+        me leave to go with you.
+022:014 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said,
+        Balaam refuses to come with us.
+022:015 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
+022:016 They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son
+        of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
+022:017 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you
+        say to me I will do.  Please come therefore, and curse this
+        people for me.
+022:018 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me
+        his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word
+        of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
+022:019 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may
+        know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
+022:020 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are
+        come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word
+        which I speak to you, that shall you do.
+022:021 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey,
+        and went with the princes of Moab.
+022:022 God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh
+        placed himself in the way for an adversary against him.
+        Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants
+        were with him.
+022:023 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way,
+        with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey
+        turned aside out of the way, and went into the field:
+        and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
+022:024 Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards,
+        a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
+022:025 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself
+        to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
+        and he struck her again.
+022:026 The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place,
+        where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
+022:027 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam:
+        and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey
+        with his staff.
+022:028 Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said
+        to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me
+        these three times?
+022:029 Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would
+        there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
+022:030 The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you
+        have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont
+        to do so to you? and he said, No.
+022:031 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
+        of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand;
+        and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
+022:032 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey
+        these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary,
+        because your way is perverse before me:
+022:033 and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times:
+        unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even
+        slain you, and saved her alive.
+022:034 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned;
+        for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me:
+        now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again.
+022:035 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only
+        the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.
+        So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
+022:036 When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
+        to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon,
+        which is in the utmost part of the border.
+022:037 Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call
+        you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote
+        you to honor?
+022:038 Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you:
+        have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word
+        that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
+022:039 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
+022:040 Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam,
+        and to the princes who were with him.
+022:041 It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought
+        him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there
+        the utmost part of the people.
+023:001 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
+        me here seven bulls and seven rams.
+023:002 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered
+        on every altar a bull and a ram.
+023:003 Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go:
+        perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows
+        me I will tell you.  He went to a bare height.
+023:004 God met Balaam:  and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars,
+        and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
+023:005 Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak,
+        and thus you shall speak.
+023:006 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his
+        burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
+023:007 He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me,
+        The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:  Come, curse
+        me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
+023:008 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed?  How shall I defy,
+        whom Yahweh has not defied?
+023:009 For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him:
+        behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be
+        reckoned among the nations.
+023:010 Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth
+        part of Israel?  Let me die the death of the righteous,
+        Let my last end be like his!
+023:011 Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me?
+        I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have
+        blessed them altogether.
+023:012 He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which
+        Yahweh puts in my mouth?
+023:013 Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place,
+        from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost
+        part of them, and shall not see them all:  and curse me
+        them from there.
+023:014 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
+        and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram
+        on every altar.
+023:015 He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I
+        meet [Yahweh] yonder.
+023:016 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
+        Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
+023:017 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering,
+        and the princes of Moab with him.  Balak said to him,
+        What has Yahweh spoken?
+023:018 He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear!
+        Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
+023:019 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man,
+        that he should repent.  Has he said, and will he not do it?
+        Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
+023:020 Behold, I have received a command to bless.  He has blessed,
+        and I can't reverse it.
+023:021 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.  Neither has he seen
+        perverseness in Israel.  Yahweh his God is with him.
+        The shout of a king is among them.
+023:022 God brings them out of Egypt.  He has as it were the strength
+        of the wild ox.
+023:023 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there
+        any divination with Israel.  Now it shall be said of Jacob
+        and of Israel, What has God done!
+023:024 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts
+        himself up.  He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
+        and drinks the blood of the slain.
+023:025 Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
+        them at all.
+023:026 But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that
+        Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
+023:027 Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place;
+        peradventure it will please God that you may curse me
+        them from there.
+023:028 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down
+        on the desert.
+023:029 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
+        me here seven bulls and seven rams.
+023:030 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram
+        on every altar.
+024:001 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel,
+        he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments,
+        but he set his face toward the wilderness.
+024:002 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according
+        to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
+024:003 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
+        the man whose eye was closed says;
+024:004 he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision
+        of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
+024:005 How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
+024:006 As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside,
+        as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
+024:007 Water shall flow from his buckets.  His seed shall be
+        in many waters.  His king shall be higher than Agag.
+        His kingdom shall be exalted.
+024:008 God brings him out of Egypt.  He has as it were the strength
+        of the wild ox.  He shall eat up the nations his adversaries,
+        shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
+024:009 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall
+        rouse him up?  Everyone who blesses you is blessed.
+        Everyone who curses you is cursed.
+024:010 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck
+        his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you
+        to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed
+        them these three times.
+024:011 Therefore now flee you to your place:  I thought to promote
+        you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you
+        back from honor.
+024:012 Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers
+        who you sent to me, saying,
+024:013 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold,
+        I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad
+        of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?
+024:014 Now, behold, I go to my people:  come, [and] I will advertise you
+        what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.
+024:015 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
+        the man whose eye was closed says;
+024:016 he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the
+        Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down,
+        and having his eyes open:
+024:017 I see him, but not now.  I see him, but not near.
+        A star will come out of Jacob.  A scepter will rise out
+        of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
+        and break down all the sons of Sheth.
+024:018 Edom shall be a possession.  Seir, his enemies, also shall
+        be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
+024:019 Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy
+        the remnant from the city.
+024:020 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,
+        Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall
+        come to destruction.
+024:021 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,
+        Your dwelling place is strong.  Your nest is set in the rock.
+024:022 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries
+        you away captive.
+024:023 He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when
+        God does this?
+024:024 But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim.
+        They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber.
+        He also shall come to destruction.
+024:025 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak
+        also went his way.
+025:001 Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play
+        the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:
+025:002 for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods;
+        and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
+025:003 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor:  and the anger of Yahweh
+        was kindled against Israel.
+025:004 Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people,
+        and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce
+        anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
+025:005 Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone his men
+        who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.
+025:006 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his
+        brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in
+        the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
+025:007 When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
+        saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation,
+        and took a spear in his hand;
+025:008 and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion,
+        and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel,
+        and the woman through her body.  So the plague was stayed
+        from the children of Israel.
+025:009 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
+025:010 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+025:011 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
+        has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel,
+        in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I
+        didn't consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
+025:012 Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
+025:013 and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant
+        of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God,
+        and made atonement for the children of Israel.
+025:014 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was
+        slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu,
+        a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
+025:015 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi,
+        the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers'
+        house in Midian.
+025:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+025:017 Vex the Midianites, and strike them;
+025:018 for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have deceived
+        you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi,
+        the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was
+        slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
+026:001 It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses
+        and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
+026:002 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
+        from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers'
+        houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel.
+026:003 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains
+        of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
+026:004 [Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel,
+        that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
+026:005 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben:
+        [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu,
+        the family of the Palluites;
+026:006 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family
+        of the Carmites.
+026:007 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were
+        numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
+026:008 The sons of Pallu:  Eliab.
+026:009 The sons of Eliab:  Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram.  These are
+        that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation,
+        who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company
+        of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh,
+026:010 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together
+        with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured
+        two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
+026:011 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die.
+026:012 The sons of Simeon after their families:  of Nemuel, the family
+        of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites;
+        of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
+026:013 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family
+        of the Shaulites.
+026:014 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand
+        two hundred.
+026:015 The sons of Gad after their families:  of Zephon, the family
+        of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites;
+        of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
+026:016 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family
+        of the Erites;
+026:017 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family
+        of the Arelites.
+026:018 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those
+        who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
+026:019 The sons of Judah:  Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in
+        the land of Canaan.
+026:020 The sons of Judah after their families were:  of Shelah,
+        the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites;
+        of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
+026:021 The sons of Perez were:  of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
+        of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
+026:022 These are the families of Judah according to those who were
+        numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
+026:023 The sons of Issachar after their families:  [of] Tola,
+        the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
+026:024 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family
+        of the Shimronites.
+026:025 These are the families of Issachar according to those who were
+        numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
+026:026 The sons of Zebulun after their families:  of Sered, the family
+        of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites;
+        of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
+026:027 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those
+        who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
+026:028 The sons of Joseph after their families:  Manasseh and Ephraim.
+026:029 The sons of Manasseh:  of Machir, the family of the Machirites;
+        and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family
+        of the Gileadites.
+026:030 These are the sons of Gilead:  [of] Iezer, the family of
+        the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
+026:031 and [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and [of] Shechem,
+        the family of the Shechemites;
+026:032 and [of] Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher,
+        the family of the Hepherites.
+026:033 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:
+        and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah,
+        and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
+026:034 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered
+        of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
+026:035 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families:
+        of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher,
+        the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family
+        of the Tahanites.
+026:036 These are the sons of Shuthelah:  of Eran, the family
+        of the Eranites.
+026:037 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those
+        who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred.
+        These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
+026:038 The sons of Benjamin after their families:  of Bela, the family
+        of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites;
+        of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
+026:039 of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham,
+        the family of the Huphamites.
+026:040 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman:  [of Ard], the family
+        of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
+026:041 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families;
+        and those who were numbered of them were forty-five
+        thousand six hundred.
+026:042 These are the sons of Dan after their families:  of Shuham,
+        the family of the Shuhamites.  These are the families of Dan
+        after their families.
+026:043 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were
+        numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
+026:044 The sons of Asher after their families:  of Imnah, the family
+        of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites;
+        of Beriah, the family of the Berites.
+026:045 Of the sons of Beriah:  of Heber, the family of the Heberites;
+        of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
+026:046 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
+026:047 These are the families of the sons of Asher according
+        to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand
+        and four hundred.
+026:048 The sons of Naphtali after their families:  of Jahzeel,
+        the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
+026:049 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family
+        of the Shillemites.
+026:050 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families;
+        and those who were numbered of them were forty-five
+        thousand four hundred.
+026:051 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel,
+        six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
+026:052 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+026:053 To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according
+        to the number of names.
+026:054 To the more you shall give the more inheritance,
+        and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance:
+        to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall
+        his inheritance be given.
+026:055 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot:
+        according to the names of the tribes of their fathers
+        they shall inherit.
+026:056 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between
+        the more and the fewer.
+026:057 These are those who were numbered of the Levites after
+        their families:  of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites;
+        of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family
+        of the Merarites.
+026:058 These are the families of Levi:  the family of the Libnites,
+        the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,
+        the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites.
+        Kohath became the father of Amram.
+026:059 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
+        who was born to Levi in Egypt:  and she bore to Amram Aaron
+        and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
+026:060 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
+026:061 Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.
+026:062 Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand,
+        every male from a month old and upward:  for they were not
+        numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no
+        inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
+026:063 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
+        who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab
+        by the Jordan at Jericho.
+026:064 But among these there was not a man of them who were numbered
+        by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children
+        of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
+026:065 For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness.
+        There was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
+        and Joshua the son of Nun.
+027:001 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher,
+        the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
+        of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these
+        are the names of his daughters:  Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah,
+        and Milcah, and Tirzah.
+027:002 They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest,
+        and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door
+        of the tent of meeting, saying,
+027:003 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among
+        the company of those who gathered themselves together against
+        Yahweh in the company of Korah:  but he died in his own sin;
+        and he had no sons.
+027:004 Why should the name of our father be taken away from among
+        his family, because he had no son?  Give to us a possession
+        among the brothers of our father.
+027:005 Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
+027:006 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+027:007 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right:  you shall surely give
+        them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers;
+        and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to
+        pass to them.
+027:008 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die,
+        and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass
+        to his daughter.
+027:009 If he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance
+        to his brothers.
+027:010 If he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance
+        to his father's brothers.
+027:011 If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his
+        inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family,
+        and he shall possess it:  and it shall be to the children
+        of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+027:012 Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim,
+        and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
+027:013 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people,
+        as Aaron your brother was gathered;
+027:014 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin,
+        in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters
+        before their eyes.  (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh
+        in the wilderness of Zin.)
+027:015 Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
+027:016 Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man
+        over the congregation,
+027:017 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them,
+        and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in;
+        that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which
+        have no shepherd.
+027:018 Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom
+        is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
+027:019 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all
+        the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
+027:020 You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation
+        of the children of Israel may obey.
+027:021 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire
+        for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh:
+        at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall
+        come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him,
+        even all the congregation.
+027:022 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set
+        him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
+027:023 and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh
+        spoke by Moses.
+028:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+028:002 Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering,
+        my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me,
+        shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.
+028:003 You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you
+        shall offer to Yahweh:  male lambs a year old without blemish,
+        two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
+028:004 The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb
+        shall you offer at even;
+028:005 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering,
+        mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
+028:006 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai
+        for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+028:007 The drink offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin
+        for the one lamb:  in the holy place shall you pour out a drink
+        offering of strong drink to Yahweh.
+028:008 The other lamb shall you offer at even:  as the meal offering
+        of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall
+        offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
+028:009 On the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish,
+        and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal offering,
+        mixed with oil, and the drink offering of it:
+028:010 this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual
+        burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.
+028:011 In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt
+        offering to Yahweh:  two young bulls, and one ram, seven male
+        lambs a year old without blemish;
+028:012 and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a
+        meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth
+        parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil,
+        for the one ram;
+028:013 and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal
+        offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor,
+        an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+028:014 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull,
+        and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part
+        of a hin for a lamb:  this is the burnt offering of every
+        month throughout the months of the year.
+028:015 One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be
+        offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+028:016 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,
+        is Yahweh's Passover.
+028:017 On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast:
+        seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
+028:018 In the first day shall be a holy convocation:  you shall
+        do no servile work;
+028:019 but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering
+        to Yahweh:  two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male
+        lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
+028:020 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil:
+        three tenth parts shall you offer for a bull, and two tenth
+        parts for the ram;
+028:021 a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
+028:022 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
+028:023 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning,
+        which is for a continual burnt offering.
+028:024 After this manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food
+        of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh:
+        it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering,
+        and the drink offering of it.
+028:025 On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation:
+        you shall do no servile work.
+028:026 Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal
+        offering to Yahweh in your [feast of] weeks, you shall have
+        a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
+028:027 but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh:
+        two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
+028:028 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
+        parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
+028:029 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
+028:030 one male goat, to make atonement for you.
+028:031 Besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it,
+        you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish),
+        and their drink offerings.
+029:001 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall
+        have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work:
+        it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
+029:002 You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh:
+        one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
+029:003 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
+        parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,
+029:004 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
+029:005 and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
+029:006 besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering
+        of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering
+        of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance,
+        for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
+029:007 On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have
+        a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls:
+        you shall do no manner of work;
+029:008 but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor:
+        one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
+        they shall be to you without blemish;
+029:009 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
+        parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
+029:010 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
+029:011 one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering
+        of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal
+        offering of it, and their drink offerings.
+029:012 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have
+        a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you
+        shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
+029:013 and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams,
+        fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
+029:014 and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil,
+        three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls,
+        two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
+029:015 and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
+029:016 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
+        burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:017 On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls,
+        two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
+029:018 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:019 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
+        continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it,
+        and their drink offerings.
+029:020 On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
+        a year old without blemish;
+029:021 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:022 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
+        burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:023 On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
+        a year old without blemish;
+029:024 their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:025 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
+        burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:026 On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
+        a year old without blemish;
+029:027 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:028 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
+        burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:029 On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
+        a year old without blemish;
+029:030 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:031 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
+        burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offerings of it.
+029:032 On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs
+        a year old without blemish;
+029:033 and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
+        for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number,
+        after the ordinance;
+029:034 and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
+        burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:035 On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly:
+        you shall do no servile work;
+029:036 but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire,
+        of a sweet savor to Yahweh:  one bull, one ram, seven male
+        lambs a year old without blemish;
+029:037 their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull,
+        for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
+        after the ordinance:
+029:038 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
+        burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink
+        offering of it.
+029:039 These you shall offer to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows,
+        and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings,
+        and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings,
+        and for your peace offerings.
+029:040 Moses told the children of Israel according to all that
+        Yahweh commanded Moses.
+030:001 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,
+        saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.
+030:002 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind
+        his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall
+        do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
+030:003 Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself
+        by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,
+030:004 and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she
+        has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her;
+        then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she
+        has bound her soul shall stand.
+030:005 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears,
+        none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound
+        her soul, shall stand:  and Yahweh will forgive her,
+        because her father disallowed her.
+030:006 If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her,
+        or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has
+        bound her soul,
+030:007 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day
+        that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds
+        with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
+030:008 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it,
+        then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash
+        utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul:
+        and Yahweh will forgive her.
+030:009 But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced,
+        [even] everything with which she has bound her soul,
+        shall stand against her.
+030:010 If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond
+        with an oath,
+030:011 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her,
+        and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand,
+        and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.
+030:012 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he
+        heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning
+        her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand:
+        her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.
+030:013 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul,
+        her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
+030:014 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day
+        to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds,
+        which are on her:  he has established them, because he held
+        his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
+030:015 But if he shall make them null and void after that he has
+        heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
+030:016 These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses,
+        between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter,
+        being in her youth, in her father's house.
+031:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+031:002 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites:
+        afterward you shall be gathered to your people.
+031:003 Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you
+        for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute
+        Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
+031:004 Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,
+        shall you send to the war.
+031:005 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel,
+        a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
+031:006 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war,
+        them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,
+        with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm
+        in his hand.
+031:007 They warred against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses;
+        and they killed every male.
+031:008 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain:
+        Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five
+        kings of Midian:  Balaam also the son of Beor they killed
+        with the sword.
+031:009 The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their
+        little ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks,
+        and all their goods, they took for a prey.
+031:010 All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all
+        their encampments, they burnt with fire.
+031:011 They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man
+        and of animal.
+031:012 They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil,
+        to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation
+        of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab,
+        which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
+031:013 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of
+        the congregation, went forth to meet them outside of the camp.
+031:014 Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains
+        of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from
+        the service of the war.
+031:015 Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
+031:016 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel
+        of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor,
+        and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
+031:017 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill
+        every woman who has known man by lying with him.
+031:018 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him,
+        keep alive for yourselves.
+031:019 Encamp you outside of the camp seven days:  whoever has
+        killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain,
+        purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day,
+        you and your captives.
+031:020 As to every garment, and all that is made of skin,
+        and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood,
+        you shall purify yourselves.
+031:021 Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle,
+        This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
+031:022 however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin,
+        and the lead,
+031:023 everything that may abide the fire, you shall make to go
+        through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it
+        shall be purified with the water for impurity:
+        and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go
+        through the water.
+031:024 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall
+        be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp.
+031:025 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+031:026 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal,
+        you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers'
+        [houses] of the congregation;
+031:027 and divide the prey into two parts:  between the men skilled
+        in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
+031:028 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle:
+        one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen,
+        and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
+031:029 take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest,
+        for Yahweh's wave offering.
+031:030 Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out
+        of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys,
+        and of the flocks, [even] of all the livestock, and give them
+        to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
+031:031 Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+031:032 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took,
+        was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
+031:033 and seventy-two thousand oxen,
+031:034 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
+031:035 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had
+        not known man by lying with him.
+031:036 The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war,
+        was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand
+        five hundred sheep:
+031:037 and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
+031:038 The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's
+        tribute was seventy-two.
+031:039 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's
+        tribute was sixty-one.
+031:040 The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute
+        was thirty-two persons.
+031:041 Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh's wave offering,
+        to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+031:042 Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off
+        from the men who warred
+031:043 (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven
+        thousand five hundred sheep,
+031:044 and thirty-six thousand oxen,
+031:045 and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
+031:046 and sixteen thousand persons),
+031:047 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn
+        out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them
+        to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh;
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+031:048 The officers who were over the thousands of the army,
+        the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
+        came near to Moses;
+031:049 and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum
+        of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks
+        not one man of us.
+031:050 We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten,
+        of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings,
+        and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.
+031:051 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them,
+        even all worked jewels.
+031:052 All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh,
+        of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,
+        was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
+031:053 ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
+031:054 Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
+        thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting,
+        for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
+032:001 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had
+        a very great multitude of livestock:  and when they saw
+        the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold,
+        the place was a place for livestock;
+032:002 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke
+        to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes
+        of the congregation, saying,
+032:003 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon,
+        and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
+032:004 the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel,
+        is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.
+032:005 They said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land
+        be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us
+        over the Jordan.
+032:006 Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children
+        of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall
+        you sit here?
+032:007 Why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from
+        going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
+032:008 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea
+        to see the land.
+032:009 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land,
+        they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
+        should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
+032:010 Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,
+032:011 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
+        old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham,
+        to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
+032:012 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua
+        the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
+032:013 Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
+        them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years,
+        until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh, was consumed.
+032:014 Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase
+        of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of
+        Yahweh toward Israel.
+032:015 For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave
+        them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.
+032:016 They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
+        here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
+032:017 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children
+        of Israel, until we have brought them to their place:
+        and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities
+        because of the inhabitants of the land.
+032:018 We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel
+        have inherited every man his inheritance.
+032:019 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan,
+        and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this
+        side of the Jordan eastward.
+032:020 Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm
+        yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
+032:021 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh,
+        until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
+032:022 and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you
+        shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel;
+        and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh.
+032:023 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh;
+        and be sure your sin will find you out.
+032:024 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;
+        and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
+032:025 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses,
+        saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
+032:026 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock,
+        shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
+032:027 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war,
+        before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.
+032:028 So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest,
+        and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers'
+        [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
+032:029 Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children
+        of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man
+        who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall
+        be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land
+        of Gilead for a possession:
+032:030 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall
+        have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
+032:031 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying,
+        As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
+032:032 We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan,
+        and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us
+        beyond the Jordan.
+032:033 Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
+        of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
+        the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
+        of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it
+        with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
+032:034 The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
+032:035 and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
+032:036 and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran:  fortified cities,
+        and folds for sheep.
+032:037 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
+032:038 and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah:
+        and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
+032:039 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
+        and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
+032:040 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh;
+        and he lived therein.
+032:041 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns of it,
+        and called them Havvoth Jair.
+032:042 Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages of it, and called
+        it Nobah, after his own name.
+033:001 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they
+        went forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under
+        the hand of Moses and Aaron.
+033:002 Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys
+        by the commandment of Yahweh:  and these are their journeys
+        according to their goings out.
+033:003 They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth
+        day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover
+        the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight
+        of all the Egyptians,
+033:004 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn,
+        whom Yahweh had struck among them:  on their gods also
+        Yahweh executed judgments.
+033:005 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped
+        in Succoth.
+033:006 They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is
+        in the edge of the wilderness.
+033:007 They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth,
+        which is before Baal Zephon:  and they encamped before Migdol.
+033:008 They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst
+        of the sea into the wilderness:  and they went three days'
+        journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
+033:009 They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim:  and in Elim
+        were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees;
+        and they encamped there.
+033:010 They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea{or, Sea of
+        Reeds}.
+033:011 They traveled from the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, and encamped
+        in the wilderness of Sin.
+033:012 They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
+033:013 They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
+033:014 They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was
+        no water for the people to drink.
+033:015 They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
+033:016 They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped
+        in Kibroth Hattaavah.
+033:017 They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.
+033:018 They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
+033:019 They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.
+033:020 They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.
+033:021 They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
+033:022 They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
+033:023 They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.
+033:024 They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
+033:025 They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
+033:026 They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
+033:027 They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
+033:028 They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
+033:029 They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
+033:030 They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
+033:031 They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.
+033:032 They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.
+033:033 They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
+033:034 They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
+033:035 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
+033:036 They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness
+        of Zin (the same is Kadesh).
+033:037 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor,
+        in the edge of the land of Edom.
+033:038 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment
+        of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after
+        the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
+        in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
+033:039 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died
+        in Mount Hor.
+033:040 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land
+        of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
+033:041 They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
+033:042 They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
+033:043 They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
+033:044 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim,
+        in the border of Moab.
+033:045 They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.
+033:046 They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
+033:047 They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains
+        of Abarim, before Nebo.
+033:048 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped
+        in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
+033:049 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to
+        Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.
+033:050 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
+        at Jericho, saying,
+033:051 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass
+        over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
+033:052 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land
+        from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones],
+        and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all
+        their high places:
+033:053 and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein;
+        for to you have I given the land to possess it.
+033:054 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families;
+        to the more you shall give the more inheritance,
+        and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance:
+        wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his;
+        according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.
+033:055 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land
+        from before you, then shall those who you let remain of them
+        be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides,
+        and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell.
+033:056 It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I
+        do to you.
+034:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+034:002 Command the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come
+        into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall
+        to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according
+        to the borders of it),
+034:003 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin
+        along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be
+        from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
+034:004 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent
+        of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it
+        shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth
+        to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
+034:005 and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt,
+        and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
+034:006 For the western border, you shall have the great sea and
+        the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
+034:007 This shall be your north border:  from the great sea you shall
+        mark out for you Mount Hor;
+034:008 from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath;
+        and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
+034:009 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it
+        shall be at Hazar Enan:  this shall be your north border.
+034:010 You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;
+034:011 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah,
+        on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down,
+        and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
+034:012 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings
+        out of it shall be at the Salt Sea.  This shall be your land
+        according to the borders of it round about.
+034:013 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land
+        which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded
+        to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
+034:014 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers'
+        houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according
+        to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe
+        of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
+034:015 the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance
+        beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
+034:016 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+034:017 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land
+        to you for inheritance:  Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
+        the son of Nun.
+034:018 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide
+        the land for inheritance.
+034:019 These are the names of the men:  Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
+        son of Jephunneh.
+034:020 Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
+034:021 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
+034:022 Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the
+        son of Jogli.
+034:023 Of the children of Joseph:  of the tribe of the children
+        of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
+034:024 Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the
+        son of Shiphtan.
+034:025 Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the
+        son of Parnach.
+034:026 Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince,
+        Paltiel the son of Azzan.
+034:027 Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the
+        son of Shelomi.
+034:028 Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince,
+        Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
+034:029 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance
+        to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
+035:001 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
+        at Jericho, saying,
+035:002 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites
+        of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in;
+        and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give
+        to the Levites.
+035:003 The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs
+        shall be for their livestock, and for their substance,
+        and for all their animals.
+035:004 The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites,
+        shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand
+        cubits round about.
+035:005 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two
+        thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits,
+        and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north
+        side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst.
+        This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
+035:006 The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six
+        cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to:
+        and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
+035:007 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be
+        forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
+035:008 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession
+        of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many;
+        and from the few you shall take few:  everyone according
+        to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities
+        to the Levites.
+035:009 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
+035:010 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass
+        over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
+035:011 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge
+        for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly
+        may flee there.
+035:012 The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger,
+        that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the
+        congregation for judgment.
+035:013 The cities which you shall give shall be for you six
+        cities of refuge.
+035:014 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three
+        cities shall you give in the land of Canaan; they shall
+        be cities of refuge.
+035:015 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner
+        living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge;
+        that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
+035:016 But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died,
+        he is a murderer:  the murderer shall surely be put to death.
+035:017 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die,
+        and he died, he is a murderer:  the murderer shall surely
+        be put to death.
+035:018 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand,
+        by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer:
+        the murderer shall surely be put to death.
+035:019 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death:
+        when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
+035:020 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait,
+        so that he died,
+035:021 or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died;
+        he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer:
+        the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death,
+        when he meets him.
+035:022 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him
+        anything without lying in wait,
+035:023 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him,
+        and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy,
+        neither sought his harm;
+035:024 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and
+        the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
+035:025 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of
+        the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall
+        restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled:
+        and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest,
+        who was anointed with the holy oil.
+035:026 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border
+        of his city of refuge, where he flees,
+035:027 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his
+        city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer;
+        he shall not be guilty of blood,
+035:028 because he should have remained in his city of refuge
+        until the death of the high priest:  but after the death
+        of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land
+        of his possession.
+035:029 These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you
+        throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
+035:030 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at
+        the mouth of witnesses:  but one witness shall not testify
+        against any person that he die.
+035:031 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer
+        who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
+035:032 You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city
+        of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land,
+        until the death of the priest.
+035:033 So you shall not pollute the land in which you are:
+        for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can
+        be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein,
+        but by the blood of him who shed it.
+035:034 You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst
+        of which I dwell:  for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of
+        the children of Israel.
+036:001 The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the
+        children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
+        of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke
+        before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers'
+        [houses] of the children of Israel:
+036:002 and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land
+        for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel:
+        and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance
+        of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
+036:003 If they be married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes
+        of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken
+        away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added
+        to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong:
+        so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
+036:004 When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will
+        their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe
+        whereunto they shall belong:  so will their inheritance be
+        taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
+036:005 Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word
+        of Yahweh, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
+036:006 This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning
+        the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married
+        to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe
+        of their father shall they be married.
+036:007 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove
+        from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave
+        everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
+036:008 Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe
+        of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family
+        of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may
+        possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
+036:009 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
+        for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone
+        to his own inheritance.
+036:010 Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
+036:011 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
+        of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.
+036:012 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh
+        the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe
+        of the family of their father.
+036:013 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh
+        commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains
+        of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
+Book 05 Deuteronomy
+001:001 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond
+        the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph,
+        between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
+001:002 It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir
+        to Kadesh Barnea.
+001:003 It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month,
+        on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children
+        of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him
+        in commandment to them;
+001:004 after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites,
+        who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived
+        in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
+001:005 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare
+        this law, saying,
+001:006 Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived
+        long enough in this mountain:
+001:007 turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of
+        the Amorites, and to all [the places] near there, in the Arabah,
+        in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South,
+        and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon,
+        as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
+001:008 Behold, I have set the land before you:  go in and possess the land
+        which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
+        and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
+001:009 I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
+        you myself alone:
+001:010 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this
+        day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
+001:011 Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times
+        as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
+001:012 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden,
+        and your strife?
+001:013 Take wise men of understanding and well known according
+        to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
+001:014 You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken
+        is good [for us] to do.
+001:015 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known,
+        and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains
+        of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens,
+        and officers, according to your tribes.
+001:016 I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes]
+        between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man
+        and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
+001:017 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small
+        and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man;
+        for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard
+        for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
+001:018 I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
+001:019 We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and
+        terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill
+        country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us;
+        and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
+001:020 I said to you, You are come to the hill country of the Amorites,
+        which Yahweh our God gives to us.
+001:021 Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you:
+        go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
+001:022 You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send
+        men before us, that they may search the land for us,
+        and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up,
+        and the cities to which we shall come.
+001:023 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you,
+        one man for every tribe:
+001:024 and they turned and went up into the hill country, and came
+        to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
+001:025 They took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought
+        it down to us, and brought us word again, and said,
+        It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us.
+001:026 Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment
+        of Yahweh your God:
+001:027 and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because Yahweh
+        hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,
+        to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
+001:028 Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart
+        to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we;
+        the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover
+        we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
+001:029 Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
+001:030 Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you,
+        according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
+001:031 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh
+        your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way
+        that you went, until you came to this place.
+001:032 Yet in this thing you didn't believe Yahweh your God,
+001:033 who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch
+        your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you
+        should go, and in the cloud by day.
+001:034 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry,
+        and swore, saying,
+001:035 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation
+        see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
+001:036 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh:  he shall see it; and to him
+        will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children,
+        because he has wholly followed Yahweh.
+001:037 Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also
+        shall not go in there:
+001:038 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there:
+        encourage you him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
+001:039 Moreover your little ones, whom you said should be a prey,
+        and your children, who this day have no knowledge of good
+        or evil, they shall go in there, and to them will I give it,
+        and they shall possess it.
+001:040 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness
+        by the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+001:041 Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Yahweh,
+        we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God
+        commanded us.  You girded on every man his weapons of war,
+        and were forward to go up into the hill country.
+001:042 Yahweh said to me, Tell them, Don't go up, neither fight;
+        for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.
+001:043 So I spoke to you, and you didn't listen; but you rebelled
+        against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous,
+        and went up into the hill country.
+001:044 The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you,
+        and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir,
+        even to Hormah.
+001:045 You returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh didn't listen
+        to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
+001:046 So you abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days
+        that you abode [there].
+002:001 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by
+        the way to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, as Yahweh spoke to me;
+        and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
+002:002 Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
+002:003 You have compassed this mountain long enough:
+        turn you northward.
+002:004 Command you the people, saying, You are to pass through
+        the border of your brothers the children of Esau,
+        who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you:
+        take good heed to yourselves therefore;
+002:005 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land,
+        no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on;
+        because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
+002:006 You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat;
+        and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
+002:007 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand;
+        he has known your walking through this great wilderness:
+        these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you;
+        you have lacked nothing.
+002:008 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell
+        in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber.
+        We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
+002:009 Yahweh said to me, Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them
+        in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession;
+        because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.
+002:010 (The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many,
+        and tall, as the Anakim:
+002:011 these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites
+        call them Emim.
+002:012 The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau
+        succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them,
+        and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of
+        his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
+002:013 Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered.  We went over
+        the brook Zered.
+002:014 The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we
+        were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years;
+        until all the generation of the men of war were consumed
+        from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.
+002:015 Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them
+        from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
+002:016 So it happened, when all the men of war were consumed and dead
+        from among the people,
+002:017 that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
+002:018 You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
+002:019 and when you come near over against the children of Ammon,
+        don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give
+        you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession;
+        because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.
+002:020 (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim:  Rephaim lived
+        therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
+002:021 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;
+        but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them,
+        and lived in their place;
+002:022 as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir,
+        when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they
+        succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
+002:023 and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza,
+        the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them,
+        and lived in their place.)
+002:024 Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon:
+        behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,
+        king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend
+        with him in battle.
+002:025 This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear
+        of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall
+        hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish
+        because of you.
+002:026 I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon
+        king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
+002:027 Let me pass through your land:  I will go along by the highway,
+        I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
+002:028 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me
+        water for money, that I may drink:  only let me pass through
+        on my feet,
+002:029 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites
+        who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan
+        into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.
+002:030 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him;
+        for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his
+        heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand,
+        as at this day.
+002:031 Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon
+        and his land before you:  begin to possess, that you may
+        inherit his land.
+002:032 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people,
+        to battle at Jahaz.
+002:033 Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him,
+        and his sons, and all his people.
+002:034 We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed
+        every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones;
+        we left none remaining:
+002:035 only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves,
+        with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
+002:036 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
+        and [from] the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead,
+        there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered
+        up all before us:
+002:037 only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near;
+        all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country,
+        and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
+003:001 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan:  and Og the king
+        of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people,
+        to battle at Edrei.
+003:002 Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him,
+        and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you
+        shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
+        who lived at Heshbon.
+003:003 So Yahweh our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king
+        of Bashan, and all his people:  and we struck him until none
+        was left to him remaining.
+003:004 We took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we
+        didn't take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
+        the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
+003:005 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars;
+        besides the unwalled towns a great many.
+003:006 We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon,
+        utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women
+        and the little ones.
+003:007 But all the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we took
+        for a prey to ourselves.
+003:008 We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings
+        of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley
+        of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;
+003:009 ([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites
+        call it Senir;)
+003:010 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
+        to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
+003:011 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of
+        the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron;
+        isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits
+        was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it,
+        after the cubit of a man.)
+003:012 This land we took in possession at that time:  from Aroer,
+        which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country
+        of Gilead, and the cities of it, gave I to the Reubenites
+        and to the Gadites:
+003:013 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og,
+        gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob,
+        even all Bashan.  (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
+003:014 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob,
+        to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites,
+        and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair,
+        to this day.)
+003:015 I gave Gilead to Machir.
+003:016 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead
+        even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley,
+        and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is
+        the border of the children of Ammon;
+003:017 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it],
+        from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,
+        under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
+003:018 I commanded you at that time, saying, Yahweh your God has given
+        you this land to possess it:  you shall pass over armed before
+        your brothers the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
+003:019 But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock,
+        (I know that you have much livestock), shall abide in your
+        cities which I have given you,
+003:020 until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they
+        also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond
+        the Jordan:  then shall you return every man to his possession,
+        which I have given you.
+003:021 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen
+        all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings:
+        so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
+003:022 You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who
+        fights for you.
+003:023 I begged Yahweh at that time, saying,
+003:024 Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness,
+        and your strong hand:  for what god is there in heaven or
+        in earth, that can do according to your works, and according
+        to your mighty acts?
+003:025 Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond
+        the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
+003:026 But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't
+        listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you;
+        speak no more to me of this matter.
+003:027 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward,
+        and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes:
+        for you shall not go over this Jordan.
+003:028 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him;
+        for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause
+        them to inherit the land which you shall see.
+003:029 So we abode in the valley over against Beth Peor.
+004:001 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I
+        teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess
+        the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
+004:002 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall
+        you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments
+        of Yahweh your God which I command you.
+004:003 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor;
+        for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has
+        destroyed them from the midst of you.
+004:004 But you who did cleave to Yahweh your God are alive everyone
+        of you this day.
+004:005 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh
+        my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst
+        of the land where you go in to possess it.
+004:006 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
+        understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all
+        these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise
+        and understanding people.
+004:007 For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them,
+        as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
+004:008 What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances
+        so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
+004:009 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently,
+        lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they
+        depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make
+        them known to your children and your children's children;
+004:010 the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb,
+        when Yahweh said to me, Assemble me the people, and I
+        will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear
+        me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they
+        may teach their children.
+004:011 You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
+        burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness,
+        cloud, and thick darkness.
+004:012 Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire:
+        you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you
+        heard] a voice.
+004:013 He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you
+        to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them
+        on two tables of stone.
+004:014 Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes
+        and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you
+        go over to possess it.
+004:015 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner
+        of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out
+        of the midst of the fire.
+004:016 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image
+        in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
+004:017 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness
+        of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
+004:018 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness
+        of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
+004:019 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see
+        the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky,
+        you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them,
+        which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under
+        the whole sky.
+004:020 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
+        furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance,
+        as at this day.
+004:021 Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes,
+        and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I
+        should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God
+        gives you for an inheritance:
+004:022 but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan;
+        but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
+004:023 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh
+        your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image
+        in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
+004:024 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
+004:025 When you shall father children, and children's children, and you
+        shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
+        and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall
+        do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God,
+        to provoke him to anger;
+004:026 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,
+        that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto
+        you go over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong
+        your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
+004:027 Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall
+        be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall
+        lead you away.
+004:028 There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
+        which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
+004:029 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall
+        find him, when you search after him with all your heart
+        and with all your soul.
+004:030 When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you,
+        in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God,
+        and listen to his voice:
+004:031 for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you,
+        neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers
+        which he swore to them.
+004:032 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you,
+        since the day that God created man on the earth, and from
+        the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has
+        been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been
+        heard like it?
+004:033 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst
+        of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
+004:034 Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst
+        of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders,
+        and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm,
+        and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God
+        did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
+004:035 To you it was shown, that you might know that Yahweh he is God;
+        there is none else besides him.
+004:036 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might
+        instruct you:  and on earth he made you to see his great fire;
+        and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
+004:037 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their
+        seed after them, and brought you out with his presence,
+        with his great power, out of Egypt;
+004:038 to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you,
+        to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance,
+        as at this day.
+004:039 Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh
+        he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath;
+        there is none else.
+004:040 You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I
+        command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with
+        your children after you, and that you may prolong your days
+        in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
+004:041 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan
+        toward the sunrise;
+004:042 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares,
+        and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one
+        of these cities he might live:
+004:043 [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country,
+        for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites;
+        and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
+004:044 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
+004:045 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
+        which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came
+        forth out of Egypt,
+004:046 beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor,
+        in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon,
+        whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came
+        forth out of Egypt.
+004:047 They took his land in possession, and the land of Og king
+        of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
+        the Jordan toward the sunrise;
+004:048 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
+        even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
+004:049 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea
+        of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
+005:001 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel,
+        the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears
+        this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
+005:002 Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
+005:003 Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
+        even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
+005:004 Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of
+        the midst of the fire,
+005:005 (I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you
+        the word of Yahweh:  for you were afraid because of the fire,
+        and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,
+005:006 "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
+        out of the house of bondage.
+005:007 You shall have no other gods before me.
+005:008 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself,
+        [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above,
+        or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
+        under the earth:
+005:009 you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them;
+        for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
+        of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on
+        the fourth generation of those who hate me;
+005:010 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me
+        and keep my commandments.
+005:011 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain:
+        for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
+005:012 "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your
+        God commanded you.
+005:013 Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
+005:014 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God:
+        [in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son,
+        nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant,
+        nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock,
+        nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male
+        servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
+005:015 You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
+        and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty
+        hand and by an outstretched arm:  therefore Yahweh your God
+        commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
+005:016 "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you;
+        that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you,
+        in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
+005:017 "You shall not murder.
+005:018 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
+005:019 "Neither shall you steal.
+005:020 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
+005:021 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you
+        desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant,
+        or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything
+        that is your neighbor's."
+005:022 These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain
+        out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
+        thick darkness, with a great voice:  and he added no more.
+        He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
+005:023 It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst
+        of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire,
+        that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes,
+        and your elders;
+005:024 and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory
+        and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst
+        of the fire:  we have seen this day that God does speak with man,
+        and he lives.
+005:025 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will
+        consume us:  if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more,
+        then we shall die.
+005:026 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice
+        of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire,
+        as we have, and lived?
+005:027 Go you near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say:
+        and speak you to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to you;
+        and we will hear it, and do it.
+005:028 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me;
+        and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words
+        of this people, which they have spoken to you:
+        they have well said all that they have spoken.
+005:029 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me,
+        and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
+        with them, and with their children forever!
+005:030 Go tell them, Return you to your tents.
+005:031 But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you
+        all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
+        which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land
+        which I give them to possess it.
+005:032 You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has
+        commanded you:  you shall not turn aside to the right hand
+        or to the left.
+005:033 You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has
+        commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well
+        with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land
+        which you shall possess.
+006:001 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances,
+        which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might
+        do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
+006:002 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes
+        and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son,
+        and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your
+        days may be prolonged.
+006:003 Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it
+        may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily,
+        as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you,
+        in a land flowing with milk and honey.
+006:004 Hear, Israel:  Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
+006:005 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart,
+        and with all your soul, and with all your might.
+006:006 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
+006:007 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall
+        talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
+        by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
+006:008 You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall
+        be for symbols between your eyes.
+006:009 You shall write them on the door posts of your house,
+        and on your gates.
+006:010 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into
+        the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
+        to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities,
+        which you didn't build,
+006:011 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill,
+        and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and
+        olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat
+        and be full;
+006:012 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth
+        out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
+006:013 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and him shall you serve,
+        and shall swear by his name.
+006:014 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples
+        who are round about you;
+006:015 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God;
+        lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you,
+        and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
+006:016 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
+006:017 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God,
+        and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
+006:018 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh;
+        that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess
+        the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
+006:019 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
+006:020 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean
+        the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
+        which Yahweh our God has commanded you?
+006:021 then you shall tell your son, We were Pharaoh's bondservants
+        in Egypt:  and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
+006:022 and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt,
+        on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
+006:023 and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in,
+        to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
+006:024 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh
+        our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive,
+        as at this day.
+006:025 It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this
+        commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
+007:001 When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you
+        go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you,
+        the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite,
+        and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
+        seven nations greater and mightier than you;
+007:002 and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you,
+        and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them:
+        you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
+007:003 neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you
+        shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take
+        to your son.
+007:004 For he will turn away your son from following me, that they
+        may serve other gods:  so will the anger of Yahweh be kindled
+        against you, and he will destroy you quickly.
+007:005 But thus shall you deal with them:  you shall break down their altars,
+        and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim,
+        and burn their engraved images with fire.
+007:006 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God:  Yahweh your
+        God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession,
+        above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
+007:007 Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you
+        were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest
+        of all peoples:
+007:008 but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath
+        which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with
+        a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage,
+        from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
+007:009 Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God,
+        who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love
+        him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
+007:010 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them:
+        he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him
+        to his face.
+007:011 You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes,
+        and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
+007:012 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances,
+        and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with
+        you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore
+        to your fathers:
+007:013 and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you;
+        he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit
+        of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil,
+        the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock,
+        in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
+007:014 You shall be blessed above all peoples:  there shall not be
+        male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
+007:015 Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil
+        diseases of Egypt, which you know, he will put on you,
+        but will lay them on all those who hate you.
+007:016 You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God
+        shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them:
+        neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a
+        snare to you.
+007:017 If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I;
+        how can I dispossess them?
+007:018 you shall not be afraid of them:  you shall well remember
+        what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
+007:019 the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs,
+        and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm,
+        by which Yahweh your God brought you out:  so shall Yahweh
+        your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
+007:020 Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them,
+        until those who are left, and hide themselves,
+        perish from before you.
+007:021 You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in
+        the midst of you, a great and awesome God.
+007:022 Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you
+        by little and little:  you may not consume them at once,
+        lest the animals of the field increase on you.
+007:023 But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will
+        confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.
+007:024 He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you
+        shall make their name to perish from under the sky:
+        there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you
+        have destroyed them.
+007:025 The engraved images of their gods shall you burn with fire:
+        you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them,
+        nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein; for it is
+        an abomination to Yahweh your God.
+007:026 You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become
+        a devoted thing like it:  you shall utterly detest it,
+        and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
+008:001 All the commandment which I command you this day shall you
+        observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go
+        in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
+008:002 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you
+        these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you,
+        to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you
+        would keep his commandments, or not.
+008:003 He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna,
+        which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know;
+        that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only,
+        but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh
+        does man live.
+008:004 Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell,
+        these forty years.
+008:005 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son,
+        so Yahweh your God chastens you.
+008:006 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk
+        in his ways, and to fear him.
+008:007 For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land
+        of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing
+        into valleys and hills;
+008:008 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates;
+        a land of olive trees and honey;
+008:009 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness,
+        you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron,
+        and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
+008:010 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God
+        for the good land which he has given you.
+008:011 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping
+        his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes,
+        which I command you this day:
+008:012 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built
+        goodly houses, and lived therein;
+008:013 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver
+        and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
+008:014 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God,
+        who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of
+        the house of bondage;
+008:015 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness,
+        [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty
+        ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out
+        of the rock of flint;
+008:016 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers
+        didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you,
+        to do you good at your latter end:
+008:017 and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my
+        hand has gotten me this wealth.
+008:018 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives
+        you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant
+        which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
+008:019 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk
+        after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify
+        against you this day that you shall surely perish.
+008:020 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you,
+        so shall you perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice
+        of Yahweh your God.
+009:001 Hear, Israel:  you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go
+        in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself,
+        cities great and fortified up to the sky,
+009:002 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know,
+        and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before
+        the sons of Anak?
+009:003 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes
+        over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them,
+        and he will bring them down before you:  so shall you drive
+        them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has
+        spoken to you.
+009:004 Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God
+        has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my
+        righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;
+        whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive
+        them out from before you.
+009:005 Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart,
+        do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness
+        of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from
+        before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh
+        swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
+009:006 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this
+        good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are
+        a stiff-necked people.
+009:007 Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God
+        to wrath in the wilderness:  from the day that you went forth
+        out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place,
+        you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
+009:008 Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry
+        with you to destroy you.
+009:009 When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone,
+        even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you,
+        then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights;
+        I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
+009:010 Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written
+        with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according
+        to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain
+        out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
+009:011 It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,
+        that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables
+        of the covenant.
+009:012 Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence;
+        for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt
+        have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside
+        out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them
+        a molten image.
+009:013 Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people,
+        and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
+009:014 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name
+        from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier
+        and greater than they.
+009:015 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain
+        was burning with fire:  and the two tables of the covenant
+        were in my two hands.
+009:016 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God;
+        you had made you a molten calf:  you had turned aside quickly
+        out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
+009:017 I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands,
+        and broke them before your eyes.
+009:018 I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days
+        and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water;
+        because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which
+        was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
+009:019 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure,
+        with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you.
+        But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
+009:020 Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him:
+        and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
+009:021 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it
+        with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it
+        was as fine as dust:  and I cast the dust of it into the brook
+        that descended out of the mountain.
+009:022 At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah,
+        you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
+009:023 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up and possess
+        the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against
+        the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn't believe him,
+        nor listen to his voice.
+009:024 You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that
+        I knew you.
+009:025 So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights
+        that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.
+009:026 I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your
+        people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through
+        your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt
+        with a mighty hand.
+009:027 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look
+        to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness,
+        nor to their sin,
+009:028 lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because Yahweh was
+        not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them,
+        and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill
+        them in the wilderness.
+009:029 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought
+        out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
+010:001 At that time Yahweh said to me, Hew you two tables of stone
+        like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain,
+        and make an ark of wood.
+010:002 I will write on the tables the words that were on the first
+        tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
+010:003 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables
+        of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain,
+        having the two tables in my hand.
+010:004 He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing,
+        the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain
+        out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly:
+        and Yahweh gave them to me.
+010:005 I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables
+        in the ark which I had made; and there they are as
+        Yahweh commanded me.
+010:006 (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah.
+        There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son
+        ministered in the priest's office in his place.
+010:007 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah
+        to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
+010:008 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear
+        the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh
+        to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
+010:009 Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers;
+        Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God
+        spoke to him.)
+010:010 I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days
+        and forty nights:  and Yahweh listened to me that time also;
+        Yahweh would not destroy you.
+010:011 Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people;
+        and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore
+        to their fathers to give to them.
+010:012 Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you,
+        but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways,
+        and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your
+        heart and with all your soul,
+010:013 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I
+        command you this day for your good?
+010:014 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven
+        of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
+010:015 Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them,
+        and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples,
+        as at this day.
+010:016 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be
+        no more stiff-necked.
+010:017 For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords,
+        the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't
+        regard persons, nor takes reward.
+010:018 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow,
+        and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
+010:019 Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in
+        the land of Egypt.
+010:020 You shall fear Yahweh your God; him shall you serve;
+        and to him shall you cleave, and by his name shall you swear.
+010:021 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you
+        these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
+010:022 Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons;
+        and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the
+        sky for multitude.
+011:001 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge,
+        and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
+011:002 Know you this day:  for I don't speak with your children
+        who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement
+        of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand,
+        and his outstretched arm,
+011:003 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt
+        to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
+011:004 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to
+        their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea{or, Sea of
+        Reeds} to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how
+        Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
+011:005 and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came
+        to this place;
+011:006 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,
+        the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth,
+        and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents,
+        and every living thing that followed them, in the midst
+        of all Israel:
+011:007 but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.
+011:008 Therefore shall you keep all the commandment which I command
+        you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess
+        the land, where you go over to possess it;
+011:009 and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh
+        swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed,
+        a land flowing with milk and honey.
+011:010 For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land
+        of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed,
+        and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
+011:011 but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills
+        and valleys, [and] drinks water of the rain of the sky,
+011:012 a land which Yahweh your God cares for:  the eyes of Yahweh
+        your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year
+        even to the end of the year.
+011:013 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments
+        which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God,
+        and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
+011:014 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former
+        rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain,
+        and your new wine, and your oil.
+011:015 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you
+        shall eat and be full.
+011:016 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you
+        turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
+011:017 and the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut
+        up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land
+        shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off
+        the good land which Yahweh gives you.
+011:018 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in
+        your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand,
+        and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
+011:019 You shall teach them your children, talking of them,
+        when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way,
+        and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
+011:020 You shall write them on the door posts of your house,
+        and on your gates;
+011:021 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children,
+        in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them,
+        as the days of the heavens above the earth.
+011:022 For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I
+        command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk
+        in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
+011:023 then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you
+        shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
+011:024 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall
+        be yours:  from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river,
+        the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
+011:025 There shall no man be able to stand before you:
+        Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread
+        of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has
+        spoken to you.
+011:026 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
+011:027 the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh
+        your God, which I command you this day;
+011:028 and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments
+        of Yahweh your God, but turn aside out of the way which I
+        command you this day, to go after other gods, which you
+        have not known.
+011:029 It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into
+        the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set
+        the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
+011:030 Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going
+        down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell
+        in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
+011:031 For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land
+        which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it,
+        and dwell therein.
+011:032 You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances
+        which I set before you this day.
+012:001 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe
+        to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        has given you to possess it, all the days that you live
+        on the earth.
+012:002 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that
+        you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains,
+        and on the hills, and under every green tree:
+012:003 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
+        their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire;
+        and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods;
+        and you shall destroy their name out of that place.
+012:004 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
+012:005 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all
+        your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation
+        shall you seek, and there you shall come;
+012:006 and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
+        and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand,
+        and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn
+        of your herd and of your flock:
+012:007 and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall
+        rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households,
+        in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
+012:008 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,
+        every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
+012:009 for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you.
+012:010 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which
+        Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest
+        from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety;
+012:011 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God
+        shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall
+        you bring all that I command you:  your burnt offerings,
+        and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of
+        your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
+012:012 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons,
+        and your daughters, and your male servants, and your
+        female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates,
+        because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
+012:013 Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings
+        in every place that you see;
+012:014 but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes,
+        there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you
+        shall do all that I command you.
+012:015 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all
+        your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to
+        the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you:
+        the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle,
+        and as of the hart.
+012:016 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on
+        the earth as water.
+012:017 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain,
+        or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your
+        herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow,
+        nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
+012:018 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place
+        which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son,
+        and your daughter, and your male servant, and your
+        female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates:
+        and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you
+        put your hand to.
+012:019 Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long
+        as you live in your land.
+012:020 When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has
+        promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh,
+        because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh,
+        after all the desire of your soul.
+012:021 If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put
+        his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill
+        of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you,
+        as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates,
+        after all the desire of your soul.
+012:022 Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it:
+        the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
+012:023 Only be sure that you don't eat the blood:  for the blood
+        is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
+012:024 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
+012:025 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with
+        your children after you, when you shall do that which is
+        right in the eyes of Yahweh.
+012:026 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take,
+        and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:
+012:027 and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
+        on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your
+        sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God;
+        and you shall eat the flesh.
+012:028 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it
+        may go well with you, and with your children after you forever,
+        when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of
+        Yahweh your God.
+012:029 When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you,
+        where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them,
+        and dwell in their land;
+012:030 take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them,
+        after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you
+        not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations
+        serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
+012:031 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God:  for every abomination
+        to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods;
+        for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire
+        to their gods.
+012:032 Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do:
+        you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
+013:001 If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer
+        of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder,
+013:002 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke
+        to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have
+        not known, and let us serve them;
+013:003 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to
+        that dreamer of dreams:  for Yahweh your God proves you,
+        to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart
+        and with all your soul.
+013:004 You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep
+        his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him,
+        and cleave to him.
+013:005 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death,
+        because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God,
+        who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed
+        you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out
+        of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in.
+        So shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
+013:006 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son,
+        or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend,
+        who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us
+        go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you,
+        nor your fathers;
+013:007 of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near to you,
+        or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even
+        to the other end of the earth;
+013:008 you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall
+        your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall
+        you conceal him:
+013:009 but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him
+        to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
+013:010 You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has
+        sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought
+        you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
+013:011 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more
+        such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.
+013:012 If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying,
+013:013 Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you,
+        and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us
+        go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
+013:014 then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently;
+        and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain,
+        that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
+013:015 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge
+        of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein
+        and the livestock of it, with the edge of the sword.
+013:016 You shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst
+        of the street of it, and shall burn with fire the city,
+        and all the spoil of it every whit, to Yahweh your God:
+        and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
+013:017 There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand;
+        that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger,
+        and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you,
+        as he has sworn to your fathers;
+013:018 when you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,
+        to keep all his commandments which I command you this day,
+        to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
+014:001 You are the children of Yahweh your God:  you shall not
+        cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes
+        for the dead.
+014:002 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh
+        has chosen you to be a people for his own possession,
+        above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
+014:003 You shall not eat any abominable thing.
+014:004 These are the animals which you may eat:  the ox, the sheep,
+        and the goat,
+014:005 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat,
+        and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois.
+014:006 Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two,
+        [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.
+014:007 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud,
+        or of those who have the hoof cloven:  the camel, and the hare,
+        and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but don't part the hoof,
+        they are unclean to you.
+014:008 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud,
+        is unclean to you:  of their flesh you shall not eat,
+        and their carcasses you shall not touch.
+014:009 These you may eat of all that are in the waters:
+        whatever has fins and scales may you eat;
+014:010 and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat;
+        it is unclean to you.
+014:011 Of all clean birds you may eat.
+014:012 But these are they of which you shall not eat:  the eagle,
+        and the vulture, and the osprey,
+014:013 and the red kite, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
+014:014 and every raven after its kind,
+014:015 and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk
+        after its kind,
+014:016 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
+014:017 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
+014:018 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe,
+        and the bat.
+014:019 All winged creeping things are unclean to you:  they shall
+        not be eaten.
+014:020 Of all clean birds you may eat.
+014:021 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself:
+        you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is
+        within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it
+        to a foreigner:  for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God.
+        You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
+014:022 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed,
+        that which comes forth from the field year by year.
+014:023 You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place
+        which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there,
+        the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil,
+        and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you
+        may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.
+014:024 If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able
+        to carry it, because the place is too far from you,
+        which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there,
+        when Yahweh your God shall bless you;
+014:025 then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money
+        in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your
+        God shall choose:
+014:026 and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires,
+        for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
+        or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat
+        there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice,
+        you and your household.
+014:027 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him;
+        for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
+014:028 At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all
+        the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay
+        it up within your gates:
+014:029 and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you,
+        and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless,
+        and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come,
+        and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless
+        you in all the work of your hand which you do.
+015:001 At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
+015:002 This is the manner of the release:  every creditor
+        shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor;
+        he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother;
+        because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed.
+015:003 Of a foreigner you may exact it:  but whatever of your is
+        with your brother your hand shall release.
+015:004 However there shall be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will
+        surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you
+        for an inheritance to possess it;)
+015:005 if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,
+        to observe to do all this commandment which I command
+        you this day.
+015:006 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you:
+        and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow;
+        and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not
+        rule over you.
+015:007 If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers,
+        within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God
+        gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand
+        from your poor brother;
+015:008 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely
+        lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
+015:009 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying,
+        The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye
+        be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing;
+        and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
+015:010 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved
+        when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh
+        your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you
+        put your hand to.
+015:011 For the poor will never cease out of the land:
+        therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open
+        your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor,
+        in your land.
+015:012 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you,
+        and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall
+        let him go free from you.
+015:013 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
+015:014 you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock,
+        and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress;
+        as Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
+015:015 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land
+        of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you:  therefore I
+        command you this thing today.
+015:016 It shall be, if he tell you, I will not go out from you;
+        because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
+015:017 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear
+        to the door, and he shall be your servant forever.
+        Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
+015:018 It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you;
+        for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served
+        you six years:  and Yahweh your God will bless you in all
+        that you do.
+015:019 All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and
+        of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God:
+        you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd,
+        nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
+015:020 You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place
+        which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.
+015:021 If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill
+        blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
+015:022 You shall eat it within your gates:  the unclean and the clean
+        [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.
+015:023 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on
+        the ground as water.
+016:001 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God;
+        for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth
+        out of Egypt by night.
+016:002 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock
+        and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,
+        to cause his name to dwell there.
+016:003 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you
+        eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction;
+        for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste:
+        that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land
+        of Egypt all the days of your life.
+016:004 There shall be no yeast seen with you in all your borders
+        seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice
+        the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
+016:005 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you;
+016:006 but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
+        his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover
+        at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you
+        came forth out of Egypt.
+016:007 You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God
+        shall choose:  and you shall turn in the morning, and go
+        to your tents.
+016:008 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh
+        day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall
+        do no work [therein].
+016:009 Seven weeks shall you number to you:  from the time you begin
+        to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin
+        to number seven weeks.
+016:010 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute
+        of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give,
+        according as Yahweh your God blesses you:
+016:011 and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son,
+        and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant,
+        and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner,
+        and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you,
+        in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
+        his name to dwell there.
+016:012 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt:
+        and you shall observe and do these statutes.
+016:013 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have
+        gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
+016:014 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son,
+        and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant,
+        and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless,
+        and the widow, who are within your gates.
+016:015 Seven days shall you keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place
+        which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless
+        you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands,
+        and you shall be altogether joyful.
+016:016 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before
+        Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose:
+        in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
+        and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear
+        before Yahweh empty:
+016:017 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing
+        of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
+016:018 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes;
+        and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
+016:019 You shall not wrest justice:  you shall not respect persons;
+        neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes
+        of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
+016:020 That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live,
+        and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
+016:021 You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside
+        the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
+016:022 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh
+        your God hates.
+017:001 You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep,
+        in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an
+        abomination to Yahweh your God.
+017:002 If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your
+        gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman,
+        who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God,
+        in transgressing his covenant,
+017:003 and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them,
+        or the sun, or the moon, or any of the army of the sky,
+        which I have not commanded;
+017:004 and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then shall you
+        inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain,
+        that such abomination is done in Israel,
+017:005 then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, who has done
+        this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman;
+        and you shall stone them to death with stones.
+017:006 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is
+        to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall
+        not be put to death.
+017:007 The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put
+        him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
+        So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
+017:008 If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment,
+        between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke
+        and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates;
+        then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh
+        your God shall choose;
+017:009 and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge
+        who shall be in those days:  and you shall inquire;
+        and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
+017:010 You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they
+        shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose;
+        and you shall observe to do according to all that they
+        shall teach you:
+017:011 according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you,
+        and according to the judgment which they shall tell you,
+        you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence
+        which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
+017:012 The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest
+        who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God,
+        or to the judge, even that man shall die:  and you shall put
+        away the evil from Israel.
+017:013 All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
+017:014 When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you,
+        and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say,
+        I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are
+        round about me;
+017:015 you shall surely set him king over you, whom Yahweh your
+        God shall choose:  one from among your brothers shall you
+        set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you,
+        who is not your brother.
+017:016 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people
+        to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses;
+        because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return
+        no more that way.
+017:017 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart
+        not turn away:  neither shall he greatly multiply to himself
+        silver and gold.
+017:018 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom,
+        that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book,
+        out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:
+017:019 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days
+        of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God,
+        to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,
+        to do them;
+017:020 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not
+        turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left:
+        to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom,
+        he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
+018:001 The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi,
+        shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel:
+        they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire,
+        and his inheritance.
+018:002 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers:
+        Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
+018:003 This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those
+        who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they
+        shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks,
+        and the maw.
+018:004 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil,
+        and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
+018:005 For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes,
+        to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his
+        sons for ever.
+018:006 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel,
+        where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire
+        of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;
+018:007 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all
+        his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.
+018:008 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes
+        of the sale of his patrimony.
+018:009 When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you,
+        you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
+018:010 There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his
+        daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination,
+        one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
+018:011 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard,
+        or a necromancer.
+018:012 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh:
+        and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive
+        them out from before you.
+018:013 You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.
+018:014 For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those
+        who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you,
+        Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
+018:015 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst
+        of you, of your brothers, like me; to him you shall listen;
+018:016 according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb
+        in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again
+        the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire
+        any more, that I not die.
+018:017 Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
+018:018 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers,
+        like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall
+        speak to them all that I shall command him.
+018:019 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words
+        which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
+018:020 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name,
+        which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak
+        in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
+018:021 If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh
+        has not spoken?
+018:022 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing
+        doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh
+        has not spoken:  the prophet has spoken it presumptuously,
+        you shall not be afraid of him.
+019:001 When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land
+        Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell
+        in their cities, and in their houses;
+019:002 you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
+019:003 You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land,
+        which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts,
+        that every manslayer may flee there.
+019:004 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live:
+        whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him
+        in time past;
+019:005 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood,
+        and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree,
+        and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor,
+        so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
+019:006 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his
+        heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long,
+        and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death,
+        inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
+019:007 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three
+        cities for you.
+019:008 If Yahweh your God enlarge your border, as he has sworn
+        to your fathers, and give you all the land which he promised
+        to give to your fathers;
+019:009 if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command
+        you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever
+        in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you,
+        besides these three:
+019:010 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance,
+        and so blood be on you.
+019:011 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him,
+        and rise up against him, and strike him mortally so that he dies,
+        and he flee into one of these cities;
+019:012 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there,
+        and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood,
+        that he may die.
+019:013 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent
+        blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
+019:014 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old
+        time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit,
+        in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
+019:015 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity,
+        or for any sin, in any sin that he sins:  at the mouth
+        of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses,
+        shall a matter be established.
+019:016 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify
+        against him of wrong-doing,
+019:017 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand
+        before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall
+        be in those days;
+019:018 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition:  and, behold,
+        if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely
+        against his brother;
+019:019 then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother:
+        so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
+019:020 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
+        commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.
+019:021 Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye,
+        tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
+020:001 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses,
+        and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall
+        not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you,
+        who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
+020:002 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest
+        shall approach and speak to the people,
+020:003 and shall tell them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day
+        to battle against your enemies:  don't let your heart faint;
+        don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
+020:004 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you
+        against your enemies, to save you.
+020:005 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is
+        there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let
+        him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle,
+        and another man dedicate it.
+020:006 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not
+        used the fruit of it? let him go and return to his house,
+        lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.
+020:007 What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife,
+        and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house,
+        lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
+020:008 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say,
+        What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him
+        go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt
+        as his heart.
+020:009 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking
+        to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies
+        at the head of the people.
+020:010 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim
+        peace to it.
+020:011 It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you,
+        then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein
+        shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
+020:012 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you,
+        then you shall besiege it:
+020:013 and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall
+        strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
+020:014 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock,
+        and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it,
+        shall you take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat
+        the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
+020:015 Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off
+        from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
+020:016 But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you
+        for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
+020:017 but you shall utterly destroy them:  the Hittite, and the Amorite,
+        the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
+        as Yahweh your God has commanded you;
+020:018 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations,
+        which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against
+        Yahweh your God.
+020:019 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war
+        against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees of it
+        by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them,
+        and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man,
+        that it should be besieged of you?
+020:020 Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees
+        for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall
+        build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you,
+        until it fall.
+021:001 If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives
+        you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known
+        who has struck him;
+021:002 then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall
+        measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
+021:003 and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man,
+        even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd,
+        which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn
+        in the yoke;
+021:004 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a
+        valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown,
+        and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
+021:005 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh
+        your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name
+        of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy
+        and every stroke be.
+021:006 All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man,
+        shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken
+        in the valley;
+021:007 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,
+        neither have our eyes seen it.
+021:008 Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed,
+        and don't allow innocent blood [to remain] in the midst
+        of your people Israel.  The blood shall be forgiven them.
+021:009 So shall you put away the innocent blood from the midst of you,
+        when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
+021:010 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh
+        your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry
+        them away captive,
+021:011 and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have
+        a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
+021:012 then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall
+        shave her head, and pare her nails;
+021:013 and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her,
+        and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her
+        mother a full month:  and after that you shall go in to her,
+        and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
+021:014 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall
+        let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at
+        all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave,
+        because you have humbled her.
+021:015 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated,
+        and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated;
+        and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
+021:016 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons
+        to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son
+        of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated,
+        who is the firstborn:
+021:017 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated,
+        by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is
+        the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
+021:018 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey
+        the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and,
+        though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
+021:019 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,
+        and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate
+        of his place;
+021:020 and they shall tell the elders of his city, This our son
+        is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice;
+        he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
+021:021 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones:
+        so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you;
+        and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
+021:022 If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put
+        to death, and you hang him on a tree;
+021:023 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall
+        surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed
+        of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God
+        gives you for an inheritance.
+022:001 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray,
+        and hide yourself from them:  you shall surely bring them
+        again to your brother.
+022:002 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him,
+        then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall
+        be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall
+        restore it to him.
+022:003 So shall you do with his donkey; and so shall you do with
+        his garment; and so shall you do with every lost thing
+        of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found:
+        you may not hide yourself.
+022:004 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox
+        fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them:
+        you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
+022:005 A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man
+        put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is
+        an abomination to Yahweh your God.
+022:006 If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way,
+        in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs,
+        and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall
+        not take the hen with the young:
+022:007 you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take
+        to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may
+        prolong your days.
+022:008 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement
+        for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house,
+        if any man fall from there.
+022:009 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed,
+        lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown,
+        and the increase of the vineyard.
+022:010 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
+022:011 You shall not wear a mixed stuff, wool and linen together.
+022:012 You shall make yourselves fringes{or, tassles} on the four
+        borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
+022:013 If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,
+022:014 and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name
+        on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her,
+        I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
+022:015 then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother,
+        take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity
+        to the elders of the city in the gate;
+022:016 and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, I gave
+        my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
+022:017 and behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying,
+        I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;
+        and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.
+        They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
+022:018 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
+022:019 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver,
+        and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has
+        brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel:  and she shall
+        be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
+022:020 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were
+        not found in the young lady;
+022:021 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door
+        of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone
+        her to death with stones, because she has done folly
+        in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house:
+        so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
+022:022 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband,
+        then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman,
+        and the woman:  so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
+022:023 If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married
+        to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
+022:024 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city,
+        and you shall stone them to death with stones;
+        the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city;
+        and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife:
+        so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
+022:025 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married
+        in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her;
+        then the man only who lay with her shall die:
+022:026 but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin
+        worthy of death:  for as when a man rises against his neighbor,
+        and kills him, even so is this matter;
+022:027 for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married
+        lady cried, and there was none to save her.
+022:028 If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged
+        to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her,
+        and they be found;
+022:029 then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father
+        fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife,
+        because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
+022:030 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover
+        his father's skirt.
+023:001 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off,
+        shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
+023:002 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh;
+        even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into
+        the assembly of Yahweh.
+023:003 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly
+        of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging
+        to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
+023:004 because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way,
+        when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired
+        against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia,
+        to curse you.
+023:005 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam;
+        but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you,
+        because Yahweh your God loved you.
+023:006 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all
+        your days forever.
+023:007 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother:
+        you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner
+        in his land.
+023:008 The children of the third generation who are born to them
+        shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
+023:009 When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall
+        keep you from every evil thing.
+023:010 If there be among you any man, who is not clean by reason
+        of that which happens him by night, then shall he go abroad
+        out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
+023:011 but it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe
+        himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come
+        within the camp.
+023:012 You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you
+        shall go forth abroad:
+023:013 and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be,
+        when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall
+        turn back and cover that which comes from you:
+023:014 for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp,
+        to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you;
+        therefore shall your camp be holy, that he may not see
+        an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
+023:015 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped
+        from his master to you:
+023:016 he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which
+        he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best:
+        you shall not oppress him.
+023:017 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel,
+        neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
+023:018 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages
+        of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow:
+        for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
+023:019 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money,
+        interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
+023:020 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother
+        you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless
+        you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you
+        go in to possess it.
+023:021 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack
+        to pay it:  for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you;
+        and it would be sin in you.
+023:022 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.
+023:023 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do;
+        according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering,
+        which you have promised with your mouth.
+023:024 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat
+        of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not
+        put any in your vessel.
+023:025 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you
+        may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move
+        a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
+024:001 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be,
+        if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some
+        unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce,
+        and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
+024:002 When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be
+        another man's [wife].
+024:003 If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce,
+        and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house;
+        or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
+024:004 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again
+        to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination
+        before Yahweh:  and you shall not cause the land to sin,
+        which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
+024:005 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army,
+        neither shall he be charged with any business:
+        he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife
+        whom he has taken.
+024:006 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge;
+        for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
+024:007 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children
+        of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him;
+        then that thief shall die:  so shall you put away the evil
+        from the midst of you.
+024:008 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently,
+        and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall
+        teach you:  as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
+024:009 Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you
+        came forth out of Egypt.
+024:010 When you do lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall
+        not go into his house to get his pledge.
+024:011 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall
+        bring forth the pledge outside to you.
+024:012 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
+024:013 you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun
+        goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you:
+        and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
+024:014 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy,
+        whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are
+        in your land within your gates:
+024:015 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun
+        go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it:
+        lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
+024:016 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children,
+        neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:
+        every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
+024:017 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner,
+        [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
+024:018 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt,
+        and Yahweh your God redeemed you there:  therefore I command
+        you to do this thing.
+024:019 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot
+        a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it:
+        it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for
+        the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work
+        of your hands.
+024:020 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the
+        boughs again:  it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless,
+        and for the widow.
+024:021 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall
+        not glean it after you:  it shall be for the foreigner,
+        for the fatherless, and for the widow.
+024:022 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt:
+        therefore I command you to do this thing.
+025:001 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment,
+        and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous,
+        and condemn the wicked;
+025:002 and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten,
+        that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten
+        before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
+025:003 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he
+        should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes,
+        then your brother should seem vile to you.
+025:004 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].
+025:005 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son,
+        the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger:
+        her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him
+        as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
+025:006 It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed
+        in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be
+        blotted out of Israel.
+025:007 If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his
+        brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say,
+        My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother
+        a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's
+        brother to me.
+025:008 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him:
+        and if he stand, and say, I don't want to take her;
+025:009 then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence
+        of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit
+        in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done
+        to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
+025:010 His name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has
+        his shoe untied.
+025:011 When men strive together one with another, and the wife
+        of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand
+        of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes
+        him by the secrets;
+025:012 then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.
+025:013 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great
+        and a small.
+025:014 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great
+        and a small.
+025:015 A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just
+        measure shall you have:  that your days may be long in the land
+        which Yahweh your God gives you.
+025:016 For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously,
+        are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
+025:017 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth
+        out of Egypt;
+025:018 how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you,
+        all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary;
+        and he didn't fear God.
+025:019 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you
+        rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which
+        Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it,
+        that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky;
+        you shall not forget.
+026:001 It shall be, when you are come in to the land which Yahweh
+        your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it,
+        and dwell therein,
+026:002 that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground,
+        which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God
+        gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go
+        to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
+        his name to dwell there.
+026:003 You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days,
+        and tell him, I profess this day to Yahweh your God,
+        that I am come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers
+        to give us.
+026:004 The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it
+        down before the altar of Yahweh your God.
+026:005 You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian
+        ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt,
+        and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there
+        a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
+026:006 The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid
+        on us hard bondage:
+026:007 and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and Yahweh
+        heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil,
+        and our oppression;
+026:008 and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
+        and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror,
+        and with signs, and with wonders;
+026:009 and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land,
+        a land flowing with milk and honey.
+026:010 Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground,
+        which you, Yahweh, have given me.  You shall set it down
+        before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God.
+026:011 You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God
+        has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite,
+        and the foreigner who is in the midst of you.
+026:012 When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your
+        increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing,
+        then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner,
+        to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within
+        your gates, and be filled.
+026:013 You shall say before Yahweh your God, I have put away the holy
+        things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite,
+        and to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow,
+        according to all your commandment which you have commanded me:
+        I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have
+        I forgotten them:
+026:014 I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put
+        away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead:
+        I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done
+        according to all that you have commanded me.
+026:015 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless
+        your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us,
+        as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
+026:016 This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes
+        and ordinances:  you shall therefore keep and do them with all
+        your heart, and with all your soul.
+026:017 You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would
+        walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments,
+        and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
+026:018 and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his
+        own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should
+        keep all his commandments;
+026:019 and to make you high above all nations that he has made,
+        in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be
+        a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
+027:001 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,
+        Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
+027:002 It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan
+        to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall
+        set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
+027:003 and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you
+        are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh
+        your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey,
+        as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
+027:004 It shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you
+        shall set up these stones, which I command you this day,
+        in Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
+027:005 There shall you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar
+        of stones:  you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.
+027:006 You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones;
+        and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:
+027:007 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there;
+        and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.
+027:008 You shall write on the stones all the words of this
+        law very plainly.
+027:009 Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying,
+        Keep silence, and listen, Israel:  this day you are become
+        the people of Yahweh your God.
+027:010 You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
+        and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command
+        you this day.
+027:011 Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
+027:012 These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people,
+        when you are passed over the Jordan:  Simeon, and Levi,
+        and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
+027:013 These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse:  Reuben, Gad,
+        and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
+027:014 The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Israel
+        with a loud voice,
+027:015 Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image,
+        an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman,
+        and sets it up in secret.  All the people shall answer
+        and say, Amen.
+027:016 Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:017 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:018 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:019 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner,
+        fatherless, and widow.  All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:020 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has
+        uncovered his father's skirt.  All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:021 Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:022 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father,
+        or the daughter of his mother.  All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:023 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people
+        shall say, Amen.
+027:024 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:025 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+027:026 Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them.
+        All the people shall say, Amen.
+028:001 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice
+        of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments
+        which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set
+        you on high above all the nations of the earth:
+028:002 and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you,
+        if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
+028:003 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be
+        in the field.
+028:004 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground,
+        and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock,
+        and the young of your flock.
+028:005 Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.
+028:006 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you
+        be when you go out.
+028:007 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be
+        struck before you:  they shall come out against you one way,
+        and shall flee before you seven ways.
+028:008 Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns,
+        and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you
+        in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
+028:009 Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself,
+        as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments
+        of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
+028:010 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called
+        by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.
+028:011 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body,
+        and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground,
+        in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
+028:012 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky,
+        to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all
+        the work of your hand:  and you shall lend to many nations,
+        and you shall not borrow.
+028:013 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail;
+        and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath;
+        if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God,
+        which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
+028:014 and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I
+        command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left,
+        to go after other gods to serve them.
+028:015 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice
+        of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments
+        and his statutes which I command you this day, that all
+        these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
+028:016 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be
+        in the field.
+028:017 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.
+028:018 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground,
+        the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
+028:019 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you
+        be when you go out.
+028:020 Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke,
+        in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed,
+        and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings,
+        by which you have forsaken me.
+028:021 Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he has
+        consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
+028:022 Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever,
+        and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword,
+        and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you
+        until you perish.
+028:023 Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth
+        that is under you shall be iron.
+028:024 Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust:
+        from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
+028:025 Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies;
+        you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven
+        ways before them:  and you shall be tossed back and forth
+        among all the kingdoms of the earth.
+028:026 Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky,
+        and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none
+        to frighten them away.
+028:027 Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors,
+        and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can
+        not be healed.
+028:028 Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness,
+        and with astonishment of heart;
+028:029 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes
+        in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways:
+        and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there
+        shall be none to save you.
+028:030 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:
+        you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein:
+        you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.
+028:031 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall
+        not eat of it:  your donkey shall be violently taken away
+        from before your face, and shall not be restored to you:
+        your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall
+        have none to save you.
+028:032 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people;
+        and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all
+        the day:  and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
+028:033 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation
+        which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed
+        and crushed always;
+028:034 so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which
+        you shall see.
+028:035 Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs,
+        with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole
+        of your foot to the crown of your head.
+028:036 Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you,
+        to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers;
+        and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.
+028:037 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,
+        among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
+028:038 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather
+        little in; for the locust shall consume it.
+028:039 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall
+        neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes];
+        for the worm shall eat them.
+028:040 You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders,
+        but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive
+        shall cast [its fruit].
+028:041 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours;
+        for they shall go into captivity.
+028:042 All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
+028:043 The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above
+        you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
+028:044 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him:
+        he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
+028:045 All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you,
+        and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't
+        listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments
+        and his statutes which he commanded you:
+028:046 and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder,
+        and on your seed forever.
+028:047 Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness,
+        and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance
+        of all things;
+028:048 therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send
+        against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness,
+        and in want of all things:  and he shall put a yoke of iron
+        on your neck, until he have destroyed you.
+028:049 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end
+        of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language
+        you shall not understand;
+028:050 a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not regard
+        the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
+028:051 and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of
+        your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave
+        you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock,
+        or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
+028:052 They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high
+        and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted,
+        throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all
+        your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God
+        has given you.
+028:053 You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons
+        and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you,
+        in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies
+        shall distress you.
+028:054 The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall
+        be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom,
+        and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
+028:055 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his
+        children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him,
+        in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall
+        distress you in all your gates.
+028:056 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure
+        to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness
+        and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband
+        of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
+028:057 and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet,
+        and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall
+        eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege
+        and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you
+        in your gates.
+028:058 If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that
+        are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious
+        and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;
+028:059 then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues
+        of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance,
+        and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
+028:060 He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt,
+        which you were afraid of; and they shall cleave to you.
+028:061 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written
+        in the book of this law, them will Yahweh bring on you,
+        until you are destroyed.
+028:062 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars
+        of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice
+        of Yahweh your God.
+028:063 It shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good,
+        and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause
+        you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked
+        from off the land where you go in to possess it.
+028:064 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one
+        end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
+        and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known,
+        you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
+028:065 Among these nations shall you find no ease, and there
+        shall be no rest for the sole of your foot:  but Yahweh
+        will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes,
+        and pining of soul;
+028:066 and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall
+        fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
+028:067 In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even
+        you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your
+        heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes
+        which you shall see.
+028:068 Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way
+        of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again:
+        and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for
+        bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.
+029:001 These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded
+        Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,
+        besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
+029:002 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen
+        all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt
+        to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
+029:003 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs,
+        and those great wonders:
+029:004 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see,
+        and ears to hear, to this day.
+029:005 I have led you forty years in the wilderness:  your clothes
+        have not grown old on you, and your shoe has not grown old
+        on your foot.
+029:006 You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink;
+        that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
+029:007 When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon,
+        and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle,
+        and we struck them:
+029:008 and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance
+        to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe
+        of the Manassites.
+029:009 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,
+        that you may prosper in all that you do.
+029:010 You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God;
+        your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers,
+        even all the men of Israel,
+029:011 your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is
+        in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood
+        to the one who draws your water;
+029:012 that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God,
+        and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;
+029:013 that he may establish you this day to himself for a people,
+        and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you,
+        and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
+        and to Jacob.
+029:014 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
+029:015 but with him who stands here with us this day before Yahweh
+        our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day
+029:016 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came
+        through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
+029:017 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols,
+        wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
+029:018 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family,
+        or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God,
+        to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should
+        be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
+029:019 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse,
+        that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,
+        though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy
+        the moist with the dry.
+029:020 Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh
+        and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all
+        the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him,
+        and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
+029:021 Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
+        according to all the curses of the covenant that is written
+        in this book of the law.
+029:022 The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you,
+        and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say,
+        when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
+        with which Yahweh has made it sick;
+029:023 [and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning,
+        [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein,
+        like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim,
+        which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
+029:024 even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus
+        to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
+029:025 Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh,
+        the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought
+        them forth out of the land of Egypt,
+029:026 and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that
+        they didn't know, and that he had not given to them:
+029:027 therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land,
+        to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;
+029:028 and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath,
+        and in great indignation, and cast them into another land,
+        as at this day.
+029:029 The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things
+        that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever,
+        that we may do all the words of this law.
+030:001 It shall happen, when all these things are come on you,
+        the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you,
+        and you shall call them to mind among all the nations,
+        where Yahweh your God has driven you,
+030:002 and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice
+        according to all that I command you this day, you and your children,
+        with all your heart, and with all your soul;
+030:003 that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have
+        compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all
+        the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
+030:004 If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of
+        the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you,
+        and from there he will bring you back:
+030:005 and Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your
+        fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do
+        you good, and multiply you above your fathers.
+030:006 Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart
+        of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart,
+        and with all your soul, that you may live.
+030:007 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies,
+        and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
+030:008 You shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his
+        commandments which I command you this day.
+030:009 Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work
+        of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit
+        of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good:
+        for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced
+        over your fathers;
+030:010 if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his
+        commandments and his statutes which are written in this book
+        of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart,
+        and with all your soul.
+030:011 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not
+        too hard for you, neither is it far off.
+030:012 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up
+        for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it,
+        that we may do it?
+030:013 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go
+        over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it,
+        that we may do it?
+030:014 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart,
+        that you may do it.
+030:015 Behold, I have set before you this day life and good,
+        and death and evil;
+030:016 in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God,
+        to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his
+        statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply,
+        and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you
+        go in to possess it.
+030:017 But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall
+        be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
+030:018 I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish;
+        you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass
+        over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
+030:019 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I
+        have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse:
+        therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
+030:020 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him;
+        for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you
+        may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
+        to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
+031:001 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
+031:002 He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day;
+        I can no more go out and come in:  and Yahweh has said to me,
+        You shall not go over this Jordan.
+031:003 Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy
+        these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them:
+        [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
+031:004 Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings
+        of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
+031:005 Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them
+        according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
+031:006 Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared
+        of them:  for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you;
+        he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
+031:007 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of
+        all Israel, Be strong and of good courage:  for you shall
+        go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn
+        to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them
+        to inherit it.
+031:008 Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you,
+        he will not fail you, neither forsake you:  don't be afraid,
+        neither be dismayed.
+031:009 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons
+        of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
+        and to all the elders of Israel.
+031:010 Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years,
+        in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
+031:011 when all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh your God
+        in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law
+        before all Israel in their hearing.
+031:012 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones,
+        and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they
+        may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God,
+        and observe to do all the words of this law;
+031:013 and that their children, who have not known, may hear,
+        and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live
+        in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
+031:014 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die:
+        call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting,
+        that I may give him a charge.  Moses and Joshua went,
+        and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
+031:015 Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud:
+        and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
+031:016 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers;
+        and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after
+        the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them,
+        and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have
+        made with them.
+031:017 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day,
+        and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them,
+        and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles
+        shall come on them; so that they will say in that day,
+        Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?
+031:018 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they
+        shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
+031:019 Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it
+        the children of Israel:  put it in their mouths, that this
+        song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
+031:020 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I
+        swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey,
+        and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat;
+        then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me,
+        and break my covenant.
+031:021 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them,
+        that this song shall testify before them as a witness;
+        for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed:
+        for I know their imagination which they frame this day,
+        before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
+031:022 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it
+        the children of Israel.
+031:023 He gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said,
+        Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring
+        the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them:
+        and I will be with you.
+031:024 It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words
+        of this law in a book, until they were finished,
+031:025 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant
+        of Yahweh, saying,
+031:026 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark
+        of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there
+        for a witness against you.
+031:027 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck:  behold, while I
+        am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious
+        against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
+031:028 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers,
+        that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven
+        and earth to witness against them.
+031:029 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves,
+        and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
+        and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you
+        will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
+        him to anger through the work of your hands.
+031:030 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words
+        of this song, until they were finished.
+032:001 Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak.  Let the earth hear
+        the words of my mouth.
+032:002 My doctrine shall drop as the rain.  My speech shall
+        condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass,
+        as the showers on the herb.
+032:003 For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh.  Ascribe greatness
+        to our God!
+032:004 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice:
+        a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
+032:005 They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not
+        his children, [it is] their blemish.  [They are] a perverse
+        and crooked generation.
+032:006 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise?
+        Isn't he your father who has bought you?  He has made you,
+        and established you.
+032:007 Remember the days of old.  Consider the years of many generations.
+        Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they
+        will tell you.
+032:008 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
+        when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of
+        the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
+032:009 For Yahweh's portion is his people.  Jacob is the lot
+        of his inheritance.
+032:010 He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness.
+        He surrounded him.  He cared for him.  He kept him as the apple
+        of his eye.
+032:011 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young,
+        he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them
+        on his feathers.
+032:012 Yahweh alone led him.  There was no foreign god with him.
+032:013 He made him ride on the high places of the earth.
+        He ate the increase of the field.  He caused him to suck
+        honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
+032:014 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of
+        the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat.
+        Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
+032:015 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.  You have grown fat.
+        You have grown thick.  You have become sleek.
+        Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock
+        of his salvation.
+032:016 They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]. They provoked
+        him to anger with abominations.
+032:017 They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods
+        that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late,
+        which your fathers didn't dread.
+032:018 Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful,
+        and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
+032:019 Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], because of the provocation
+        of his sons and his daughters.
+032:020 He said, I will hide my face from them.  I will see what their
+        end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation,
+        children in whom is no faithfulness.
+032:021 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God.
+        They have provoked me to anger with their vanities.
+        I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people.
+        I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
+032:022 For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest
+        Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets
+        the foundations of the mountains on fire.
+032:023 I will heap evils on them.  I will spend my arrows on them.
+032:024 [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning
+        heat and bitter destruction.  I will send the teeth of animals
+        on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
+032:025 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both
+        young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.
+032:026 I said, I would scatter them afar.  I would make the memory
+        of them to cease from among men;
+032:027 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
+        lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say,
+        Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.
+032:028 For they are a nation void of counsel.  There is no
+        understanding in them.
+032:029 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they
+        would consider their latter end!
+032:030 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand
+        to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had
+        delivered them up?
+032:031 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies
+        themselves being judges.
+032:032 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah.
+        Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
+032:033 Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
+032:034 Isn't this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
+032:035 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their
+        foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand.
+        The things that are to come on them shall make haste.
+032:036 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion
+        on his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone,
+        There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
+032:037 He will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which
+        they took refuge;
+032:038 Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine
+        of their drink offering?  Let them rise up and help you!
+        Let them be your protection.
+032:039 See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me.
+        I kill, and I make alive.  I wound, and I heal.
+        There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
+032:040 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
+032:041 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
+        I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense
+        those who hate me.
+032:042 I will make my arrows drunk with blood.  My sword shall
+        devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives,
+        from the head of the leaders of the enemy.
+032:043 Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people, for he will avenge
+        the blood of his servants.  He will render vengeance
+        to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land,
+        for his people.
+032:044 Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears
+        of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
+032:045 Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
+032:046 He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I
+        testify to you this day, which you shall command your children
+        to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
+032:047 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life,
+        and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land,
+        where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
+032:048 Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
+032:049 Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo,
+        which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho;
+        and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children
+        of Israel for a possession;
+032:050 and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered
+        to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor,
+        and was gathered to his people:
+032:051 because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children
+        of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness
+        of Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of
+        the children of Israel.
+032:052 For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go
+        there into the land which I give the children of Israel.
+033:001 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed
+        the children of Israel before his death.
+033:002 He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them.
+        He shone forth from Mount Paran.  He came from the ten thousands
+        of holy ones.  At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
+033:003 Yes, he loves the people.  All his saints are in your hand.
+        They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive
+        of your words.
+033:004 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
+033:005 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered,
+        All the tribes of Israel together.
+033:006 Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
+033:007 This is [the blessing] of Judah:  and he said, Hear, Yahweh,
+        the voice of Judah.  Bring him in to his people.
+        With his hands he contended for himself.  You shall be a help
+        against his adversaries.
+033:008 Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your
+        godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove
+        at the waters of Meribah;
+033:009 who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him;
+        Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know
+        his own children:  For they have observed your word,
+        and keep your covenant.
+033:010 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law.
+        They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering
+        on your altar.
+033:011 Yahweh, bless his substance.  Accept the work of his hands.
+        Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him,
+        of those who hate him, that they not rise again.
+033:012 Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell
+        in safety by him.  He covers him all the day long.
+        He dwells between his shoulders.
+033:013 Of Joseph he said, His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the
+        precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep
+        that couches beneath,
+033:014 for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious
+        things of the growth of the moons,
+033:015 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious
+        things of the everlasting hills,
+033:016 for the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
+        the good will of him who lived in the bush{i. e.
+        the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4.}. Let [the blessing] come
+        on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was
+        separate from his brothers.
+033:017 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his.  His horns are
+        the horns of the wild ox.  With them he shall push the peoples
+        all of them, [even] the ends of the earth:  They are the ten
+        thousands of Ephraim.  They are the thousands of Manasseh.
+033:018 Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;
+        and Issachar, in your tents.
+033:019 They shall call the peoples to the mountain.  There they will
+        offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out
+        the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.
+033:020 Of Gad he said, He who enlarges Gad is blessed.
+        He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown
+        of the head.
+033:021 He provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's
+        portion reserved.  He came [with] the heads of the people.
+        He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.
+033:022 Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan.
+033:023 Of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of
+        the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south.
+033:024 Of Asher he said, Asher is blessed with children.
+        Let him be acceptable to his brothers.  Let him dip his
+        foot in oil.
+033:025 Your bars shall be iron and brass.  As your days, so shall
+        your strength be.
+033:026 There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens
+        for your help, In his excellency on the skies.
+033:027 The eternal God is [your] dwelling place.  Underneath are
+        the everlasting arms.  He thrust out the enemy from before you,
+        and said, Destroy.
+033:028 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land
+        of grain and new wine.  Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
+033:029 You are happy, Israel.  Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh,
+        the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency!
+        Your enemies shall submit themselves to you.  You shall tread
+        on their high places.
+034:001 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,
+        to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
+        Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
+034:002 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
+        and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
+034:003 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city
+        of palm trees, to Zoar.
+034:004 Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham,
+        to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed:
+        I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall
+        not go over there.
+034:005 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab,
+        according to the word of Yahweh.
+034:006 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against
+        Beth Peor:  but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
+034:007 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died:
+        his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
+034:008 The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
+        thirty days:  so the days of weeping in the mourning for
+        Moses were ended.
+034:009 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom;
+        for Moses had laid his hands on him:  and the children of Israel
+        listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+034:010 There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses,
+        whom Yahweh knew face to face,
+034:011 in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent him to do
+        in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants,
+        and to all his land,
+034:012 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror,
+        which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
+Book 06 Joshua
+001:001 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,
+        that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
+001:002 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
+        you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them,
+        even to the children of Israel.
+001:003 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will
+        tread on, as I told Moses.
+001:004 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river,
+        the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites,
+        and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
+        shall be your border.
+001:005 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life.
+        As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.  I will not fail
+        you nor forsake you.
+001:006 Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this
+        people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers
+        to give them.
+001:007 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according
+        to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you.
+        Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left,
+        that you may have good success wherever you go.
+001:008 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth,
+        but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may
+        observe to do according to all that is written therein:
+        for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you
+        shall have good success.
+001:009 Haven't I commanded you?  Be strong and of good courage.
+        Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed:  for Yahweh your God
+        is with you wherever you go.
+001:010 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
+001:011 "Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people,
+        saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass
+        over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh
+        your God gives you to possess it.'"
+001:012 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to
+        the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
+001:013 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh
+        commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God gives you rest,
+        and will give you this land.
+001:014 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live
+        in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you
+        shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty
+        men of valor, and shall help them
+001:015 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you,
+        and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God
+        gives them.  Then you shall return to the land of your possession,
+        and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you
+        beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.'"
+001:016 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us
+        we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
+001:017 Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you.
+        Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
+001:018 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to your
+        words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death.
+        Only be strong and of good courage."
+002:001 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim
+        as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho."
+        They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name
+        was Rahab, and slept there.
+002:002 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children
+        of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."
+002:003 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men
+        who have come to you, who have entered into your house;
+        for they have come to spy out all the land."
+002:004 The woman took the two men and hid them.  Then she said, "Yes,
+        the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
+002:005 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it
+        was dark, that the men went out.  Where the men went, I don't know.
+        Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."
+002:006 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with
+        the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
+002:007 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords:
+        and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out,
+        they shut the gate.
+002:008 Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
+002:009 and she said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given
+        you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us,
+        and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
+002:010 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the
+        Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} before you, when you came out of Egypt;
+        and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
+        the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
+002:011 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did
+        there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you:
+        for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above,
+        and on earth beneath.
+002:012 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt
+        kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my
+        father's house, and give me a true token;
+002:013 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers,
+        and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver
+        our lives from death."
+002:014 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't talk
+        about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives
+        us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
+002:015 Then she let them down by a cord through the window;
+        for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived
+        on the wall.
+002:016 She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you;
+        and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers
+        have returned.  Afterward, you may go your way."
+002:017 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath
+        which you have made us to swear.
+002:018 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line
+        of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by.
+        You shall gather to yourself into the house your father,
+        your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
+002:019 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into
+        the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless.
+        Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head,
+        if any hand is on him.
+002:020 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall
+        be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."
+002:021 She said, "According to your words, so be it."  She sent them away,
+        and they departed.  She tied the scarlet line in the window.
+002:022 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days,
+        until the pursuers had returned.  The pursuers sought them
+        throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
+002:023 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain,
+        passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told
+        him all that had happened to them.
+002:024 They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands
+        all the land.  Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt
+        away before us."
+003:001 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim,
+        and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel.
+        They lodged there before they passed over.
+003:002 It happened after three days, that the officers went through
+        the midst of the camp;
+003:003 and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark
+        of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests
+        the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place,
+        and follow it.
+003:004 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
+        thousand cubits by measure.  Don't come near to it, that you
+        may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed
+        this way before."
+003:005 Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow
+        Yahweh will do wonders among you."
+003:006 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark
+        of the covenant, and pass over before the people."
+        They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
+003:007 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you
+        in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I
+        was with Moses, so I will be with you.
+003:008 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant,
+        saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan,
+        you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"
+003:009 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear
+        the words of Yahweh your God."
+003:010 Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is
+        among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite,
+        and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite,
+        and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out
+        from before you.
+003:011 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
+        passes over before you into the Jordan.
+003:012 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,
+        for every tribe a man.
+003:013 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests
+        who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth,
+        rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan
+        will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above;
+        and they shall stand in one heap."
+003:014 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass
+        over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
+        being before the people,
+003:015 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan,
+        and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped
+        in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its
+        banks all the time of harvest),
+003:016 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose
+        up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is
+        beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea
+        of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off.
+        Then the people passed over right against Jericho.
+003:017 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
+        stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan;
+        and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation
+        had passed completely over the Jordan.
+004:001 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over
+        the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
+004:002 "Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
+004:003 and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of
+        the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm,
+        twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them
+        down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"
+004:004 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared
+        of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
+004:005 Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your
+        God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up
+        a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number
+        of the tribes of the children of Israel;
+004:006 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask
+        in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'
+004:007 then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan
+        were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
+        When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were
+        cut off.  These stones shall be for a memorial to the children
+        of Israel forever.'"
+004:008 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve
+        stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua,
+        according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
+        and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged,
+        and laid them down there.
+004:009 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan,
+        in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark
+        of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
+004:010 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan,
+        until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak
+        to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua;
+        and the people hurried and passed over.
+004:011 It happened, when all the people had completely passed over,
+        that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests,
+        in the presence of the people.
+004:012 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe
+        of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel,
+        as Moses spoke to them.
+004:013 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed
+        over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
+004:014 On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
+        and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days
+        of his life.
+004:015 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
+004:016 "Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony,
+        that they come up out of the Jordan."
+004:017 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out
+        of the Jordan!"
+004:018 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
+        of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan,
+        and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground,
+        that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place,
+        and went over all its banks, as before.
+004:019 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day
+        of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east
+        border of Jericho.
+004:020 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of
+        the Jordan, n Gilgal.
+004:021 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your
+        children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do
+        these stones mean?'
+004:022 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came
+        over this Jordan on dry land.
+004:023 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from
+        before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God
+        did to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}, which he dried up
+        from before us, until we had passed over;
+004:024 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh,
+        that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.'"
+005:001 It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond
+        the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,
+        who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up
+        the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel,
+        until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was
+        there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
+005:002 At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives,
+        and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."
+005:003 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children
+        of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
+005:004 This is the reason Joshua circumcised:  all the people who came
+        out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war,
+        died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
+005:005 For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all
+        the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they
+        came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
+005:006 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,
+        until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt,
+        were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh.
+        Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land
+        which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us,
+        a land flowing with milk and honey.
+005:007 Their children, whom he raised up in their place,
+        were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised,
+        because they had not circumcised them on the way.
+005:008 It happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation,
+        that they stayed in their places in the camp until
+        they were healed.
+005:009 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach
+        of Egypt from off you."  Therefore the name of that place
+        was called Gilgal,{"Gilgal" sounds like the Hebrew for "roll."
+        } to this day.
+005:010 The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal.  They kept
+        the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening
+        in the plains of Jericho.
+005:011 They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce
+        of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.
+005:012 The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce
+        of the land.  The children of Israel didn't have manna any more;
+        but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
+005:013 It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up
+        his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him
+        with his sword drawn in his hand.  Joshua went to him,
+        and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
+005:014 He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army."
+        Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped,
+        and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"
+005:015 The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes
+        off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy."
+        Joshua did so.
+006:001 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel.
+        No one went out, and no one came in.
+006:002 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand,
+        with its king and the mighty men of valor.
+006:003 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around
+        the city once.  You shall do this six days.
+006:004 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
+        the ark.  On the seventh day, you shall march around the city
+        seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
+006:005 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn,
+        and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
+        shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city
+        shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man
+        straight before him."
+006:006 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them,
+        "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear
+        seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."
+006:007 They said to the people, "Advance!  March around the city,
+        and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."
+006:008 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people,
+        the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
+        horns before Yahweh advanced, and blew the trumpets;
+        and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
+006:009 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets,
+        and the ark went after them.  The trumpets sounded as they went.
+006:010 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout,
+        nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed
+        out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout.
+        Then you shall shout."
+006:011 So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city,
+        going about it once.  Then they came into the camp, and lodged
+        in the camp.
+006:012 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up
+        the ark of Yahweh.
+006:013 The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'
+        horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually,
+        and blew the trumpets:  and the armed men went before them.
+        The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh.  The trumpets
+        sounded as they went.
+006:014 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned
+        into the camp.  They did this six days.
+006:015 It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning
+        of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times.
+        Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.
+006:016 It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets,
+        Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given
+        you the city!
+006:017 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh.
+        Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with
+        her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
+006:018 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing,
+        lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing;
+        so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
+006:019 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
+        are holy to Yahweh.  They shall come into Yahweh's treasury."
+006:020 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets.
+        It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
+        that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall
+        fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city,
+        every man straight before him, and they took the city.
+006:021 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man
+        and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey,
+        with the edge of the sword.
+006:022 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land,
+        "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there
+        the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."
+006:023 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab
+        with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had.
+        They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them
+        outside of the camp of Israel.
+006:024 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it.
+        Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass
+        and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh's house.
+006:025 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all
+        that she had, Joshua saved alive.  She lived in the midst
+        of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers,
+        whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
+006:026 Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed be
+        the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho.
+        With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation,
+        and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
+006:027 So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
+007:001 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing;
+        for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son
+        of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing:
+        and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the children of Israel.
+007:002 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven,
+        on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up
+        and spy out the land.  The men went up and spied out Ai.
+007:003 They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all
+        the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go
+        up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there;
+        for they are but few.
+007:004 So there went up there of the people about three thousand men:
+        and they fled before the men of Ai.
+007:005 The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they
+        chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck
+        them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted,
+        and became as water.
+007:006 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before
+        the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel;
+        and they put dust on their heads.
+007:007 Joshua said, Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you at all brought
+        this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand
+        of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been
+        content and lived beyond the Jordan!
+007:008 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned
+        their backs before their enemies!
+007:009 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will
+        hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name
+        from the earth:  and what will you do for your great name?
+007:010 Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen
+        on your face?
+007:011 Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my
+        covenant which I commanded them:  yes, they have even taken
+        of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also;
+        and they have even put it among their own stuff.
+007:012 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies;
+        they turn their backs before their enemies, because they
+        are become accursed:  I will not be with you any more,
+        except you destroy the devoted thing from among you.
+007:013 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves
+        against tomorrow:  for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is
+        a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand
+        before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing
+        from among you.
+007:014 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes:
+        and it shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come
+        near by families; and the family which Yahweh shall take
+        shall come near by households; and the household which Yahweh
+        shall take shall come near man by man.
+007:015 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall
+        be burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has
+        transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done
+        folly in Israel.
+007:016 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel
+        near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
+007:017 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family
+        of the Zerahites:  and he brought near the family of the Zerahites
+        man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
+007:018 and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan,
+        the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
+        of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
+007:019 Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me
+        now what you have done; don't hide it from me.
+007:020 Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned
+        against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
+007:021 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle,
+        and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold
+        of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them;
+        and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent,
+        and the silver under it.
+007:022 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold,
+        it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
+007:023 They took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them
+        to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid
+        them down before Yahweh.
+007:024 Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
+        and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold,
+        and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys,
+        and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had:
+        and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
+007:025 Joshua said, Why have you troubled us?  Yahweh shall
+        trouble you this day.  All Israel stoned him with stones;
+        and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
+007:026 They raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day;
+        and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger.
+        Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor"
+        to this day.
+008:001 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed:
+        take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up
+        to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai,
+        and his people, and his city, and his land;
+008:002 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king:
+        only the spoil of it, and the livestock of it, shall you
+        take for a prey to yourselves:  set you an ambush for the
+        city behind it.
+008:003 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai:
+        and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor,
+        and sent them forth by night.
+008:004 He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush against
+        the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city,
+        but be all ready:
+008:005 and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city.
+        It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first,
+        that we will flee before them;
+008:006 and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them
+        away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us,
+        as at the first:  so we will flee before them;
+008:007 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of
+        the city:  for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
+008:008 It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set
+        the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do:
+        behold, I have commanded you.
+008:009 Joshua sent them forth; and they went to set up the ambush,
+        and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai:
+        but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
+008:010 Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,
+        and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
+008:011 All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him,
+        went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped
+        on the north side of Ai:  now there was a valley between
+        him and Ai.
+008:012 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between
+        Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
+008:013 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north
+        of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city;
+        and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
+008:014 It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried
+        and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against
+        Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
+        before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush
+        against him behind the city.
+008:015 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
+        and fled by the way of the wilderness.
+008:016 All the people who were in the city were called together
+        to pursue after them:  and they pursued after Joshua,
+        and were drawn away from the city.
+008:017 There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn't
+        go out after Israel:  and they left the city open,
+        and pursued after Israel.
+008:018 Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in
+        your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand.
+        Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand
+        toward the city.
+008:019 The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon
+        as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city,
+        and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire.
+008:020 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold,
+        the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no
+        power to flee this way or that way:  and the people who fled
+        to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
+008:021 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
+        and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,
+        and killed the men of Ai.
+008:022 The others came forth out of the city against them;
+        so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side,
+        and some on that side:  and they struck them, so that they
+        let none of them remain or escape.
+008:023 The king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
+008:024 It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the
+        inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they
+        pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword,
+        until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai,
+        and struck it with the edge of the sword.
+008:025 All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand,
+        even all the men of Ai.
+008:026 For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched
+        out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the
+        inhabitants of Ai.
+008:027 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took
+        for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh
+        which he commanded Joshua.
+008:028 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation,
+        to this day.
+008:029 The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening:
+        and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they
+        took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance
+        of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap
+        of stones, to this day.
+008:030 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        in Mount Ebal,
+008:031 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel,
+        as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar
+        of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron:
+        and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh,
+        and sacrificed peace offerings.
+008:032 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses,
+        which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.
+008:033 All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges,
+        stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests
+        the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
+        as well the foreigner as the native; half of them in front
+        of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal;
+        as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first,
+        that they should bless the people of Israel.
+008:034 Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing
+        and the curse, according to all that is written in the book
+        of the law.
+008:035 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua
+        didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women,
+        and the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.
+009:001 It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan,
+        in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore
+        of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite,
+        the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
+        heard of it;
+009:002 that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua
+        and with Israel, with one accord.
+009:003 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
+        to Jericho and to Ai,
+009:004 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they
+        had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys,
+        and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,
+009:005 and old and patched shoes on their feet, and old garments on them;
+        and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become moldy.
+009:006 They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him,
+        and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country:
+        now therefore make you a covenant with us.
+009:007 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us;
+        and how shall we make a covenant with you?
+009:008 They said to Joshua, We are your servants.  Joshua said to them,
+        Who are you? and from whence come you?
+009:009 They said to him, From a very far country your servants
+        are come because of the name of Yahweh your God:
+        for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
+009:010 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites,
+        who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon,
+        and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
+009:011 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke
+        to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey,
+        and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants:
+        and now make you a covenant with us.
+009:012 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses
+        on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry,
+        and is become moldy:
+009:013 and these wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold,
+        they are torn:  and these our garments and our shoes are become
+        old by reason of the very long journey.
+009:014 The men took of their provision, and didn't ask counsel at
+        the mouth of Yahweh.
+009:015 Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them,
+        to let them live:  and the princes of the congregation
+        swore to them.
+009:016 It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant
+        with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors,
+        and that they lived among them.
+009:017 The children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on
+        the third day.  Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
+        and Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
+009:018 The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes
+        of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+        All the congregation murmured against the princes.
+009:019 But all the princes said to all the congregation,
+        We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel:
+        now therefore we may not touch them.
+009:020 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us,
+        because of the oath which we swore to them.
+009:021 The princes said to them, Let them live:  so they became
+        wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation,
+        as the princes had spoken to them.
+009:022 Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying,
+        Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you;
+        when you dwell among us?
+009:023 Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be
+        of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water
+        for the house of my God.
+009:024 They answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly
+        told your servants, how that Yahweh your God commanded
+        his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to
+        destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you;
+        therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you,
+        and have done this thing.
+009:025 Now, behold, we are in your hand:  as it seems good and right
+        to you to do to us, do.
+009:026 So did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of
+        the children of Israel, that they didn't kill them.
+009:027 That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water
+        for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day,
+        in the place which he should choose.
+010:001 Now it happened, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua
+        had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done
+        to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king;
+        and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel,
+        and were among them;
+010:002 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city,
+        as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai,
+        and all the men of it were mighty.
+010:003 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,
+        and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish,
+        and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
+010:004 Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it
+        has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
+010:005 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem,
+        the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish,
+        the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up,
+        they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon,
+        and made war against it.
+010:006 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
+        saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants;
+        come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us:
+        for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill
+        country are gathered together against us.
+010:007 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war
+        with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
+010:008 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't fear them:  for I have delivered
+        them into your hands; there shall not a man of them
+        stand before you.
+010:009 Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up
+        from Gilgal all the night.
+010:010 Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them
+        with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way
+        of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah,
+        and to Makkedah.
+010:011 It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they
+        were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down
+        great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died:
+        they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom
+        the children of Israel killed with the sword.
+010:012 Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh
+        delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel;
+        and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still
+        on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
+010:013 The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation
+        had avenged themselves of their enemies.  Isn't this written
+        in the book of Jashar?  The sun stayed in the midst of the sky,
+        and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.
+010:014 There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh
+        listened to the voice of a man:  for Yahweh fought for Israel.
+010:015 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
+010:016 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
+010:017 It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found,
+        hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
+010:018 Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave,
+        and set men by it to keep them:
+010:019 but don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost
+        of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities:
+        for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.
+010:020 It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had
+        made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter,
+        until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained
+        of them had entered into the fortified cities,
+010:021 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at
+        Makkedah in peace:  none moved his tongue against any of
+        the children of Israel.
+010:022 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth
+        those five kings to me out of the cave.
+010:023 They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out
+        of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
+        the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
+010:024 It happened, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua,
+        that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said
+        to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him,
+        Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.
+        They came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
+010:025 Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed;
+        be strong and of good courage:  for thus shall Yahweh do
+        to all your enemies against whom you fight.
+010:026 Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged
+        them on five trees:  and they were hanging on the trees
+        until the evening.
+010:027 It happened at the time of the going down of the sun,
+        that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees,
+        and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves,
+        and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
+010:028 Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge
+        of the sword, and the king of it:  he utterly destroyed them
+        and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining;
+        and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the
+        king of Jericho.
+010:029 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah,
+        and fought against Libnah:
+010:030 and Yahweh delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand
+        of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword,
+        and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining in it;
+        and he did to the king of it as he had done to the king of Jericho.
+010:031 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish,
+        and encamped against it, and fought against it:
+010:032 and Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel;
+        and he took it on the second day, and struck it with
+        the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein,
+        according to all that he had done to Libnah.
+010:033 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
+        struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
+010:034 Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon;
+        and they encamped against it, and fought against it;
+010:035 and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge
+        of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly
+        destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
+010:036 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron;
+        and they fought against it:
+010:037 and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword,
+        and the king of it, and all the cities of it, and all the souls
+        who were therein; he left none remaining, according to all
+        that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it,
+        and all the souls who were therein.
+010:038 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir,
+        and fought against it:
+010:039 and he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it;
+        and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly
+        destroyed all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining:
+        as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king of it;
+        as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king of it.
+010:040 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South,
+        and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings:
+        he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed,
+        as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
+010:041 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all
+        the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
+010:042 All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
+        because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
+010:043 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
+011:001 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent
+        to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron,
+        and to the king of Achshaph,
+011:002 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country,
+        and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland,
+        and in the heights of Dor on the west,
+011:003 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite,
+        and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
+        hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
+011:004 They went out, they and all their armies with them, much people,
+        even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude,
+        with horses and chariots very many.
+011:005 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped
+        together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
+011:006 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them;
+        for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain
+        before Israel:  you shall hamstring their horses, and burn
+        their chariots with fire.
+011:007 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them
+        by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
+011:008 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them,
+        and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim,
+        and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them,
+        until they left them none remaining.
+011:009 Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him:  he hamstrung their horses,
+        and burnt their chariots with fire.
+011:010 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck
+        the king of it with the sword:  for Hazor before was the head
+        of all those kingdoms.
+011:011 They struck all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword,
+        utterly destroying them; there was none left who breathed:
+        and he burnt Hazor with fire.
+011:012 All the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,
+        did Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of
+        the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant
+        of Yahweh commanded.
+011:013 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned
+        none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
+011:014 All the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the children
+        of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they
+        struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them,
+        neither left they any who breathed.
+011:015 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua:
+        and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that
+        Yahweh commanded Moses.
+011:016 So Joshua took all that land, the hill country, and all the South,
+        and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah,
+        and the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
+011:017 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad
+        in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon:  and all their
+        kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death.
+011:018 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
+011:019 There was not a city that made peace with the children
+        of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon:
+        they took all in battle.
+011:020 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against
+        Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them,
+        that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them,
+        as Yahweh commanded Moses.
+011:021 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the
+        hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from
+        all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country
+        of Israel:  Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
+011:022 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children
+        of Israel:  only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod,
+        did some remain.
+011:023 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh
+        spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance
+        to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes.
+        The land had rest from war.
+012:001 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of
+        Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward
+        the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon,
+        and all the Arabah eastward:
+012:002 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled
+        from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
+        and [the city that is in] the middle of the valley, and half Gilead,
+        even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
+012:003 and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to
+        the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way
+        to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
+012:004 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim,
+        who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
+012:005 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan,
+        to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites,
+        and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
+012:006 Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them:
+        and Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to
+        the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
+012:007 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children
+        of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in
+        the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir;
+        and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession
+        according to their divisions;
+012:008 in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah,
+        and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South;
+        the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
+        the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
+012:009 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
+012:010 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
+012:011 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
+012:012 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
+012:013 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
+012:014 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
+012:015 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
+012:016 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
+012:017 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
+012:018 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
+012:019 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
+012:020 the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
+012:021 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
+012:022 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
+012:023 the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim
+        in Gilgal, one;
+012:024 the king of Tirzah, one:  all the kings thirty-one.
+013:001 Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said
+        to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there
+        remains yet very much land to be possessed.
+013:002 This is the land that yet remains:  all the regions of
+        the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
+013:003 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border
+        of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites;
+        the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites,
+        the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites;
+        also the Avvim,
+013:004 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah
+        that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border
+        of the Amorites;
+013:005 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise,
+        from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
+013:006 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to
+        Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive
+        out from before the children of Israel:  only allot you it
+        to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
+013:007 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes,
+        and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
+013:008 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance,
+        which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses
+        the servant of Yahweh gave them:
+013:009 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
+        and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all
+        the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
+013:010 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned
+        in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
+013:011 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites,
+        and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
+013:012 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth
+        and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim);
+        for these did Moses strike, and drove them out.
+013:013 Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites,
+        nor the Maacathites:  but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst
+        of Israel to this day.
+013:014 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings
+        of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance,
+        as he spoke to him.
+013:015 Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according
+        to their families.
+013:016 Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley
+        of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley,
+        and all the plain by Medeba;
+013:017 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon,
+        and Bamoth Baal, and Beth Baal Meon,
+013:018 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
+013:019 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar in the mount
+        of the valley,
+013:020 and Beth Peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth,
+013:021 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
+        king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck
+        with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,
+        and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
+013:022 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children
+        of Israel kill with the sword among the rest of their slain.
+013:023 The border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border
+        [of it]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben
+        according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
+013:024 Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad,
+        according to their families.
+013:025 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead,
+        and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that
+        is before Rabbah;
+013:026 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim
+        to the border of Debir;
+013:027 and in the valley, Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Succoth,
+        and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon,
+        the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part
+        of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
+013:028 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according
+        to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
+013:029 Moses gave [inheritance] to the half-tribe of Manasseh:
+        and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh
+        according to their families.
+013:030 Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom
+        of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are
+        in Bashan, sixty cities:
+013:031 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of
+        the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir
+        the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children
+        of Machir according to their families.
+013:032 These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains
+        of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
+013:033 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance:  Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
+014:001 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel
+        took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest,
+        and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers'
+        [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel,
+        distributed to them,
+014:002 by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses,
+        for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
+014:003 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and
+        the half-tribe beyond the Jordan:  but to the Levites he gave
+        no inheritance among them.
+014:004 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
+        and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land,
+        save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their
+        livestock and for their substance.
+014:005 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did;
+        and they divided the land.
+014:006 Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal:
+        and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,
+        You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God
+        concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
+014:007 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent
+        me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him
+        word again as it was in my heart.
+014:008 Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart
+        of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
+014:009 Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon
+        your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and
+        to your children forever, because you have wholly followed
+        Yahweh my God.
+014:010 Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke,
+        these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke
+        this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness:
+        and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
+014:011 As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me:
+        as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,
+        and to go out and to come in.
+014:012 Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke
+        in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there,
+        and cities great and fortified:  it may be that Yahweh will
+        be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke.
+014:013 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son
+        of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
+014:014 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son
+        of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly
+        followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+014:015 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba;
+        [which Arba was] the greatest man among the Anakim.
+        The land had rest from war.
+015:001 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their
+        families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness
+        of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
+015:002 Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea,
+        from the bay that looks southward;
+015:003 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed
+        along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea,
+        and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned
+        about to Karka;
+015:004 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook
+        of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea:
+        this shall be your south border.
+015:005 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan.
+        The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea
+        at the end of the Jordan;
+015:006 and the border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by
+        the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone
+        of Bohan the son of Reuben;
+015:007 and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor,
+        and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against
+        the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river;
+        and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh,
+        and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
+015:008 and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom
+        to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem);
+        and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies
+        before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost
+        part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
+015:009 and the border extended from the top of the mountain
+        to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to
+        the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah
+        (the same is Kiriath Jearim);
+015:010 and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir,
+        and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north
+        (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh,
+        and passed along by Timnah;
+015:011 and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward;
+        and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along
+        to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings
+        out of the border were at the sea.
+015:012 The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it].
+        This is the border of the children of Judah round about
+        according to their families.
+015:013 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children
+        of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua,
+        even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak
+        (the same is Hebron).
+015:014 Caleb drove out there the three sons of Anak:  Sheshai, and Ahiman,
+        and Talmai, the children of Anak.
+015:015 He went up there against the inhabitants of Debir:
+        now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
+015:016 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it,
+        to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
+015:017 Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it:
+        and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
+015:018 It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask
+        of her father a field:  and she alighted from off her donkey;
+        and Caleb said, What would you?
+015:019 She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me
+        in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.
+        He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
+015:020 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
+        according to their families.
+015:021 The uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
+        toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel,
+        and Eder, and Jagur,
+015:022 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
+015:023 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
+015:024 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
+015:025 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the same is Hazor),
+015:026 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
+015:027 and Hazar Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth Pelet,
+015:028 and Hazar Shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,
+015:029 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
+015:030 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
+015:031 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
+015:032 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon:  all the cities
+        are twenty-nine, with their villages.
+015:033 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
+015:034 and Zanoah, and En Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
+015:035 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
+015:036 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
+        fourteen cities with their villages.
+015:037 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal Gad,
+015:038 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
+015:039 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
+015:040 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
+015:041 and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah;
+        sixteen cities with their villages.
+015:042 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
+015:043 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
+015:044 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities
+        with their villages.
+015:045 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
+015:046 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod,
+        with their villages.
+015:047 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and
+        its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea,
+        and the border [of it].
+015:048 In the hill country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
+015:049 and Dannah, and Kiriath Sannah (the same is Debir),
+015:050 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
+015:051 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
+015:052 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
+015:053 and Janim, and Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah,
+015:054 and Humtah, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior;
+        nine cities with their villages.
+015:055 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
+015:056 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
+015:057 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
+015:058 Halhul, Beth Zur, and Gedor,
+015:059 and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities
+        with their villages.
+015:060 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah;
+        two cities with their villages.
+015:061 In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
+015:062 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities
+        with their villages.
+015:063 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children
+        of Judah couldn't drive them out:  but the Jebusites dwell
+        with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
+016:001 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan
+        at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east,
+        even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill
+        country to Bethel;
+016:002 and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border
+        of the Archites to Ataroth;
+016:003 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites,
+        to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer;
+        and the goings out of it were at the sea.
+016:004 The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
+016:005 The border of the children of Ephraim according to their
+        families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward
+        was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper;
+016:006 and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north;
+        and the border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh,
+        and passed along it on the east of Janoah;
+016:007 and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah,
+        and reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
+016:008 From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook
+        of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea.
+        This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim
+        according to their families;
+016:009 together with the cities which were set apart for the children
+        of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children
+        of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
+016:010 They didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer:
+        but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day,
+        and are become servants to do forced labor.
+017:001 [This] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was
+        the firstborn of Joseph.  As for Machir the firstborn
+        of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war,
+        therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
+017:002 So [the lot] was for the rest of the children of Manasseh
+        according to their families:  for the children of Abiezer,
+        and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
+        and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher,
+        and for the children of Shemida:  these were the male children
+        of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
+017:003 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead,
+        the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons,
+        but daughters:  and these are the names of his daughters:
+        Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
+017:004 They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua
+        the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded
+        Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers:
+        therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them
+        an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
+017:005 There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead
+        and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
+017:006 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons.
+        The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
+017:007 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is
+        before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand,
+        to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
+017:008 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on
+        the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
+017:009 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook:
+        these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh:
+        and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook,
+        and the goings out of it were at the sea:
+017:010 southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
+        and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north,
+        and to Issachar on the east.
+017:011 Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shean and its towns,
+        and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor
+        and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns,
+        and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants
+        of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
+017:012 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out [the inhabitants
+        of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
+017:013 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong,
+        that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't
+        utterly drive them out.
+017:014 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you
+        given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I
+        am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
+017:015 Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest,
+        and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites
+        and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too
+        narrow for you.
+017:016 The children of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us:
+        and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have
+        chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth Shean and its towns,
+        and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
+017:017 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and
+        to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power;
+        you shall not have one lot only:
+017:018 but the hill country shall be yours; for though it is a forest,
+        you shall cut it down, and the goings out of it shall be yours;
+        for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have
+        chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
+018:001 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves
+        together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there:
+        and the land was subdued before them.
+018:002 There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,
+        which had not yet divided their inheritance.
+018:003 Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go
+        in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        has given you?
+018:004 Appoint for you three men of each tribe:  and I will send them,
+        and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe
+        it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
+018:005 They shall divide it into seven portions:  Judah shall abide
+        in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall
+        abide in their border on the north.
+018:006 You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring
+        [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you
+        here before Yahweh our God.
+018:007 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood
+        of Yahweh is their inheritance:  and Gad and Reuben and
+        the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance
+        beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of
+        Yahweh gave them.
+018:008 The men arose, and went:  and Joshua charged those who went
+        to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land,
+        and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots
+        for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.
+018:009 The men went and passed through the land, and described it
+        by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came
+        to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
+018:010 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh:
+        and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel
+        according to their divisions.
+018:011 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
+        according to their families:  and the border of their lot went
+        out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
+018:012 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan;
+        and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north,
+        and went up through the hill country westward; and the goings
+        out of it were at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
+018:013 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz
+        (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down
+        to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south
+        of Beth Horon the lower.
+018:014 The border extended [there], and turned about on the west
+        quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before
+        Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath Baal
+        (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah:
+        this was the west quarter.
+018:015 The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim;
+        and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring
+        of the waters of Nephtoah;
+018:016 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain
+        that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is
+        in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to
+        the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward,
+        and went down to En Rogel;
+018:017 and it extended northward, and went out at En Shemesh, and went
+        out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim;
+        and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
+018:018 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward,
+        and went down to the Arabah;
+018:019 and the border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward;
+        and the goings out of the border were at the north
+        bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan:
+        this was the south border.
+018:020 The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter.
+        This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin,
+        by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
+018:021 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
+        according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah,
+        and Emek Keziz,
+018:022 and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
+018:023 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
+018:024 and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities
+        with their villages:
+018:025 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
+018:026 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
+018:027 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
+018:028 and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,
+        [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages.
+        This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according
+        to their families.
+019:001 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe
+        of the children of Simeon according to their families:
+        and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance
+        of the children of Judah.
+019:002 They had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
+019:003 and Hazar Shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
+019:004 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
+019:005 and Ziklag, and Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susah,
+019:006 and Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
+019:007 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
+019:008 and all the villages that were round about these cities to
+        Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South.  This is the inheritance of
+        the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
+019:009 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance
+        of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children
+        of Judah was too much for them:  therefore the children
+        of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
+019:010 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according
+        to their families; and the border of their inheritance
+        was to Sarid;
+019:011 and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached
+        to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
+019:012 and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to
+        the border of Chisloth Tabor; and it went out to Daberath,
+        and went up to Japhia;
+019:013 and from there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin;
+        and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah;
+019:014 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon;
+        and the goings out of it were at the valley of Iphtah El;
+019:015 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
+        twelve cities with their villages.
+019:016 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
+        to their families, these cities with their villages.
+019:017 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children
+        of Issachar according to their families.
+019:018 Their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
+019:019 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
+019:020 and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
+019:021 and Remeth, and Engannim, and En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez,
+019:022 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh;
+        and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan:
+        sixteen cities with their villages.
+019:023 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
+        according to their families, the cities with their villages.
+019:024 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
+        according to their families.
+019:025 Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
+019:026 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to
+        Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
+019:027 and it turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached
+        to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek
+        and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
+019:028 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon;
+019:029 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre;
+        and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it
+        were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
+019:030 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob:  twenty-two cities
+        with their villages.
+019:031 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
+        according to their families, these cities with their villages.
+019:032 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for
+        the children of Naphtali according to their families.
+019:033 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim,
+        and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out
+        of it were at the Jordan;
+019:034 and the border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out
+        from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south,
+        and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan
+        toward the sunrise.
+019:035 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,
+        and Chinnereth,
+019:036 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
+019:037 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En Hazor,
+019:038 Iron, and Migdal El, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh;
+        nineteen cities with their villages.
+019:039 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
+        according to their families, the cities with their villages.
+019:040 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
+        according to their families.
+019:041 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
+019:042 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
+019:043 and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
+019:044 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
+019:045 and Jehud, and Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon,
+019:046 and Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
+019:047 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them;
+        for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem,
+        and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword,
+        and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan,
+        after the name of Dan their father.
+019:048 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
+        according to their families, these cities with their villages.
+019:049 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance
+        by the borders of it; and the children of Israel gave an
+        inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
+019:050 according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city
+        which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim;
+        and he built the city, and lived therein.
+019:051 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
+        the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes
+        of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot
+        in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting.
+        So they made an end of dividing the land.
+020:001 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
+020:002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities
+        of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
+020:003 that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly [and]
+        unawares may flee there:  and they shall be to you for a refuge
+        from the avenger of blood.
+020:004 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at
+        the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause
+        in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall
+        take him into the city to them, and give him a place,
+        that he may dwell among them.
+020:005 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
+        not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck
+        his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.
+020:006 He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
+        congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest
+        that shall be in those days:  then shall the manslayer return,
+        and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city
+        from whence he fled.
+020:007 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali,
+        and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba
+        (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
+020:008 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer
+        in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben,
+        and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan
+        in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
+020:009 These were the appointed cities for all the children
+        of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them,
+        that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there,
+        and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood
+        before the congregation.
+021:001 Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites
+        to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun,
+        and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of
+        the children of Israel;
+021:002 and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
+        saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in,
+        with the suburbs of it for our livestock.
+021:003 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance,
+        according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities
+        with their suburbs.
+021:004 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites:
+        and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites,
+        had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of
+        the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
+021:005 The rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families
+        of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
+        and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
+021:006 The children of Gershon had by lot out of the families
+        of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
+        and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe
+        of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
+021:007 The children of Merari according to their families had
+        out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,
+        and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
+021:008 The children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities
+        with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
+021:009 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
+        and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities
+        which are [here] mentioned by name:
+021:010 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families
+        of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi;
+        for theirs was the first lot.
+021:011 They gave them Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak
+        (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah,
+        with the suburbs of it round about it.
+021:012 But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they
+        to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
+021:013 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron
+        with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
+        and Libnah with its suburbs,
+021:014 and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
+021:015 and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
+021:016 and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs,
+        [and] Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of
+        those two tribes.
+021:017 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs,
+        Geba with its suburbs,
+021:018 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
+021:019 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
+        were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
+021:020 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites,
+        even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities
+        of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
+021:021 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country
+        of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer
+        with its suburbs,
+021:022 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs;
+        four cities.
+021:023 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs,
+        Gibbethon with its suburbs,
+021:024 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
+021:025 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs,
+        and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
+021:026 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children
+        of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
+021:027 To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
+        out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan
+        with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
+        and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
+021:028 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs,
+        Daberath with its suburbs,
+021:029 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
+021:030 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs,
+        Abdon with its suburbs,
+021:031 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
+021:032 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,
+        the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor with
+        its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
+021:033 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families
+        were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
+021:034 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,
+        out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs,
+        and Kartah with its suburbs,
+021:035 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
+021:036 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz
+        with its suburbs,
+021:037 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
+        four cities.
+021:038 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
+        the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
+021:039 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs;
+        four cities in all.
+021:040 All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according
+        to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites;
+        and their lot was twelve cities.
+021:041 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession
+        of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities
+        with their suburbs.
+021:042 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
+        thus it was with all these cities.
+021:043 So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give
+        to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived therein.
+021:044 Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore
+        to their fathers:  and there stood not a man of all their
+        enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies
+        into their hand.
+021:045 There failed not anything of any good thing which Yahweh had
+        spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
+022:001 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
+        and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
+022:002 and said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant
+        of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all
+        that I commanded you:
+022:003 you have not left your brothers these many days to this day,
+        but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
+022:004 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke
+        to them:  therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents,
+        to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant
+        of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
+022:005 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses
+        the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God,
+        and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
+        and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart
+        and with all your soul.
+022:006 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went
+        to their tents.
+022:007 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
+        [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave
+        Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward;
+        moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents,
+        he blessed them,
+022:008 and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents,
+        and with very much livestock, with silver, and with gold,
+        and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing:
+        divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
+022:009 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe
+        of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel
+        out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land
+        of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned,
+        according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
+022:010 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land
+        of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
+        the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan,
+        a great altar to look on.
+022:011 The children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben
+        and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh
+        have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan,
+        in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains
+        to the children of Israel.
+022:012 When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
+        of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh,
+        to go up against them to war.
+022:013 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben,
+        and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
+        into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
+022:014 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for
+        each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them
+        head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
+022:015 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
+        and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,
+        and they spoke with them, saying,
+022:016 Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass
+        is this that you have committed against the God of Israel,
+        to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you
+        have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
+022:017 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we
+        have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came
+        a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
+022:018 that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and it
+        will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow
+        he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
+022:019 However, if the land of your possession be unclean,
+        then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh,
+        in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us:
+        but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us,
+        in building you an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God.
+022:020 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing,
+        and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
+        didn't perish alone in his iniquity.
+022:021 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
+        the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads
+        of the thousands of Israel,
+022:022 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows;
+        and Israel he shall know:  if it be in rebellion, or if in
+        trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day),
+022:023 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh;
+        or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal offering,
+        or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings thereon,
+        let Yahweh himself require it;
+022:024 and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this,
+        [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might
+        speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel?
+022:025 for Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you,
+        you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no portion
+        in Yahweh:  so might your children make our children cease
+        from fearing Yahweh.
+022:026 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar,
+        not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
+022:027 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our
+        generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh
+        before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices,
+        and with our peace offerings; that your children may not tell
+        our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
+022:028 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us
+        or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say,
+        Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our
+        fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
+        but it is a witness between us and you.
+022:029 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh,
+        and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar
+        for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice,
+        besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
+022:030 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation,
+        even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him,
+        heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children
+        of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
+022:031 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children
+        of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children
+        of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us,
+        because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh:
+        now have you delivered the children of Israel out of the
+        hand of Yahweh.
+022:032 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
+        returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children
+        of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan,
+        to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
+022:033 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
+        Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them
+        to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben
+        and the children of Gad lived.
+022:034 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called
+        the altar [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness between us
+        that Yahweh is God.
+023:001 It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest
+        to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua
+        was old and well stricken in years;
+023:002 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for
+        their heads, and for their judges and for their officers,
+        and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
+023:003 and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all
+        these nations because of you; for Yahweh your God, he it
+        is that has fought for you.
+023:004 Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain,
+        to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan,
+        with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great
+        sea toward the going down of the sun.
+023:005 Yahweh your God, he will thrust them out from before you,
+        and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess
+        their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.
+023:006 Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is
+        written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn
+        aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
+023:007 that you not come among these nations, these that remain
+        among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods,
+        nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow
+        down yourselves to them;
+023:008 but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
+023:009 For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong:
+        but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
+023:010 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh your God,
+        he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
+023:011 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love
+        Yahweh your God.
+023:012 Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant
+        of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make
+        marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
+023:013 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive
+        these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be
+        a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides,
+        and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this
+        good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
+023:014 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth:
+        and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls,
+        that not one thing has failed of all the good things which
+        Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you,
+        not one thing has failed of it.
+023:015 It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you
+        of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring
+        on you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from
+        off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
+023:016 When you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God,
+        which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods,
+        and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh
+        be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off
+        the good land which he has given to you.
+024:001 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem,
+        and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads,
+        and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
+        presented themselves before God.
+024:002 Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River,
+        even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor:
+        and they served other gods.
+024:003 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him
+        throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
+        and gave him Isaac.
+024:004 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau:  and I gave to Esau Mount Seir,
+        to possess it:  and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
+024:005 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to
+        that which I did in the midst of it:  and afterward I
+        brought you out.
+024:006 I brought your fathers out of Egypt:  and you came to the sea;
+        and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots
+        and with horsemen to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+024:007 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between
+        you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them,
+        and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt:
+        and you lived in the wilderness many days.
+024:008 I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond
+        the Jordan:  and they fought with you; and I gave them into
+        your hand, and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them
+        from before you.
+024:009 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought
+        against Israel:  and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor
+        to curse you;
+024:010 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:
+        so I delivered you out of his hand.
+024:011 You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho:  and the men
+        of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite,
+        and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite,
+        and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
+024:012 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
+        even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword,
+        nor with your bow.
+024:013 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities
+        which you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards
+        and olive groves which you didn't plant do you eat.
+024:014 Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth;
+        and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River,
+        and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
+024:015 If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom
+        you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served
+        that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites,
+        in whose land you dwell:  but as for me and my house,
+        we will serve Yahweh.
+024:016 The people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh,
+        to serve other gods;
+024:017 for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers
+        up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
+        and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us
+        in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples
+        through the midst of whom we passed;
+024:018 and Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites
+        who lived in the land:  therefore we also will serve Yahweh;
+        for he is our God.
+024:019 Joshua said to the people, You can't serve Yahweh;
+        for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
+        your disobedience nor your sins.
+024:020 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will
+        turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has
+        done you good.
+024:021 The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.
+024:022 Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against
+        yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him.
+        They said, We are witnesses.
+024:023 Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are
+        among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+024:024 The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve,
+        and to his voice will we listen.
+024:025 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set
+        them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
+024:026 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God;
+        and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak
+        that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
+024:027 Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be
+        a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh
+        which he spoke to us:  it shall be therefore a witness against you,
+        lest you deny your God.
+024:028 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
+024:029 It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
+        the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
+024:030 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah,
+        which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north
+        of the mountain of Gaash.
+024:031 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days
+        of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work
+        of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
+024:032 The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought
+        up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel
+        of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor
+        the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money:
+        and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
+024:033 Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill
+        of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill
+        country of Ephraim.
+Book 07 Judges
+001:001 It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel
+        asked of Yahweh, saying, Who shall go up for us first against
+        the Canaanites, to fight against them?
+001:002 Yahweh said, Judah shall go up:  behold, I have delivered
+        the land into his hand.
+001:003 Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot,
+        that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise
+        will go with you into your lot.  So Simeon went with him.
+001:004 Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the
+        Perizzites into their hand:  and they struck of them in Bezek
+        ten thousand men.
+001:005 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him,
+        and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
+001:006 But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,
+        and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
+001:007 Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their
+        great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table:
+        as I have done, so God has requited me."  They brought him
+        to Jerusalem, and he died there.
+001:008 The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it,
+        and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
+001:009 Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against
+        the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South,
+        and in the lowland.
+001:010 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron
+        (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they
+        struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
+001:011 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir.
+        (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)
+001:012 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it,
+        to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
+001:013 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:
+        and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
+001:014 It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask
+        of her father a field:  and she alighted from off her donkey;
+        and Caleb said to her, What would you?
+001:015 She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me
+        in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.
+        Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
+001:016 The children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up
+        out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah
+        into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad;
+        and they went and lived with the people.
+001:017 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the
+        Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it.
+        The name of the city was called Hormah.
+001:018 Also Judah took Gaza with the border of it, and Ashkelon
+        with the border of it, and Ekron with the border of it.
+001:019 Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of]
+        the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants
+        of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
+001:020 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken:
+        and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
+001:021 The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who
+        inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children
+        of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
+001:022 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel;
+        and Yahweh was with them.
+001:023 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel.  (Now the name
+        of the city before was Luz.)
+001:024 The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they
+        said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city,
+        and we will deal kindly with you.
+001:025 He shown them the entrance into the city; and they struck
+        the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go
+        and all his family.
+001:026 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,
+        and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it
+        to this day.
+001:027 Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth Shean and
+        its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants
+        of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and
+        its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns;
+        but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
+001:028 It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put
+        the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly
+        drive them out.
+001:029 Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer;
+        but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
+001:030 Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
+        inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them,
+        and became subject to forced labor.
+001:031 Asher didn't drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants
+        of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah,
+        nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
+001:032 but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
+        of the land; for they did not drive them out.
+001:033 Naphtali didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh,
+        nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived
+        among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
+        nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath
+        became subject to forced labor.
+001:034 The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country;
+        for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
+001:035 but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon,
+        and in Shaalbim:  yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed,
+        so that they became subject to forced labor.
+001:036 The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim,
+        from the rock, and upward.
+002:001 The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim.
+        He said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought
+        you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said,
+        I will never break my covenant with you:
+002:002 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land;
+        you shall break down their altars.  But you have not listened
+        to my voice:  why have you done this?
+002:003 Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;
+        but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods
+        shall be a snare to you.
+002:004 It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words
+        to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up
+        their voice, and wept.
+002:005 They called the name of that place Bochim:  and they sacrificed
+        there to Yahweh.
+002:006 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel
+        went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
+002:007 The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all
+        the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen
+        all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
+002:008 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one
+        hundred ten years old.
+002:009 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in
+        Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north
+        of the mountain of Gaash.
+002:010 Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers:
+        and there arose another generation after them, who didn't
+        know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
+002:011 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh, and served the Baals;
+002:012 and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought
+        them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,
+        of the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed
+        themselves down to them:  and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
+002:013 They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
+002:014 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
+        them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them;
+        and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about,
+        so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
+002:015 Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them
+        for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them:
+        and they were sore distressed.
+002:016 Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand
+        of those who despoiled them.
+002:017 Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the
+        prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them:
+        they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their
+        fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh;
+        [but] they didn't do so.
+002:018 When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge,
+        and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
+        of the judge:  for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning
+        by reason of those who oppressed them and vexed them.
+002:019 But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back,
+        and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following
+        other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't
+        cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
+002:020 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said,
+        Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I
+        commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
+002:021 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them
+        of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
+002:022 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep
+        the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did
+        keep it, or not.
+002:023 So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily;
+        neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
+003:001 Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel
+        by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all
+        the wars of Canaan;
+003:002 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know,
+        to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
+003:003 [namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
+        and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon,
+        from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
+003:004 They were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
+        would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded
+        their fathers by Moses.
+003:005 The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites,
+        and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
+        and the Jebusites:
+003:006 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
+        their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
+003:007 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals
+        and the Asheroth.
+003:008 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold
+        them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia:
+        and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
+003:009 When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised
+        up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them,
+        even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
+003:010 The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel;
+        and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim
+        king of Mesopotamia into his hand:  and his hand prevailed
+        against Cushan Rishathaim.
+003:011 The land had rest forty years.  Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
+003:012 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh:  and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab
+        against Israel, because they had done that which was evil
+        in the sight of Yahweh.
+003:013 He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek;
+        and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city
+        of palm trees.
+003:014 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
+003:015 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised
+        them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite,
+        a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him
+        to Eglon the king of Moab.
+003:016 Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length;
+        and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
+003:017 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab:  now Eglon was
+        a very fat man.
+003:018 When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away
+        the people who bore the tribute.
+003:019 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
+        and said, I have a secret errand to you, king.  He said,
+        Keep silence.  All who stood by him went out from him.
+003:020 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool
+        upper room.  Ehud said, I have a message from God to you.
+        He arose out of his seat.
+003:021 Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his
+        right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
+003:022 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
+        on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body;
+        and it came out behind.
+003:023 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors
+        of the upper room on him, and locked them.
+003:024 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw,
+        and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said,
+        Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.
+003:025 They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn't open
+        the doors of the upper room:  therefore they took the key,
+        and opened [them], and behold, their lord was fallen down dead
+        on the earth.
+003:026 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries,
+        and escaped to Seirah.
+003:027 It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in
+        the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went
+        down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
+003:028 He said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has delivered your
+        enemies the Moabites into your hand.  They went down after him,
+        and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites,
+        and didn't allow a man to pass over.
+003:029 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,
+        every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped
+        not a man.
+003:030 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel.
+        The land had rest eighty years.
+003:031 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck
+        of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad:
+        and he also saved Israel.
+004:001 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.
+004:002 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan,
+        who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera,
+        who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
+004:003 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh:  for he had nine hundred
+        chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed
+        the children of Israel.
+004:004 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged
+        Israel at that time.
+004:005 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel
+        in the hill country of Ephraim:  and the children of Israel
+        came up to her for judgment.
+004:006 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
+        Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, Hasn't Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw to Mount Tabor,
+        and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali
+        and of the children of Zebulun?
+004:007 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain
+        of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude;
+        and I will deliver him into your hand.
+004:008 Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go;
+        but if you will not go with me, I will not go.
+004:009 She said, I will surely go with you:  notwithstanding, the journey
+        that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh
+        will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.  Deborah arose,
+        and went with Barak to Kedesh.
+004:010 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh;
+        and there went up ten thousand men at his feet:
+        and Deborah went up with him.
+004:011 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites,
+        even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses,
+        and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim,
+        which is by Kedesh.
+004:012 They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up
+        to Mount Tabor.
+004:013 Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
+        chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him,
+        from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.
+004:014 Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Yahweh has
+        delivered Sisera into your hand; hasn't Yahweh gone out before you?
+        So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand
+        men after him.
+004:015 Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army,
+        with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted
+        from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
+004:016 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army,
+        to Harosheth of the Gentiles:  and all the army of Sisera
+        fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
+004:017 However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael
+        the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin
+        the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
+004:018 Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord,
+        turn in to me; don't be afraid.  He came in to her into the tent,
+        and she covered him with a rug.
+004:019 He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink;
+        for I am thirsty.  She opened a bottle of milk, and gave
+        him drink, and covered him.
+004:020 He said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be,
+        when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there
+        any man here? that you shall say, No.
+004:021 Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer
+        in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin
+        into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground;
+        for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
+004:022 Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,
+        and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.
+        He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent
+        peg was in his temples.
+004:023 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before
+        the children of Israel.
+004:024 The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more
+        against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed
+        Jabin king of Canaan.
+005:001 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
+005:002 Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people
+        offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!
+005:003 Hear, you kings!  Give ear, you princes!  I, [even] I,
+        will sing to Yahweh.  I will sing praise to Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel.
+005:004 Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out
+        of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped.
+        Yes, the clouds dropped water.
+005:005 The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai,
+        at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+005:006 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael,
+        the highways were unoccupied.  The travelers walked through byways.
+005:007 The rulers ceased in Israel.  They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;
+        Until I arose a mother in Israel.
+005:008 They chose new gods.  Then war was in the gates.  Was there
+        a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
+005:009 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered
+        themselves willingly among the people.  Bless Yahweh!
+005:010 Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit
+        on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
+005:011 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing
+        water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts
+        of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.
+        Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.
+005:012 Awake, awake, Deborah!  Awake, awake, utter a song!
+        Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.
+005:013 Then a remnant of the nobles [and] the people came down.
+        Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
+005:014 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you,
+        Benjamin, among your peoples.  Governors come down out of Machir.
+        Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun.
+005:015 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.  As was Issachar,
+        so was Barak.  They rushed into the valley at his feet.
+        By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
+005:016 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling
+        for the flocks?  At the watercourses of Reuben There were
+        great searchings of heart.
+005:017 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan.  Why did Dan remain in ships?
+        Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
+005:018 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths;
+        Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
+005:019 The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at
+        Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.  They took no plunder of silver.
+005:020 From the sky the stars fought.  From their courses,
+        they fought against Sisera.
+005:021 The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river,
+        the river Kishon.  My soul, march on with strength.
+005:022 Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings,
+        the prancings of their strong ones.
+005:023 Curse Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh.  Curse bitterly
+        its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help Yahweh,
+        to help Yahweh against the mighty.
+005:024 Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite;
+        blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
+005:025 He asked for water.  She gave him milk.  She brought him butter
+        in a lordly dish.
+005:026 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to
+        the workmen's hammer.  With the hammer she struck Sisera.
+        She struck through his head.  Yes, she pierced and struck
+        through his temples.
+005:027 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay.  At her feet he bowed,
+        he fell.  Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
+005:028 Through the window she looked out, and cried:  Sisera's mother
+        looked through the lattice.  Why is his chariot so long in coming?
+        Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?
+005:029 Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
+005:030 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?  A lady,
+        two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
+        A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments
+        embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
+005:031 So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love
+        him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength.
+        The land had rest forty years.
+006:001 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh:  and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of
+        Midian seven years.
+006:002 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of
+        Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are
+        in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
+006:003 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,
+        and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came
+        up against them;
+006:004 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase
+        of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance
+        in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
+006:005 For they came up with their livestock and their tents;
+        they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their
+        camels were without number:  and they came into the land
+        to destroy it.
+006:006 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children
+        of Israel cried to Yahweh.
+006:007 It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh
+        because of Midian,
+006:008 that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel:
+        and he said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I
+        brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of
+        the house of bondage;
+006:009 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
+        and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them
+        out from before you, and gave you their land;
+006:010 and I said to you, I am Yahweh your God; you shall not
+        fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
+        But you have not listened to my voice.
+006:011 The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which
+        was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite:
+        and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress,
+        to hide it from the Midianites.
+006:012 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him,
+        Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.
+006:013 Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then
+        has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous
+        works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh
+        bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off,
+        and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
+006:014 Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might,
+        and save Israel from the hand of Midian:  have not I sent you?
+006:015 He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold,
+        my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least
+        in my father's house.
+006:016 Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall
+        strike the Midianites as one man.
+006:017 He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight,
+        then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
+006:018 Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out
+        my present, and lay it before you.  He said, I will wait
+        until you come again.
+006:019 Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes
+        of an ephah of meal:  the flesh he put in a basket, and he put
+        the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak,
+        and presented it.
+006:020 The angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened
+        cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.
+        He did so.
+006:021 Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff that was
+        in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
+        and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh
+        and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed
+        out of his sight.
+006:022 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said,
+        Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh
+        face to face.
+006:023 Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid:
+        you shall not die.
+006:024 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it
+        Yahweh is Peace{or, Yahweh Shalom}: to this day it is still
+        in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
+006:025 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him,
+        Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old,
+        and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has,
+        and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
+006:026 and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold,
+        in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer
+        a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you
+        shall cut down.
+006:027 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh
+        had spoken to him:  and it happened, because he feared his
+        father's household and the men of the city, so that he could
+        not do it by day, that he did it by night.
+006:028 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,
+        the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut
+        down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on
+        the altar that was built.
+006:029 They said one to another, Who has done this thing?
+        When they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son
+        of Joash has done this thing.
+006:030 Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son,
+        that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal,
+        and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
+006:031 Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you contend
+        for Baal?  Or will you save him? he who will contend for him,
+        let him be put to death while [it is yet] morning:
+        if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one has
+        broken down his altar.
+006:032 Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
+        contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.
+006:033 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children
+        of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over,
+        and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
+006:034 But the Spirit of Yahweh came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet;
+        and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
+006:035 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were
+        gathered together after him:  and he sent messengers to Asher,
+        and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
+006:036 Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand,
+        as you have spoken,
+006:037 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor;
+        if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground,
+        then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand,
+        as you have spoken.
+006:038 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed
+        the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece,
+        a bowl full of water.
+006:039 Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me,
+        and I will speak but this once:  Please let me make a trial
+        just this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on
+        the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.
+006:040 God did so that night:  for it was dry on the fleece only,
+        and there was dew on all the ground.
+007:001 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him,
+        rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod:
+        and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them,
+        by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
+007:002 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are
+        too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand,
+        lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand
+        has saved me.
+007:003 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is
+        fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.
+        There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there
+        remained ten thousand.
+007:004 Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them
+        down to the water, and I will try them for you there:
+        and it shall be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you,
+        the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you,
+        This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
+007:005 So he brought down the people to the water:  and Yahweh said
+        to Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue,
+        as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise everyone
+        who bows down on his knees to drink.
+007:006 The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,
+        was three hundred men:  but all the rest of the people bowed
+        down on their knees to drink water.
+007:007 Yahweh said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped
+        will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand;
+        and let all the people go every man to his place.
+007:008 So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets;
+        and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent,
+        but retained the three hundred men:  and the camp of Midian
+        was beneath him in the valley.
+007:009 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Arise, get you
+        down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
+007:010 But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant
+        down to the camp:
+007:011 and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall
+        your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp.
+        Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost
+        part of the armed men who were in the camp.
+007:012 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of
+        the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude;
+        and their camels were without number, as the sand which is
+        on the seashore for multitude.
+007:013 When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream
+        to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream;
+        and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp
+        of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell,
+        and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
+007:014 His fellow answered, This is nothing else save the sword
+        of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel:  into his hand
+        God has delivered Midian, and all the army.
+007:015 It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream,
+        and the interpretation of it, that he worshiped; and he returned
+        into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has
+        delivered into your hand the army of Midian.
+007:016 He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put
+        into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers,
+        with torches within the pitchers.
+007:017 He said to them, Look on me, and do likewise:  and behold,
+        when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that,
+        as I do, so shall you do.
+007:018 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow
+        you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say,
+        For Yahweh and for Gideon.
+007:019 So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him,
+        came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning
+        of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch:
+        and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers
+        that were in their hands.
+007:020 The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers,
+        and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets
+        in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried,
+        The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.
+007:021 They stood every man in his place round about the camp;
+        and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
+007:022 They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every
+        man's sword against his fellow, and against all the army;
+        and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah,
+        as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
+007:023 The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out
+        of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
+007:024 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country
+        of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before
+        them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
+        So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took
+        the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
+007:025 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb;
+        and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they
+        killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian:
+        and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon
+        beyond the Jordan.
+008:001 The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you
+        didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian?  They did
+        chide with him sharply.
+008:002 He said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you?
+        Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than
+        the vintage of Abiezer?
+008:003 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb
+        and Zeeb:  and what was I able to do in comparison with you?
+        Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
+008:004 Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three
+        hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
+008:005 He said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread
+        to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am
+        pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
+008:006 The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
+        now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
+008:007 Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
+        into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns
+        of the wilderness and with briers.
+008:008 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner;
+        and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of
+        Succoth had answered.
+008:009 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again
+        in peace, I will break down this tower.
+008:010 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them,
+        about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army
+        of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty
+        thousand men who drew sword.
+008:011 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents
+        on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army;
+        for the army was secure.
+008:012 Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them;
+        and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna,
+        and confused all the army.
+008:013 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from
+        the ascent of Heres.
+008:014 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him:
+        and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders
+        of it, seventy-seven men.
+008:015 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See Zebah and Zalmunna,
+        concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands
+        of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give
+        bread to your men who are weary?
+008:016 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness
+        and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
+008:017 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
+008:018 Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were
+        they whom you killed at Tabor?  They answered, As you are,
+        so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
+008:019 He said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother:
+        as Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would
+        not kill you.
+008:020 He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them.
+        But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared,
+        because he was yet a youth.
+008:021 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us;
+        for as the man is, so is his strength.  Gideon arose,
+        and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that
+        were on their camels' necks.
+008:022 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us,
+        both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you
+        have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
+008:023 Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall
+        my son rule over you:  Yahweh shall rule over you.
+008:024 Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you,
+        that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.
+        (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
+008:025 They answered, We will willingly give them.  They spread a garment,
+        and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil.
+008:026 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand
+        and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents,
+        and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on
+        the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about
+        their camels' necks.
+008:027 Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah:
+        and all Israel played the prostitute after it there;
+        and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
+008:028 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they
+        lifted up their heads no more.  The land had rest forty years
+        in the days of Gideon.
+008:029 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
+008:030 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body;
+        for he had many wives.
+008:031 His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son,
+        and he named him Abimelech.
+008:032 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried
+        in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
+008:033 It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
+        Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals,
+        and made Baal Berith their god.
+008:034 The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God,
+        who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies
+        on every side;
+008:035 neither shown they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,
+        [who is] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had
+        shown to Israel.
+009:001 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his
+        mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family
+        of the house of his mother's father, saying,
+009:002 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is
+        better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are
+        seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?
+        Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
+009:003 His mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men
+        of Shechem all these words:  and their hearts inclined
+        to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
+009:004 They gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of
+        Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows,
+        who followed him.
+009:005 He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers
+        the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone:
+        but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;
+        for he hid himself.
+009:006 All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together,
+        and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king,
+        by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
+009:007 When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top
+        of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried,
+        and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God
+        may listen to you.
+009:008 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them;
+        and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us.
+009:009 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness,
+        with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back
+        and forth over the trees?
+009:010 The trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us.
+009:011 But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness,
+        and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
+009:012 The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
+009:013 The vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers
+        God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
+009:014 Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you,
+        and reign over us.
+009:015 The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me
+        king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade;
+        and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour
+        the cedars of Lebanon.
+009:016 Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously,
+        in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt
+        well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him
+        according to the deserving of his hands
+009:017 (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life,
+        and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
+009:018 and you are risen up against my father's house this day,
+        and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone,
+        and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant,
+        king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
+009:019 if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal
+        and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech,
+        and let him also rejoice in you:
+009:020 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour
+        the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come
+        out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo,
+        and devour Abimelech.
+009:021 Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there,
+        for fear of Abimelech his brother.
+009:022 Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
+009:023 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
+        and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
+009:024 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come,
+        and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother,
+        who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened
+        his hands to kill his brothers.
+009:025 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
+        and they robbed all who came along that way by them:
+        and it was told Abimelech.
+009:026 Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over
+        to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
+009:027 They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards,
+        and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house
+        of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
+009:028 Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
+        that we should serve him?  Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul
+        his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem:
+        but why should we serve him?
+009:029 Would that this people were under my hand! then would I
+        remove Abimelech.  He said to Abimelech, Increase your army,
+        and come out.
+009:030 When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal
+        the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
+009:031 He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the
+        son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold,
+        they constrain the city [to take part] against you.
+009:032 Now therefore, up by night, you and the people who are with you,
+        and lie in wait in the field:
+009:033 and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up,
+        you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold,
+        when he and the people who are with him come out against you,
+        then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
+009:034 Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night,
+        and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
+009:035 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of
+        the gate of the city:  and Abimelech rose up, and the people
+        who were with him, from the ambush.
+009:036 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
+        people down from the tops of the mountains.  Zebul said to him,
+        You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
+009:037 Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down
+        by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way
+        of the oak of Meonenim.
+009:038 Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said,
+        Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this
+        the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray,
+        and fight with them.
+009:039 Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
+009:040 Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell
+        many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
+009:041 Abimelech lived at Arumah:  and Zebul drove out Gaal and
+        his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
+009:042 It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field;
+        and they told Abimelech.
+009:043 He took the people, and divided them into three companies,
+        and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold,
+        the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them,
+        and struck them.
+009:044 Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward,
+        and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city:
+        and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field,
+        and struck them.
+009:045 Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took
+        the city, and killed the people who were therein:
+        and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
+009:046 When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it,
+        they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
+009:047 It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem
+        were gathered together.
+009:048 Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people
+        who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand,
+        and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up,
+        and laid it on his shoulder:  and he said to the people
+        who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste,
+        and do as I have done.
+009:049 All the people likewise cut down every man his bough,
+        and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold,
+        and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men
+        of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
+009:050 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez,
+        and took it.
+009:051 But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled
+        all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut
+        themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
+009:052 Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew
+        near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
+009:053 A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head,
+        and broke his skull.
+009:054 Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer,
+        and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say
+        of me, A woman killed him.  His young man thrust him through,
+        and he died.
+009:055 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed
+        every man to his place.
+009:056 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did
+        to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
+009:057 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite
+        on their heads:  and on them came the curse of Jotham
+        the son of Jerubbaal.
+010:001 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah,
+        the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir
+        in the hill country of Ephraim.
+010:002 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was
+        buried in Shamir.
+010:003 After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged
+        Israel twenty-two years.
+010:004 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they
+        had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day,
+        which are in the land of Gilead.
+010:005 Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
+010:006 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods
+        of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods
+        of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines;
+        and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him.
+010:007 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold
+        them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand
+        of the children of Ammon.
+010:008 They vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year:
+        eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel
+        that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites,
+        which is in Gilead.
+010:009 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also
+        against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house
+        of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
+010:010 The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, We have
+        sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God,
+        and have served the Baals.
+010:011 Yahweh said to the children of Israel, Didn't I save you from
+        the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon,
+        and from the Philistines?
+010:012 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites,
+        did oppress you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out
+        of their hand.
+010:013 Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods:
+        therefore I will save you no more.
+010:014 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save
+        you in the time of your distress.
+010:015 The children of Israel said to Yahweh, We have sinned:
+        do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us,
+        we pray you, this day.
+010:016 They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh;
+        and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
+010:017 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped
+        in Gilead.  The children of Israel assembled themselves together,
+        and encamped in Mizpah.
+010:018 The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another,
+        What man is he who will begin to fight against the children
+        of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
+011:001 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor,
+        and he was the son of a prostitute:  and Gilead became
+        the father of Jephthah.
+011:002 Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up,
+        they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit
+        in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.
+011:003 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob:
+        and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they
+        went out with him.
+011:004 It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made
+        war against Israel.
+011:005 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,
+        the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
+011:006 and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we
+        may fight with the children of Ammon.
+011:007 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate me,
+        and drive me out of my father's house? and why are you come
+        to me now when you are in distress?
+011:008 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we
+        turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight
+        with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over
+        all the inhabitants of Gilead.
+011:009 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home
+        again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver
+        them before me, shall I be your head?
+011:010 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness
+        between us; surely according to your word so will we do.
+011:011 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
+        made him head and chief over them:  and Jephthah spoke all
+        his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
+011:012 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
+        saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me
+        to fight against my land?
+011:013 The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers
+        of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out
+        of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan:
+        now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
+011:014 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
+011:015 and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah:  Israel didn't take
+        away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
+011:016 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went
+        through the wilderness to the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
+        and came to Kadesh;
+011:017 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let
+        me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen.
+        In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not:
+        and Israel abode in Kadesh.
+011:018 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land
+        of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side
+        of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side
+        of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab,
+        for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
+011:019 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites,
+        the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass,
+        we pray you, through your land to my place.
+011:020 But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border;
+        but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz,
+        and fought against Israel.
+011:021 Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his
+        people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them:
+        so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants
+        of that country.
+011:022 They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon
+        even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
+011:023 So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites
+        from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
+011:024 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess?
+        So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us,
+        them will we possess.
+011:025 Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor,
+        king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did
+        he ever fight against them?
+011:026 While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer
+        and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side
+        of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover
+        them within that time?
+011:027 I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong
+        to war against me:  Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day
+        between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
+011:028 However the king of the children of Ammon didn't listen
+        to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
+011:029 Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed
+        over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead,
+        and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
+011:030 Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed
+        deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
+011:031 then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors
+        of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children
+        of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up
+        for a burnt offering.
+011:032 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight
+        against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.
+011:033 He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty
+        cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter.
+        So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
+011:034 Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter
+        came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances:
+        and she was his only child; besides her he had neither
+        son nor daughter.
+011:035 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes,
+        and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low,
+        and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened
+        my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
+011:036 She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh;
+        do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth,
+        because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies,
+        even on the children of Ammon.
+011:037 She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me:
+        let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on
+        the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
+011:038 He said, Go.  He sent her away for two months:
+        and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her
+        virginity on the mountains.
+011:039 It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father,
+        who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed:
+        and she was a virgin.  It was a custom in Israel,
+011:040 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter
+        of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
+012:001 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward;
+        and they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight
+        against the children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go
+        with you? we will burn your house on you with fire.
+012:002 Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife
+        with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't
+        save me out of their hand.
+012:003 When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand,
+        and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh
+        delivered them into my hand:  why then are you come up to me
+        this day, to fight against me?
+012:004 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead,
+        and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim,
+        because they said, You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites,
+        in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
+012:005 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites.
+        It was so, that when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said,
+        Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you
+        an Ephraimite?  If he said, No;
+012:006 then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth;
+        for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right:  then they laid
+        hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan.
+        There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
+012:007 Jephthah judged Israel six years.  Then died Jephthah the Gileadite,
+        and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
+012:008 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
+012:009 He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad,
+        and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons.
+        He judged Israel seven years.
+012:010 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
+012:011 After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged
+        Israel ten years.
+012:012 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the
+        land of Zebulun.
+012:013 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
+012:014 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy
+        donkey colts:  and he judged Israel eight years.
+012:015 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried
+        in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country
+        of the Amalekites.
+013:001 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in
+        the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand
+        of the Philistines forty years.
+013:002 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
+        whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.
+013:003 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her,
+        See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive,
+        and bear a son.
+013:004 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink,
+        and don't eat any unclean thing:
+013:005 for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor
+        shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite
+        to God from the womb:  and he shall begin to save Israel
+        out of the hand of the Philistines.
+013:006 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God
+        came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel
+        of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him whence he was,
+        neither did he tell me his name:
+013:007 but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son;
+        and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any
+        unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God
+        from the womb to the day of his death.
+013:008 Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let
+        the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach
+        us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.
+013:009 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God
+        came again to the woman as she sat in the field:
+        but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her.
+013:010 The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said
+        to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me
+        the [other] day.
+013:011 Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,
+        and said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman?
+        He said, I am.
+013:012 Manoah said, Now let your words happen:  what shall be the ordering
+        of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
+013:013 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said
+        to the woman let her beware.
+013:014 She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let
+        her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing;
+        all that I commanded her let her observe.
+013:015 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you,
+        that we may make ready a kid for you.
+013:016 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me,
+        I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make ready
+        a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.
+        For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.
+013:017 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name,
+        that when your words happen, we may honor you?
+013:018 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name,
+        seeing it is wonderful?
+013:019 So Manoah took the kid with the meal offering, and offered
+        it on the rock to Yahweh:  and [the angel] did wondrously,
+        and Manoah and his wife looked on.
+013:020 For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky
+        from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in
+        the flame of the altar:  and Manoah and his wife looked on;
+        and they fell on their faces to the ground.
+013:021 But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife.
+        Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
+013:022 Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we
+        have seen God.
+013:023 But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us,
+        he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal offering
+        at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things,
+        nor would at this time have told such things as these.
+013:024 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson:  and the child grew,
+        and Yahweh blessed him.
+013:025 The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan,
+        between Zorah and Eshtaol.
+014:001 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of
+        the daughters of the Philistines.
+014:002 He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said,
+        I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines:
+        now therefore get her for me as wife.
+014:003 Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there
+        never a woman among the daughters of your brothers,
+        or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of
+        the uncircumcised Philistines?  Samson said to his father,
+        Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
+014:004 But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh;
+        for he sought an occasion against the Philistines.
+        Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
+014:005 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother,
+        to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah:  and behold,
+        a young lion roared against him.
+014:006 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him
+        as he would have torn a kid; and he had nothing in his hand:
+        but he didn't tell his father or his mother what he had done.
+014:007 He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
+014:008 After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside
+        to see the carcass of the lion:  and behold, there was a swarm
+        of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
+014:009 He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went;
+        and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them,
+        and they ate:  but he didn't tell them that he had taken
+        the honey out of the body of the lion.
+014:010 His father went down to the woman:  and Samson made there a feast;
+        for so used the young men to do.
+014:011 It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
+        companions to be with him.
+014:012 Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you:
+        if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast,
+        and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments
+        and thirty changes of clothing;
+014:013 but if you can't declare it to me, then shall you give me
+        thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
+        They said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it.
+014:014 He said to them, Out of the eater came forth food.
+        Out of the strong came forth sweetness.  They couldn't
+        in three days declare the riddle.
+014:015 It happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife,
+        Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle,
+        lest we burn you and your father's house with fire:
+        have you called us to impoverish us? is it not [so]?
+014:016 Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me,
+        and don't love me:  you have put forth a riddle
+        to the children of my people, and haven't told it me.
+        He said to her, Behold, I haven't told it my father nor my mother,
+        and shall I tell you?
+014:017 She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:
+        and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her,
+        because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle
+        to the children of her people.
+014:018 The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun
+        went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than
+        a lion?  He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer,
+        you wouldn't have found out my riddle.
+014:019 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down
+        to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil,
+        and gave the changes [of clothing] to those who declared the riddle.
+        His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
+014:020 But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had
+        used as his friend.
+015:001 But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest,
+        that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said,
+        I will go in to my wife into the chamber.  But her father
+        wouldn't allow him to go in.
+015:002 Her father said, I most certainly thought that you had
+        utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion:
+        isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she?
+        Please take her, instead.
+015:003 Samson said to them, This time shall I be blameless in regard
+        of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.
+015:004 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,
+        and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
+        between every two tails.
+015:005 When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into
+        the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both
+        the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
+015:006 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this?  They said, Samson,
+        the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife,
+        and given her to his companion.  The Philistines came up,
+        and burnt her and her father with fire.
+015:007 Samson said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I
+        will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
+015:008 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter:
+        and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
+015:009 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread
+        themselves in Lehi.
+015:010 The men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us?
+        They said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him
+        as he has done to us.
+015:011 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock
+        of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines
+        are rulers over us?  What then is this that you have done to us?"
+        He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
+015:012 They said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we
+        may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.
+        Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall
+        on me yourselves.
+015:013 They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast,
+        and deliver you into their hand:  but surely we will not kill you.
+        They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up
+        from the rock.
+015:014 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him:
+        and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes
+        that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire,
+        and his bands dropped from off his hands.
+015:015 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand,
+        and took it, and struck a thousand men therewith.
+015:016 Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps,
+        With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.
+015:017 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast
+        away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was
+        called Ramath Lehi.
+015:018 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have
+        given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant;
+        and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand
+        of the uncircumcised.
+015:019 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out
+        of it.  When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
+        therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi,
+        to this day.
+015:020 He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
+016:001 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went
+        in to her.
+016:002 [It was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here.
+        They compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate
+        of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be]
+        until morning light, then we will kill him.
+016:003 Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid
+        hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts,
+        and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders,
+        and carried them up to the top of the mountain that
+        is before Hebron.
+016:004 It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley
+        of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
+016:005 The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her,
+        Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies,
+        and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind
+        him to afflict him:  and we will each give you of us eleven
+        hundred [pieces] of silver.
+016:006 Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your great
+        strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
+016:007 Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords
+        that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be
+        as another man.
+016:008 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green
+        cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
+016:009 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner chamber.
+        She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!"  He broke
+        the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire.
+        So his strength was not known.
+016:010 Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies:
+        now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound.
+016:011 He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with
+        which no work has been done, then shall I become weak,
+        and be as another man.
+016:012 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith,
+        and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson.
+        The ambush was waiting in the inner chamber.  He broke them
+        off his arms like a thread.
+016:013 Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me,
+        and told me lies:  tell me with which you might be bound.
+        He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head
+        with the web.
+016:014 She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines
+        are on you, Samson.  He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked
+        away the pin of the beam, and the web.
+016:015 She said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart
+        is not with me? you have mocked me these three times,
+        and have not told me in which your great strength lies.
+016:016 It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words,
+        and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
+016:017 He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever
+        come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my
+        mother's womb.  If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me,
+        and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
+016:018 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart,
+        she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying,
+        Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.
+        Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought
+        the money in their hand.
+016:019 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man,
+        and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began
+        to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
+016:020 She said, The Philistines are on you, Samson.  He awoke out
+        of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times,
+        and shake myself free.  But he didn't know that Yahweh had
+        departed from him.
+016:021 The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they
+        brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;
+        and he ground at the mill in the prison.
+016:022 However the hair of his head began to grow again after
+        he was shaved.
+016:023 The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer
+        a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice;
+        for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy
+        into our hand.
+016:024 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said,
+        Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer
+        of our country, who has slain many of us.
+016:025 It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
+        Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.  They called
+        for Samson out of the prison; and he made sport before them.
+        They set him between the pillars:
+016:026 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, Allow me
+        that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house rests,
+        that I may lean on them.
+016:027 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords
+        of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about
+        three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson made sport.
+016:028 Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me,
+        Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I
+        may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
+016:029 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the
+        house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand,
+        and the other with his left.
+016:030 Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.
+        He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell
+        on the lords, and on all the people who were therein.
+        So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those
+        who he killed in his life.
+016:031 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down,
+        and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between
+        Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father.
+        He judged Israel twenty years.
+017:001 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
+017:002 He said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver
+        that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse,
+        and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me;
+        I took it.  His mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh.
+017:003 He restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother;
+        and his mother said, I most certainly dedicate the silver
+        to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image
+        and a molten image:  now therefore I will restore it to you.
+017:004 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took
+        two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder,
+        who made of it an engraved image and a molten image:
+        and it was in the house of Micah.
+017:005 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim,
+        and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
+017:006 In those days there was no king in Israel:  every man did
+        that which was right in his own eyes.
+017:007 There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family
+        of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
+017:008 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah,
+        to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came
+        to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah,
+        as he traveled.
+017:009 Micah said to him, Whence come you?  He said to him, I am
+        a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I
+        may find [a place].
+017:010 Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father
+        and a priest, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver
+        by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food.
+        So the Levite went in.
+017:011 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young
+        man was to him as one of his sons.
+017:012 Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest,
+        and was in the house of Micah.
+017:013 Then said Micah, Now know I that Yahweh will do me good,
+        seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
+018:001 In those days there was no king in Israel:  and in those days
+        the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in;
+        for to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them
+        among the tribes of Israel.
+018:002 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
+        whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol,
+        to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them,
+        Go, search the land.  They came to the hill country of Ephraim,
+        to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
+018:003 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice
+        of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there,
+        and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this
+        place? and what have you here?
+018:004 He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me,
+        and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.
+018:005 They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we
+        may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
+018:006 The priest said to them, Go in peace:  before Yahweh is your
+        way wherein you go.
+018:007 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw
+        the people who were therein, how they lived in security,
+        after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure;
+        for there was none in the land, possessing authority,
+        that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far
+        from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
+018:008 They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol:
+        and their brothers said to them, What [say] you?
+018:009 They said, Arise, and let us go up against them;
+        for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good:
+        and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter
+        in to possess the land.
+018:010 When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land
+        is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place
+        where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.
+018:011 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites,
+        out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with
+        weapons of war.
+018:012 They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah:
+        therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day;
+        behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
+018:013 They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came
+        to the house of Micah.
+018:014 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered,
+        and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in
+        these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image,
+        and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
+018:015 They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young
+        man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him
+        of his welfare.
+018:016 The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were
+        of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
+018:017 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came
+        in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod,
+        and the teraphim, and the molten image:  and the priest stood
+        by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt
+        with weapons of war.
+018:018 When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image,
+        the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest
+        said to them, What do you?
+018:019 They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth,
+        and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest:
+        is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man,
+        or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
+018:020 The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim,
+        and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.
+018:021 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and
+        the livestock and the goods before them.
+018:022 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who
+        were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together,
+        and overtook the children of Dan.
+018:023 They cried to the children of Dan.  They turned their faces,
+        and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with
+        such a company?
+018:024 He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest,
+        and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say
+        you to me, What ails you?
+018:025 The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard
+        among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life,
+        with the lives of your household."
+018:026 The children of Dan went their way:  and when Micah saw
+        that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back
+        to his house.
+018:027 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom
+        he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure,
+        and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt
+        the city with fire.
+018:028 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon,
+        and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in
+        the valley that lies by Beth Rehob.  They built the city,
+        and lived therein.
+018:029 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan
+        their father, who was born to Israel:  however the name
+        of the city was Laish at the first.
+018:030 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image:
+        and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his
+        sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day
+        of the captivity of the land.
+018:031 So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made,
+        all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
+019:001 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
+        that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side
+        of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine
+        out of Bethlehem Judah.
+019:002 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went
+        away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah,
+        and was there the space of four months.
+019:003 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her,
+        to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple
+        of donkeys:  and she brought him into her father's house;
+        and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced
+        to meet him.
+019:004 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him;
+        and he abode with him three days:  so they ate and drink,
+        and lodged there.
+019:005 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning,
+        and he rose up to depart:  and the young lady's father said
+        to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread,
+        and afterward you shall go your way.
+019:006 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together:
+        and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased
+        to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
+019:007 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him,
+        and he lodged there again.
+019:008 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart;
+        and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart
+        and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
+019:009 When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine,
+        and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father,
+        said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening,
+        please stay all night:  behold, the day grows to an end,
+        lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get
+        you early on your way, that you may go home.
+019:010 But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed,
+        and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem):
+        and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled;
+        his concubine also was with him.
+019:011 When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
+        said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into
+        this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
+019:012 His master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city
+        of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel;
+        but we will pass over to Gibeah.
+019:013 He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one
+        of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
+019:014 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down
+        on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
+019:015 They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah:
+        and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city;
+        for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge.
+019:016 Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even:
+        now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourned
+        in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
+019:017 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street
+        of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and
+        whence come you?
+019:018 He said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther
+        side of the hill country of Ephraim; from there am I, and I went
+        to Bethlehem Judah:  and I am [now] going to the house of Yahweh;
+        and there is no man who takes me into his house.
+019:019 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys;
+        and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid,
+        and for the young man who is with your servants:
+        there is no want of anything.
+019:020 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants
+        lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.
+019:021 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder;
+        and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
+019:022 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of
+        the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about,
+        beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house,
+        the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house,
+        that we may know him.
+019:023 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said
+        to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly;
+        seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
+019:024 Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine;
+        them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do
+        with them what seems good to you:  but to this man don't
+        do any such folly.
+019:025 But the men wouldn't listen to him:  so the man laid hold
+        on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they
+        knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning:
+        and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
+019:026 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell
+        down at the door of the man's house where her lord was,
+        until it was light.
+019:027 Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of
+        the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman
+        his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house,
+        with her hands on the threshold.
+019:028 He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered:
+        then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up,
+        and got him to his place.
+019:029 When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on
+        his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces,
+        and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
+019:030 It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed
+        done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came
+        up out of the land of Egypt to this day:  consider it,
+        take counsel, and speak.
+020:001 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation
+        was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba,
+        with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
+020:002 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
+        presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God,
+        four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
+020:003 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel
+        had gone up to Mizpah.)  The children of Israel said, Tell us,
+        how was this wickedness brought to pass?
+020:004 The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered,
+        answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and
+        my concubine, to lodge.
+020:005 The men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house
+        round about me by night; me they thought to have slain,
+        and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
+020:006 I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her
+        throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel;
+        for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
+020:007 Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your
+        advice and counsel.
+020:008 All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us
+        go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
+020:009 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah:
+        [we will go up] against it by lot;
+020:010 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all
+        the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand,
+        and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people,
+        that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,
+        according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.
+020:011 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city,
+        knit together as one man.
+020:012 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
+        saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
+020:013 Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah,
+        that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.
+        But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers
+        the children of Israel.
+020:014 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together
+        out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against
+        the children of Israel.
+020:015 The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out
+        of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword,
+        besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven
+        hundred chosen men.
+020:016 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen
+        men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth,
+        and not miss.
+020:017 The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
+        thousand men who drew sword:  all these were men of war.
+020:018 The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked
+        counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first
+        to battle against the children of Benjamin?  Yahweh said,
+        Judah [shall go up] first.
+020:019 The children of Israel rose up in the morning,
+        and encamped against Gibeah.
+020:020 The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin;
+        and the men of Israel set the battle in array against
+        them at Gibeah.
+020:021 The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah,
+        and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day
+        Twenty-two thousand men.
+020:022 The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves,
+        and set the battle again in array in the place where they
+        set themselves in array the first day.
+020:023 The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even;
+        and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near
+        to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?
+        Yahweh said, Go up against him.
+020:024 The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
+        the second day.
+020:025 Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day,
+        and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel
+        again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
+020:026 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,
+        and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh,
+        and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt
+        offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
+020:027 The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant
+        of God was there in those days,
+020:028 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before
+        it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle
+        against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?
+        Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him
+        into your hand.
+020:029 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
+020:030 The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin
+        on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah,
+        as at other times.
+020:031 The children of Benjamin went out against the people,
+        and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike
+        and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways,
+        of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah,
+        in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
+020:032 The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us,
+        as at the first.  But the children of Israel said, Let us flee,
+        and draw them away from the city to the highways.
+020:033 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set
+        themselves in array at Baal Tamar:  and the ambushers of Israel
+        broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
+020:034 There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out
+        of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know
+        that evil was close on them.
+020:035 Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel
+        destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men:
+        all these drew the sword.
+020:036 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck;
+        for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they
+        trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.
+020:037 The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers
+        drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge
+        of the sword.
+020:038 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers
+        was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up
+        out of the city.
+020:039 The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began
+        to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons;
+        for they said, Surely they are struck down before us,
+        as in the first battle.
+020:040 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar
+        of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold,
+        the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
+020:041 The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed;
+        for they saw that evil had come on them.
+020:042 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel
+        to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard
+        after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed
+        them in the midst of it.
+020:043 They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them,
+        [and] trod them down at [their] resting place, as far as over
+        against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
+020:044 There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were]
+        men of valor.
+020:045 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon:
+        and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men,
+        and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them
+        two thousand men.
+020:046 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five
+        thousand men who drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor.
+020:047 But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to
+        the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
+020:048 The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin,
+        and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the
+        entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found:
+        moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
+021:001 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall
+        not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
+021:002 The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God,
+        and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
+021:003 They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel,
+        that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
+021:004 It happened on the next day that the people rose early,
+        and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings
+        and peace offerings.
+021:005 The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes
+        of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh?  For they
+        had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up
+        to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
+021:006 The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother,
+        and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
+021:007 How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we
+        have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our
+        daughters to wives?
+021:008 They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't
+        come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?  Behold, there came none
+        to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
+021:009 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none
+        of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
+021:010 The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant,
+        and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants
+        of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women
+        and the little ones.
+021:011 This is the thing that you shall do:  you shall utterly destroy
+        every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
+021:012 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred
+        young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him;
+        and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in
+        the land of Canaan.
+021:013 The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin
+        who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
+021:014 Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women
+        whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead:
+        and yet so they weren't enough for them.
+021:015 The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made
+        a breach in the tribes of Israel.
+021:016 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for
+        wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed
+        out of Benjamin?
+021:017 They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped
+        of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
+021:018 However we may not give them wives of our daughters,
+        for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be
+        he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
+021:019 They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year
+        in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east
+        side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem,
+        and on the south of Lebonah.
+021:020 They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
+        in wait in the vineyards,
+021:021 and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out
+        to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards,
+        and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh,
+        and go to the land of Benjamin.
+021:022 It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain
+        to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us,
+        because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle,
+        neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty.
+021:023 The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to
+        their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off:
+        and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built
+        the cities, and lived in them.
+021:024 The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man
+        to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there
+        every man to his inheritance.
+021:025 In those days there was no king in Israel:  every man did
+        that which was right in his own eyes.
+Book 08 Ruth
+001:001 It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there
+        was a famine in the land.  A certain man of Bethlehem Judah
+        went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife,
+        and his two sons.
+001:002 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi,
+        and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
+        Bethlehem Judah.  They came into the country of Moab,
+        and continued there.
+001:003 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left,
+        and her two sons.
+001:004 They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name
+        of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth:
+        and they lived there about ten years.
+001:005 Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left
+        of her two children and of her husband.
+001:006 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return
+        from the country of Moab:  for she had heard in the country of Moab
+        how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
+001:007 She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
+        daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return
+        to the land of Judah.
+001:008 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each
+        of you to her mother's house:  Yahweh deal kindly with you,
+        as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
+001:009 Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house
+        of her husband.  Then she kissed them, and they lifted up
+        their voice, and wept.
+001:010 They said to her, No, but we will return with you to your people.
+001:011 Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters:  why will you go with me?
+        have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
+001:012 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have
+        a husband.  If I should say, I have hope, if I should even
+        have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
+001:013 would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you
+        therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters,
+        for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh
+        is gone forth against me.
+001:014 They lifted up their voice, and wept again:  and Orpah kissed
+        her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
+001:015 She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people,
+        and to her god:  return you after your sister-in-law.
+001:016 Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return
+        from following after you, for where you go, I will go;
+        and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
+        and your God my God;
+001:017 where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried:
+        Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part
+        you and me."
+001:018 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her,
+        she left off speaking to her.
+001:019 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem.  It happened,
+        when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved
+        about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
+001:020 She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara;
+        for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
+001:021 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty;
+        why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me,
+        and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
+001:022 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law,
+        with her, who returned out of the country of Moab:
+        and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
+002:001 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
+        of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
+002:002 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
+        and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight
+        I shall find favor.  She said to her, Go, my daughter.
+002:003 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
+        and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging
+        to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
+002:004 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers,
+        Yahweh be with you.  They answered him, Yahweh bless you.
+002:005 Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers,
+        Whose young lady is this?
+002:006 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, It is the Moabite
+        lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
+002:007 She said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers
+        among the sheaves.  So she came, and has continued even
+        from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little
+        in the house.
+002:008 Then said Boaz to Ruth, Don't you hear, my daughter?
+        Don't go to glean in another field, neither pass from hence,
+        but abide here fast by my maidens.
+002:009 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them:
+        haven't I charged the young men that they shall not touch
+        you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink
+        of that which the young men have drawn.
+002:010 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
+        and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight,
+        that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
+002:011 Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that you
+        have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband;
+        and how you have left your father and your mother,
+        and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you
+        didn't know before.
+002:012 Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you
+        of Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you are come
+        to take refuge.
+002:013 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord,
+        because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly
+        to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
+002:014 At meal time Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread,
+        and dip your morsel in the vinegar.  She sat beside the reapers,
+        and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was sufficed,
+        and left of it.
+002:015 When she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
+        young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves,
+        and don't reproach her.
+002:016 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it,
+        and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.
+002:017 So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that
+        which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
+002:018 She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law
+        saw what she had gleaned:  and she brought forth and gave
+        to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.
+002:019 Her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? and
+        where have you worked? blessed be he who did take knowledge of you.
+        She shown her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said,
+        The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
+002:020 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Yahweh,
+        who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.
+        Naomi said to her, The man is a close relative to us,
+        one of our near kinsmen.
+002:021 Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You shall keep
+        fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
+002:022 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter,
+        that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you
+        in any other field.
+002:023 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end
+        of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived
+        with her mother-in-law.
+003:001 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I
+        not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
+003:002 Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were?
+        Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
+003:003 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your clothing
+        on you, and get you down to the threshing floor, but don't
+        make yourself known to the man, until he shall have done
+        eating and drinking.
+003:004 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place
+        where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet,
+        and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do.
+003:005 She said to her, All that you say I will do.
+003:006 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all
+        that her mother-in-law told her.
+003:007 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry,
+        he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain:
+        and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
+003:008 It happened at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself;
+        and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
+003:009 He said, Who are you?  She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid:
+        spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are
+        a near kinsman.
+003:010 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter:
+        you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at
+        the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men,
+        whether poor or rich.
+003:011 Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that
+        you say; for all the city of my people does know that you
+        are a worthy woman.
+003:012 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is
+        a kinsman nearer than I.
+003:013 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will
+        perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
+        kinsman's part:  but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you,
+        then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as Yahweh lives:
+        lie down until the morning.
+003:014 She lay at his feet until the morning.  She rose up before
+        one could discern another.  For he said, Let it not be known
+        that the woman came to the threshing floor.
+003:015 He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it;
+        and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley,
+        and laid it on her:  and he went into the city.
+003:016 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you,
+        my daughter?  She told her all that the man had done to her.
+003:017 She said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said,
+        "Don't go empty to your mother-in-law."
+003:018 Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how
+        the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has
+        finished the thing this day."
+004:001 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there:
+        and behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by;
+        to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.
+        He turned aside, and sat down.
+004:002 He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you
+        down here.  They sat down.
+004:003 He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out
+        of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land,
+        which was our brother Elimelech's:
+004:004 I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before
+        those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.
+        If you will redeem it, redeem it:  but if you will not
+        redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there
+        is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.
+        He said, I will redeem it.
+004:005 Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi,
+        you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead,
+        to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
+004:006 The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, lest I
+        mar my own inheritance:  take my right of redemption on you;
+        for I can't redeem it.
+004:007 Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning
+        redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things:
+        a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor;
+        and this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel.
+004:008 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself.
+        He drew off his shoe.
+004:009 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses
+        this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's,
+        and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
+004:010 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
+        purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead
+        on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off
+        from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place:
+        you are witnesses this day.
+004:011 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
+        are witnesses.  Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house
+        like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel:
+        and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
+004:012 and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar
+        bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you
+        of this young woman.
+004:013 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her,
+        and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
+004:014 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left
+        you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be
+        famous in Israel.
+004:015 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you
+        in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you,
+        who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
+004:016 Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
+        nurse to it.
+004:017 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son
+        born to Naomi; and they named him Obed:  he is the father
+        of Jesse, the father of David.
+004:018 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez:  Perez became
+        the father of Hezron,
+004:019 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became
+        the father of Amminadab,
+004:020 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became
+        the father of Salmon,
+004:021 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became
+        the father of Obed,
+004:022 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became
+        the father of David.
+Book 09 1 Samuel
+001:001 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim,
+        of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah,
+        the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu,
+        the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
+001:002 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah,
+        and the name of other Peninnah:  and Peninnah had children,
+        but Hannah had no children.
+001:003 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship
+        and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh.  The two sons
+        of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
+001:004 When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah
+        his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
+001:005 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah,
+        but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
+001:006 Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh
+        had shut up her womb.
+001:007 [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house
+        of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept,
+        and did not eat.
+001:008 Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why
+        don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better
+        to you than ten sons?
+001:009 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after
+        they had drunk.  Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat
+        by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh.
+001:010 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh,
+        and wept sore.
+001:011 She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed
+        look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me,
+        and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid
+        a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life,
+        and there shall no razor come on his head.
+001:012 It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli
+        marked her mouth.
+001:013 Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved,
+        but her voice was not heard:  therefore Eli thought she
+        had been drunken.
+001:014 Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your
+        wine from you.
+001:015 Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit:
+        I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured
+        out my soul before Yahweh.
+001:016 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out
+        of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have
+        I spoken hitherto.
+001:017 Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant
+        your petition that you have asked of him.
+001:018 She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.
+        So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression
+        wasn't sad any more.
+001:019 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh,
+        and returned, and came to their house to Ramah:
+        and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
+001:020 It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived,
+        and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I
+        have asked him of Yahweh.
+001:021 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh
+        the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
+001:022 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not
+        go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him,
+        that he may appear before Yahweh, and there abide forever.
+001:023 Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems you good;
+        wait until you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word.
+        So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
+001:024 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her,
+        with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle
+        of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh:
+        and the child was young.
+001:025 They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
+001:026 She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am
+        the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
+001:027 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition
+        which I asked of him:
+001:028 therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives
+        he is granted to Yahweh.  He worshiped Yahweh there.
+002:001 Hannah prayed, and said:  My heart exults in Yahweh!  My horn
+        is exalted in Yahweh.  My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,
+        because I rejoice in your salvation.
+002:002 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you,
+        nor is there any rock like our God.
+002:003 Talk no more so exceeding proudly.  Don't let arrogance
+        come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
+        By him actions are weighed.
+002:004 The bows of the mighty men are broken.  Those who stumbled
+        are girded with strength.
+002:005 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
+        Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yes, the barren
+        has borne seven.  She who has many children languishes.
+002:006 Yahweh kills, and makes alive.  He brings down to Sheol,
+        and brings up.
+002:007 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich.  He brings low,
+        he also lifts up.
+002:008 He raises up the poor out of the dust.  He lifts up the needy
+        from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit
+        the throne of glory, for the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's.
+        He has set the world on them.
+002:009 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put
+        to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
+002:010 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
+        He will thunder against them in the sky.  Yahweh will judge
+        the ends of the earth.  He will give strength to his king,
+        and exalt the horn of his anointed.
+002:011 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.  The child did minister
+        to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
+002:012 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.
+002:013 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man
+        offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh
+        was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
+002:014 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
+        all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith.
+        So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
+002:015 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said
+        to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;
+        for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
+002:016 If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first,
+        and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say,
+        No, but you shall give it me now:  and if not, I will take
+        it by force.
+002:017 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh;
+        for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
+002:018 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child,
+        girded with a linen ephod.
+002:019 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it
+        to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband
+        to offer the yearly sacrifice.
+002:020 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed
+        of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.
+        They went to their own home.
+002:021 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons
+        and two daughters.  The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
+002:022 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did
+        to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served
+        at the door of the tent of meeting.
+002:023 He said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your
+        evil dealings from all this people.
+002:024 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear:
+        you make Yahweh's people to disobey.
+002:025 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him;
+        but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?
+        Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father,
+        because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
+002:026 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh,
+        and also with men.
+002:027 There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says
+        Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father,
+        when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?
+002:028 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be
+        my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear
+        an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father
+        all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
+002:029 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have
+        commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me,
+        to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings
+        of Israel my people?
+002:030 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed
+        that your house, and the house of your father, should walk
+        before me forever:  but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me;
+        for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise
+        me shall be lightly esteemed.
+002:031 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm
+        of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man
+        in your house.
+002:032 You shall see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth
+        which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old
+        man in your house forever.
+002:033 The man of yours, [whom] I shall not cut off from my altar,
+        [shall be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart;
+        and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower
+        of their age.
+002:034 This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons,
+        on Hophni and Phinehas:  in one day they shall die both of them.
+002:035 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do
+        according to that which is in my heart and in my mind:
+        and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before
+        my anointed forever.
+002:036 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall
+        come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf
+        of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests'
+        offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
+003:001 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli.
+        The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was
+        no frequent vision.
+003:002 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place
+        (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
+003:003 and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid
+        down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark
+        of God was;
+003:004 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.
+003:005 He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me.
+        He said, I didn't call; lie down again.  He went and lay down.
+003:006 Yahweh called yet again, Samuel.  Samuel arose and went to Eli,
+        and said, Here am I; for you called me.  He answered,
+        I didn't call, my son; lie down again.
+003:007 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word
+        of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
+003:008 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time.  He arose
+        and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me.
+        Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
+003:009 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down:  and it shall be,
+        if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your
+        servant hears.  So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
+003:010 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
+        Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
+003:011 Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
+        at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
+003:012 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken
+        concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
+003:013 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever,
+        for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring
+        a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
+003:014 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity
+        of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice
+        nor offering forever.
+003:015 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house
+        of Yahweh.  Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
+003:016 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son.
+        He said, Here am I.
+003:017 He said, "What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you?
+        Please don't hide it from me.  God do so to you, and more also,
+        if you hide anything from me of all the things that he
+        spoke to you."
+003:018 Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him.
+        He said, It is Yahweh:  let him do what seems him good.
+003:019 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his
+        words fall to the ground.
+003:020 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
+        established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
+003:021 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself
+        to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
+004:001 The word of Samuel came to all Israel.  Now Israel went out
+        against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer:
+        and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
+004:002 The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel:
+        and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before
+        the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field
+        about four thousand men.
+004:003 When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
+        Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines?  Let us
+        get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us,
+        that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand
+        of our enemies.
+004:004 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark
+        of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits [above] the cherubim:
+        and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there
+        with the ark of the covenant of God.
+004:005 When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp,
+        all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
+004:006 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,
+        What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of
+        the Hebrews?  They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come
+        into the camp.
+004:007 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come
+        into the camp.  They said, Woe to us! for there has not been
+        such a thing heretofore.
+004:008 Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
+        gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all
+        manner of plagues in the wilderness.
+004:009 Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines,
+        that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you:
+        quit yourselves like men, and fight.
+004:010 The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled
+        every man to his tent:  and there was a very great slaughter;
+        for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
+004:011 The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
+        and Phinehas, were slain.
+004:012 There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
+        the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
+004:013 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the
+        road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God.
+        When the man came into the city, and told it, all the
+        city cried out.
+004:014 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means
+        the noise of this tumult?  The man hurried, and came
+        and told Eli.
+004:015 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set,
+        so that he could not see.
+004:016 The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled
+        today out of the army.  He said, How went the matter, my son?
+004:017 He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before
+        the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter
+        among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas,
+        are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
+004:018 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli]
+        fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate;
+        and his neck broke, and he died:  for he was an old man, and heavy.
+        He had judged Israel forty years.
+004:019 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child,
+        near to be delivered:  and when she heard the news that
+        the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her
+        husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth;
+        for her pains came on her.
+004:020 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said
+        to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son.
+        But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
+004:021 She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed
+        from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because
+        of her father-in-law and her husband.
+004:022 She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark
+        of God is taken.
+005:001 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought
+        it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
+005:002 The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into
+        the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
+005:003 When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was
+        fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh.
+        They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
+005:004 When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was
+        fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh;
+        and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay]
+        cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was
+        left to him.
+005:005 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into
+        Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod,
+        to this day.
+005:006 But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod,
+        and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod
+        and the borders of it.
+005:007 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said,
+        The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us;
+        for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god.
+005:008 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines
+        to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God
+        of Israel?  They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel
+        be carried about to Gath.  They carried the ark of the God
+        of Israel [there].
+005:009 It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand
+        of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion:
+        and he struck the men of the city, both small and great;
+        and tumors broke out on them.
+005:010 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.  It happened, as the ark
+        of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,
+        They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us,
+        to kill us and our people.
+005:011 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of
+        the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God
+        of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it
+        not kill us and our people.  For there was a deadly confusion
+        throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
+005:012 The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors;
+        and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
+006:001 The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
+006:002 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,
+        saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh?  Show us
+        with which we shall send it to its place."
+006:003 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send
+        it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering:
+        then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why
+        his hand is not removed from you."
+006:004 Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering which we
+        shall return to him?"  They said, "Five golden tumors,
+        and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords
+        of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all,
+        and on your lords.
+006:005 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your
+        mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God
+        of Israel:  peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you,
+        and from off your gods, and from off your land.
+006:006 Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
+        hardened their hearts?  When he had worked wonderfully among them,
+        didn't they let the people go, and they departed?
+006:007 Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart,
+        and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie
+        the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
+006:008 and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put
+        the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering,
+        in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
+006:009 Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to
+        Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil:  but if not,
+        then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us;
+        it was a chance that happened to us."
+006:010 The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart,
+        and shut up their calves at home;
+006:011 and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer
+        with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
+006:012 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh;
+        they went along the highway, lowing as they went,
+        and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left;
+        and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border
+        of Beth Shemesh.
+006:013 They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley;
+        and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced
+        to see it.
+006:014 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh,
+        and stood there, where there was a great stone:
+        and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows
+        for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
+006:015 The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that
+        was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them
+        on the great stone:  and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt
+        offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
+006:016 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned
+        to Ekron the same day.
+006:017 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for
+        a trespass offering to Yahweh:  for Ashdod one, for Gaza one,
+        for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
+006:018 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities
+        of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified
+        cities and of country villages, even to the great stone,
+        whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains]
+        to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
+006:019 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked
+        into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand
+        seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck
+        the people with a great slaughter.
+006:020 The men of Beth Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh,
+        this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
+006:021 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim,
+        saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh;
+        come you down, and bring it up to you.
+007:001 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh,
+        and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill,
+        and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.
+007:002 It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim,
+        that the time was long; for it was twenty years:
+        and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
+007:003 Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you
+        do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away
+        the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you,
+        and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only;
+        and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
+007:004 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth,
+        and served Yahweh only.
+007:005 Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray
+        for you to Yahweh."
+007:006 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured
+        it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there,
+        "We have sinned against Yahweh."  Samuel judged the children
+        of Israel in Mizpah.
+007:007 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
+        gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went
+        up against Israel.  When the children of Israel heard it,
+        they were afraid of the Philistines.
+007:008 The children of Israel said to Samuel, "Don't cease to cry
+        to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand
+        of the Philistines."
+007:009 Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt
+        offering to Yahweh:  and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel;
+        and Yahweh answered him.
+007:010 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines
+        drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a
+        great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them;
+        and they were struck down before Israel.
+007:011 The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines,
+        and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
+007:012 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen,
+        and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has
+        Yahweh helped us.
+007:013 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within
+        the border of Israel:  and the hand of Yahweh was against
+        the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
+007:014 The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were
+        restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border
+        of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines.
+        There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
+007:015 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
+007:016 He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal,
+        and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
+007:017 His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there
+        he judged Israel:  and he built there an altar to Yahweh.
+008:001 It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons
+        judges over Israel.
+008:002 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of
+        his second, Abijah:  they were judges in Beersheba.
+008:003 His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
+        and took bribes, and perverted justice.
+008:004 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,
+        and came to Samuel to Ramah;
+008:005 and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons
+        don't walk in your ways:  now make us a king to judge us
+        like all the nations.
+008:006 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king
+        to judge us.  Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
+008:007 Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people
+        in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you,
+        but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
+008:008 According to all the works which they have done since the day
+        that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day,
+        in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods,
+        so do they also to you.
+008:009 Now therefore listen to their voice:  however you shall protest
+        solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of the king
+        who shall reign over them.
+008:010 Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked
+        of him a king.
+008:011 He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign
+        over you:  he will take your sons, and appoint them to him,
+        for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run
+        before his chariots;
+008:012 and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands,
+        and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground,
+        and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
+        and the instruments of his chariots.
+008:013 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks,
+        and to be bakers.
+008:014 He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves,
+        even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
+008:015 He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,
+        and give to his officers, and to his servants.
+008:016 He will take your male servants, and your female servants,
+        and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them
+        to his work.
+008:017 He will take the tenth of your flocks:  and you shall
+        be his servants.
+008:018 You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall
+        have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.
+008:019 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel;
+        and they said, No:  but we will have a king over us,
+008:020 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king
+        may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
+008:021 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
+        them in the ears of Yahweh.
+008:022 Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king.
+        Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.
+009:001 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son
+        of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son
+        of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
+009:002 He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man;
+        and there was not among the children of Israel a better
+        person than he.  From his shoulders and upward he was higher
+        than any of the people.
+009:003 The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost.  Kish said
+        to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you,
+        and arise, go seek the donkeys.
+009:004 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed
+        through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them:
+        then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they
+        weren't there:  and he passed through the land of the Benjamites,
+        but they didn't find them.
+009:005 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
+        who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father
+        leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
+009:006 He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God,
+        and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes
+        surely to pass:  now let us go there; peradventure he can
+        tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
+009:007 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall
+        we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels,
+        and there is not a present to bring to the man of God:
+        what have we?
+009:008 The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have
+        in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver:
+        that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
+009:009 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God,
+        thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is
+        now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
+009:010 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go.
+        So they went to the city where the man of God was.
+009:011 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens
+        going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
+009:012 They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you:
+        make haste now, for he is come today into the city;
+        for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
+009:013 as soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately
+        find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat;
+        for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless
+        the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat who are invited.
+        Now therefore get you up; for at this time you shall find him.
+009:014 They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city,
+        behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
+009:015 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
+009:016 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land
+        of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my
+        people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand
+        of the Philistines:  for I have looked on my people,
+        because their cry is come to me.
+009:017 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man
+        of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority
+        over my people.
+009:018 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said,
+        Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
+009:019 Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before
+        me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today:
+        and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all
+        that is in your heart.
+009:020 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago,
+        don't set your mind on them; for they are found.
+        For whom is all that is desirable in Israel?  Is it not for you,
+        and for all your father's house?
+009:021 Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest
+        of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all
+        the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you
+        to me after this manner?
+009:022 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into
+        the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among
+        those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
+009:023 Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you,
+        of which I said to you, Set it by you.
+009:024 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it
+        before Saul.  [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved!
+        set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has
+        it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people.
+        So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
+009:025 When they were come down from the high place into the city,
+        he talked with Saul on the housetop.
+009:026 They arose early:  and it happened about the spring of the day,
+        that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I
+        may send you away.  Saul arose, and they went out both of them,
+        he and Samuel, abroad.
+009:027 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said
+        to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on),
+        but stand you still first, that I may cause you to hear
+        the word of God.
+010:001 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head,
+        and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed
+        you to be prince over his inheritance?
+010:002 When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men
+        by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they
+        will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found;
+        and behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys,
+        and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
+010:003 Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall
+        come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you there
+        three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids,
+        and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying
+        a bottle of wine:
+010:004 and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread,
+        which you shall receive of their hand.
+010:005 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is
+        the garrison of the Philistines:  and it shall happen,
+        when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band
+        of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery,
+        and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them;
+        and they will be prophesying:
+010:006 and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall
+        prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
+010:007 Let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do
+        as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.
+010:008 You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come
+        down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice
+        sacrifices of peace offerings:  seven days shall you wait,
+        until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
+010:009 It was so, that when he had turned his back to go
+        from Samuel, God gave him another heart:  and all those signs
+        happened that day.
+010:010 When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets
+        met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him,
+        and he prophesied among them.
+010:011 It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold,
+        he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one
+        to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish?  Is Saul
+        also among the prophets?
+010:012 One of the same place answered, Who is their father?
+        Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
+010:013 When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
+010:014 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you?
+        He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they
+        were not found, we came to Samuel.
+010:015 Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
+010:016 Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys
+        were found.  But concerning the matter of the kingdom,
+        of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
+010:017 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
+010:018 and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt,
+        and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
+        and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
+010:019 but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves
+        you out of all your calamities and your distresses;
+        and you have said to him, [No], but set a king over us.
+        Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes,
+        and by your thousands.
+010:020 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe
+        of Benjamin was taken.
+010:021 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families;
+        and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son
+        of Kish was taken:  but when they sought him, he could
+        not be found.
+010:022 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man
+        to come here?  Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself
+        among the baggage.
+010:023 They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among
+        the people, he was higher than any of the people from his
+        shoulders and upward.
+010:024 Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh
+        has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?"
+        All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
+010:025 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom,
+        and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh.
+        Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
+010:026 Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him
+        the army, whose hearts God had touched.
+010:027 But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us?
+        They despised him, and brought him no present.
+        But he held his peace.
+011:001 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead:
+        and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant
+        with us, and we will serve you.
+011:002 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I
+        make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out;
+        and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
+011:003 The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we
+        may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then,
+        if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.
+011:004 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these
+        words in the ears of the people:  and all the people lifted
+        up their voice, and wept.
+011:005 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field;
+        and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep?
+        They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
+011:006 The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words,
+        and his anger was kindled greatly.
+011:007 He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent
+        them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand
+        of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after
+        Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.
+        The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out
+        as one man.
+011:008 He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were
+        three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
+011:009 They said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you tell
+        the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot,
+        you shall have deliverance.  The messengers came and told
+        the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
+011:010 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you,
+        and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.
+011:011 It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in
+        three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the
+        morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day:
+        and it happened, that those who remained were scattered,
+        so that no two of them were left together.
+011:012 The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign
+        over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
+011:013 Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day;
+        for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
+011:014 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,
+        and renew the kingdom there.
+011:015 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
+        before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices
+        of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all
+        the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
+012:001 Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice
+        in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
+012:002 Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old
+        and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you:
+        and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
+012:003 Here I am:  witness against me before Yahweh, and before
+        his anointed:  whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I
+        taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed?
+        or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes
+        therewith? and I will restore it you.
+012:004 They said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
+        neither have you taken anything of any man's hand.
+012:005 He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed
+        is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.
+        They said, He is witness.
+012:006 Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron,
+        and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
+012:007 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you
+        before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh,
+        which he did to you and to your fathers.
+012:008 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh,
+        then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your
+        fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
+012:009 But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand
+        of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand
+        of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab;
+        and they fought against them.
+012:010 They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have
+        forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth:
+        but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we
+        will serve you.
+012:011 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,
+        and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side;
+        and you lived in safety.
+012:012 When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
+        against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us;
+        when Yahweh your God was your king.
+012:013 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you
+        have asked for:  and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
+012:014 If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice,
+        and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you
+        and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh
+        your God, [well]:
+012:015 but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel
+        against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh
+        be against you, as it was against your fathers.
+012:016 Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh
+        will do before your eyes.
+012:017 Isn't it wheat harvest today?  I will call to Yahweh,
+        that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see
+        that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight
+        of Yahweh, in asking you a king.
+012:018 So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain
+        that day:  and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
+012:019 All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh
+        your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins
+        [this] evil, to ask us a king.
+012:020 Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed
+        done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh,
+        but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
+012:021 and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things
+        which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
+012:022 For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake,
+        because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
+012:023 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against
+        Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you:  but I will instruct you
+        in the good and the right way.
+012:024 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart;
+        for consider how great things he has done for you.
+012:025 But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed,
+        both you and your king."
+013:001 Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign;
+        and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
+013:002 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two
+        thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel,
+        and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin:
+        and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
+013:003 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba:
+        and the Philistines heard of it.  Saul blew the trumpet
+        throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
+013:004 All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of
+        the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination
+        with the Philistines.  The people were gathered together
+        after Saul to Gilgal.
+013:005 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel,
+        thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen,
+        and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude:
+        and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
+013:006 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait
+        (for the people were distressed), then the people did
+        hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks,
+        and in coverts, and in pits.
+013:007 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land
+        of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal,
+        and all the people followed him trembling.
+013:008 He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
+        [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal;
+        and the people were scattered from him.
+013:009 Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the
+        peace offerings.  He offered the burnt offering.
+013:010 It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering
+        the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out
+        to meet him, that he might greet him.
+013:011 Samuel said, What have you done?  Saul said, Because I saw
+        that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't
+        come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines
+        assembled themselves together at Michmash;
+013:012 therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me
+        to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh:  I forced
+        myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
+013:013 Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept
+        the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you:
+        for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom
+        on Israel forever.
+013:014 But now your kingdom shall not continue:  Yahweh has sought
+        him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him
+        to be prince over his people, because you have not kept
+        that which Yahweh commanded you.
+013:015 Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.
+        Saul numbered the people who were present with him,
+        about six hundred men.
+013:016 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present
+        with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin:  but the Philistines
+        encamped in Michmash.
+013:017 The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in
+        three companies:  one company turned to the way that leads
+        to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
+013:018 and another company turned the way to Beth Horon;
+        and another company turned the way of the border that looks
+        down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
+013:019 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel;
+        for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them
+        swords or spears:
+013:020 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
+        every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
+013:021 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares,
+        and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
+013:022 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither
+        sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who
+        were with Saul and Jonathan:  but with Saul and with Jonathan
+        his son was there found.
+013:023 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
+014:001 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said
+        to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go
+        over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side.
+        But he didn't tell his father.
+014:002 Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate
+        tree which is in Migron:  and the people who were with him
+        were about six hundred men;
+014:003 and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
+        the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.
+        The people didn't know that Jonathan was gone.
+014:004 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to
+        the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side,
+        and a rocky crag on the other side:  and the name of the one
+        was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
+014:005 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash,
+        and the other on the south in front of Geba.
+014:006 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come,
+        and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised:
+        it may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no
+        restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by few.
+014:007 His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart:
+        turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart.
+014:008 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men,
+        and we will disclose ourselves to them.
+014:009 If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we
+        will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
+014:010 But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up;
+        for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand:  and this shall
+        be the sign to us.
+014:011 Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines:
+        and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth
+        out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
+014:012 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer,
+        and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.
+        Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me;
+        for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
+014:013 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his
+        armor bearer after him:  and they fell before Jonathan;
+        and his armor bearer killed them after him.
+014:014 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made,
+        was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length
+        in an acre of land.
+014:015 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all
+        the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled;
+        and the earth quaked:  so there was an exceeding great trembling.
+014:016 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold,
+        the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
+014:017 Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now,
+        and see who is gone from us.  When they had numbered, behold,
+        Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
+014:018 Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God.  For the ark
+        of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
+014:019 It happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult
+        that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased:
+        and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
+014:020 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together,
+        and came to the battle:  and behold, every man's sword was
+        against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.
+014:021 Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before,
+        and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country]
+        round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites
+        who were with Saul and Jonathan.
+014:022 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill
+        country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled,
+        even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
+014:023 So Yahweh saved Israel that day:  and the battle passed over
+        by Beth Aven.
+014:024 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had
+        adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any
+        food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies.
+        So none of the people tasted food.
+014:025 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey
+        on the ground.
+014:026 When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped:
+        but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people
+        feared the oath.
+014:027 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people
+        with the oath:  therefore he put forth the end of the rod
+        who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put
+        his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
+014:028 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly
+        charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man
+        who eats food this day.  The people were faint.
+014:029 Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land.
+        Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I
+        tasted a little of this honey.
+014:030 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today
+        of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has
+        there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
+014:031 They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon.
+        The people were very faint;
+014:032 and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,
+        and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people
+        ate them with the blood.
+014:033 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin
+        against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood.
+        He said, you have dealt treacherously:  roll a great stone
+        to me this day.
+014:034 Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them,
+        Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep,
+        and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh
+        in eating with the blood.  All the people brought every man
+        his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
+014:035 Saul built an altar to Yahweh:  the same was the first altar
+        that he built to Yahweh.
+014:036 Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,
+        and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not
+        leave a man of them.  They said, Do whatever seems good to you.
+        Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
+014:037 Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
+        will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?  But he didn't
+        answer him that day.
+014:038 Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people;
+        and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
+014:039 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan
+        my son, he shall surely die.  But there was not a man among
+        all the people who answered him.
+014:040 Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side,
+        and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
+        The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
+014:041 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right.
+        Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.
+014:042 Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son.
+        Jonathan was taken.
+014:043 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done.
+        Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little
+        honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold,
+        I must die.
+014:044 Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall
+        surely die, Jonathan.
+014:045 The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has
+        worked this great salvation in Israel?  Far from it:
+        as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head
+        fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day.
+        So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
+014:046 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines;
+        and the Philistines went to their own place.
+014:047 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought
+        against all his enemies on every side, against Moab,
+        and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom,
+        and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
+        and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.
+014:048 He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered
+        Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
+014:049 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua;
+        and the names of his two daughters were these:  the name
+        of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
+014:050 and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz.
+        The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son
+        of Ner, Saul's uncle.
+014:051 Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was
+        the son of Abiel.
+014:052 There was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
+        and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man,
+        he took him to him.
+015:001 Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king
+        over his people, over Israel:  now therefore listen you
+        to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
+015:002 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, I have marked that which Amalek
+        did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way,
+        when he came up out of Egypt.
+015:003 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,
+        and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman,
+        infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
+015:004 Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim,
+        two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
+015:005 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
+015:006 Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among
+        the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness
+        to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.
+        So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
+015:007 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur,
+        that is before Egypt.
+015:008 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
+        destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
+015:009 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,
+        and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all
+        that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them:  but everything
+        that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
+015:010 Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
+015:011 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned
+        back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.
+        Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
+015:012 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it
+        was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold,
+        he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on,
+        and went down to Gilgal.
+015:013 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you
+        by Yahweh:  I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
+015:014 Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears,
+        and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
+015:015 Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites:
+        for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen,
+        to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we
+        have utterly destroyed.
+015:016 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh
+        has said to me this night.  He said to him, Say on.
+015:017 Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight,
+        weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel?  Yahweh anointed
+        you king over Israel;
+015:018 and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly
+        destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them
+        until they are consumed.'
+015:019 Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil,
+        and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"
+015:020 Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh,
+        and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag
+        the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
+015:021 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief
+        of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
+015:022 Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings
+        and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh?  Behold, to obey
+        is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
+015:023 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is
+        as idolatry and teraphim.  Because you have rejected the word
+        of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.
+015:024 Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed
+        the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared
+        the people, and obeyed their voice.
+015:025 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
+        that I may worship Yahweh.
+015:026 Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you
+        have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected
+        you from being king over Israel.
+015:027 As Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold on the skirt
+        of his robe, and it tore.
+015:028 Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel
+        from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours
+        who is better than you.
+015:029 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent;
+        for he is not a man, that he should repent.
+015:030 Then he said, I have sinned:  yet honor me now, Please, before the
+        elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me,
+        that I may worship Yahweh your God.
+015:031 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
+015:032 Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king
+        of the Amalekites.  Agag came to him cheerfully.
+        Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
+015:033 Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall
+        your mother be childless among women.  Samuel hewed Agag
+        in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
+015:034 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house
+        to Gibeah of Saul.
+015:035 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death;
+        for Samuel mourned for Saul:  and Yahweh grieved that he had
+        made Saul king over Israel.
+016:001 Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I
+        have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn
+        with oil, and go:  I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite;
+        for I have provided me a king among his sons.
+016:002 Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.
+        Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come
+        to sacrifice to Yahweh.
+016:003 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do:
+        and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.
+016:004 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem.
+        The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said,
+        Come you peaceably?
+016:005 He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh:
+        sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
+        He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
+016:006 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab,
+        and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
+016:007 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on
+        the height of his stature; because I have rejected him:
+        for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the
+        outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
+016:008 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
+        He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
+016:009 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.  He said, Neither has
+        Yahweh chosen this.
+016:010 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.
+        Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
+016:011 Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children?
+        He said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is
+        keeping the sheep.  Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him;
+        for we will not sit down until he come here.
+016:012 He sent, and brought him in.  Now he was ruddy,
+        and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on.
+        Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
+016:013 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst
+        of his brothers:  and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily
+        on David from that day forward.  So Samuel rose up,
+        and went to Ramah.
+016:014 Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
+        from Yahweh troubled him.
+016:015 Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from
+        God troubles you.
+016:016 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you,
+        to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp:
+        and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you,
+        that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
+016:017 Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well,
+        and bring him to me.
+016:018 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen
+        a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing,
+        and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent
+        in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
+016:019 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me
+        David your son, who is with the sheep.
+016:020 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine,
+        and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
+016:021 David came to Saul, and stood before him:  and he loved him greatly;
+        and he became his armor bearer.
+016:022 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me;
+        for he has found favor in my sight.
+016:023 It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul,
+        that David took the harp, and played with his hand:
+        so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit
+        departed from him.
+017:001 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle;
+        and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah,
+        and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
+017:002 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together,
+        and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array
+        against the Philistines.
+017:003 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side,
+        and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side:
+        and there was a valley between them.
+017:004 There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
+        named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
+017:005 He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a
+        coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand
+        shekels of brass.
+017:006 He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass
+        between his shoulders.
+017:007 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam;
+        and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron:
+        and his shield bearer went before him.
+017:008 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them,
+        Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not
+        a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you,
+        and let him come down to me.
+017:009 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we
+        be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him,
+        then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
+017:010 The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;
+        give me a man, that we may fight together.
+017:011 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,
+        they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
+017:012 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah,
+        whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons:  and the man was
+        an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
+017:013 The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle:
+        and the names of his three sons who went to the battle
+        were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab,
+        and the third Shammah.
+017:014 David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
+017:015 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's
+        sheep at Bethlehem.
+017:016 The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
+        himself forty days.
+017:017 Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers
+        an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves,
+        and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
+017:018 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand,
+        and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.
+017:019 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
+        of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
+017:020 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with
+        a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
+        and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was
+        going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
+017:021 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array,
+        army against army.
+017:022 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage,
+        and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
+017:023 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,
+        the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks
+        of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words:
+        and David heard them.
+017:024 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,
+        and were sore afraid.
+017:025 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come
+        up? surely to defy Israel is he come up:  and it shall be,
+        that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him
+        with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make
+        his father's house free in Israel.
+017:026 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall
+        be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away
+        the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine,
+        that he should defy the armies of the living God?
+017:027 The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall
+        it be done to the man who kills him.
+017:028 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's
+        anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down?
+        and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?
+        I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart;
+        for you have come down that you might see the battle.
+017:029 David said, What have I now done?  Is there not a cause?
+017:030 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after
+        the same manner:  and the people answered him again after
+        the former manner.
+017:031 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed
+        them before Saul; and he sent for him.
+017:032 David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;
+        your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
+017:033 Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this
+        Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth,
+        and he a man of war from his youth.
+017:034 David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep;
+        and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out
+        of the flock,
+017:035 I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out
+        of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him
+        by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
+017:036 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear:
+        and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
+        seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
+017:037 David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion,
+        and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand
+        of this Philistine.  Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh shall
+        be with you.
+017:038 Saul clad David with his clothing, and he put a helmet of brass
+        on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
+017:039 David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go;
+        for he had not proved it.  David said to Saul, I can't go with these;
+        for I have not proved them.  David put them off him.
+017:040 He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
+        out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which
+        he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand:
+        and he drew near to the Philistine.
+017:041 The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man
+        who bore the shield went before him.
+017:042 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him;
+        for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
+017:043 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me
+        with sticks?  The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
+017:044 The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give
+        your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals
+        of the field.
+017:045 Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword,
+        and with a spear, and with a javelin:  but I come to you in
+        the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel,
+        whom you have defied.
+017:046 This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will
+        strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give
+        the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day
+        to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth;
+        that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
+017:047 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn't
+        save with sword and spear:  for the battle is Yahweh's,
+        and he will give you into our hand.
+017:048 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near
+        to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army
+        to meet the Philistine.
+017:049 David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone,
+        and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead;
+        and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face
+        to the earth.
+017:050 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and
+        with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him;
+        but there was no sword in the hand of David.
+017:051 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword,
+        and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him,
+        and cut off his head therewith.  When the Philistines saw
+        that their champion was dead, they fled.
+017:052 The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
+        the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron.
+        The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,
+        even to Gath, and to Ekron.
+017:053 The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,
+        and they plundered their camp.
+017:054 David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem;
+        but he put his armor in his tent.
+017:055 When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner,
+        the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth?
+        Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
+017:056 The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"
+017:057 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner
+        took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of
+        the Philistine in his hand.
+017:058 Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man?
+        David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
+018:001 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul,
+        that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David,
+        and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
+018:002 Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home
+        to his father's house.
+018:003 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him
+        as his own soul.
+018:004 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him,
+        and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword,
+        and to his bow, and to his sash.
+018:005 David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely:
+        and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight
+        of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
+018:006 It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter
+        of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities
+        of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,
+        with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
+018:007 The women sang one to another as they played, and said,
+        Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.
+018:008 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him;
+        and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands,
+        and to me they have ascribed but thousands:  and what can
+        he have more but the kingdom?
+018:009 Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
+018:010 It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came
+        mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house:
+        and David played with his hand, as he did day by day.
+        Saul had his spear in his hand;
+018:011 and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David
+        even to the wall.  David avoided out of his presence twice.
+018:012 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him,
+        and was departed from Saul.
+018:013 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain
+        over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
+018:014 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh
+        was with him.
+018:015 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood
+        in awe of him.
+018:016 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came
+        in before them.
+018:017 Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give
+        you as wife:  only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles.
+        For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand
+        of the Philistines be on him.
+018:018 David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my
+        father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law
+        to the king?
+018:019 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter,
+        should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel
+        the Meholathite as wife.
+018:020 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David:  and they told Saul,
+        and the thing pleased him.
+018:021 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him,
+        and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
+        Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law
+        a second time.
+018:022 Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly,
+        and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his
+        servants love you:  now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
+018:023 Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David.
+        David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's
+        son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
+018:024 The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
+018:025 Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires
+        no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
+        to be avenged of the king's enemies.  Now Saul thought to make
+        David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
+018:026 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David
+        well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
+018:027 and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed
+        of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought
+        their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king,
+        that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal
+        his daughter as wife.
+018:028 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David;
+        and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
+018:029 Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was
+        David's enemy continually.
+018:030 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth:
+        and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David
+        behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul;
+        so that his name was much set by.
+019:001 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants,
+        that they should kill David.  But Jonathan, Saul's son,
+        delighted much in David.
+019:002 Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you:
+        now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning,
+        and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
+019:003 and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
+        where you are, and I will commune with my father of you;
+        and if I see anything, I will tell you.
+019:004 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him,
+        Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David;
+        because he has not sinned against you, and because his works
+        have been very good toward you:
+019:005 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine,
+        and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel:  you saw it,
+        and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood,
+        to kill David without a cause?
+019:006 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan:  and Saul swore,
+        As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.
+019:007 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things.
+        Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence,
+        as before.
+019:008 There was war again:  and David went out, and fought with
+        the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter;
+        and they fled before him.
+019:009 An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house
+        with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
+019:010 Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear;
+        but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck
+        the spear into the wall:  and David fled, and escaped that night.
+019:011 Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him,
+        and to kill him in the morning:  and Michal, David's wife,
+        told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight,
+        tomorrow you will be slain.
+019:012 So Michal let David down through the window:  and he went,
+        and fled, and escaped.
+019:013 Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put
+        a pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it, and covered it
+        with the clothes.
+019:014 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
+019:015 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up
+        to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
+019:016 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed,
+        with the pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it.
+019:017 Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my
+        enemy go, so that he is escaped?  Michal answered Saul, He said
+        to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
+019:018 Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
+        and told him all that Saul had done to him.  He and Samuel
+        went and lived in Naioth.
+019:019 It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
+019:020 Saul sent messengers to take David:  and when they saw the company
+        of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head
+        over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul,
+        and they also prophesied.
+019:021 When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
+        also prophesied.  Saul sent messengers again the third time,
+        and they also prophesied.
+019:022 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well
+        that is in Secu:  and he asked and said, Where are Samuel
+        and David?  One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
+019:023 He went there to Naioth in Ramah:  and the Spirit of God came
+        on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came
+        to Naioth in Ramah.
+019:024 He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied
+        before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
+        Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
+020:001 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said
+        before Jonathan, "What have I done?  What is my iniquity?"
+        and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
+020:002 He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die:  behold, my father
+        does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it
+        to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me?
+        It is not so."
+020:003 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows
+        well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says,
+        'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:'
+        but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is
+        but a step between me and death."
+020:004 Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever your soul desires,
+        I will even do it for you."
+020:005 David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon,
+        and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go,
+        that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
+020:006 If your father miss me at all, then say, 'David earnestly
+        asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city;
+        for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
+020:007 If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace:
+        but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
+020:008 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have
+        brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you:
+        but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why
+        should you bring me to your father?"
+020:009 Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all
+        know that evil were determined by my father to come on you,
+        then wouldn't I tell you that?"
+020:010 Then said David to Jonathan, "Who shall tell me if perchance
+        your father answer you roughly?"
+020:011 Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field."
+        They both went out into the field.
+020:012 Jonathan said to David, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]:
+        when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow,
+        [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David,
+        shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
+020:013 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my
+        father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send
+        you away, that you may go in peace:  and Yahweh be with you,
+        as he has been with my father.
+020:014 You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness
+        of Yahweh, that I not die;
+020:015 but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever;
+        no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone
+        from the surface of the earth."
+020:016 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying],
+        Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
+020:017 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had
+        to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
+020:018 Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon:
+        and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
+020:019 When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly,
+        and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the
+        business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
+020:020 I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot
+        at a mark.
+020:021 Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows.
+        If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you;
+        take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt,
+        as Yahweh lives.
+020:022 But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you;
+        go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
+020:023 As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold,
+        Yahweh is between you and me forever.
+020:024 So David hid himself in the field:  and when the new moon was come,
+        the king sat him down to eat food.
+020:025 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat
+        by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side:
+        but David's place was empty.
+020:026 Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day:
+        for he thought, Something has happened to him.  He is not clean.
+        Surely he is not clean.
+020:027 It happened on the next day after the new moon, [which was]
+        the second [day], that David's place was empty:  and Saul said
+        to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to meat,
+        neither yesterday, nor today?
+020:028 Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me
+        to go to Bethlehem:
+020:029 and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice
+        in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to
+        be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes,
+        let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers.
+        Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
+020:030 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said
+        to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know
+        that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame,
+        and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
+020:031 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall
+        not be established, nor your kingdom.  Therefore now send
+        and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
+020:032 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should
+        he be put to death?  What has he done?"
+020:033 Saul cast his spear at him to strike him.  By this Jonathan
+        knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
+020:034 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food
+        the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David,
+        because his father had done him shame.
+020:035 It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field
+        at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
+020:036 He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.
+        As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
+020:037 When the boy was come to the place of the arrow which
+        Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said,
+        Isn't the arrow beyond you?
+020:038 Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast!  Hurry!  Don't delay!
+        Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
+020:039 But the boy didn't know anything:  only Jonathan and David
+        knew the matter.
+020:040 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, Go,
+        carry them to the city.
+020:041 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place]
+        toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground,
+        and bowed himself three times:  and they kissed one another,
+        and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
+020:042 Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn
+        both of us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be
+        between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.
+        He arose and departed:  and Jonathan went into the city.
+021:001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest:
+        and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him,
+        Why are you alone, and no man with you?
+021:002 David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me
+        a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the
+        business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you:
+        and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
+021:003 Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves
+        of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
+021:004 The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread
+        under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young
+        men have kept themselves from women.
+021:005 David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth
+        women have been kept from us about these three days;
+        when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy,
+        though it was but a common journey; how much more then today
+        shall their vessels be holy?
+021:006 So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread
+        there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh,
+        to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
+021:007 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
+        detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite,
+        the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
+021:008 David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear
+        or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons
+        with me, because the king's business required haste.
+021:009 The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine,
+        whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here
+        wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod:  if you will take that,
+        take it; for there is no other except that here.
+        David said, There is none like that; give it me.
+021:010 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went
+        to Achish the king of Gath.
+021:011 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David
+        the king of the land?  Didn't they sing one to another
+        about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands,
+        David his ten thousands?'"
+021:012 David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid
+        of Achish the king of Gath.
+021:013 He changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad
+        in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate,
+        and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
+021:014 Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad;
+        why then have you brought him to me?
+021:015 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play
+        the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
+022:001 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam:
+        and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it,
+        they went down there to him.
+022:002 Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt,
+        and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him;
+        and he became captain over them:  and there were with him
+        about four hundred men.
+022:003 David went there to Mizpeh of Moab:  and he said to the king
+        of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth,
+        [and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.
+022:004 He brought them before the king of Moab:  and they lived
+        with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
+022:005 The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold;
+        depart, and get you into the land of Judah.  Then David departed,
+        and came into the forest of Hereth.
+022:006 Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him:
+        now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree
+        in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants
+        were standing about him.
+022:007 Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now,
+        you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you
+        fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands
+        and captains of hundreds,
+022:008 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none
+        who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son
+        of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me,
+        or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant
+        against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
+022:009 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants
+        of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob,
+        to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
+022:010 He inquired of Yahweh for him, and gave him food, and gave
+        him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
+022:011 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
+        and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob:
+        and they came all of them to the king.
+022:012 Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub.  He answered,
+        Here I am, my lord.
+022:013 Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me,
+        you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread,
+        and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should
+        rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
+022:014 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your
+        servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law,
+        and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
+022:015 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me:
+        don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to
+        all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing
+        of all this, less or more.
+022:016 The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all
+        your father's house.
+022:017 The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill
+        the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David,
+        and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me.
+        But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand
+        to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
+022:018 The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests.
+        Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests,
+        and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore
+        a linen ephod.
+022:019 Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of
+        the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies,
+        and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
+022:020 One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
+        escaped, and fled after David.
+022:021 Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh's priests.
+022:022 David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite
+        was there, that he would surely tell Saul:  I have occasioned
+        [the death] of all the persons of your father's house.
+022:023 Abide you with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life
+        seeks your life:  for with me you shall be in safeguard.
+023:001 They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting
+        against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
+023:002 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike
+        these Philistines?  Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike
+        the Philistines, and save Keilah.
+023:003 David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah:
+        how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies
+        of the Philistines?
+023:004 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again.  Yahweh answered him,
+        and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver
+        the Philistines into your hand.
+023:005 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines,
+        and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a
+        great slaughter.  So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
+023:006 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
+        to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
+023:007 It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah.  Saul said,
+        God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in,
+        by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
+023:008 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah,
+        to besiege David and his men.
+023:009 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him;
+        and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
+023:010 Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has
+        surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy
+        the city for my sake.
+023:011 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand?
+        will Saul come down, as your servant has heard?
+        Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.
+        Yahweh said, He will come down.
+023:012 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me
+        and my men into the hand of Saul?  Yahweh said, They will
+        deliver you up.
+023:013 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and
+        departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go.
+        It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah;
+        and he gave up going there.
+023:014 David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds,
+        and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph.
+        Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him
+        into his hand.
+023:015 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life:
+        and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
+023:016 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood,
+        and strengthened his hand in God.
+023:017 He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father
+        shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I
+        shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
+023:018 They two made a covenant before Yahweh:  and David abode
+        in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
+023:019 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David
+        hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood,
+        in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
+023:020 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire
+        of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver
+        him up into the king's hand.
+023:021 Saul said, Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have had
+        compassion on me.
+023:022 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place
+        where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it
+        is told me that he deals very subtly.
+023:023 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places
+        where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty,
+        and I will go with you:  and it shall happen, if he be in the land,
+        that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
+023:024 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul:  but David and his men
+        were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south
+        of the desert.
+023:025 Saul and his men went to seek him.  When David was told,
+        he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon.
+        When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the
+        wilderness of Maon.
+023:026 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men
+        on that side of the mountain:  and David made haste to get
+        away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David
+        and his men round about to take them.
+023:027 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come;
+        for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
+023:028 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went
+        against the Philistines:  therefore they called that
+        place Sela Hammahlekoth.
+023:029 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds
+        of En Gedi.
+024:001 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines,
+        that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness
+        of En Gedi.
+024:002 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
+        and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
+024:003 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave;
+        and Saul went in to relieve himself.  Now David and his men
+        were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
+024:004 The men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which Yahweh
+        said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand,
+        and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.
+        Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
+024:005 It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him,
+        because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
+024:006 He said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing
+        to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him,
+        seeing he is Yahweh's anointed.
+024:007 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow
+        them to rise against Saul.  Saul rose up out of the cave,
+        and went on his way.
+024:008 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave,
+        and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king.  When Saul
+        looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth,
+        and did obeisance.
+024:009 David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying,
+        Behold, David seeks your hurt?
+024:010 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh
+        had delivered you today into my hand in the cave:
+        and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] spared you;
+        and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord;
+        for he is Yahweh's anointed.
+024:011 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe
+        in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe,
+        and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil
+        nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you,
+        though you hunt after my life to take it.
+024:012 Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you;
+        but my hand shall not be on you.
+024:013 As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes
+        forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.
+024:014 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you
+        pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
+024:015 Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you,
+        and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.
+024:016 It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking
+        these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice,
+        my son David?  Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
+024:017 He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have
+        rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
+024:018 You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me,
+        because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand,
+        you didn't kill me.
+024:019 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed?
+        Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you
+        have done to me this day.
+024:020 Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that
+        the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
+024:021 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut
+        off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name
+        out of my father's house.
+024:022 David swore to Saul.  Saul went home; but David and his men
+        got them up to the stronghold.
+025:001 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together,
+        and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah.
+        David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
+025:002 There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;
+        and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep,
+        and a thousand goats:  and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
+025:003 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail;
+        and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face:
+        but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was
+        of the house of Caleb.
+025:004 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
+025:005 David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men,
+        Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
+025:006 and thus shall you tell him who lives [in prosperity],
+        Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be
+        to all that you have.
+025:007 Now I have heard that you have shearers:  your shepherds have
+        now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there
+        anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
+025:008 Ask your young men, and they will tell you:  therefore let
+        the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day.
+        Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants,
+        and to your son David.
+025:009 When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according
+        to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
+025:010 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David?
+        and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants who break
+        away from their masters these days.
+025:011 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I
+        have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't
+        know where they come from?
+025:012 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back,
+        and came and told him according to all these words.
+025:013 David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword.
+        They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on
+        his sword:  and there went up after David about four hundred men;
+        and two hundred abode by the baggage.
+025:014 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife,
+        saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness
+        to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
+025:015 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt,
+        neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them,
+        when we were in the fields:
+025:016 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we
+        were with them keeping the sheep.
+025:017 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil
+        is determined against our master, and against all his house:
+        for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
+025:018 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves,
+        and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five
+        measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins,
+        and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
+025:019 She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you.
+        But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
+025:020 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert
+        of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down
+        toward her; and she met them.
+025:021 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this
+        fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all
+        that pertained to him:  and he has returned me evil for good.
+025:022 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave
+        of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much
+        as one who urinates on a wall.{or, male.}
+025:023 When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey,
+        and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself
+        to the ground.
+025:024 She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be
+        the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears.
+        Hear the words of your handmaid.
+025:025 Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal;
+        for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly
+        is with him:  but I your handmaid didn't see the young men
+        of my lord, whom you did send.
+025:026 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
+        seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness,
+        and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore
+        let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord,
+        be as Nabal.
+025:027 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord,
+        let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
+025:028 Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid:  for Yahweh
+        will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord
+        fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found
+        in you all your days.
+025:029 Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul,
+        yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life
+        with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies,
+        them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
+025:030 It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord
+        according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you,
+        and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
+025:031 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart
+        to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause,
+        or that my lord has avenged himself.  When Yahweh shall
+        have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.
+025:032 David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        who sent you this day to meet me:
+025:033 and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have
+        kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging
+        myself with my own hand.
+025:034 For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has
+        withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried
+        and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left
+        to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates
+        on a wall.{or, male.}
+025:035 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him:
+        and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have
+        listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
+025:036 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house,
+        like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him,
+        for he was very drunken:  therefore she told him nothing,
+        less or more, until the morning light.
+025:037 It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal,
+        that his wife told him these things, and his heart died
+        within him, and he became as a stone.
+025:038 It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal,
+        so that he died.
+025:039 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh,
+        who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand
+        of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil:
+        and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head.
+        David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to
+        him as wife.
+025:040 When the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,
+        they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take
+        you to him as wife.
+025:041 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth,
+        and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet
+        of the servants of my lord.
+025:042 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies
+        of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers
+        of David, and became his wife.
+025:043 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both
+        of them his wives.
+025:044 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife,
+        to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
+026:001 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide
+        himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?
+026:002 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph,
+        having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek
+        David in the wilderness of Ziph.
+026:003 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert,
+        by the way.  But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw
+        that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
+026:004 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was
+        come of a certainty.
+026:005 David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped;
+        and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,
+        the captain of his army:  and Saul lay within the place
+        of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.
+026:006 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite,
+        and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
+        saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?
+        Abishai said, I will go down with you.
+026:007 So David and Abishai came to the people by night:
+        and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons,
+        with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner
+        and the people lay round about him.
+026:008 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy
+        into your hand this day:  now therefore please let me strike
+        him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will
+        not strike him the second time.
+026:009 David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put forth
+        his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?
+026:010 David said, As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day
+        shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
+026:011 Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against
+        Yahweh's anointed:  but now please take the spear that is at
+        his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
+026:012 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head;
+        and they got them away:  and no man saw it, nor knew it,
+        neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep
+        sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.
+026:013 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top
+        of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;
+026:014 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,
+        saying, Don't you answer, Abner?  Then Abner answered,
+        Who are you who cries to the king?
+026:015 David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like
+        you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord,
+        the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy
+        the king your lord.
+026:016 This thing isn't good that you have done.  As Yahweh lives,
+        you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over
+        your lord, Yahweh's anointed.  Now see where the king's spear is,
+        and the jar of water that was at his head.
+026:017 Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice,
+        my son David?  David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
+026:018 He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what
+        have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
+026:019 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words
+        of his servant.  If it be Yahweh that has stirred you
+        up against me, let him accept an offering:  but if it
+        be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh:
+        for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling
+        to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
+026:020 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away
+        from the presence of Yahweh:  for the king of Israel is
+        come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge
+        in the mountains.
+026:021 Then said Saul, I have sinned:  return, my son David;
+        for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious
+        in your eyes this day:  behold, I have played the fool,
+        and have erred exceedingly.
+026:022 David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of
+        the young men come over and get it.
+026:023 Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and
+        his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today,
+        and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
+026:024 Behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes,
+        so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let
+        him deliver me out of all oppression.
+026:025 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David:
+        you shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail.
+        So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
+027:001 David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand
+        of Saul:  there is nothing better for me than that I should
+        escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair
+        of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel:
+        so shall I escape out of his hand.
+027:002 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men
+        who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
+027:003 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man
+        with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam
+        the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
+027:004 It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath:  and he sought
+        no more again for him.
+027:005 David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes,
+        let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country,
+        that I may dwell there:  for why should your servant dwell
+        in the royal city with you?
+027:006 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day:  why Ziklag pertains
+        to the kings of Judah to this day.
+027:007 The number of the days that David lived in the country
+        of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
+027:008 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites,
+        and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were
+        the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur,
+        even to the land of Egypt.
+027:009 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive,
+        and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys,
+        and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned,
+        and came to Achish.
+027:010 Achish said, Against whom have you made a raid today?
+        David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South
+        of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
+027:011 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath,
+        saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David,
+        and so has been his manner all the while he has lived
+        in the country of the Philistines.
+027:012 Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel
+        utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
+028:001 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered
+        their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
+        Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go
+        out with me in the army, you and your men.
+028:002 David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant
+        will do.  Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you
+        keeper of my head for ever.
+028:003 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him,
+        and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city.  Saul had
+        put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards,
+        out of the land.
+028:004 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
+        encamped in Shunem:  and Saul gathered all Israel together,
+        and they encamped in Gilboa.
+028:005 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid,
+        and his heart trembled greatly.
+028:006 When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him,
+        neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
+028:007 Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has
+        a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
+        His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has
+        a familiar spirit at Endor.
+028:008 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went,
+        he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night:
+        and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit,
+        and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.
+028:009 The woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done,
+        how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
+        out of the land:  why then lay you a snare for my life,
+        to cause me to die?
+028:010 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives,
+        there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
+028:011 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you?
+        He said, Bring me up Samuel.
+028:012 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice;
+        and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived
+        me? for you are Saul.
+028:013 The king said to her, Don't be afraid:  for what do you see?
+        The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
+028:014 He said to her, What form is he of?  She said, An old man
+        comes up; and he is covered with a robe.  Saul perceived
+        that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground,
+        and did obeisance.
+028:015 Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up?
+        Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines
+        make war against me, and God is departed from me,
+        and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
+        therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me
+        what I shall do.
+028:016 Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh is departed
+        from you, and is become your adversary?
+028:017 Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me:  and Yahweh has torn
+        the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor,
+        even to David.
+028:018 Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute
+        his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this
+        thing to you this day.
+028:019 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand
+        of the Philistines; and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me:
+        Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand
+        of the Philistines.
+028:020 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth,
+        and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel:
+        and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread
+        all the day, nor all the night.
+028:021 The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,
+        and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice,
+        and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your
+        words which you spoke to me.
+028:022 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid,
+        and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat,
+        that you may have strength, when you go on your way.
+028:023 But he refused, and said, I will not eat.  But his servants,
+        together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened
+        to their voice.  So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.
+028:024 The woman had a fattened calf in the house; and she hurried,
+        and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did
+        bake unleavened bread of it:
+028:025 and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants;
+        and they ate.  Then they rose up, and went away that night.
+029:001 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:
+        and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
+029:002 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands;
+        and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
+029:003 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do]
+        these Hebrews [here]?  Achish said to the princes of
+        the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king
+        of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather]
+        these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell
+        away [to me] to this day?
+029:004 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him;
+        and the princes of the Philistines said to him,
+        Make the man return, that he may go back to his place
+        where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us
+        to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us:
+        for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his
+        lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
+029:005 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
+        saying, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?
+029:006 Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives,
+        you have been upright, and your going out and your coming
+        in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found
+        evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day:
+        nevertheless the lords don't favor you.
+029:007 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease
+        the lords of the Philistines.
+029:008 David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you
+        found in your servant so long as I have been before you
+        to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies
+        of my lord the king?
+029:009 Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight,
+        as an angel of God:  notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines
+        have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
+029:010 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants
+        of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up
+        early in the morning, and have light, depart.
+029:011 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in
+        the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines.
+        The Philistines went up to Jezreel.
+030:001 It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on
+        the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South,
+        and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
+030:002 and had taken captive the women [and all] who were therein,
+        both small and great:  they didn't kill any, but carried them off,
+        and went their way.
+030:003 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned
+        with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
+        were taken captive.
+030:004 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their
+        voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
+030:005 David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
+        and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
+030:006 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him,
+        because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man
+        for his sons and for his daughters:  but David strengthened
+        himself in Yahweh his God.
+030:007 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring
+        me here the ephod.  Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
+030:008 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop,
+        shall I overtake them?  He answered him, Pursue; for you shall
+        surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all].
+030:009 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him,
+        and came to the brook Besor, where those who were
+        left behind stayed.
+030:010 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred
+        stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over
+        the brook Besor.
+030:011 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David,
+        and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
+030:012 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins:
+        and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him;
+        for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days
+        and three nights.
+030:013 David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you?
+        He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite;
+        and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
+030:014 We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on
+        that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb;
+        and we burned Ziklag with fire.
+030:015 David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop?
+        He said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me,
+        nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring
+        you down to this troop.
+030:016 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad
+        over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing,
+        because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of
+        the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
+030:017 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening
+        of the next day:  and there not a man of them escaped,
+        except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
+030:018 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David
+        rescued his two wives.
+030:019 There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,
+        neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything
+        that they had taken to them:  David brought back all.
+030:020 David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove
+        before those [other] livestock, and said, This is David's spoil.
+030:021 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they
+        could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide
+        at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David,
+        and to meet the people who were with him:  and when David
+        came near to the people, he greeted them.
+030:022 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who
+        went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us,
+        we will not give them anything of the spoil that we
+        have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children,
+        that he may lead them away, and depart.
+030:023 Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers,
+        with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us,
+        and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
+030:024 Who will listen to you in this matter? for as his share is
+        who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries
+        by the baggage:  they shall share alike.
+030:025 It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute
+        and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
+030:026 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders
+        of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present
+        for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
+030:027 To those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth
+        of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,
+030:028 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth,
+        and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
+030:029 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities
+        of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities
+        of the Kenites,
+030:030 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan,
+        and to those who were in Athach,
+030:031 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where
+        David himself and his men used to stay.
+031:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel:  and the men of
+        Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
+        on Mount Gilboa.
+031:002 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons;
+        and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua,
+        the sons of Saul.
+031:003 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him;
+        and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
+031:004 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust
+        me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust
+        me through, and abuse me.  But his armor bearer would not;
+        for he was sore afraid.  Therefore Saul took his sword,
+        and fell on it.
+031:005 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
+        on his sword, and died with him.
+031:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer,
+        and all his men, that same day together.
+031:007 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley,
+        and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men
+        of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead,
+        they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came
+        and lived in them.
+031:008 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip
+        the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen
+        on Mount Gilboa.
+031:009 They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent
+        into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news
+        to the house of their idols, and to the people.
+031:010 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they
+        fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
+031:011 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him
+        that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
+031:012 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body
+        of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan;
+        and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
+031:013 They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree
+        in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
+Book 10 2 Samuel
+001:001 It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned
+        from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode
+        two days in Ziklag;
+001:002 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of
+        the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head:
+        and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth,
+        and did obeisance.
+001:003 David said to him, From whence come you?  He said to him,
+        Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
+001:004 David said to him, How went the matter?  Please tell me.
+        He answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many
+        of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan
+        his son are dead also.
+001:005 David said to the young man who told him, How know you that Saul
+        and Jonathan his son are dead?
+001:006 The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on
+        Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold,
+        the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
+001:007 When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me.
+        I answered, Here am I.
+001:008 He said to me, Who are you?  I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
+001:009 He said to me, Stand, I pray you, beside me, and kill me;
+        for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet
+        whole in me.
+001:010 So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was
+        sure that he could not live after that he was fallen:
+        and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet
+        that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
+001:011 Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them;
+        and likewise all the men who were with him:
+001:012 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul,
+        and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,
+        and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen
+        by the sword.
+001:013 David said to the young man who told him, Whence are you?
+        He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.
+001:014 David said to him, How were you not afraid to put forth your
+        hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?
+001:015 David called one of the young men, and said, Go near,
+        and fall on him.  He struck him, so that he died.
+001:016 David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has
+        testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
+001:017 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
+        Jonathan his son
+001:018 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of]
+        the bow:  behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
+001:019 Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places!
+        How the mighty have fallen!
+001:020 Don't tell it in Gath.  Don't publish it in the streets
+        of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
+        lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
+001:021 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you,
+        neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of
+        the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not
+        anointed with oil.
+001:022 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
+        Jonathan's bow didn't turn back.  Saul's sword didn't return empty.
+001:023 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives.
+        In their death, they were not divided.  They were swifter
+        than eagles.  They were stronger than lions.
+001:024 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in
+        scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
+001:025 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
+        Jonathan is slain on your high places.
+001:026 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan.  You have
+        been very pleasant to me.  Your love to me was wonderful,
+        passing the love of women.
+001:027 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
+002:001 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying,
+        Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?  Yahweh said
+        to him, Go up.  David said, Where shall I go up?
+        He said, To Hebron.
+002:002 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam
+        the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
+002:003 His men who were with him did David bring up, every man
+        with his household:  and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
+002:004 The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king
+        over the house of Judah.  They told David, saying, The men
+        of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.
+002:005 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said
+        to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this
+        kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
+002:006 Now Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you:
+        and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have
+        done this thing.
+002:007 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be you valiant;
+        for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah
+        have anointed me king over them.
+002:008 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken
+        Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
+002:009 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites,
+        and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin,
+        and over all Israel.
+002:010 Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began
+        to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years.
+        But the house of Judah followed David.
+002:011 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah
+        was seven years and six months.
+002:012 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son
+        of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
+002:013 Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,
+        and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down,
+        the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other
+        side of the pool.
+002:014 Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play
+        before us.  Joab said, Let them arise.
+002:015 Then they arose and went over by number:  twelve for Benjamin,
+        and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the
+        servants of David.
+002:016 They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust]
+        his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together:
+        therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim,
+        which is in Gibeon.
+002:017 The battle was very severe that day:  and Abner was beaten,
+        and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
+002:018 The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel:
+        and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
+002:019 Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn
+        to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
+002:020 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel?
+        He answered, It is I.
+002:021 Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left,
+        and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor.
+        But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
+002:022 Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me:
+        why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold
+        up my face to Joab your brother?
+002:023 However he refused to turn aside:  therefore Abner with the hinder
+        end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came
+        out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:
+        and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel
+        fell down and died stood still.
+002:024 But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner:  and the sun went
+        down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies
+        before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
+002:025 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner,
+        and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
+002:026 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever?
+        Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end?
+        How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return
+        from following their brothers?"
+002:027 Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then
+        in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed
+        everyone his brother.
+002:028 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still,
+        and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
+002:029 Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah;
+        and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron,
+        and came to Mahanaim.
+002:030 Joab returned from following Abner:  and when he had gathered
+        all the people together, there lacked of David's servants
+        nineteen men and Asahel.
+002:031 But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,
+        [so that] three hundred sixty men died.
+002:032 They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father,
+        which was in Bethlehem.  Joab and his men went all night,
+        and the day broke on them at Hebron.
+003:001 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house
+        of David:  and David grew stronger and stronger, but the house
+        of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
+003:002 To David were sons born in Hebron:  and his firstborn was Amnon,
+        of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
+003:003 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
+        and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai
+        king of Geshur;
+003:004 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth,
+        Shephatiah the son of Abital;
+003:005 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife.
+        These were born to David in Hebron.
+003:006 It happened, while there was war between the house of Saul
+        and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong
+        in the house of Saul.
+003:007 Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter
+        of Aiah:  and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone
+        in to my father's concubine?
+003:008 Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said,
+        Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah?  This day do I show
+        kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers,
+        and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand
+        of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault
+        concerning this woman.
+003:009 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn
+        to David, I don't do even so to him;
+003:010 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set
+        up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan
+        even to Beersheba.
+003:011 He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
+003:012 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
+        the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and behold,
+        my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
+003:013 He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing
+        I require of you:  that is, you shall not see my face,
+        except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come
+        to see my face.
+003:014 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying,
+        Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me
+        for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
+003:015 Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
+        Paltiel the son of Laish.
+003:016 Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed
+        her to Bahurim.  Then said Abner to him, Go, return:
+        and he returned.
+003:017 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying,
+        In times past you sought for David to be king over you:
+003:018 now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand
+        of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand
+        of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
+003:019 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin:  and Abner went
+        also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed
+        good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
+003:020 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.
+        David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
+003:021 Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel
+        to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you,
+        and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.
+        David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
+003:022 Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray,
+        and brought in a great spoil with them:  but Abner was not
+        with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was
+        gone in peace.
+003:023 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come,
+        they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king,
+        and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
+003:024 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold,
+        Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away,
+        and he is quite gone?
+003:025 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you,
+        and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know
+        all that you do.
+003:026 When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers
+        after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah:
+        but David didn't know it.
+003:027 When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into
+        the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck
+        him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood
+        of Asahel his brother.
+003:028 Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom
+        are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner
+        the son of Ner:
+003:029 let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house;
+        and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has
+        an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff,
+        or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
+003:030 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had
+        killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
+003:031 David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him,
+        Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn
+        before Abner.  King David followed the bier.
+003:032 They buried Abner in Hebron:  and the king lifted up his voice,
+        and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
+003:033 The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die
+        as a fool dies?
+003:034 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters.
+        As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.
+        All the people wept again over him.
+003:035 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day;
+        but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also,
+        if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.
+003:036 All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them;
+        as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
+003:037 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it
+        was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
+003:038 The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there
+        a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
+003:039 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men
+        the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me.  May Yahweh reward
+        the evil-doer according to his wickedness."
+004:001 When [Ishbosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron,
+        his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
+004:002 [Ishbosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands:
+        the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab,
+        the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin
+        (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
+004:003 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners
+        there until this day).
+004:004 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet.
+        He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan
+        out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled:
+        and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell,
+        and became lame.  His name was Mephibosheth.
+004:005 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,
+        and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth,
+        as he took his rest at noon.
+004:006 They came there into the midst of the house, as though they
+        would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body:
+        and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
+004:007 Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed
+        in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him,
+        and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way
+        of the Arabah all night.
+004:008 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron,
+        and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ishbosheth,
+        the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life;
+        and Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul,
+        and of his seed.
+004:009 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons
+        of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Yahweh lives,
+        who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
+004:010 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
+        brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag,
+        which was the reward I gave him for his news.
+004:011 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person
+        in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood
+        of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
+004:012 David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut
+        off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside
+        the pool in Hebron.  But they took the head of Ishbosheth,
+        and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
+005:001 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron,
+        and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
+005:002 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you
+        who led out and brought in Israel:  and Yahweh said to you,
+        You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
+        be prince over Israel.
+005:003 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron;
+        and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh:
+        and they anointed David king over Israel.
+005:004 David was thirty years old when he began to reign,
+        and he reigned forty years.
+005:005 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months;
+        and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all
+        Israel and Judah.
+005:006 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites,
+        the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying,
+        Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not
+        come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.
+005:007 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is
+        the city of David.
+005:008 David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Jebusites,
+        let him get up to the watercourse, and [strike]
+        the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul.
+        Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame;
+        he can't come into the house.
+005:009 David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David.
+        David built round about from Millo and inward.
+005:010 David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies,
+        was with him.
+005:011 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
+        and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
+005:012 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel,
+        and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
+005:013 David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
+        after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons
+        and daughters born to David.
+005:014 These are the names of those who were born to him
+        in Jerusalem:  Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
+005:015 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
+005:016 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
+005:017 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king
+        over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David;
+        and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
+005:018 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the
+        valley of Rephaim.
+005:019 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up against
+        the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand?
+        Yahweh said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver
+        the Philistines into your hand.
+005:020 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said,
+        Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.
+        Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
+005:021 They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
+005:022 The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves
+        in the valley of Rephaim.
+005:023 When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, You shall not go up:
+        make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against
+        the mulberry trees.
+005:024 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops
+        of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself;
+        for then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the army
+        of the Philistines.
+005:025 David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines
+        from Geba until you come to Gezer.
+006:001 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,
+        thirty thousand.
+006:002 David arose, and went with all the people who were with him,
+        from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God,
+        which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies
+        who sits [above] the cherubim.
+006:003 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it
+        out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill:
+        and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
+006:004 They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill,
+        with the ark of God:  and Ahio went before the ark.
+006:005 David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all
+        manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, and with harps,
+        and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines,
+        and with castanets, and with cymbals.
+006:006 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put
+        forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it;
+        for the oxen stumbled.
+006:007 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck
+        him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
+006:008 David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah;
+        and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.
+006:009 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, How shall
+        the ark of Yahweh come to me?
+006:010 So David would not remove the ark of Yahweh to him into
+        the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house
+        of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
+006:011 The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom
+        the Gittite three months:  and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom,
+        and all his house.
+006:012 It was told king David, saying, Yahweh has blessed the house
+        of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark
+        of God.  David went and brought up the ark of God from the house
+        of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.
+006:013 It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone
+        six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
+006:014 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was
+        girded with a linen ephod.
+006:015 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh
+        with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
+006:016 It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David,
+        that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window,
+        and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh;
+        and she despised him in her heart.
+006:017 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place,
+        in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David
+        offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
+006:018 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering
+        and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
+        of Yahweh of Armies.
+006:019 He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude
+        of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake
+        of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.
+        So all the people departed everyone to his house.
+006:020 Then David returned to bless his household.
+        Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said,
+        How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered
+        himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants,
+        as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
+006:021 David said to Michal, [It was] before Yahweh, who chose me
+        above your father, and above all his house, to appoint
+        me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel:
+        therefore will I play before Yahweh.
+006:022 I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my
+        own sight:  but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken,
+        they shall honor me.
+006:023 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
+007:001 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh
+        had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
+007:002 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell
+        in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
+007:003 Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart;
+        for Yahweh is with you.
+007:004 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came
+        to Nathan, saying,
+007:005 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you
+        build me a house for me to dwell in?
+007:006 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought
+        up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day,
+        but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
+007:007 In all places in which I have walked with all the children
+        of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel,
+        whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying,
+        Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
+007:008 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says
+        Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following
+        the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
+007:009 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all
+        your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name,
+        like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
+007:010 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
+        that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more;
+        neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,
+        as at the first,
+007:011 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my
+        people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies.
+        Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.
+007:012 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers,
+        I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out
+        of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
+007:013 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish
+        the throne of his kingdom forever.
+007:014 I will be his father, and he shall be my son:
+        if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,
+        and with the stripes of the children of men;
+007:015 but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took
+        it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
+007:016 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you:
+        your throne shall be established forever.
+007:017 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
+        so did Nathan speak to David.
+007:018 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh;
+        and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house,
+        that you have brought me thus far?
+007:019 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have
+        spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come;
+        and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!
+007:020 What can David say more to you? for you know your servant,
+        Lord Yahweh.
+007:021 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you
+        worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
+007:022 Therefore you are great, Yahweh God:  for there is none like you,
+        neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we
+        have heard with our ears.
+007:023 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel,
+        whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make
+        him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things
+        for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you
+        out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
+007:024 You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people
+        to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
+007:025 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning
+        your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever,
+        and do as you have spoken.
+007:026 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies
+        is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall
+        be established before you.
+007:027 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed
+        to your servant, saying, I will build you a house:
+        therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this
+        prayer to you.
+007:028 Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth,
+        and you have promised this good thing to your servant:
+007:029 now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant,
+        that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh,
+        have spoken it:  and with your blessing let the house of your
+        servant be blessed forever.
+008:001 After this it happened that David struck the Philistines,
+        and subdued them:  and David took the bridle of the mother
+        city out of the hand of the Philistines.
+008:002 He struck Moab, and measured them with the line,
+        making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two
+        lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive.
+        The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
+008:003 David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,
+        as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
+008:004 David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty
+        thousand footmen:  and David hamstrung all the chariot horses,
+        but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
+008:005 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king
+        of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
+008:006 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the
+        Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute.
+        Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
+008:007 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
+        of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
+008:008 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
+        took exceeding much brass.
+008:009 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all
+        the army of Hadadezer,
+008:010 then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him,
+        and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer
+        and struck him:  for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.
+        [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
+        and vessels of brass:
+008:011 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver
+        and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
+008:012 of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of
+        the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer,
+        son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
+008:013 David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians
+        in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
+008:014 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
+        and all the Edomites became servants to David.
+        Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
+008:015 David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice
+        and righteousness to all his people.
+008:016 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
+        the son of Ahilud was recorder;
+008:017 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
+        were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
+008:018 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites
+        and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
+009:001 David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul,
+        that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
+009:002 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba,
+        and they called him to David; and the king said to him,
+        Are you Ziba?  He said, Your servant is he.
+009:003 The king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
+        may show the kindness of God to him?  Ziba said to the king,
+        Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
+009:004 The king said to him, Where is he?  Ziba said to the king,
+        Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel,
+        in Lo Debar.
+009:005 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir
+        the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
+009:006 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
+        came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance.
+        David said, Mephibosheth.  He answered, Behold, your servant!
+009:007 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will
+        surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake,
+        and will restore you all the land of Saul your father;
+        and you shall eat bread at my table continually."
+009:008 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you
+        should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
+009:009 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him,
+        "All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given
+        to your master's son.
+009:010 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons,
+        and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits],
+        that your master's son may have bread to eat:  but Mephibosheth
+        your master's son shall eat bread always at my table."
+        Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
+009:011 Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord
+        the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do.
+        As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table,
+        as one of the king's sons.
+009:012 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica.
+        All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
+009:013 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually
+        at the king's table.  He was lame in both his feet.
+010:001 It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died,
+        and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
+010:002 David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,
+        as his father shown kindness to me.  So David sent
+        by his servants to comfort him concerning his father.
+        David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
+010:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun
+        their lord, Do you think that David honors your father,
+        in that he has sent comforters to you?  Hasn't David sent
+        his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out,
+        and to overthrow it?
+010:004 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half
+        of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle,
+        even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
+010:005 When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men
+        were greatly ashamed.  The king said, Wait at Jericho until
+        your beards be grown, and then return.
+010:006 When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious
+        to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians
+        of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen,
+        and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men
+        of Tob twelve thousand men.
+010:007 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army
+        of the mighty men.
+010:008 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
+        at the entrance of the gate:  and the Syrians of Zobah and
+        of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves
+        in the field.
+010:009 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
+        before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel,
+        and put them in array against the Syrians:
+010:010 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai
+        his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
+010:011 He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall
+        help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you,
+        then I will come and help you.
+010:012 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people,
+        and for the cities of our God:  and Yahweh do that which
+        seems him good.
+010:013 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle
+        against the Syrians:  and they fled before him.
+010:014 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
+        they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city.
+        Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon,
+        and came to Jerusalem.
+010:015 When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
+        they gathered themselves together.
+010:016 Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond
+        the River:  and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain
+        of the army of Hadarezer at their head.
+010:017 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together,
+        and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam.  The Syrians
+        set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
+010:018 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
+        [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen,
+        and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that
+        he died there.
+010:019 When all the kings who were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
+        were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel,
+        and served them.  So the Syrians feared to help the children
+        of Ammon any more.
+011:001 It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go
+        out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him,
+        and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon,
+        and besieged Rabbah.  But David stayed at Jerusalem.
+011:002 It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed,
+        and walked on the roof of the king's house:  and from the roof
+        he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful
+        to look on.
+011:003 David send and inquired after the woman.  One said,
+        Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife
+        of Uriah the Hittite?
+011:004 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him,
+        and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness);
+        and she returned to her house.
+011:005 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said,
+        I am with child.
+011:006 David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite.
+        Joab sent Uriah to David.
+011:007 When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did,
+        and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
+011:008 David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet.
+        Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed
+        him a mess [of food] from the king.
+011:009 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all
+        the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
+011:010 When they had told David, saying, Uriah didn't go down to his house,
+        David said to Uriah, Haven't you come from a journey? why
+        did you not go down to your house?
+011:011 Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah,
+        abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord,
+        are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house,
+        to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live,
+        and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
+011:012 David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I
+        will let you depart.  So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day,
+        and the next day.
+011:013 When David had called him, he ate and drink before him;
+        and he made him drunk:  and at even he went out to lie on
+        his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down
+        to his house.
+011:014 It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab,
+        and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
+011:015 He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront
+        of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may
+        be struck, and die.
+011:016 It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned
+        Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
+011:017 The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab:
+        and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David;
+        and Uriah the Hittite died also.
+011:018 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
+011:019 and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end
+        of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
+011:020 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you,
+        'Why did you go so near to the city to fight?  Didn't you
+        know that they would shoot from the wall?
+011:021 who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?  Didn't a woman
+        cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died
+        at Thebez?  Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say,
+        'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
+011:022 So the messenger went, and came and shown David all that Joab
+        had sent him for.
+011:023 The messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us,
+        and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even
+        to the entrance of the gate.
+011:024 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall;
+        and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant
+        Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
+011:025 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Joab, Don't let
+        this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well
+        as another; make your battle more strong against the city,
+        and overthrow it:  and encourage you him.
+011:026 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
+        she made lamentation for her husband.
+011:027 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home
+        to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son.
+        But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
+012:001 Yahweh sent Nathan to David.  He came to him, and said
+        to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich,
+        and the other poor.
+012:002 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
+012:003 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb,
+        which he had bought and raised.  It grew up together with him,
+        and with his children.  It ate of his own food, drank of his
+        own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
+012:004 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his
+        own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring
+        man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb,
+        and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
+012:005 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said
+        to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is
+        worthy to die!
+012:006 He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
+        and because he had no pity!"
+012:007 Nathan said to David, "You are the man.  This is what Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, says:  'I anointed you king over Israel,
+        and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
+012:008 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into
+        your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah;
+        and if that would have been too little, I would have added
+        to you many more such things.
+012:009 Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which
+        is evil in his sight?  You have struck Uriah the Hittite
+        with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife,
+        and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
+012:010 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house,
+        because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah
+        the Hittite to be your wife.'
+012:011 This is what Yahweh says:  'Behold, I will raise up evil
+        against you out of your own house; and I will take your
+        wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor,
+        and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
+012:012 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel,
+        and before the sun.'"
+012:013 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh."
+        Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin.
+        You will not die.
+012:014 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion
+        to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born
+        to you shall surely die."
+012:015 Nathan departed to his house.  Yahweh struck the child that
+        Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
+012:016 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted,
+        and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
+012:017 The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him,
+        to raise him up from the earth:  but he would not, neither did
+        he eat bread with them.
+012:018 It happened on the seventh day, that the child died.
+        The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead;
+        for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive,
+        we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice:
+        how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the
+        child is dead!
+012:019 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together,
+        David perceived that the child was dead; and David said
+        to his servants, Is the child dead?  They said, He is dead.
+012:020 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
+        and changed his clothing; and he came into the house
+        of Yahweh, and worshiped:  then he came to his own house;
+        and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
+012:021 Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have
+        done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive;
+        but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.
+012:022 He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:
+        for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me,
+        that the child may live?
+012:023 But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again?
+        I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
+012:024 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay
+        with her:  and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon.
+        Yahweh loved him;
+012:025 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named
+        him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.
+012:026 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
+        and took the royal city.
+012:027 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought
+        against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
+012:028 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together,
+        and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city,
+        and it be called after my name.
+012:029 David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,
+        and fought against it, and took it.
+012:030 He took the crown of their king from off his head;
+        and the weight of it was a talent of gold, and [in it
+        were] precious stones; and it was set on David's head.
+        He brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
+012:031 He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them
+        under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes
+        of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln:
+        and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon.
+        David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
+013:001 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had
+        a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son
+        of David loved her.
+013:002 Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar;
+        for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do
+        anything to her.
+013:003 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son
+        of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
+013:004 He said to him, Why, son of the king, are you thus lean from day
+        to day?  Won't you tell me?  Amnon said to him, I love Tamar,
+        my brother Absalom's sister.
+013:005 Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign
+        yourself sick:  and when your father comes to see you,
+        tell him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread
+        to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it,
+        and eat it from her hand.
+013:006 So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick:  and when the king
+        was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let her
+        sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight,
+        that I may eat from her hand.
+013:007 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother
+        Amnon's house, and dress him food.
+013:008 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.
+        She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight,
+        and did bake the cakes.
+013:009 She took the pan, and poured them out before him;
+        but he refused to eat.  Amnon said, Have out all men from me.
+        They went out every man from him.
+013:010 Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may
+        eat from your hand.  Tamar took the cakes which she had made,
+        and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
+013:011 When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her,
+        and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
+013:012 She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such
+        thing ought to be done in Israel.  Don't you do this folly.
+013:013 I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be
+        as one of the fools in Israel.  Now therefore, please speak
+        to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
+013:014 However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger
+        than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
+013:015 Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred
+        with which he hated her was greater than the love with which
+        he had loved her.  Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
+013:016 She said to him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting
+        me forth is [worse] than the other that you did to me.
+        But he would not listen to her.
+013:017 Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said,
+        Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
+013:018 She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such
+        robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed.
+        Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
+013:019 Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various
+        colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head,
+        and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
+013:020 Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother
+        been with you? but now hold your peace, my sister:
+        he is your brother; don't take this thing to heart.
+        So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
+013:021 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
+013:022 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom
+        hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
+013:023 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had
+        sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim:
+        and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
+013:024 Absalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant
+        has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants
+        go with your servant.
+013:025 The king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go,
+        lest we be burdensome to you.  He pressed him:
+        however he would not go, but blessed him.
+013:026 Then said Absalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.
+        The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
+013:027 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's
+        sons go with him.
+013:028 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now,
+        when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you,
+        Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I
+        commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
+013:029 The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
+        Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up
+        on his mule, and fled.
+013:030 It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came
+        to David, saying, Absalom has slain all the king's sons,
+        and there is not one of them left.
+013:031 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth;
+        and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
+013:032 Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, Don't let
+        my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men
+        the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment
+        of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced
+        his sister Tamar.
+013:033 Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing
+        to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead;
+        for Amnon only is dead.
+013:034 But Absalom fled.  The young man who kept the watch lifted up
+        his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming
+        by way of the hillside behind him.
+013:035 Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are come:
+        as your servant said, so it is.
+013:036 It happened, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that behold,
+        the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept:
+        and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
+013:037 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur,
+        king of Geshur.  [David] mourned for his son every day.
+013:038 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
+013:039 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom:
+        for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
+014:001 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart
+        was toward Absalom.
+014:002 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman,
+        and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on
+        mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil,
+        but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
+014:003 and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him.
+        So Joab put the words in her mouth.
+014:004 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face
+        to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
+014:005 The king said to her, What ails you?  She answered, Of a truth
+        I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
+014:006 Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field,
+        and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other,
+        and killed him.
+014:007 Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid,
+        and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we
+        may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed,
+        and so destroy the heir also.  Thus will they quench my coal
+        which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor
+        remainder on the surface of the earth.
+014:008 The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give
+        charge concerning you.
+014:009 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king,
+        the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king
+        and his throne be guiltless.
+014:010 The king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me,
+        and he shall not touch you any more.
+014:011 Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God,
+        that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they
+        destroy my son.  He said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not
+        one hair of your son fall to the earth.
+014:012 Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word
+        to my lord the king.  He said, Say on.
+014:013 The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against
+        the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is
+        as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home
+        again his banished one.
+014:014 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground,
+        which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take
+        away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be
+        an outcast from him.
+014:015 Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my
+        lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid:
+        and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king;
+        it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
+014:016 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand
+        of the man who would destroy me and my son together out
+        of the inheritance of God.
+014:017 Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king
+        be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king
+        to discern good and bad:  and Yahweh your God be with you.
+014:018 Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything
+        from me that I shall ask you.  The woman said, Let my lord
+        the king now speak.
+014:019 The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?
+        The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king,
+        none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything
+        that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab,
+        he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth
+        of your handmaid;
+014:020 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done
+        this thing:  and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom
+        of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
+014:021 The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:
+        go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
+014:022 Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance,
+        and blessed the king:  and Joab said, Today your servant knows
+        that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that
+        the king has performed the request of his servant.
+014:023 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
+014:024 The king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him
+        not see my face.  So Absalom turned to his own house,
+        and didn't see the king's face.
+014:025 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom
+        for his beauty:  from the sole of his foot even to the crown
+        of his head there was no blemish in him.
+014:026 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end
+        that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it);
+        he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels,
+        after the king's weight.
+014:027 To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,
+        whose name was Tamar:  she was a woman of a beautiful face.
+014:028 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see
+        the king's face.
+014:029 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king;
+        but he would not come to him:  and he sent again a second time,
+        but he would not come.
+014:030 Therefore he said to his servants, Behold, Joab's field is
+        near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.
+        Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
+014:031 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said
+        to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
+014:032 Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here,
+        that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come
+        from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still.
+        Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be
+        iniquity in me, let him kill me.
+014:033 So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called
+        for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face
+        to the ground before the king:  and the king kissed Absalom.
+015:001 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot
+        and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
+015:002 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:
+        and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should
+        come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him,
+        and said, Of what city are you?  He said, Your servant is
+        of one of the tribes of Israel.
+015:003 Absalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right;
+        but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
+015:004 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land,
+        that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me,
+        and I would do him justice!
+015:005 It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance,
+        he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
+015:006 In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king
+        for judgment:  so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
+015:007 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said
+        to the king, please let me go and pay my vow, which I have
+        vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
+015:008 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
+        saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem,
+        then I will serve Yahweh.
+015:009 The king said to him, Go in peace.  So he arose, and went to Hebron.
+015:010 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,
+        saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet,
+        then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
+015:011 With Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited,
+        and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.
+015:012 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor,
+        from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering
+        the sacrifices.  The conspiracy was strong; for the people
+        increased continually with Absalom.
+015:013 There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men
+        of Israel are after Absalom.
+015:014 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise,
+        and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom:
+        make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring
+        down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
+015:015 The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants
+        are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
+015:016 The king went forth, and all his household after him.
+        The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
+015:017 The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they
+        stayed in Beth Merhak.
+015:018 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
+        and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men
+        who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
+015:019 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with
+        us? return, and abide with the king:  for you are a foreigner,
+        and also an exile; [return] to your own place.
+015:020 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go
+        up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you,
+        and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.
+015:021 Ittai answered the king, and said, As Yahweh lives, and as my
+        lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king
+        shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will
+        your servant be.
+015:022 David said to Ittai, Go and pass over.  Ittai the Gittite
+        passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who
+        were with him.
+015:023 All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
+        passed over:  the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron,
+        and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
+015:024 Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him,
+        bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down
+        the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people
+        had done passing out of the city.
+015:025 The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city:
+        if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring
+        me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
+015:026 but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I,
+        let him do to me as seems good to him.
+015:027 The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer?
+        Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you,
+        Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
+015:028 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word
+        comes from you to inform me."
+015:029 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again
+        to Jerusalem:  and they abode there.
+015:030 David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept
+        as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot:
+        and all the people who were with him covered every man his head,
+        and they went up, weeping as they went up.
+015:031 One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
+        with Absalom.  David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel
+        of Ahithophel into foolishness.
+015:032 It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent],
+        where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came
+        to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
+015:033 David said to him, If you pass on with me, then you will be
+        a burden to me:
+015:034 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be
+        your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant
+        in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you
+        defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
+015:035 Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you?
+        therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear
+        out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and
+        Abiathar the priests.
+015:036 Behold, they have there with them their two sons,
+        Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them
+        you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
+015:037 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom
+        came into Jerusalem.
+016:001 When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold,
+        Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple
+        of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread,
+        and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits,
+        and a bottle of wine.
+016:002 The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these?
+        Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on;
+        and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat;
+        and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
+016:003 The king said, Where is your master's son?  Ziba said
+        to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said,
+        Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom
+        of my father.
+016:004 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains
+        to Mephibosheth is yours.  Ziba said, I do obeisance;
+        let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
+016:005 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of
+        the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera.
+        He came out, and cursed still as he came.
+016:006 He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
+        and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right
+        hand and on his left.
+016:007 Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man
+        of blood, and base fellow:
+016:008 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul,
+        in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered
+        the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and behold,
+        you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a
+        man of blood.
+016:009 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king,
+        "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?
+        Please let me go over and take off his head."
+016:010 The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons
+        of Zeruiah?  Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said
+        to him, Curse David; who then shall say, Why have you done so?
+016:011 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold,
+        my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life:
+        how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone,
+        and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
+016:012 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me,
+        and that Yahweh will requite me good for [his] cursing
+        of me this day.
+016:013 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along
+        on the hillside over against him, and cursed as he went,
+        and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
+016:014 The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary;
+        and he refreshed himself there.
+016:015 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,
+        and Ahithophel with him.
+016:016 It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come
+        to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, [Long] live the king,
+        [Long] live the king.
+016:017 Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend?
+        Why didn't you go with your friend?
+016:018 Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and this people,
+        and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be,
+        and with him will I abide.
+016:019 Again, whom should I serve?  Shouldn't I serve in the presence
+        of his son? as I have served in your father's presence,
+        so will I be in your presence.
+016:020 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what
+        we shall do.
+016:021 Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines,
+        that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear
+        that you are abhorred of your father:  then will the hands
+        of all who are with you be strong.
+016:022 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house;
+        and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight
+        of all Israel.
+016:023 The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days,
+        was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God:  so was all
+        the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
+017:001 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose
+        out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after
+        David this night:
+017:002 and I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will
+        make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee;
+        and I will strike the king only;
+017:003 and I will bring back all the people to you:  the man whom
+        you seek is as if all returned:  [so] all the people shall
+        be in peace.
+017:004 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
+017:005 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let
+        us hear likewise what he says.
+017:006 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him,
+        saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner:
+        shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak up.
+017:007 Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given
+        this time is not good.
+017:008 Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men,
+        that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds,
+        as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father
+        is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
+017:009 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place:
+        and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first,
+        that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among
+        the people who follow Absalom.
+017:010 Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
+        will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father
+        is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
+017:011 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you,
+        from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea
+        for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
+017:012 So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found,
+        and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground;
+        and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not
+        leave so much as one.
+017:013 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel
+        bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river,
+        until there not be one small stone found there.
+017:014 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai
+        the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.
+        For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel,
+        to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
+017:015 Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and
+        thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel;
+        and thus and thus have I counseled.
+017:016 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Don't lodge
+        this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means
+        pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people
+        who are with him.
+017:017 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female
+        servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David:
+        for they might not be seen to come into the city.
+017:018 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom:  and they went both of them
+        away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim,
+        who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
+017:019 The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth,
+        and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
+017:020 Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said,
+        Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?  The woman said to them,
+        They have gone over the brook of water.  When they had sought
+        and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
+017:021 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up
+        out of the well, and went and told king David; and they
+        said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water;
+        for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
+017:022 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him,
+        and they passed over the Jordan:  by the morning light there
+        lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
+017:023 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed,
+        he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city,
+        and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died,
+        and was buried in the tomb of his father.
+017:024 Then David came to Mahanaim.  Absalom passed over the Jordan,
+        he and all the men of Israel with him.
+017:025 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab.
+        Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra
+        the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,
+        sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
+017:026 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
+017:027 It happened, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi
+        the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
+        and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai
+        the Gileadite of Rogelim,
+017:028 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat,
+        and barley, and meal, and parched [grain], and beans,
+        and lentils, and parched [pulse],
+017:029 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd,
+        for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat:
+        for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty,
+        in the wilderness.
+018:001 David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains
+        of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
+018:002 David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand
+        of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son
+        of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand
+        of Ittai the Gittite.  The king said to the people, I will
+        surely go forth with you myself also.
+018:003 But the people said, You shall not go forth:  for if we flee away,
+        they will not care for us; neither if half of us die,
+        will they care for us:  but you are worth ten thousand of us;
+        therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us
+        out of the city.
+018:004 The king said to them, What seems you best I will do.
+        The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out
+        by hundreds and by thousands.
+018:005 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
+        gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.
+        All the people heard when the king gave all the captains
+        charge concerning Absalom.
+018:006 So the people went out into the field against Israel:
+        and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
+018:007 The people of Israel were struck there before the servants
+        of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day
+        of twenty thousand men.
+018:008 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all
+        the country; and the forest devoured more people that day
+        than the sword devoured.
+018:009 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.
+        Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under
+        the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold
+        of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth;
+        and the mule that was under him went on.
+018:010 A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
+        Absalom hanging in an oak.
+018:011 Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it,
+        and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I
+        would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
+018:012 The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
+        [pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth
+        my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king
+        charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none
+        touch the young man Absalom.
+018:013 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there
+        is no matter hid from the king), then you yourself would
+        have set yourself against [me].
+018:014 Then said Joab, I may not wait thus with you.  He took three darts
+        in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,
+        while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
+018:015 Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and
+        struck Absalom, and killed him.
+018:016 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
+        after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
+018:017 They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest,
+        and raised over him a very great heap of stones:
+        and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
+018:018 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up
+        for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale;
+        for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory:
+        and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called
+        Absalom's monument, to this day.
+018:019 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear
+        the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.
+018:020 Joab said to him, You shall not be the bearer of news this day,
+        but you shall bear news another day; but this day you shall
+        bear no news, because the king's son is dead.
+018:021 Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen.
+        The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
+018:022 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come
+        what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite.
+        Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will
+        have no reward for the news?
+018:023 But come what may, [said he], I will run.  He said to him, Run.
+        Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
+018:024 Now David was sitting between the two gates:  and the watchman
+        went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up
+        his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
+018:025 The watchman cried, and told the king.  The king said,
+        If he be alone, there is news in his mouth.  He came apace,
+        and drew near.
+018:026 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called
+        to the porter, and said, Behold, [another] man running alone.
+        The king said, He also brings news.
+018:027 The watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is
+        like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.  The king said,
+        He is a good man, and comes with good news.
+018:028 Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well.
+        He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth,
+        and said, Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has delivered up
+        the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
+018:029 The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom?
+        Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant,
+        even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know
+        what it was.
+018:030 The king said, Turn aside, and stand here.  He turned aside,
+        and stood still.
+018:031 Behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, News for my
+        lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all
+        those who rose up against you.
+018:032 The king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young
+        man Absalom?  The Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord
+        the king, and all who rise up against you to do you hurt,
+        be as that young man is.
+018:033 The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate,
+        and wept:  and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom,
+        my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom,
+        my son, my son!
+019:001 It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
+019:002 The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people;
+        for the people heard say that day, The king grieves for his son.
+019:003 The people got them by stealth that day into the city,
+        as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
+019:004 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
+        my son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
+019:005 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed
+        this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved
+        your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters,
+        and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
+019:006 in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you.
+        For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are
+        nothing to you:  for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived,
+        and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
+019:007 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably
+        to your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't
+        go forth, there will not stay a man with you this night:
+        and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has
+        happened to you from your youth until now.
+019:008 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate.  They told to all
+        the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate:
+        and all the people came before the king.  Now Israel had fled
+        every man to his tent.
+019:009 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes
+        of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of
+        our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines;
+        and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
+019:010 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle.
+        Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing
+        the king back?
+019:011 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
+        Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last
+        to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all
+        Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
+019:012 You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh:
+        why then are you the last to bring back the king?
+019:013 Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh?
+        God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain
+        of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.
+019:014 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of]
+        one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you,
+        and all your servants.
+019:015 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan.  Judah came to Gilgal,
+        to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
+019:016 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim,
+        hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
+019:017 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba
+        the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his
+        twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan
+        in the presence of the king.
+019:018 A ferry boat went to bring over the king's household,
+        and to do what he thought good.  Shimei the son of Gera fell
+        down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
+019:019 He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me,
+        neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely
+        the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem,
+        that the king should take it to his heart.
+019:020 For your servant does know that I have sinned:  therefore, behold,
+        I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go
+        down to meet my lord the king.
+019:021 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be
+        put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?
+019:022 David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah,
+        that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there
+        any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know
+        that I am this day king over Israel?
+019:023 The king said to Shimei, You shall not die.  The king
+        swore to him.
+019:024 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king;
+        and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard,
+        nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until
+        the day he came home in peace.
+019:025 It happened, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
+        that the king said to him, Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?
+019:026 He answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me:
+        for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may
+        ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
+019:027 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord
+        the king is as an angel of God:  do therefore what is good
+        in your eyes.
+019:028 For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king;
+        yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table.
+        What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more
+        to the king?
+019:029 The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters?
+        I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
+019:030 Mephibosheth said to the king, yes, let him take all,
+        because my lord the king is come in peace to his own house.
+019:031 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went
+        over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
+019:032 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old:
+        and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay
+        at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
+019:033 The king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I
+        will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.
+019:034 Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years
+        of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
+019:035 I am this day eighty years old:  can I discern between good
+        and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink?
+        can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing
+        women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my
+        lord the king?
+019:036 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king:
+        and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
+019:037 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die
+        in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother.
+        But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord
+        the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
+019:038 The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me,
+        and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you:
+        and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.
+019:039 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over:
+        and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned
+        to his own place.
+019:040 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him:
+        and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half
+        the people of Israel.
+019:041 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king,
+        Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away,
+        and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan,
+        and all David's men with him?
+019:042 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king
+        is a close relative to us:  why then are you angry for this
+        matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has
+        he given us any gift?
+019:043 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said,
+        We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right]
+        in David than you:  why then did you despise us, that our
+        advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?
+        The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words
+        of the men of Israel.
+020:001 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba,
+        the son of Bichri, a Benjamite:  and he blew the trumpet,
+        and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance
+        in the son of Jesse:  every man to his tents, Israel.
+020:002 So all the men of Israel went up from following David,
+        and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah
+        joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
+020:003 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten
+        women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house,
+        and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance,
+        but didn't go in to them.  So they were shut up to the day
+        of their death, living in widowhood.
+020:004 Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together
+        within three days, and be here present.
+020:005 So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he stayed
+        longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
+020:006 David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us
+        more harm than did Absalom:  take your lord's servants,
+        and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities,
+        and escape out of our sight.
+020:007 There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites
+        and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went
+        out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
+020:008 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came
+        to meet them.  Joab was girded with his apparel of war that
+        he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened
+        on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
+020:009 Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother?
+        Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
+020:010 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand:
+        so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels
+        to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died.
+        Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
+020:011 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who
+        favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
+020:012 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway.
+        When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa
+        out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him,
+        when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
+020:013 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went
+        on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
+020:014 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah,
+        and all the Berites:  and they were gathered together,
+        and went also after him.
+020:015 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast
+        up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart;
+        and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall,
+        to throw it down.
+020:016 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear!
+        Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
+020:017 He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab?  He answered,
+        I am.  Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid.
+        He answered, I do hear.
+020:018 Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in
+        old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel:
+        and so they ended [the matter].
+020:019 I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel:
+        you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel:
+        why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
+020:020 Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
+        swallow up or destroy.
+020:021 The matter is not so:  but a man of the hill country
+        of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted
+        up his hand against the king, even against David;
+        deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.
+        The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown
+        to you over the wall.
+020:022 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom.
+        They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri,
+        and threw it out to Joab.  He blew the trumpet, and they
+        were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent.
+        Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
+020:023 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son
+        of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
+020:024 and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor;
+        and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
+020:025 and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
+020:026 and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
+021:001 There was a famine in the days of David three years,
+        year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh.
+        Yahweh said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house,
+        because he put to death the Gibeonites.
+021:002 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites
+        were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of
+        the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them:
+        and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children
+        of Israel and Judah);
+021:003 and David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
+        And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless
+        the inheritance of Yahweh?
+021:004 The Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold
+        between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put
+        any man to death in Israel.  He said, What you shall say,
+        that will I do for you.
+021:005 They said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised
+        against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining
+        in any of the borders of Israel,
+021:006 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang
+        them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.
+        The king said, I will give them.
+021:007 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son
+        of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath that was between them,
+        between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
+021:008 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,
+        whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five
+        sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel
+        the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
+021:009 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
+        hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell [all]
+        seven together.  They were put to death in the days of harvest,
+        in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
+021:010 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it
+        for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water
+        was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither
+        the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals
+        of the field by night.
+021:011 It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
+        of Saul, had done.
+021:012 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
+        his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from
+        the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them,
+        in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
+021:013 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones
+        of Jonathan his son:  and they gathered the bones of those
+        who were hanged.
+021:014 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country
+        of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father:
+        and they performed all that the king commanded.
+        After that God was entreated for the land.
+021:015 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down,
+        and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines.
+        David grew faint;
+021:016 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight
+        of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight,
+        he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
+021:017 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck
+        the Philistine, and killed him.  Then the men of David swore
+        to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle,
+        that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
+021:018 It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the
+        Philistines at Gob:  then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph,
+        who was of the sons of the giant.
+021:019 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan
+        the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath
+        the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like
+        a weaver's beam.
+021:020 There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
+        who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes,
+        four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
+021:021 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother,
+        killed him.
+021:022 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell
+        by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
+022:001 David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day
+        that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
+        and out of the hand of Saul:
+022:002 and he said, Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
+        even mine;
+022:003 God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield,
+        and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge.
+        My savior, you save me from violence.
+022:004 I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised:
+        So shall I be saved from my enemies.
+022:005 For the waves of death surrounded me.  The floods of ungodliness
+        made me afraid.
+022:006 The cords of Sheol were around me.  The snares of death caught me.
+022:007 In my distress I called on Yahweh.  Yes, I called to my God.
+        He heard my voice out of his temple.  My cry [came] into his ears.
+022:008 Then the earth shook and trembled.  The foundations of heaven
+        quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
+022:009 Smoke went up out of his nostrils.  Fire out of his mouth devoured.
+        Coals were kindled by it.
+022:010 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.  Thick darkness
+        was under his feet.
+022:011 He rode on a cherub, and flew.  Yes, he was seen on the wings
+        of the wind.
+022:012 He made darkness pavilions around himself:  gathering of waters,
+        and thick clouds of the skies.
+022:013 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
+022:014 Yahweh thundered from heaven.  The Most High uttered his voice.
+022:015 He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.
+022:016 Then the channels of the sea appeared.  The foundations of
+        the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast
+        of the breath of his nostrils.
+022:017 He sent from on high and he took me.  He drew me out
+        of many waters.
+022:018 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me,
+        for they were too mighty for me.
+022:019 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh
+        was my support.
+022:020 He also brought me out into a large place.  He delivered me,
+        because he delighted in me.
+022:021 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness.
+        He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
+022:022 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly
+        departed from my God.
+022:023 For all his ordinances were before me.  As for his statutes,
+        I did not depart from them.
+022:024 I was also perfect toward him.  I kept myself from my iniquity.
+022:025 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
+        According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
+022:026 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
+        With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
+022:027 With the pure you will show yourself pure.  With the crooked
+        you will show yourself shrewd.
+022:028 You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on
+        the haughty, that you may bring them down.
+022:029 For you are my lamp, Yahweh.  Yahweh will light up my darkness.
+022:030 For by you, I run against a troop.  By my God, I leap over a wall.
+022:031 As for God, his way is perfect.  The word of Yahweh is tested.
+        He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
+022:032 For who is God, besides Yahweh?  Who is a rock, besides our God?
+022:033 God is my strong fortress.  He makes my way perfect.
+022:034 He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], and sets me on
+        my high places.
+022:035 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
+022:036 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
+        Your gentleness has made me great.
+022:037 You have enlarged my steps under me.  My feet have not slipped.
+022:038 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them.  I didn't turn
+        again until they were consumed.
+022:039 I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they
+        can't arise.  Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
+022:040 For you have armed me with strength for the battle.
+        You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
+022:041 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I
+        might cut off those who hate me.
+022:042 They looked, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh,
+        but he didn't answer them.
+022:043 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth.
+        I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
+022:044 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people.
+        You have kept me to be the head of the nations.
+        A people whom I have not known will serve me.
+022:045 The foreigners will submit themselves to me.  As soon as they
+        hear of me, they will obey me.
+022:046 The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out
+        of their close places.
+022:047 Yahweh lives!  Blessed be my rock!  Exalted be God, the rock
+        of my salvation,
+022:048 even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down
+        peoples under me,
+022:049 who brings me away from my enemies.  Yes, you lift me up
+        above those who rise up against me.  You deliver me from
+        the violent man.
+022:050 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
+        Will sing praises to your name.
+022:051 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness
+        to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.
+023:001 Now these are the last words of David.  David the son of Jesse says,
+        the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God
+        of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
+023:002 The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me.  His word was on my tongue.
+023:003 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me,
+        one who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
+023:004 [He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises,
+        a morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springs]
+        out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
+023:005 Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made
+        with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,
+        and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire,
+        although he doesn't make it grow.
+023:006 But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away,
+        because they can't be taken with the hand,
+023:007 But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and
+        the staff of a spear.  They shall be utterly burned with fire
+        in [their] place.
+023:008 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had:
+        Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains;
+        the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain
+        at one time.
+023:009 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite,
+        one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied
+        the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle,
+        and the men of Israel were gone away.
+023:010 He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary,
+        and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great
+        victory that day; and the people returned after him only
+        to take spoil.
+023:011 After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite.
+        The Philistines were gathered together into a troop,
+        where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people
+        fled from the Philistines.
+023:012 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it,
+        and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
+023:013 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David
+        in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop
+        of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
+023:014 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the
+        Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
+023:015 David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink
+        of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
+023:016 The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines,
+        and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was
+        by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:
+        but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
+023:017 He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this:
+        [shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy
+        of their lives? therefore he would not drink it.
+        These things did the three mighty men.
+023:018 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
+        of the three.  He lifted up his spear against three hundred
+        and killed them, and had a name among the three.
+023:019 Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made
+        their captain:  however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
+023:020 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
+        who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel
+        of Moab:  he went down also and killed a lion in the midst
+        of a pit in time of snow.
+023:021 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man:  and the Egyptian had
+        a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff,
+        and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed
+        him with his own spear.
+023:022 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
+        among the three mighty men.
+023:023 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain
+        to the [first] three.  David set him over his guard.
+023:024 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son
+        of Dodo of Bethlehem,
+023:025 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
+023:026 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
+023:027 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
+023:028 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
+023:029 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai
+        of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
+023:030 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
+023:031 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
+023:032 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
+023:033 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
+023:034 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam
+        the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
+023:035 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
+023:036 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
+023:037 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers
+        to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
+023:038 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
+023:039 Uriah the Hittite:  thirty-seven in all.
+024:001 Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved
+        David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
+024:002 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him,
+        Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel,
+        from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people,
+        that I may know the sum of the people.
+024:003 Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people,
+        however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes
+        of my lord the king see it:  but why does my lord the king
+        delight in this thing?
+024:004 Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab,
+        and against the captains of the army.  Joab and the captains
+        of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number
+        the people of Israel.
+024:005 They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right
+        side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad,
+        and to Jazer:
+024:006 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi;
+        and they came to Dan Jaan, and round about to Sidon,
+024:007 and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities
+        of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out
+        to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
+024:008 So when they had gone back and forth through all the land,
+        they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
+024:009 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king:
+        and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant
+        men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five
+        hundred thousand men.
+024:010 David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people.
+        David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I
+        have done:  but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity
+        of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
+024:011 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came
+        to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
+024:012 Go and speak to David, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things:
+        choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
+024:013 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven
+        years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee
+        three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall
+        there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you,
+        and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
+024:014 David said to Gad, I am in a great strait:  let us fall
+        now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great;
+        and let me not fall into the hand of man.
+024:015 So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even
+        to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan
+        even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
+024:016 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem
+        to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said
+        to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough;
+        now stay your hand.  The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing
+        floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
+024:017 David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people,
+        and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely;
+        but these sheep, what have they done?  Please let your hand
+        be against me, and against my father's house.
+024:018 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar
+        to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
+024:019 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
+024:020 Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming
+        on toward him:  and Araunah went out, and bowed himself
+        before the king with his face to the ground.
+024:021 Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant?
+        David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar
+        to Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
+024:022 Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up
+        what seems good to him:  behold, the oxen for the burnt offering,
+        and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen
+        for the wood:
+024:023 all this, king, does Araunah give to the king.  Araunah said
+        to the king, Yahweh your God accept you.
+024:024 The king said to Araunah, No; but I will most certainly
+        buy it of you at a price.  Neither will I offer burnt
+        offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.
+        So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
+        shekels of silver.
+024:025 David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings
+        and peace offerings.  So Yahweh was entreated for the land,
+        and the plague was stayed from Israel.
+Book 11 1 Kings
+001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
+        him with clothes, but he got no heat.
+001:002 Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for
+        my lord the king a young virgin:  and let her stand before
+        the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom,
+        that my lord the king may keep warm.
+001:003 So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all
+        the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite,
+        and brought her to the king.
+001:004 The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king,
+        and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.
+001:005 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying,
+        I will be king:  and he prepared him chariots and horsemen,
+        and fifty men to run before him.
+001:006 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying,
+        Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man;
+        and he was born after Absalom.
+001:007 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
+        the priest:  and they following Adonijah helped him.
+001:008 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
+        and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty
+        men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
+001:009 Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone
+        of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all
+        his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah,
+        the king's servants:
+001:010 but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men,
+        and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.
+001:011 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying,
+        Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns,
+        and David our lord doesn't know it?
+001:012 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you
+        may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
+001:013 Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you,
+        my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon
+        your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
+        why then does Adonijah reign?
+001:014 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will
+        come in after you, and confirm your words.
+001:015 Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber:  and the king
+        was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering
+        to the king.
+001:016 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king.  The king said,
+        What would you?
+001:017 She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God
+        to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall
+        reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
+001:018 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king,
+        don't know it:
+001:019 and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance,
+        and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest,
+        and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called
+        Solomon your servant.
+001:020 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you,
+        that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my
+        lord the king after him.
+001:021 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall
+        sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall
+        be counted offenders.
+001:022 Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
+        prophet came in.
+001:023 They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet.
+        When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before
+        the king with his face to the ground.
+001:024 Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall
+        reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
+001:025 For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings
+        and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons,
+        and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest;
+        and behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say,
+        [Long] live king Adonijah.
+001:026 But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest,
+        and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
+001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown
+        to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord
+        the king after him?
+001:028 Then king David answered, Call to me Bathsheba.
+        She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
+001:029 The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed
+        my soul out of all adversity,
+001:030 most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me,
+        and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most certainly
+        so will I do this day.
+001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance
+        to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
+001:032 King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan
+        the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.  They came
+        before the king.
+001:033 The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord,
+        and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring
+        him down to Gihon:
+001:034 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
+        there king over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say,
+        [Long] live king Solomon.
+001:035 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit
+        on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have
+        appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
+001:036 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,
+        and said, Amen:  Yahweh, the God of my lord the king,
+        say so [too].
+001:037 As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be
+        he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne
+        of my lord king David.
+001:038 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah
+        the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites,
+        went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule,
+        and brought him to Gihon.
+001:039 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent,
+        and anointed Solomon.  They blew the trumpet; and all
+        the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.
+001:040 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes,
+        and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with
+        the sound of them.
+001:041 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they
+        had made an end of eating.  When Joab heard the sound
+        of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being
+        in an uproar?
+001:042 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
+        the priest came:  and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are
+        a worthy man, and bring good news.
+001:043 Jonathan answered Adonijah, Most certainly our lord king David
+        has made Solomon king:
+001:044 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest,
+        and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
+        and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused
+        him to ride on the king's mule;
+001:045 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
+        king in Gihon; and they are come up from there rejoicing,
+        so that the city rang again.  This is the noise that
+        you have heard.
+001:046 Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
+001:047 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord
+        king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better
+        than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne:
+        and the king bowed himself on the bed.
+001:048 Also thus said the king, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes
+        even seeing it.
+001:049 All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went
+        every man his way.
+001:050 Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went,
+        and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
+001:051 It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon;
+        for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar,
+        saying, Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not
+        kill his servant with the sword.
+001:052 Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall
+        not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found
+        in him, he shall die.
+001:053 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.
+        He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said
+        to him, Go to your house.
+002:001 Now the days of David drew near that he should die;
+        and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
+002:002 I am going the way of all the earth:  be you strong therefore,
+        and show yourself a man;
+002:003 and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways,
+        to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances,
+        and his testimonies, according to that which is written
+        in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do,
+        and wherever you turn yourself.
+002:004 That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me,
+        saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk
+        before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,
+        there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
+002:005 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
+        even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel,
+        to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether,
+        whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put
+        the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist,
+        and in his shoes that were on his feet.
+002:006 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray
+        head go down to Sheol in peace.
+002:007 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,
+        and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they
+        came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
+002:008 Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite,
+        of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I
+        went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan,
+        and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you
+        to death with the sword.
+002:009 Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man;
+        and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall
+        bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.
+002:010 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
+002:011 The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years;
+        seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years
+        reigned he in Jerusalem.
+002:012 Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
+        was established greatly.
+002:013 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba
+        the mother of Solomon.  She said, Come you peaceably?
+        He said, Peaceably.
+002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you.
+        She said, Say on.
+002:015 He said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all
+        Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign:
+        however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's;
+        for it was his from Yahweh.
+002:016 Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me.  She said
+        to him, Say on.
+002:017 He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell
+        you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."
+002:018 Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
+002:019 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him
+        for Adonijah.  The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself
+        to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be
+        set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
+002:020 Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me.
+        The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
+002:021 She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
+        your brother as wife.
+002:022 King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag
+        the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also;
+        for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar
+        the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
+002:023 Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to me,
+        and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against
+        his own life.
+002:024 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me,
+        and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made
+        me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put
+        to death this day.
+002:025 King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell
+        on him, so that he died.
+002:026 To Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth,
+        to your own fields; for you are worthy of death:
+        but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bear
+        the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because
+        you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.
+002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh,
+        that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke
+        concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
+002:028 The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
+        though he didn't turn after Absalom.  Joab fled to the Tent
+        of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
+002:029 It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Yahweh,
+        and behold, he is by the altar.  Then Solomon sent Benaiah
+        the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
+002:030 Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says
+        the king, Come forth.  He said, No; but I will die here.
+        Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,
+        and thus he answered me.
+002:031 The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him,
+        and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab
+        shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
+002:032 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell
+        on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed
+        them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it,
+        [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel,
+        and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
+002:033 So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on
+        the head of his seed forever:  but to David, and to his seed,
+        and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace
+        for ever from Yahweh.
+002:034 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him,
+        and killed him; and he was buried in his own house
+        in the wilderness.
+002:035 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the army;
+        and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
+002:036 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him,
+        Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there,
+        and don't go forth from there any where.
+002:037 For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron,
+        know you for certain that you shall surely die:
+        your blood shall be on your own head.
+002:038 Shimei said to the king, The saying is good:
+        as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.
+        Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
+002:039 It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants
+        of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath.
+        They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.
+002:040 Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish,
+        to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his
+        servants from Gath.
+002:041 It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath,
+        and was come again.
+002:042 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I
+        adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you, saying, Know for certain,
+        that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where,
+        you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying that I
+        have heard is good.
+002:043 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment
+        that I have charged you with?
+002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness
+        which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father:
+        therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
+002:045 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
+        shall be established before Yahweh forever.
+002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
+        and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died.
+        The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
+003:001 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
+        Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David,
+        until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house
+        of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
+003:002 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there
+        was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
+003:003 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father:
+        only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
+003:004 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
+        the great high place:  a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
+        offer on that altar.
+003:005 In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night;
+        and God said, Ask what I shall give you.
+003:006 Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father
+        great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth,
+        and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you;
+        and you have kept for him this great loving kindness,
+        that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it
+        is this day.
+003:007 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead
+        of David my father:  and I am but a little child; I don't
+        know how to go out or come in.
+003:008 Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen,
+        a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
+003:009 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge
+        your people, that I may discern between good and evil;
+        for who is able to judge this your great people?
+003:010 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
+003:011 God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have
+        not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches
+        for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies,
+        but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
+003:012 behold, I have done according to your word:  behold, I have
+        given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there
+        has been none like you before you, neither after you shall
+        any arise like you.
+003:013 I have also given you that which you have not asked,
+        both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among
+        the kings like you, all your days.
+003:014 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments,
+        as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
+003:015 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream:  and he came
+        to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
+        and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings,
+        and made a feast to all his servants.
+003:016 Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king,
+        and stood before him.
+003:017 The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house;
+        and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
+003:018 It happened the third day after I was delivered, that this
+        woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no
+        stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
+003:019 This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
+003:020 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me,
+        while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom,
+        and laid her dead child in my bosom.
+003:021 When I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead;
+        but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was
+        not my son, whom I bore.
+003:022 The other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead
+        is your son.  This said, No; but the dead is your son,
+        and the living is my son.  Thus they spoke before the king.
+003:023 Then said the king, The one says, This is my son who lives,
+        and your son is the dead:  and the other says, No; but your
+        son is the dead, and my son is the living.
+003:024 The king said, Get me a sword.  They brought a sword
+        before the king.
+003:025 The king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half
+        to the one, and half to the other.
+003:026 Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king,
+        for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord,
+        give her the living child, and in no way kill it.
+        But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
+003:027 Then the king answered, Give her the living child, and in no
+        way kill it:  she is the mother of it.
+003:028 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;
+        and they feared the king:  for they saw that the wisdom of God
+        was in him, to do justice.
+004:001 King Solomon was king over all Israel.
+004:002 These were the princes whom he had:  Azariah the son
+        of Zadok, the priest;
+004:003 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the
+        son of Ahilud, the recorder;
+004:004 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok
+        and Abiathar were priests;
+004:005 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud
+        the son of Nathan was chief minister, [and] the king's friend;
+004:006 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son
+        of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
+004:007 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided
+        food for the king and his household:  each man had to make
+        provision for a month in the year.
+004:008 These are their names:  Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
+004:009 Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh,
+        and Elon Beth Hanan;
+004:010 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him [pertained] Socoh, and all
+        the land of Hepher);
+004:011 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath
+        the daughter of Solomon as wife);
+004:012 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all
+        Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel,
+        from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
+004:013 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him [pertained] the towns
+        of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to
+        him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan,
+        sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
+004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
+004:015 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter
+        of Solomon as wife);
+004:016 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
+004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
+004:018 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
+004:019 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country
+        of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan;
+        and [he was] the only officer who was in the land.
+004:020 Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea
+        in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
+004:021 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to
+        the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt:
+        they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days
+        of his life.
+004:022 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,
+        and sixty measures of meal,
+004:023 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one
+        hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks,
+        and fattened fowl.
+004:024 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River,
+        from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side
+        the River:  and he had peace on all sides round about him.
+004:025 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine
+        and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba,
+        all the days of Solomon.
+004:026 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
+        and twelve thousand horsemen.
+004:027 Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all
+        who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month;
+        they let nothing be lacking.
+004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought
+        they to the place where [the officers] were, every man
+        according to his charge.
+004:029 God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much,
+        and very great understanding, even as the sand that is
+        on the seashore.
+004:030 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
+        of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
+004:031 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite,
+        and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol:
+        and his fame was in all the nations round about.
+004:032 He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were
+        one thousand five.
+004:033 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to
+        the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals,
+        and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
+004:034 There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
+        from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
+005:001 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard
+        that they had anointed him king in the room of his father:
+        for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
+005:002 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
+005:003 You know how that David my father could not build a house
+        for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about
+        him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles
+        of his feet.
+005:004 But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side;
+        there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
+005:005 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh
+        my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son,
+        whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build
+        the house for my name.
+005:006 Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
+        and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you
+        hire for your servants according to all that you shall say:
+        for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut
+        timber like the Sidonians.
+005:007 It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
+        that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Yahweh this day,
+        who has given to David a wise son over this great people.
+005:008 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [the message]
+        which you have sent to me:  I will do all your desire concerning
+        timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
+005:009 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea;
+        and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you
+        shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there,
+        and you shall receive them; and you shall accomplish my desire,
+        in giving food for my household.
+005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir
+        according to all his desire.
+005:011 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for
+        food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil:
+        thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
+005:012 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there
+        was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made
+        a league together.
+005:013 King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy
+        was thirty thousand men.
+005:014 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses;
+        a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home;
+        and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
+005:015 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty
+        thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
+005:016 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work,
+        three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people
+        who labored in the work.
+005:017 The king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones,
+        to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
+005:018 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites
+        did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones
+        to build the house.
+006:001 It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after
+        the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
+        in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel,
+        in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began
+        to build the house of Yahweh.
+006:002 The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, the length of it
+        was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty [cubits],
+        and the height of it thirty cubits.
+006:003 The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was
+        the length of it, according to the breadth of the house;
+        [and] ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house.
+006:004 For the house he made windows of fixed lattice work.
+006:005 Against the wall of the house he built stories round about,
+        against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple
+        and of the oracle; and he made side chambers round about.
+006:006 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle
+        was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad;
+        for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house
+        round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls
+        of the house.
+006:007 The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
+        ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor
+        any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
+006:008 The door for the middle side chambers was in the right side
+        of the house:  and they went up by winding stairs into
+        the middle [story], and out of the middle into the third.
+006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house
+        with beams and planks of cedar.
+006:010 He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high:
+        and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
+006:011 The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,
+006:012 Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk
+        in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my
+        commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word
+        with you, which I spoke to David your father.
+006:013 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
+        my people Israel.
+006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
+006:015 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar:
+        from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling,
+        he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered
+        the floor of the house with boards of fir.
+006:016 He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house
+        with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of
+        the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle,
+        even for the most holy place.
+006:017 The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle],
+        was forty cubits [long].
+006:018 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and
+        open flowers:  all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
+006:019 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within,
+        to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
+006:020 Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length,
+        and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in
+        the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold:
+        and he covered the altar with cedar.
+006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold:
+        and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle;
+        and he overlaid it with gold.
+006:022 The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house
+        was finished:  also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle
+        he overlaid with gold.
+006:023 In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood,
+        each ten cubits high.
+006:024 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits
+        the other wing of the cherub:  from the uttermost part of the one
+        wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
+006:025 The other cherub was ten cubits:  both the cherubim were of one
+        measure and one form.
+006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it
+        of the other cherub.
+006:027 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings
+        of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing
+        of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other
+        cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one
+        another in the midst of the house.
+006:028 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
+006:029 He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
+        figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers,
+        inside and outside.
+006:030 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
+006:031 For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood:
+        the lintel [and] door posts were a fifth part [of the wall].
+006:032 So [he made] two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them
+        carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid
+        them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim,
+        and on the palm trees.
+006:033 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts
+        of olive wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];
+006:034 and two doors of fir wood:  the two leaves of the one door
+        were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
+006:035 He carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers;
+        and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
+006:036 He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone,
+        and a course of cedar beams.
+006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid,
+        in the month Ziv.
+006:038 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month,
+        was the house finished throughout all the parts of it,
+        and according to all the fashion of it.  So was he seven
+        years in building it.
+007:001 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
+        all his house.
+007:002 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it
+        was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits,
+        and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars,
+        with cedar beams on the pillars.
+007:003 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams,
+        that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.
+007:004 There were beams in three rows, and window was over against
+        window in three ranks.
+007:005 All the doors and posts were made square with beams:
+        and window was over against window in three ranks.
+007:006 He made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits,
+        and the breadth of it thirty cubits; and a porch before them;
+        and pillars and a threshold before them.
+007:007 He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge,
+        even the porch of judgment:  and it was covered with cedar
+        from floor to floor.
+007:008 His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch,
+        was of the like work.  He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter
+        (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
+007:009 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone,
+        according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside,
+        even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside
+        to the great court.
+007:010 The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
+        stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
+007:011 Above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure,
+        and cedar wood.
+007:012 The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone,
+        and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house
+        of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
+007:013 King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
+007:014 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father
+        was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with
+        wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass.
+        He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
+007:015 For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits
+        high apiece:  and a line of twelve cubits compassed either
+        of them about.
+007:016 He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of
+        the pillars:  the height of the one capital was five cubits,
+        and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
+007:017 There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work,
+        for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
+        seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
+007:018 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on
+        the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top
+        of the pillars:  and so did he for the other capital.
+007:019 The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch
+        were of lily work, four cubits.
+007:020 There were capitals above also on the two pillars,
+        close by the belly which was beside the network:
+        and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about
+        on the other capital.
+007:021 He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple:
+        and he set up the right pillar, and called the name of it Jachin;
+        and he set up the left pillar, and called the name of it Boaz.
+007:022 On the top of the pillars was lily work:  so was the work
+        of the pillars finished.
+007:023 He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
+        round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits;
+        and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
+007:024 Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did
+        compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about:
+        the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
+007:025 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
+        and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward
+        the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was
+        set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
+007:026 It was a handbreadth thick:  and the brim of it was worked
+        like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily:
+        it held two thousand baths.
+007:027 He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length
+        of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits
+        the height of it.
+007:028 The work of the bases was on this manner:  they had panels;
+        and there were panels between the ledges;
+007:029 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen,
+        and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above;
+        and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
+007:030 Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of brass;
+        and the four feet of it had supports:  beneath the basin
+        were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
+007:031 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit:
+        and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal,
+        a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings,
+        and their panels were foursquare, not round.
+007:032 The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles
+        of the wheels were in the base:  and the height of a wheel
+        was a cubit and half a cubit.
+007:033 The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
+        their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves,
+        were all molten.
+007:034 There were four supports at the four corners of each base:
+        the supports of it were of the base itself.
+007:035 In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high;
+        and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels
+        of it were of the same.
+007:036 On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it,
+        he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to
+        the space of each, with wreaths round about.
+007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases:  all of them had
+        one casting, one measure, and one form.
+007:038 He made ten basins of brass:  one basin contained forty baths;
+        and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten
+        bases one basin.
+007:039 He set the bases, five on the right side of the house,
+        and five on the left side of the house:  and he set the sea
+        on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
+007:040 Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins.
+        So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he worked
+        for king Solomon in the house of Yahweh:
+007:041 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on
+        the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two
+        bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
+007:042 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks;
+        two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two
+        bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
+007:043 and the ten bases, and the ten basins on the bases;
+007:044 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
+007:045 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins:
+        even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon,
+        in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished brass.
+007:046 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
+        ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
+007:047 Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were
+        exceeding many:  the weight of the brass could not be found out.
+007:048 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh:
+        the golden altar, and the table whereupon the show
+        bread was, of gold;
+007:049 and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left,
+        before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps,
+        and the tongs, of gold;
+007:050 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons,
+        and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for
+        the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for
+        the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, of gold.
+007:051 Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house
+        of Yahweh was finished.  Solomon brought in the things
+        which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver,
+        and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries
+        of the house of Yahweh.
+008:001 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads
+        of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the
+        children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up
+        the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David,
+        which is Zion.
+008:002 All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at
+        the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
+008:003 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
+008:004 They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting,
+        and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did
+        the priests and the Levites bring up.
+008:005 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled
+        to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
+        that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
+008:006 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to
+        its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
+        even under the wings of the cherubim.
+008:007 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place
+        of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles
+        of it above.
+008:008 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from
+        the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside:
+        and there they are to this day.
+008:009 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone
+        which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant
+        with the children of Israel, when they came out of the
+        land of Egypt.
+008:010 It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
+        that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
+008:011 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of
+        the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
+008:012 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell
+        in the thick darkness.
+008:013 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you
+        to dwell in forever.
+008:014 The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly
+        of Israel:  and all the assembly of Israel stood.
+008:015 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke
+        with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand
+        fulfilled it, saying,
+008:016 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out
+        of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel
+        to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose
+        David to be over my people Israel.
+008:017 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house
+        for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+008:018 But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your
+        heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
+        was in your heart:
+008:019 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who
+        shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house
+        for my name.
+008:020 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up
+        in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,
+        as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name
+        of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+008:021 There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant
+        of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought
+        them out of the land of Egypt.
+008:022 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all
+        the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
+008:023 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you,
+        in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant
+        and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you
+        with all their heart;
+008:024 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you
+        did promise him:  yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have
+        fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
+008:025 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant
+        David my father that which you have promised him, saying,
+        There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne
+        of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way,
+        to walk before me as you have walked before me.
+008:026 Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified,
+        which you spoke to your servant David my father.
+008:027 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold,
+        heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you;
+        how much less this house that I have built!
+008:028 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for
+        his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to
+        the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
+008:029 that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
+        even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall
+        be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall
+        pray toward this place.
+008:030 Listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your
+        people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place:
+        yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when
+        you hear, forgive.
+008:031 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him
+        to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your
+        altar in this house;
+008:032 then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants,
+        condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head,
+        and justifying the righteous, to give him according
+        to his righteousness.
+008:033 When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy,
+        because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you,
+        and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you
+        in this house:
+008:034 then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel,
+        and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
+008:035 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
+        have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place,
+        and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you
+        do afflict them:
+008:036 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants,
+        and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way
+        in which they should walk; and send rain on your land,
+        which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
+008:037 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
+        if there is blight [or] mildew, locust [or] caterpillar;
+        if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;
+        whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;
+008:038 whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man,
+        [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man
+        the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands
+        toward this house:
+008:039 then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive,
+        and do, and render to every man according to all his ways,
+        whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts
+        of all the children of men;)
+008:040 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land
+        which you gave to our fathers.
+008:041 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
+        when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake
+008:042 (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand,
+        and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray
+        toward this house;
+008:043 hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all
+        that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples
+        of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your
+        people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I
+        have built is called by my name.
+008:044 If your people go out to battle against their enemy,
+        by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh
+        toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house
+        which I have built for your name;
+008:045 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
+        and maintain their cause.
+008:046 If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin),
+        and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy,
+        so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy,
+        far off or near;
+008:047 yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they
+        are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication
+        to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying,
+        We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
+008:048 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their
+        soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive,
+        and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers,
+        the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have
+        built for your name:
+008:049 then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven,
+        your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
+008:050 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their
+        transgressions in which they have transgressed against you;
+        and give them compassion before those who carried them captive,
+        that they may have compassion on them
+008:051 (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought
+        forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
+008:052 that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant,
+        and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen
+        to them whenever they cry to you.
+008:053 For you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth,
+        to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant,
+        when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.
+008:054 It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all
+        this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before
+        the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands
+        spread forth toward heaven.
+008:055 He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a
+        loud voice, saying,
+008:056 Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel,
+        according to all that he promised:  there has not failed
+        one word of all his good promise, which he promised by
+        Moses his servant.
+008:057 Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers:
+        let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
+008:058 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways,
+        and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances,
+        which he commanded our fathers.
+008:059 Let these my words, with which I have made supplication
+        before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night,
+        that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause
+        of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
+008:060 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God;
+        there is none else.
+008:061 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God,
+        to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments,
+        as at this day.
+008:062 The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
+008:063 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings,
+        which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen,
+        and one hundred twenty thousand sheep.  So the king and all
+        the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
+008:064 The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy
+        that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered
+        the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat
+        of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was
+        before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering,
+        and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
+008:065 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him,
+        a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook
+        of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days,
+        even fourteen days.
+008:066 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed
+        the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart
+        for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant,
+        and to Israel his people.
+009:001 It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house
+        of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire
+        which he was pleased to do,
+009:002 that Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
+        appeared to him at Gibeon.
+009:003 Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication,
+        that you have made before me:  I have made this house holy,
+        which you have built, to put my name there forever;
+        and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
+009:004 As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked,
+        in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according
+        to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes
+        and my ordinances;
+009:005 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever,
+        according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall
+        not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
+009:006 But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children,
+        and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I
+        have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods,
+        and worship them;
+009:007 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;
+        and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast
+        out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
+        among all peoples.
+009:008 Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes
+        by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,
+        Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
+009:009 and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God,
+        who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
+        and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them:
+        therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.
+009:010 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had
+        built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house
+009:011 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
+        trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all
+        his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities
+        in the land of Galilee.
+009:012 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had
+        given him; and they didn't please him.
+009:013 He said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?
+        He called them the land of Cabul to this day.
+009:014 Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.
+009:015 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised,
+        to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo,
+        and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
+009:016 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt
+        it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city,
+        and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
+009:017 Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,
+009:018 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
+009:019 and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities
+        for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that
+        which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem,
+        and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
+009:020 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites,
+        the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
+        who were not of the children of Israel;
+009:021 their children who were left after them in the land,
+        whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy,
+        of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
+009:022 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants;
+        but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes,
+        and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
+009:023 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work,
+        five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored
+        in the work.
+009:024 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David
+        to her house which [Solomon] had built for her:
+        then did he build Millo.
+009:025 Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
+        and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh,
+        burning incense therewith, [on the altar] that was before Yahweh.
+        So he finished the house.
+009:026 King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is
+        beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
+        in the land of Edom.
+009:027 Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge
+        of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
+009:028 They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred
+        and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
+010:001 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning
+        the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
+010:002 She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels
+        that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones;
+        and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all
+        that was in her heart.
+010:003 Solomon told her all her questions:  there was not anything
+        hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.
+010:004 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon,
+        and the house that he had built,
+010:005 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
+        and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
+        and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up
+        to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
+010:006 She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my
+        own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
+010:007 However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my
+        eyes had seen it:  and behold, the half was not told me;
+        your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
+010:008 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand
+        continually before you, [and] who hear your wisdom.
+010:009 Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you
+        on the throne of Israel:  because Yahweh loved Israel forever,
+        therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
+010:010 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
+        and of spices very great store, and precious stones:
+        there came no more such abundance of spices as these which
+        the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
+010:011 The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
+        from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
+010:012 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh,
+        and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments
+        for the singers:  there came no such almug trees, nor were seen,
+        to this day.
+010:013 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
+        whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of
+        his royal bounty.  So she turned, and went to her own land,
+        she and her servants.
+010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
+        hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
+010:015 besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic
+        of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people,
+        and of the governors of the country.
+010:016 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold;
+        six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.
+010:017 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas
+        of gold went to one shield:  and the king put them in the house
+        of the forest of Lebanon.
+010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
+        it with the finest gold.
+010:019 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was
+        round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place
+        of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
+010:020 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on
+        the six steps:  there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
+010:021 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
+        of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
+        none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the
+        days of Solomon.
+010:022 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram:
+        once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold,
+        and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
+010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches
+        and in wisdom.
+010:024 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
+        which God had put in his heart.
+010:025 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels
+        of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules,
+        a rate year by year.
+010:026 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen:
+        and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve
+        thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities,
+        and with the king at Jerusalem.
+010:027 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
+        and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are
+        in the lowland, for abundance.
+010:028 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt;
+        and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove
+        at a price.
+010:029 A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
+        [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty;
+        and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings
+        of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
+011:001 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter
+        of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,
+        and Hittites;
+011:002 of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children
+        of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither shall they
+        come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart
+        after their gods:  Solomon joined to these in love.
+011:003 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines;
+        and his wives turned away his heart.
+011:004 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned
+        away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect
+        with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
+011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,
+        and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
+011:006 Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
+011:007 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination
+        of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for
+        Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
+011:008 So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and
+        sacrificed to their gods.
+011:009 Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away
+        from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
+011:010 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
+        after other gods:  but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
+011:011 Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you,
+        and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I
+        have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
+        and will give it to your servant.
+011:012 Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David
+        your father's sake:  but I will tear it out of the hand
+        of your son.
+011:013 However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will
+        give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake,
+        and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
+011:014 Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
+        he was of the king's seed in Edom.
+011:015 For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain
+        of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck
+        every male in Edom
+011:016 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had
+        cut off every male in Edom);
+011:017 that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
+        with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
+011:018 They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men
+        with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh
+        king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food,
+        and gave him land.
+011:019 Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that
+        he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister
+        of Tahpenes the queen.
+011:020 The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
+        weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
+        house among the sons of Pharaoh.
+011:021 When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,
+        and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said
+        to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
+011:022 Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me,
+        that behold, you seek to go to your own country?
+        He answered, Nothing:  however only let me depart.
+011:023 God raised up [another] adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada,
+        who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
+011:024 He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop,
+        when David killed them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus,
+        and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus.
+011:025 He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,
+        besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel,
+        and reigned over Syria.
+011:026 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah,
+        a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow,
+        he also lifted up his hand against the king.
+011:027 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king:
+        Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city
+        of David his father.
+011:028 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw
+        the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge
+        over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
+011:029 It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
+        that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;
+        now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they
+        two were alone in the field.
+011:030 Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore
+        it in twelve pieces.
+011:031 He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of
+        the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
+011:032 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake
+        and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out
+        of all the tribes of Israel);
+011:033 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped
+        Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god
+        of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon;
+        and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right
+        in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances,
+        as did David his father.
+011:034 However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand;
+        but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David
+        my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments
+        and my statutes;
+011:035 but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
+        give it to you, even ten tribes.
+011:036 To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
+        have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I
+        have chosen me to put my name there.
+011:037 I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your
+        soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
+011:038 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you,
+        and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes,
+        to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did;
+        that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house,
+        as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
+011:039 I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.
+011:040 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose,
+        and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
+        until the death of Solomon.
+011:041 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did,
+        and his wisdom, aren't they written in the book of the
+        acts of Solomon?
+011:042 The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
+        was forty years.
+011:043 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city
+        of David his father:  and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
+012:001 Rehoboam went to Shechem:  for all Israel were come to Shechem
+        to make him king.
+012:002 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it
+        (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence
+        of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,
+012:003 and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly
+        of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
+012:004 Your father made our yoke grievous:  now therefore make you
+        the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke
+        which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
+012:005 He said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.
+        The people departed.
+012:006 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before
+        Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel
+        give you me to return answer to this people?
+012:007 They spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this
+        people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak
+        good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
+012:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
+        and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him,
+        who stood before him.
+012:009 He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer
+        to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
+        that your father did put on us lighter?
+012:010 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,
+        Thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you, saying,
+        Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us;
+        thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker
+        than my father's waist.
+012:011 Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,
+        I will add to your yoke:  my father chastised you with whips,
+        but I will chastise you with scorpions.
+012:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
+        as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
+012:013 The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel
+        of the old men which they had given him,
+012:014 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
+        My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke:
+        my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
+        you with scorpions.
+012:015 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing
+        brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word,
+        which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam
+        the son of Nebat.
+012:016 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them,
+        the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we
+        in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
+        to your tents, Israel:  now see to your own house, David.
+        So Israel departed to their tents.
+012:017 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities
+        of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
+012:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject
+        to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones.
+        King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot,
+        to flee to Jerusalem.
+012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
+012:020 It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned,
+        that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him
+        king over all Israel:  there was none who followed the house
+        of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
+012:021 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
+        of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty
+        thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against
+        the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam
+        the son of Solomon.
+012:022 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
+012:023 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah,
+        and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest
+        of the people, saying,
+012:024 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your
+        brothers the children of Israel:  return every man to his house;
+        for this thing is of me.  So they listened to the word of Yahweh,
+        and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
+012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim,
+        and lived therein; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
+012:026 Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return
+        to the house of David:
+012:027 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house
+        of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people
+        turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah;
+        and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
+012:028 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold;
+        and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
+        see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the
+        land of Egypt.
+012:029 He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
+012:030 This thing became a sin; for the people went [to worship]
+        before the one, even to Dan.
+012:031 He made houses of high places, and made priests from among
+        all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
+012:032 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
+        day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went
+        up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves
+        that he had made:  and he placed in Bethel the priests
+        of the high places that he had made.
+012:033 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on
+        the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month
+        which he had devised of his own heart:  and he ordained
+        a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar,
+        to burn incense.
+013:001 Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word
+        of Yahweh to Beth El:  and Jeroboam was standing by the altar
+        to burn incense.
+013:002 He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said,
+        altar, altar, thus says Yahweh:  Behold, a son shall be born
+        to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall
+        he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense
+        on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.
+013:003 He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign
+        which Yahweh has spoken:  Behold, the altar shall be torn,
+        and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.
+013:004 It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God,
+        which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam
+        put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him.
+        His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up,
+        so that he could not draw it back again to him.
+013:005 The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
+        according to the sign which the man of God had given by
+        the word of Yahweh.
+013:006 The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh
+        your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.
+        The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was
+        restored him again, and became as it was before.
+013:007 The king said to the man of God, Come home with me,
+        and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
+013:008 The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half
+        your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat
+        bread nor drink water in this place;
+013:009 for so was it charged me by the word of Yahweh, saying, You shall
+        eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way
+        that you came.
+013:010 So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that
+        he came to Bethel.
+013:011 Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons
+        came and told him all the works that the man of God had done
+        that day in Bethel:  the words which he had spoken to the king,
+        them also they told to their father.
+013:012 Their father said to them, Which way did he go?
+        Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went,
+        who came from Judah.
+013:013 He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey.  So they saddled
+        him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
+013:014 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak;
+        and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came
+        from Judah?  He said, I am.
+013:015 Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
+013:016 He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you;
+        neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:
+013:017 for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no
+        bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way
+        that you came.
+013:018 He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel
+        spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him back with
+        you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.
+        [But] he lied to him.
+013:019 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house,
+        and drank water.
+013:020 It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh
+        came to the prophet who brought him back;
+013:021 and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying,
+        Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth
+        of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh
+        your God commanded you,
+013:022 but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place
+        of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water;
+        your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
+013:023 It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk,
+        that he saddled for him the donkey, [to wit], for the prophet
+        whom he had brought back.
+013:024 When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him:
+        and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it;
+        the lion also stood by the body.
+013:025 Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way,
+        and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it
+        in the city where the old prophet lived.
+013:026 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it,
+        he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth
+        of Yahweh:  therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion,
+        which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word
+        of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.
+013:027 He spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey.
+        They saddled it.
+013:028 He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey
+        and the lion standing by the body:  the lion had not eaten
+        the body, nor torn the donkey.
+013:029 The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it
+        on the donkey, and brought it back; and he came to the city
+        of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
+013:030 He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
+        [saying], Alas, my brother!
+013:031 It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons,
+        saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which
+        the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
+013:032 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against
+        the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high
+        places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely happen.
+013:033 After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made
+        again from among all the people priests of the high places:
+        whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests
+        of the high places.
+013:034 This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,
+        and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.
+014:001 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
+014:002 Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself,
+        that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you
+        to Shiloh:  behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke
+        concerning me that I should be king over this people.
+014:003 Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey,
+        and go to him:  he will tell you what shall become of the child.
+014:004 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh,
+        and came to the house of Ahijah.  Now Ahijah could not see;
+        for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
+014:005 Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes
+        to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick:
+        thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she
+        comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
+014:006 It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came
+        in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam;
+        why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you
+        with heavy news.
+014:007 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  Because I
+        exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over
+        my people Israel,
+014:008 and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you;
+        and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept
+        my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart,
+        to do that only which was right in my eyes,
+014:009 but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone
+        and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me
+        to anger, and have cast me behind your back:
+014:010 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam,
+        and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall,{or,
+        male} him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel,
+        and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man
+        sweeps away dung, until it be all gone.
+014:011 Him who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat;
+        and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat:
+        for Yahweh has spoken it.
+014:012 Arise you therefore, get you to your house:  [and] when your
+        feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
+014:013 All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only
+        of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there
+        is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        in the house of Jeroboam.
+014:014 Moreover Yahweh will raise him up a king over Israel,
+        who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day:
+        but what? even now.
+014:015 For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water;
+        and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave
+        to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,
+        because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
+014:016 He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,
+        which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.
+014:017 Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah:
+        [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
+014:018 All Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word
+        of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
+014:019 The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how
+        he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel.
+014:020 The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:
+        and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned
+        in his place.
+014:021 Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.  Rehoboam was
+        forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
+        seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen
+        out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
+        and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
+014:022 Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they
+        provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed,
+        above all that their fathers had done.
+014:023 For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim,
+        on every high hill, and under every green tree;
+014:024 and there were also sodomites in the land:  they did according
+        to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove
+        out before the children of Israel.
+014:025 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
+        king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
+014:026 and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
+        and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all:
+        and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
+014:027 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass,
+        and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard,
+        who kept the door of the king's house.
+014:028 It was so, that as often as the king went into the house
+        of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into
+        the guard chamber.
+014:029 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+014:030 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
+014:031 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
+        the city of David:  and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
+        Abijam his son reigned in his place.
+015:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
+        began Abijam to reign over Judah.
+015:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem:  and his mother's name
+        was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
+015:003 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
+        before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God,
+        as the heart of David his father.
+015:004 Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give
+        him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him,
+        and to establish Jerusalem;
+015:005 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
+        and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded
+        him all the days of his life, except only in the matter
+        of Uriah the Hittite.
+015:006 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days
+        of his life.
+015:007 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
+        of Judah?  There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
+015:008 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
+        of David:  and Asa his son reigned in his place.
+015:009 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa
+        to reign over Judah.
+015:010 Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
+015:011 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did
+        David his father.
+015:012 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all
+        the idols that his fathers had made.
+015:013 Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen,
+        because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah;
+        and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
+015:014 But the high places were not taken away:  nevertheless the heart
+        of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
+015:015 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father
+        had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated,
+        silver, and gold, and vessels.
+015:016 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
+015:017 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
+        that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa
+        king of Judah.
+015:018 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left
+        in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures
+        of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand
+        of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad,
+        the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria,
+        who lived at Damascus, saying,
+015:019 [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and
+        your father:  behold, I have sent to you a present of silver
+        and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel,
+        that he may depart from me.
+015:020 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of
+        his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon,
+        and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all
+        the land of Naphtali.
+015:021 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off
+        building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
+015:022 Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted:
+        and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it,
+        with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith
+        Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
+015:023 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might,
+        and all that he did, and the cities which he built,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
+        of Judah?  But in the time of his old age he was diseased
+        in his feet.
+015:024 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
+        in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son
+        reigned in his place.
+015:025 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second
+        year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
+015:026 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
+        in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made
+        Israel to sin.
+015:027 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,
+        conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon,
+        which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
+        were laying siege to Gibbethon.
+015:028 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill him,
+        and reigned in his place.
+015:029 It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house
+        of Jeroboam:  he didn't leave to Jeroboam any who breathed,
+        until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh,
+        which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
+015:030 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which
+        he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which
+        he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
+015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Israel?
+015:032 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
+015:033 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha
+        the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,
+        [and reigned] twenty-four years.
+015:034 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
+        in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made
+        Israel to sin.
+016:001 The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani
+        against Baasha, saying,
+016:002 Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over
+        my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam,
+        and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger
+        with their sins;
+016:003 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house;
+        and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam
+        the son of Nebat.
+016:004 Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat;
+        and him who dies of his in the field shall the birds of
+        the sky eat.
+016:005 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did,
+        and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+016:006 Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah;
+        and Elah his son reigned in his place.
+016:007 Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came
+        the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house,
+        both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh,
+        to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being
+        like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
+016:008 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah began
+        Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah,
+        [and reigned] two years.
+016:009 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
+        against him.  Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk
+        in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:
+016:010 and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him,
+        in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned
+        in his place.
+016:011 It happened, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat
+        on his throne, that he struck all the house of Baasha:
+        he didn't leave him a single one who urinates on a wall,{or,
+        male} neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.
+016:012 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word
+        of Yahweh, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
+016:013 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,
+        which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin,
+        to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
+016:014 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
+016:015 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
+        reign seven days in Tirzah.  Now the people were encamped
+        against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
+016:016 The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired,
+        and has also struck the king:  therefore all Israel made Omri,
+        the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
+016:017 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him,
+        and they besieged Tirzah.
+016:018 It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,
+        that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt
+        the king's house over him with fire, and died,
+016:019 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil
+        in the sight of Yahweh, in walking in the way of Jeroboam,
+        and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
+016:020 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Israel?
+016:021 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts:
+        half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make
+        him king; and half followed Omri.
+016:022 But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people
+        who followed Tibni the son of Ginath:  so Tibni died,
+        and Omri reigned.
+016:023 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri
+        to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years:
+        six years reigned he in Tirzah.
+016:024 He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver;
+        and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city
+        which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of
+        the hill, Samaria.
+016:025 Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt
+        wickedly above all who were before him.
+016:026 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
+016:027 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might
+        that he shown, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+016:028 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria;
+        and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
+016:029 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab
+        the son of Omri to reign over Israel:  and Ahab the son
+        of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
+016:030 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight
+        of Yahweh above all that were before him.
+016:031 It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk
+        in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife
+        Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians,
+        and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
+016:032 He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal,
+        which he had built in Samaria.
+016:033 Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel
+        who were before him.
+016:034 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho:  he laid
+        the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his firstborn,
+        and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest
+        son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke
+        by Joshua the son of Nun.
+017:001 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead,
+        said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom
+        I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years,
+        but according to my word.
+017:002 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
+017:003 Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself
+        by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
+017:004 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have
+        commanded the ravens to feed you there.
+017:005 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went
+        and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
+017:006 The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning,
+        and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
+017:007 It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there
+        was no rain in the land.
+017:008 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
+017:009 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon,
+        and dwell there:  behold, I have commanded a widow there
+        to sustain you.
+017:010 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate
+        of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks:
+        and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water
+        in a vessel, that I may drink.
+017:011 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said,
+        Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.
+017:012 She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake,
+        but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar:
+        and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake
+        it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
+017:013 Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said;
+        but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me,
+        and afterward make for you and for your son.
+017:014 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall
+        not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day
+        that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.
+017:015 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah:
+        and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
+017:016 The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail,
+        according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah.
+017:017 It happened after these things, that the son of the woman,
+        the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was
+        so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
+017:018 She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man
+        of God?  You have come to me to bring my sin to memory,
+        and to kill my son!
+017:019 He said to her, Give me your son.  He took him out of her bosom,
+        and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode,
+        and laid him on his own bed.
+017:020 He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought
+        evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
+017:021 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh,
+        and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come
+        into him again.
+017:022 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
+        came into him again, and he revived.
+017:023 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the
+        chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother;
+        and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.
+017:024 The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God,
+        and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
+018:001 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came
+        to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab;
+        and I will send rain on the earth.
+018:002 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab.  The famine was
+        sore in Samaria.
+018:003 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household.
+        (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
+018:004 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh,
+        that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty
+        in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
+018:005 Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs
+        of water, and to all the brooks:  peradventure we may find
+        grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose
+        all the animals.
+018:006 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it:
+        Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another
+        way by himself.
+018:007 As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him:
+        and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you,
+        my lord Elijah?
+018:008 He answered him, It is I:  go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is
+        here].
+018:009 He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your
+        servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
+018:010 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom,
+        where my lord has not sent to seek you:  and when they said,
+        He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation,
+        that they didn't find you.
+018:011 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
+018:012 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit
+        of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I
+        come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me:
+        but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.
+018:013 Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets
+        of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets
+        by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
+018:014 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here];
+        and he will kill me.
+018:015 Elijah said, As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
+        I will surely show myself to him today.
+018:016 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went
+        to meet Elijah.
+018:017 It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him,
+        Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
+018:018 He answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your
+        father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments
+        of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
+018:019 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel,
+        and the prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets
+        of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
+018:020 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered
+        the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
+018:021 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you
+        waver between the two sides?  If Yahweh is God, follow him;
+        but if Baal, then follow him."  The people answered him
+        not a word.
+018:022 Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet
+        of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.
+018:023 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull
+        for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood,
+        and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull,
+        and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
+018:024 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name
+        of Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God."
+        All the people answered, "It is well said."
+018:025 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull
+        for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many;
+        and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
+018:026 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it,
+        and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying,
+        Baal, hear us.  But there was no voice, nor any who answered.
+        They leaped about the altar which was made.
+018:027 It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud;
+        for he is a god:  either he is musing, or he is gone aside,
+        or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and
+        must be awakened.
+018:028 They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner
+        with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
+018:029 It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until
+        the time of the offering of the [evening] offering; but there
+        was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
+018:030 Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all
+        the people came near to him.  He repaired the altar of Yahweh
+        that was thrown down.
+018:031 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes
+        of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying,
+        Israel shall be your name.
+018:032 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh;
+        and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would
+        contain two measures of seed.
+018:033 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces,
+        and laid it on the wood.  He said, Fill four jars with water,
+        and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
+018:034 He said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time.
+        He said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.
+018:035 The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench
+        also with water.
+018:036 It happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] offering,
+        that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God
+        of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this
+        day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant,
+        and that I have done all these things at your word.
+018:037 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know
+        that you, Yahweh, are God, and [that] you have turned their
+        heart back again.
+018:038 Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering,
+        and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up
+        the water that was in the trench.
+018:039 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces:
+        and they said, Yahweh, he is God; Yahweh, he is God.
+018:040 and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let
+        one of them escape.  They took them; and Elijah brought them
+        down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
+018:041 Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there
+        is the sound of abundance of rain.
+018:042 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.  Elijah went up to the top
+        of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put
+        his face between his knees.
+018:043 He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
+        He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing.
+        He said, Go again seven times.
+018:044 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold,
+        a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea."
+        He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot],
+        and get you down, that the rain not stop you.
+018:045 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black
+        with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.
+        Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
+018:046 and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his waist,
+        and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
+019:001 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had
+        killed all the prophets with the sword.
+019:002 Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let
+        the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life
+        as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
+019:003 When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came
+        to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
+019:004 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came
+        and sat down under a juniper tree:  and he requested for himself
+        that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh,
+        take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
+019:005 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold,
+        an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
+019:006 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked
+        on the coals, and a jar of water.  He ate and drink,
+        and laid him down again.
+019:007 The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him,
+        and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
+019:008 He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that
+        food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
+019:009 He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold,
+        the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, What are
+        you doing here, Elijah?
+019:010 He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies;
+        for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant,
+        thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword:
+        and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life,
+        to take it away.
+019:011 He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.
+        Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore
+        the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh;
+        but Yahweh was not in the wind:  and after the wind an earthquake;
+        but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
+019:012 and after the earthquake a fire; but Yahweh was not in the fire:
+        and after the fire a still small voice.
+019:013 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
+        in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance
+        of the cave.  Behold, there came a voice to him, and said,
+        What are you doing here, Elijah?
+019:014 He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies;
+        for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant,
+        thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword;
+        and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life,
+        to take it away.
+019:015 Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness
+        of Damascus:  and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael
+        to be king over Syria;
+019:016 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel;
+        and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shall you anoint
+        to be prophet in your room.
+019:017 It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael
+        shall Jehu kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu
+        shall Elisha kill.
+019:018 Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees
+        which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has
+        not kissed him.
+019:019 So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
+        who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him,
+        and he with the twelfth:  and Elijah passed over to him,
+        and cast his mantle on him.
+019:020 He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you,
+        kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.
+        He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
+019:021 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen,
+        and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments
+        of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate.
+        Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
+020:001 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together;
+        and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots:
+        and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
+020:002 He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
+        and said to him, Thus says Ben Hadad,
+020:003 Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children,
+        even the best, are mine.
+020:004 The king of Israel answered, It is according to your saying,
+        my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.
+020:005 The messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben Hadad,
+        saying, I sent indeed to you, saying, You shall deliver me
+        your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
+020:006 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time,
+        and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants;
+        and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes,
+        they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
+020:007 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land,
+        and said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief:
+        for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children,
+        and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.
+020:008 All the elders and all the people said to him, Don't you
+        listen, neither consent.
+020:009 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell my
+        lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant
+        at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.
+        The messengers departed, and brought him word again.
+020:010 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me,
+        and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls
+        for all the people who follow me.
+020:011 The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds
+        on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.
+020:012 It happened, when [Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking,
+        he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants,
+        Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array]
+        against the city.
+020:013 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said,
+        Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold,
+        I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+020:014 Ahab said, By whom?  He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young
+        men of the princes of the provinces.  Then he said, Who shall
+        begin the battle?  He answered, You.
+020:015 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces,
+        and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them
+        he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel,
+        being seven thousand.
+020:016 They went out at noon.  But Ben Hadad was drinking himself
+        drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two
+        kings who helped him.
+020:017 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;
+        and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are
+        men come out from Samaria.
+020:018 He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive,
+        or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
+020:019 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes
+        of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
+020:020 They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel
+        pursued them:  and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on
+        a horse with horsemen.
+020:021 The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots,
+        and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
+020:022 The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him,
+        Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do;
+        for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come
+        up against you.
+020:023 The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is
+        a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we:
+        but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we
+        shall be stronger than they.
+020:024 Do this thing:  take the kings away, every man out of his place,
+        and put captains in their room;
+020:025 and number you an army, like the army that you have lost,
+        horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against
+        them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
+        He listened to their voice, and did so.
+020:026 It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered
+        the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
+020:027 The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned,
+        and went against them:  and the children of Israel encamped
+        before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians
+        filled the country.
+020:028 A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel,
+        and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said,
+        Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys;
+        therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand,
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+020:029 They encamped one over against the other seven days.
+        So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined;
+        and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred
+        thousand footmen in one day.
+020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell
+        on twenty-seven thousand men who were left.  Ben Hadad fled,
+        and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
+020:031 His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that
+        the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings:
+        let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our bodies,
+        and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel:
+        peradventure he will save your life.
+020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their bodies, and [put] ropes
+        on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said,
+        Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live.
+        He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
+020:033 Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether
+        it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad.
+        Then he said, Go you, bring him.  Then Ben Hadad came forth to him;
+        and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
+020:034 [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took
+        from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets
+        for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.
+        I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant.
+        So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
+020:035 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow
+        by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me.  The man refused
+        to strike him.
+020:036 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice
+        of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me,
+        a lion shall kill you.  As soon as he was departed from him,
+        a lion found him, and killed him.
+020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me.
+        The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
+020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,
+        and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
+020:039 As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said,
+        Your servant went out into the midst of the battle;
+        and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me,
+        and said, Keep this man:  if by any means he be missing,
+        then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay
+        a talent of silver.
+020:040 As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.
+        The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be;
+        yourself have decided it.
+020:041 He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes;
+        and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
+020:042 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go
+        out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction,
+        therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people
+        for his people.
+020:043 The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry,
+        and came to Samaria.
+021:001 It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite
+        had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace
+        of Ahab king of Samaria.
+021:002 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may
+        have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house;
+        and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it:
+        or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth
+        of it in money.
+021:003 Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give
+        the inheritance of my fathers to you.
+021:004 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word
+        which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said,
+        I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.
+        He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face,
+        and would eat no bread.
+021:005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your
+        spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?
+021:006 He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite,
+        and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else,
+        if it please you, I will give you [another] vineyard for it:
+        and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.
+021:007 Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom
+        of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry:
+        I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
+021:008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal,
+        and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were
+        in his city, [and] who lived with Naboth.
+021:009 She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
+        Naboth on high among the people:
+021:010 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them
+        testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king.
+        Then carry him out, and stone him to death.
+021:011 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived
+        in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it
+        was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
+021:012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
+021:013 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him:
+        and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth,
+        in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God
+        and the king.  Then they carried him forth out of the city,
+        and stoned him to death with stones.
+021:014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned,
+        and is dead.
+021:015 It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,
+        and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession
+        of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused
+        to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
+021:016 It happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab
+        rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
+        to take possession of it.
+021:017 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
+021:018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria:
+        behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone
+        down to take possession of it.
+021:019 You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you
+        killed and also taken possession?  You shall speak to him,
+        saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked
+        the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.
+021:020 Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy?
+        He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself
+        to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
+021:021 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you
+        away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against
+        a wall,{or, male} and him who is shut up and him who is left
+        at large in Israel:
+021:022 and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son
+        of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
+        for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger,
+        and have made Israel to sin.
+021:023 Of Jezebel also spoke Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat
+        Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
+021:024 Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat;
+        and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
+021:025 (But there was none like Ahab, who did sell himself to do
+        that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel
+        his wife stirred up.
+021:026 He did very abominably in following idols, according to
+        all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before
+        the children of Israel.)
+021:027 It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes,
+        and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
+        and went softly.
+021:028 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
+021:029 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles
+        himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days;
+        but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
+022:001 They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
+022:002 It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king
+        of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
+022:003 The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that
+        Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it
+        out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
+022:004 He said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to
+        Ramoth Gilead?  Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am
+        as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
+022:005 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first
+        for the word of Yahweh.
+022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
+        about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go
+        against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
+        They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand
+        of the king.
+022:007 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides,
+        that we may inquire of him?
+022:008 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man
+        by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah:
+        but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me,
+        but evil.  Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
+022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
+        Micaiah the son of Imlah.
+022:010 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
+        were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes,
+        in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
+        and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
+022:011 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said,
+        Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians,
+        until they be consumed.
+022:012 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead,
+        and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand
+        of the king.
+022:013 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now,
+        the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth:
+        please let your word be like the word of one of them,
+        and speak you good.
+022:014 Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me,
+        that will I speak.
+022:015 When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah,
+        shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?
+        He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver
+        it into the hand of the king.
+022:016 The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you
+        speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
+022:017 He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep
+        that have no shepherd:  and Yahweh said, These have no master;
+        let them return every man to his house in peace.
+022:018 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you
+        that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
+022:019 [Micaiah] said, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh:  I saw
+        Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven
+        standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
+022:020 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up
+        and fall at Ramoth Gilead?'  One said on this manner;
+        and another said on that manner.
+022:021 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said,
+        'I will entice him.'
+022:022 Yahweh said to him, 'How?'  He said, 'I will go forth,
+        and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.'
+        He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also:
+        go forth, and do so.'
+022:023 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in
+        the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken
+        evil concerning you."
+022:024 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah
+        on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh
+        from me to speak to you?
+022:025 Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you
+        shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
+022:026 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
+        to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
+022:027 and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
+        and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
+        until I come in peace.
+022:028 Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not
+        spoken by me.  He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
+022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
+        up to Ramoth Gilead.
+022:030 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
+        and go into the battle; but put you on your robes.
+        The king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
+022:031 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains
+        of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
+        save only with the king of Israel.
+022:032 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
+        that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they
+        turned aside to fight against him:  and Jehoshaphat cried out.
+022:033 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was
+        not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
+022:034 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck
+        the king of Israel between the joints of the armor:
+        therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand,
+        and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded.
+022:035 The battle increased that day:  and the king was stayed
+        up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even;
+        and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
+022:036 There went a cry throughout the army about the going down
+        of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man
+        to his country.
+022:037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
+        the king in Samaria.
+022:038 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked
+        up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves [there]);
+        according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
+022:039 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did,
+        and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that
+        he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+022:040 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned
+        in his place.
+022:041 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
+        year of Ahab king of Israel.
+022:042 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem.
+        His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
+022:043 He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside
+        from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh:
+        however the high places were not taken away; the people still
+        sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
+022:044 Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
+022:045 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that
+        he shown, and how he warred, aren't they written in the book
+        of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+022:046 The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his
+        father Asa, he put away out of the land.
+022:047 There was no king in Edom:  a deputy was king.
+022:048 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold:
+        but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
+022:049 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
+        go with your servants in the ships.  But Jehoshaphat would not.
+022:050 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
+        fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son
+        reigned in his place.
+022:051 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
+        in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
+        and he reigned two years over Israel.
+022:052 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked
+        in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother,
+        and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made
+        Israel to sin.
+022:053 He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
+Book 12 2 Kings
+001:001 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
+001:002 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber
+        that was in Samaria, and was sick:  and he sent messengers,
+        and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron,
+        whether I shall recover of this sickness.
+001:003 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
+        to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them,
+        Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire
+        of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
+001:004 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down
+        from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
+        Elijah departed.
+001:005 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it
+        that you have returned?
+001:006 They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said
+        to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him,
+        Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel,
+        that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
+        therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you
+        are gone up, but shall surely die.
+001:007 He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you,
+        and told you these words?
+001:008 They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt
+        of leather about his waist.  He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
+001:009 Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty.
+        He went up to him:  and behold, he was sitting on the top
+        of the hill.  He spoke to him, man of God, the king
+        has said, Come down.
+001:010 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God,
+        let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty.
+        Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
+001:011 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty.
+        He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said,
+        Come down quickly.
+001:012 Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come
+        down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty.
+        The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him
+        and his fifty.
+001:013 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty.
+        The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees
+        before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God,
+        please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants,
+        be precious in your sight.
+001:014 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former
+        captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life
+        be precious in your sight.
+001:015 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down with him:
+        don't be afraid of him.  He arose, and went down with him
+        to the king.
+001:016 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers
+        to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because
+        there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore
+        you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up,
+        but shall surely die.
+001:017 So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken.
+        Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram
+        the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
+001:018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
+002:001 It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind
+        into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
+002:002 Elijah said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has
+        sent me as far as Bethel.  Elisha said, As Yahweh lives,
+        and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.  So they went
+        down to Bethel.
+002:003 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,
+        and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away
+        your master from your head today?"  He said, "Yes, I know it;
+        hold your peace."
+002:004 Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent
+        me to Jericho.  He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
+        I will not leave you.  So they came to Jericho.
+002:005 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha,
+        and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your
+        master from your head today?"  He answered, "Yes, I know it.
+        Hold your peace."
+002:006 Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent
+        me to the Jordan."  He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your
+        soul lives, I will not leave you."  They two went on.
+002:007 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over
+        against them afar off:  and they two stood by the Jordan.
+002:008 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck
+        the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they
+        two went over on dry ground.
+002:009 It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said
+        to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.
+        Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit
+        be on me.
+002:010 He said, You have asked a hard thing:  [nevertheless], if you
+        see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you;
+        but if not, it shall not be so.
+002:011 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold,
+        [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,
+        which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a
+        whirlwind into heaven.
+002:012 Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots
+        of Israel and the horsemen of it!  He saw him no more:
+        and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
+002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
+        and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
+002:014 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck
+        the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?
+        and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided
+        here and there; and Elisha went over.
+002:015 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him
+        saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha.
+        They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
+        ground before him.
+002:016 They said to him, See now, there are with your servants
+        fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek
+        your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up,
+        and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley.
+        He said, You shall not send.
+002:017 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send.
+        They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days,
+        but didn't find him.
+002:018 They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said
+        to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"
+002:019 The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you,
+        the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees:
+        but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
+002:020 He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein.
+        They brought it to him.
+002:021 He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein,
+        and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters;
+        there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
+002:022 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word
+        of Elisha which he spoke.
+002:023 He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up
+        by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him,
+        and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.
+002:024 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name
+        of Yahweh.  Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled
+        forty-two of those youths.
+002:025 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there
+        he returned to Samaria.
+003:001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
+        Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
+        and reigned twelve years.
+003:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like
+        his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar
+        of Baal that his father had made.
+003:003 Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
+003:004 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered
+        to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs,
+        and of one hundred thousand rams.
+003:005 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
+        rebelled against the king of Israel.
+003:006 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time,
+        and mustered all Israel.
+003:007 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
+        The king of Moab has rebelled against me:  will you go
+        with me against Moab to battle?  He said, I will go up:
+        I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses
+        as your horses.
+003:008 He said, Which way shall we go up?  He answered, The way
+        of the wilderness of Edom.
+003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king
+        of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey:
+        and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals
+        that followed them.
+003:010 The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these
+        three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
+003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh,
+        that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?  One of the king of
+        Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here,
+        who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
+003:012 Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him.
+        So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
+        went down to him.
+003:013 Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you?
+        get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets
+        of your mother.  The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh
+        has called these three kings together to deliver them into
+        the hand of Moab.
+003:014 Elisha said, As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
+        surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat
+        the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
+003:015 But now bring me a minstrel.  It happened, when the minstrel played,
+        that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
+003:016 He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
+003:017 For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you
+        see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you
+        shall drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
+003:018 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh:
+        he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
+003:019 You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city,
+        and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water,
+        and mar every good piece of land with stones.
+003:020 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering
+        the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom,
+        and the country was filled with water.
+003:021 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up
+        to fight against them, they gathered themselves together,
+        all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood
+        on the border.
+003:022 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water,
+        and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:
+003:023 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed,
+        and they have struck each man his fellow:  now therefore,
+        Moab, to the spoil.
+003:024 When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
+        up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them;
+        and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
+003:025 They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they
+        cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped
+        all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees,
+        until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it;
+        however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
+003:026 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe
+        for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword,
+        to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
+003:027 Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place,
+        and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall.
+        There was great wrath against Israel:  and they departed from him,
+        and returned to their own land.
+004:001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons
+        of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband
+        is dead; and you know that your servant did fear Yahweh:
+        and the creditor is come to take to him my two children
+        to be bondservants.
+004:002 Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me;
+        what have you in the house?  She said, Your handmaid has
+        nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
+004:003 Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors,
+        even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
+004:004 You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons,
+        and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside
+        that which is full.
+004:005 So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons;
+        they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
+004:006 It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son,
+        Bring me yet a vessel.  He said to her, There isn't another vessel.
+        The oil stayed.
+004:007 Then she came and told the man of God.  He said, Go, sell the oil,
+        and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.
+004:008 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was
+        a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.
+        So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there
+        to eat bread.
+004:009 She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy
+        man of God, that passes by us continually.
+004:010 Let us make, Please, a little chamber on the wall;
+        and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat,
+        and a lamp stand:  and it shall be, when he comes to us,
+        that he shall turn in there.
+004:011 It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into
+        the chamber and lay there.
+004:012 He said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite.
+        When he had called her, she stood before him.
+004:013 He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful
+        for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would
+        you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?
+        She answered, I dwell among my own people.
+004:014 He said, What then is to be done for her?  Gehazi answered,
+        Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.
+004:015 He said, Call her.  When he had called her, she stood in the door.
+004:016 He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall
+        embrace a son.  She said, No, my lord, you man of God,
+        do not lie to your handmaid.
+004:017 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time
+        came round, as Elisha had said to her.
+004:018 When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out
+        to his father to the reapers.
+004:019 He said to his father, My head, my head.  He said to his servant,
+        Carry him to his mother.
+004:020 When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat
+        on her knees until noon, and then died.
+004:021 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God,
+        and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
+004:022 She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of
+        the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man
+        of God, and come again.
+004:023 He said, Why will you go to him today? it is neither new moon
+        nor Sabbath.  She said, It shall be well.
+004:024 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive,
+        and go forward; don't slacken me the riding, except I bid you.
+004:025 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel.
+        It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said
+        to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
+004:026 please run now to meet her, and ask her, Is it well with you?
+        is it well with your husband? is it well with the child?
+        She answered, It is well.
+004:027 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold
+        of his feet.  Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man
+        of God said, Let her alone:  for her soul is vexed within her;
+        and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me.
+004:028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?  Didn't I say,
+        Do not deceive me?
+004:029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your waist, and take my
+        staff in your hand, and go your way:  if you meet any man,
+        Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again:
+        and lay my staff on the face of the child.
+004:030 The mother of the child said, As Yahweh lives, and as your
+        soul lives, I will not leave you.  He arose, and followed her.
+004:031 Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face
+        of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing.
+        Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child
+        has not awakened.
+004:032 When Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
+        and laid on his bed.
+004:033 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both,
+        and prayed to Yahweh.
+004:034 He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth,
+        and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands:
+        and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the
+        child grew warm.
+004:035 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth;
+        and went up, and stretched himself on him:  and the child
+        sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
+004:036 He called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite.
+        So he called her.  When she was come in to him, he said,
+        Take up your son.
+004:037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself
+        to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
+004:038 Elisha came again to Gilgal.  There was a dearth in the land;
+        and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him;
+        and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil
+        stew for the sons of the prophets.
+004:039 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
+        and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred
+        them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them.
+004:040 So they poured out for the men to eat.  It happened,
+        as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out,
+        and said, man of God, there is death in the pot.
+        They could not eat of it.
+004:041 But he said, Then bring meal.  He cast it into the pot;
+        and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat.
+        There was no harm in the pot.
+004:042 There came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man
+        of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley,
+        and fresh ears of grain in his sack.  He said, Give to the people,
+        that they may eat.
+004:043 His servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men?
+        But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus
+        says Yahweh, They shall eat, and shall leave of it.
+004:044 So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it,
+        according to the word of Yahweh.
+005:001 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria,
+        was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him
+        Yahweh had given victory to Syria:  he was also a mighty man
+        of valor, [but he was] a leper.
+005:002 The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive
+        out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited
+        on Naaman's wife.
+005:003 She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet
+        who is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.
+005:004 One went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said
+        the maiden who is of the land of Israel.
+005:005 The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter
+        to the king of Israel.  He departed, and took with him
+        ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold,
+        and ten changes of clothing.
+005:006 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this
+        letter is come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant
+        to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.
+005:007 It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter,
+        that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to
+        make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man
+        of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks
+        a quarrel against me.
+005:008 It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king
+        of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king,
+        saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me,
+        and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
+005:009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots,
+        and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
+005:010 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the
+        Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you,
+        and you shall be clean.
+005:011 But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,
+        He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on
+        the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place,
+        and recover the leper.
+005:012 Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than
+        all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
+        So he turned and went away in a rage.
+005:013 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said,
+        My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing,
+        wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says
+        to you, Wash, and be clean?
+005:014 Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times
+        in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God;
+        and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child,
+        and he was clean.
+005:015 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company,
+        and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now,
+        I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel:
+        now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
+005:016 But he said, As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will
+        receive none.  He urged him to take it; but he refused.
+005:017 Naaman said, If not, yet, please let there be given to your servant
+        two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will henceforth
+        offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods,
+        but to Yahweh.
+005:018 In this thing Yahweh pardon your servant:  when my master
+        goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans
+        on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I
+        bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh pardon your servant
+        in this thing.
+005:019 He said to him, Go in peace.  So he departed from him
+        a little way.
+005:020 But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,
+        my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving
+        at his hands that which he brought:  as Yahweh lives,
+        I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
+005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman.  When Naaman saw one running
+        after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said,
+        Is all well?
+005:022 He said, All is well.  My master has sent me, saying, Behold,
+        even now there are come to me from the hill country of Ephraim
+        two young men of the sons of the prophets; please give them
+        a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
+005:023 Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents.  He urged him,
+        and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two
+        changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants;
+        and they bore them before him.
+005:024 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand,
+        and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go,
+        and they departed.
+005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master.  Elisha said to him,
+        Whence come you, Gehazi?  He said, Your servant went no where.
+005:026 He said to him, Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned
+        from his chariot to meet you?  Is it a time to receive money,
+        and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards,
+        and sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?
+005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to you,
+        and to your seed forever.  He went out from his presence
+        a leper [as white] as snow.
+006:001 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place
+        where we dwell before you is too strait for us.
+006:002 Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take there every man
+        a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.
+        He answered, Go you.
+006:003 One said, Be pleased, I pray you, to go with your servants.
+        He answered, I will go.
+006:004 So he went with them.  When they came to the Jordan,
+        they cut down wood.
+006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water;
+        and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
+006:006 The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?"  He showed him the place.
+        He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
+006:007 He said, "Take it."  So he put out his hand and took it.
+006:008 Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took
+        counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place
+        shall be my camp.
+006:009 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you
+        not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
+006:010 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God
+        told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there,
+        not once nor twice.
+006:011 The heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing;
+        and he called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show
+        me which of us is for the king of Israel?
+006:012 One of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but Elisha,
+        the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel
+        the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
+006:013 He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.
+        It was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
+006:014 Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great army:
+        and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
+006:015 When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,
+        behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city.
+        His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
+006:016 He answered, Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are
+        more than those who are with them.
+006:017 Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes,
+        that he may see.  Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man;
+        and he saw:  and behold, the mountain was full of horses
+        and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
+006:018 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh,
+        and said, Please smite this people with blindness.
+        He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
+006:019 Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city:
+        follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.
+        He led them to Samaria.
+006:020 It happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
+        Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.
+        Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold,
+        they were in the midst of Samaria.
+006:021 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
+        shall I strike them? shall I strike them?
+006:022 He answered, You shall not strike them:  would you strike those
+        whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow?
+        set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink,
+        and go to their master.
+006:023 He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten
+        and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.
+        The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
+006:024 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered
+        all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
+006:025 There was a great famine in Samaria:  and behold, they besieged it,
+        until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver,
+        and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five
+        [pieces] of silver.
+006:026 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried
+        a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
+006:027 He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you, whence shall I help you?
+        out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?
+006:028 The king said to her, What ails you?  She answered, This woman
+        said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today,
+        and we will eat my son tomorrow.
+006:029 So we boiled my son, and ate him:  and I said to her on the next day,
+        Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.
+006:030 It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman,
+        that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall);
+        and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within
+        on his flesh.
+006:031 Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head
+        of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
+006:032 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were
+        sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him:
+        but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,
+        See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away
+        my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door,
+        and hold the door fast against him:  isn't the sound of his
+        master's feet behind him?
+006:033 While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came
+        down to him:  and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh;
+        why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
+007:001 Elisha said, Hear you the word of Yahweh:  thus says
+        Yahweh, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour
+        be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
+        in the gate of Samaria.
+007:002 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man
+        of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows
+        in heaven, might this thing be?  He said, Behold, you shall
+        see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
+007:003 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate:
+        and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
+007:004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is
+        in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here,
+        we die also.  Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army
+        of the Syrians:  if they save us alive, we shall live;
+        and if they kill us, we shall but die.
+007:005 They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians;
+        and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp
+        of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
+007:006 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise
+        of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army:
+        and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has
+        hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings
+        of the Egyptians, to come on us.
+007:007 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
+        and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was,
+        and fled for their life.
+007:008 When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp,
+        they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried
+        there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it;
+        and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried
+        there also, and went and hid it.
+007:009 Then they said one to another, We aren't doing right.
+        This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace:
+        if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us;
+        now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
+007:010 So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they
+        told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians,
+        and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man,
+        but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents
+        as they were.
+007:011 He called the porters; and they told it to the king's
+        household within.
+007:012 The king arose in the night, and said to his servants,
+        I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us.
+        They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out
+        of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they
+        come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get
+        into the city.
+007:013 One of his servants answered, Please let some take five
+        of the horses that remain, which are left in the city
+        (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are
+        left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel
+        who are consumed); and let us send and see.
+007:014 They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king
+        sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
+007:015 They went after them to the Jordan:  and behold, all the way
+        was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians
+        had cast away in their haste.  The messengers returned,
+        and told the king.
+007:016 The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians.
+        So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two
+        measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
+007:017 The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have
+        the charge of the gate:  and the people trod on him in the gate,
+        and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king
+        came down to him.
+007:018 It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
+        Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine
+        flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time
+        in the gate of Samaria;
+007:019 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold,
+        if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing
+        be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes,
+        but shall not eat of it:
+007:020 it happened even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate,
+        and he died.
+008:001 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored
+        to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn
+        wherever you can sojourn:  for Yahweh has called for a famine;
+        and it shall also come on the land seven years.
+008:002 The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God;
+        and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land
+        of the Philistines seven years.
+008:003 It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
+        out of the land of the Philistines:  and she went forth to cry
+        to the king for her house and for her land.
+008:004 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man
+        of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that
+        Elisha has done.
+008:005 It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life
+        him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored
+        to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.
+        Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this
+        is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
+008:006 When the king asked the woman, she told him.  So the king appointed
+        to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers,
+        and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left
+        the land, even until now.
+008:007 Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick;
+        and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
+008:008 The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go,
+        meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying,
+        Shall I recover of this sickness?
+008:009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him,
+        even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'
+        burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son
+        Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I
+        recover of this sickness?
+008:010 Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover;
+        however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die.
+008:011 He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed:
+        and the man of God wept.
+008:012 Hazael said, Why weeps my lord?  He answered, Because I
+        know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel:
+        their strongholds will you set on fire, and their young men
+        will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their
+        little ones, and rip up their women with child.
+008:013 Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog,
+        that he should do this great thing?  Elisha answered,
+        Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
+008:014 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master;
+        who said to him, What said Elisha to you?  He answered,
+        He told me that you would surely recover.
+008:015 It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped
+        it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died:
+        and Hazael reigned in his place.
+008:016 In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king
+        of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son
+        of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
+008:017 Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
+008:018 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house
+        of Ahab:  for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did
+        that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
+008:019 However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his
+        servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp
+        for his children always.
+008:020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,
+        and made a king over themselves.
+008:021 Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him:
+        and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him,
+        and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled
+        to their tents.
+008:022 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day.
+        Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
+008:023 The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+008:024 Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
+        in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
+008:025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel
+        did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
+008:026 Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.  His mother's name
+        was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
+008:027 He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which
+        was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab;
+        for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
+008:028 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king
+        of Syria at Ramoth Gilead:  and the Syrians wounded Joram.
+008:029 King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
+        which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought
+        against Hazael king of Syria.  Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
+        of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
+        because he was sick.
+009:001 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets,
+        and said to him, Gird up your waist, and take this vial of oil
+        in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
+009:002 When you come there, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
+        the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among
+        his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber.
+009:003 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say,
+        Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.
+        Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.
+009:004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet,
+        went to Ramoth Gilead.
+009:005 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting;
+        and he said, I have an errand to you, captain.  Jehu said,
+        To which of us all?  He said, To you, O captain.
+009:006 He arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil
+        on his head, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh,
+        even over Israel.
+009:007 You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may
+        avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood
+        of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
+009:008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off
+        from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,{or, male} and
+        him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
+009:009 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son
+        of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
+009:010 The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
+        shall be none to bury her.  He opened the door, and fled.
+009:011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord:
+        and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you?
+        He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.
+009:012 They said, It is false; tell us now.  He said, Thus and thus
+        spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed
+        you king over Israel.
+009:013 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it
+        under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet,
+        saying, Jehu is king.
+009:014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
+        against Joram.  (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead,
+        he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
+009:015 but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of
+        the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought
+        with Hazael king of Syria.)  Jehu said, If this be your mind,
+        then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go
+        to tell it in Jezreel.
+009:016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
+        Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
+009:017 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied
+        the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company.
+        Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let
+        him say, Is it peace?
+009:018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says
+        the king, Is it peace?  Jehu said, What have you to do with peace?
+        turn you behind me.  The watchman told, saying, The messenger
+        came to them, but he isn't coming back.
+009:019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them,
+        and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace?  Jehu answered,
+        What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
+009:020 The watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and isn't
+        coming back:  and the driving is like the driving of Jehu
+        the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
+009:021 Joram said, Make ready.  They made ready his chariot.
+        Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
+        each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu,
+        and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
+009:022 It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
+        peace, Jehu?  He answered, What peace, so long as the prostitution
+        of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?
+009:023 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There
+        is treachery, Ahaziah.
+009:024 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram
+        between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart,
+        and he sunk down in his chariot.
+009:025 Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast
+        him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite;
+        for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab
+        his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
+009:026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood
+        of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this plat,
+        says Yahweh.  Now therefore take and cast him into the plat
+        [of ground], according to the word of Yahweh.
+009:027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way
+        of the garden house.  Jehu followed after him, and said,
+        Smite him also in the chariot:  [and they struck him] at
+        the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam.  He fled to Megiddo,
+        and died there.
+009:028 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
+        him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
+009:029 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah
+        to reign over Judah.
+009:030 When Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it;
+        and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked
+        out at the window.
+009:031 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri,
+        your master's murderer?
+009:032 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my
+        side? who?  There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
+009:033 He said, Throw her down.  So they threw her down; and some
+        of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses:
+        and he trod her under foot.
+009:034 When he was come in, he ate and drink; and he said, See now to this
+        cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
+009:035 They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull,
+        and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
+009:036 Therefore they came back, and told him.  He said, This is
+        the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah
+        the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs
+        eat the flesh of Jezebel;
+009:037 and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field
+        in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say,
+        This is Jezebel.
+010:001 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.  Jehu wrote letters,
+        and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders,
+        and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,
+010:002 Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's
+        sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses,
+        a fortified city also, and armor;
+010:003 look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set
+        him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
+010:004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two
+        kings didn't stand before him:  how then shall we stand?
+010:005 He who was over the household, and he who was over the city,
+        the elders also, and those who brought up [the children],
+        sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do
+        all that you shall bid us; we will not make any man king:
+        you do that which is good in your eyes.
+010:006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
+        If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice,
+        take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me
+        to Jezreel by tomorrow this time.  Now the king's sons,
+        being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city,
+        who brought them up.
+010:007 It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took
+        the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons,
+        and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
+010:008 There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought
+        the heads of the king's sons.  He said, Lay you them in two
+        heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
+010:009 It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood,
+        and said to all the people, You are righteous:
+        behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him;
+        but who struck all these?
+010:010 Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word
+        of Yahweh, which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab:
+        for Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.
+010:011 So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,
+        and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests,
+        until he left him none remaining.
+010:012 He arose and departed, and went to Samaria.  As he was at
+        the shearing house of the shepherds in the way,
+010:013 Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
+        Who are you?  They answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah:
+        and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the children
+        of the queen.
+010:014 He said, Take them alive.  They took them alive, and killed
+        them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;
+        neither left he any of them.
+010:015 When he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son
+        of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said
+        to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?
+        Jehonadab answered, It is.  If it be, give me your hand.
+        He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
+010:016 He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.
+        So they made him ride in his chariot.
+010:017 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab
+        in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word
+        of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.
+010:018 Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them,
+        Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
+010:019 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal,
+        all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting:
+        for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whoever shall
+        be wanting, he shall not live.  But Jehu did it in subtlety,
+        to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
+010:020 Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.
+        They proclaimed it.
+010:021 Jehu sent through all Israel:  and all the worshippers of
+        Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn't come.
+        They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
+        filled from one end to another.
+010:022 He said to him who was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments
+        for all the worshippers of Baal.  He brought them forth vestments.
+010:023 Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal;
+        and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look
+        that there be here with you none of the servants of Yahweh,
+        but the worshippers of Baal only.
+010:024 They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings.
+        Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said,
+        If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape,
+        [he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.
+010:025 It happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering
+        the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to
+        the captains, Go in, and kill them; let none come forth.
+        They struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard
+        and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of
+        the house of Baal.
+010:026 They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal,
+        and burned them.
+010:027 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house
+        of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
+010:028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
+010:029 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from
+        after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Bethel,
+        and that were in Dan.
+010:030 Yahweh said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing
+        that which is right in my eyes, [and] have done to the house
+        of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons
+        of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
+010:031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, with all his heart:  he didn't depart from the sins
+        of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
+010:032 In those days Yahweh began to cut off from Israel:
+        and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
+010:033 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites,
+        and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is
+        by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
+010:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all
+        his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+010:035 Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria.
+        Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
+010:036 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria
+        was twenty-eight years.
+011:001 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
+        she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
+011:002 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
+        took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among
+        the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse,
+        [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah,
+        so that he was not slain;
+011:003 He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years.
+        Athaliah reigned over the land.
+011:004 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains
+        over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought
+        them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant
+        with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh,
+        and shown them the king's son.
+011:005 He commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do:
+        a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be
+        keepers of the watch of the king's house;
+011:006 A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate
+        behind the guard:  so shall you keep the watch of the house,
+        and be a barrier.
+011:007 The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath,
+        shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
+011:008 You shall compass the king round about, every man with his
+        weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks,
+        let him be slain:  and be you with the king when he goes out,
+        and when he comes in.
+011:009 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada
+        the priest commanded; and they took every man his men,
+        those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were
+        to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
+011:010 The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears
+        and shields that had been king David's, which were in the
+        house of Yahweh.
+011:011 The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,
+        from the right side of the house to the left side of the house,
+        along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
+011:012 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him,
+        and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king,
+        and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said,
+        [Long] live the king.
+011:013 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and of] the people,
+        she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
+011:014 and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar,
+        as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
+        and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets.
+        Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
+011:015 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
+        set over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between
+        the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword.
+        For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.
+011:016 So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses'
+        entry to the king's house:  and there was she slain.
+011:017 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king
+        and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people;
+        between the king also and the people.
+011:018 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke
+        it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly,
+        and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
+        The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
+011:019 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites,
+        and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they
+        brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came
+        by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house.
+        He sat on the throne of the kings.
+011:020 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
+        Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
+011:021 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
+012:001 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign;
+        and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
+012:002 Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all
+        his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
+012:003 However the high places were not taken away; the people still
+        sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
+012:004 Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things
+        that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in current money,
+        the money of the persons for whom each man is rated,
+        and all the money that it comes into any man's heart to bring
+        into the house of Yahweh,
+012:005 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance;
+        and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any
+        breach shall be found.
+012:006 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king
+        Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
+012:007 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for
+        the [other] priests, and said to them, Why don't you repair
+        the breaches of the house? now therefore take no [more] money
+        from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches
+        of the house.
+012:008 The priests consented that they should take no [more] money
+        from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
+012:009 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole
+        in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar,
+        on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh:
+        and the priests who kept the threshold put therein all the money
+        that was brought into the house of Yahweh.
+012:010 It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest,
+        that the king's scribe and the high priest came up,
+        and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found
+        in the house of Yahweh.
+012:011 They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those
+        who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh:
+        and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders,
+        who worked on the house of Yahweh,
+012:012 and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber
+        and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh,
+        and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
+012:013 But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups
+        of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold,
+        or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into
+        the house of Yahweh;
+012:014 for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired
+        therewith the house of Yahweh.
+012:015 Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from the men into whose
+        hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work;
+        for they dealt faithfully.
+012:016 The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for
+        the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh:
+        it was the priests'.
+012:017 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath,
+        and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
+012:018 Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat
+        and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah,
+        had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold
+        that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
+        and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria:
+        and he went away from Jerusalem.
+012:019 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+012:020 His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash
+        at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goes down to Silla.
+012:021 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son
+        of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died;
+        and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David:
+        and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
+013:001 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah,
+        king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
+        Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
+013:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed
+        the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made
+        Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
+013:003 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
+        them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand
+        of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
+013:004 Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him;
+        for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king
+        of Syria oppressed them.
+013:005 (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under
+        the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived
+        in their tents as before.
+013:006 Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house
+        of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein:
+        and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
+013:007 For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen,
+        and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria
+        destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
+013:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did,
+        and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+013:009 Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
+        and Joash his son reigned in his place.
+013:010 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began
+        Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,
+        [and reigned] sixteen years.
+013:011 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn't
+        depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
+013:012 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
+        and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king
+        of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel?
+013:013 Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne:
+        and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
+013:014 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died:
+        and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him,
+        and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
+        and the horsemen of it!
+013:015 Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him
+        bow and arrows.
+013:016 He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow;
+        and he put his hand [on it]. Elisha laid his hands on
+        the king's hands.
+013:017 He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it.
+        Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot.  He said, Yahweh's arrow
+        of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall
+        strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.
+013:018 He said, Take the arrows; and he took them.  He said to the king
+        of Israel, Smite on the ground; and he struck thrice, and stayed.
+013:019 The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have
+        struck five or six times:  then had you struck Syria until you
+        had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
+013:020 Elisha died, and they buried him.  Now the bands of the Moabites
+        invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
+013:021 It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied
+        a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha:
+        and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived,
+        and stood up on his feet.
+013:022 Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
+013:023 But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them,
+        and had respect to them, because of his covenant
+        with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them,
+        neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
+013:024 Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned
+        in his place.
+013:025 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand
+        of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken
+        out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war.  Three times
+        did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
+014:001 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began
+        Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
+014:002 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
+        and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
+014:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not
+        like David his father:  he did according to all that Joash
+        his father had done.
+014:004 However the high places were not taken away:  the people still
+        sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
+014:005 It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand,
+        that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
+014:006 but the children of the murderers he didn't put to death;
+        according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses,
+        as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put
+        to death for the children, nor the children be put to death
+        for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
+014:007 He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand,
+        and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel,
+        to this day.
+014:008 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz
+        son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one
+        another in the face.
+014:009 Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
+        The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
+        in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife:
+        and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon,
+        and trod down the thistle.
+014:010 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up:
+        glory of it, and abide at home; for why should you
+        meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you,
+        and Judah with you?
+014:011 But Amaziah would not hear.  So Jehoash king of Israel went up;
+        and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face
+        at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
+014:012 Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
+        man to his tent.
+014:013 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
+        of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came
+        to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate
+        of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
+014:014 He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found
+        in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house,
+        the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
+014:015 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,
+        and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
+014:016 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
+        with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned
+        in his place.
+014:017 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
+        of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
+014:018 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written
+        in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+014:019 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
+        and he fled to Lachish:  but they sent after him to Lachish,
+        and killed him there.
+014:020 They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem
+        with his fathers in the city of David.
+014:021 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old,
+        and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
+014:022 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
+        slept with his fathers.
+014:023 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of
+        Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign
+        in Samaria, [and reigned] forty-one years.
+014:024 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
+        he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin.
+014:025 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath
+        to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son
+        of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
+014:026 For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter;
+        for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there
+        any helper for Israel.
+014:027 Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out the name of Israel
+        from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam
+        the son of Joash.
+014:028 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did,
+        and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus,
+        and Hamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, for Israel,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Israel?
+014:029 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
+        and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
+015:001 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
+        Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
+015:002 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
+        fifty-two years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's name was
+        Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
+015:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
+        all that his father Amaziah had done.
+015:004 However the high places were not taken away:  the people still
+        sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
+015:005 Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day
+        of his death, and lived in a separate house.  Jotham the king's
+        son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
+015:006 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+015:007 Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
+        fathers in the city of David:  and Jotham his son reigned
+        in his place.
+015:008 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah
+        the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
+015:009 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his
+        fathers had done:  he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam
+        the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
+015:010 Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him
+        before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
+015:011 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written
+        in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
+015:012 This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons
+        to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
+        So it came to pass.
+015:013 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
+        year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space
+        of a month in Samaria.
+015:014 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria,
+        and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him,
+        and reigned in his place.
+015:015 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which
+        he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel.
+015:016 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein,
+        and the borders of it, from Tirzah:  because they didn't open
+        to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein
+        who were with child he ripped up.
+015:017 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
+        Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, [and reigned]
+        ten years in Samaria.
+015:018 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
+        he didn't depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam
+        the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
+015:019 There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria;
+        and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his
+        hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
+015:020 Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty
+        men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give
+        to the king of Assyria.  So the king of Assyria turned back,
+        and didn't stay there in the land.
+015:021 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Israel?
+015:022 Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned
+        in his place.
+015:023 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah
+        the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
+        [and reigned] two years.
+015:024 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
+        he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin.
+015:025 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him,
+        and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house,
+        with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites:
+        and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
+015:026 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,
+        behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel.
+015:027 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah
+        the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
+        [and reigned] twenty years.
+015:028 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
+        he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
+        with which he made Israel to sin.
+015:029 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king
+        of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah,
+        and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
+        of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
+015:030 Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son
+        of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in
+        his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
+015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did,
+        behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Israel.
+015:032 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
+        began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
+015:033 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
+015:034 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did
+        according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
+015:035 However the high places were not taken away:  the people
+        still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
+        He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
+015:036 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+015:037 In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king
+        of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
+015:038 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
+        in the city of David his father:  and Ahaz his son reigned
+        in his place.
+016:001 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz
+        the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
+016:002 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:  and he didn't
+        do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
+        like David his father.
+016:003 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made
+        his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations
+        of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the
+        children of Israel.
+016:004 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on
+        the hills, and under every green tree.
+016:005 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of
+        Israel came up to Jerusalem to war:  and they besieged Ahaz,
+        but could not overcome him.
+016:006 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria,
+        and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath,
+        and lived there, to this day.
+016:007 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria,
+        saying, I am your servant and your son:  come up, and save
+        me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand
+        of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
+016:008 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house
+        of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house,
+        and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
+016:009 The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria
+        went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people
+        of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
+016:010 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king
+        of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king
+        Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar,
+        and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
+016:011 Urijah the priest built an altar:  according to all that king
+        Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make
+        it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
+016:012 When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar:
+        and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
+016:013 He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his
+        drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings,
+        on the altar.
+016:014 The bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from
+        the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house
+        of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.
+016:015 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar
+        burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering,
+        and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt
+        offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering,
+        and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood
+        of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice:
+        but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.
+016:016 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that
+        king Ahaz commanded.
+016:017 King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin
+        from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen
+        that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
+016:018 The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house,
+        and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of Yahweh,
+        because of the king of Assyria.
+016:019 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+016:020 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
+        in the city of David:  and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
+017:001 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son
+        of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
+017:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not
+        as the kings of Israel who were before him.
+017:003 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
+        became his servant, and brought him tribute.
+017:004 The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had
+        sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute
+        to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year:
+        therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound
+        him in prison.
+017:005 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land,
+        and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
+017:006 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria,
+        and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah,
+        and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities
+        of the Medes.
+017:007 It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against
+        Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land
+        of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        and had feared other gods,
+017:008 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out
+        from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel,
+        which they made.
+017:009 The children of Israel did secretly things that were not
+        right against Yahweh their God:  and they built them high
+        places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen
+        to the fortified city;
+017:010 and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill,
+        and under every green tree;
+017:011 and there they burnt incense in all the high places,
+        as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them;
+        and they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
+017:012 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them,
+        You shall not do this thing.
+017:013 Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet,
+        and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways,
+        and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all
+        the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent
+        to you by my servants the prophets.
+017:014 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck,
+        like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in
+        Yahweh their God.
+017:015 They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
+        their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them;
+        and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after
+        the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh
+        had charged those who they should not do like them.
+017:016 They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made
+        them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah,
+        and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
+017:017 They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through
+        the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold
+        themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        to provoke him to anger.
+017:018 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed
+        them out of his sight:  there was none left but the tribe
+        of Judah only.
+017:019 Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God,
+        but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
+017:020 Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them,
+        and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
+        cast them out of his sight.
+017:021 For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made
+        Jeroboam the son of Nebat king:  and Jeroboam drove Israel
+        from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.
+017:022 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
+        which he did; they didn't depart from them;
+017:023 until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke
+        by all his servants the prophets.  So Israel was carried away
+        out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
+017:024 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah,
+        and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them
+        in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel;
+        and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
+017:025 So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
+        didn't fear Yahweh:  therefore Yahweh sent lions among them,
+        which killed some of them.
+017:026 Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
+        which you have carried away, and placed in the cities
+        of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land:
+        therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them,
+        because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
+017:027 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one
+        of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go
+        and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god
+        of the land.
+017:028 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from
+        Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they
+        should fear Yahweh.
+017:029 However every nation made gods of their own, and put them
+        in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made,
+        every nation in their cities in which they lived.
+017:030 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth
+        made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
+017:031 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites
+        burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech,
+        the gods of Sepharvaim.
+017:032 So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves
+        priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses
+        of the high places.
+017:033 They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner
+        of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
+017:034 To this day they do after the former manner:  they don't fear Yahweh,
+        neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances,
+        or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh
+        commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
+017:035 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying,
+        You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
+        nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
+017:036 but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
+        with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall
+        you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him
+        shall you sacrifice:
+017:037 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment,
+        which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore;
+        and you shall not fear other gods:
+017:038 and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget;
+        neither shall you fear other gods:
+017:039 but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you
+        out of the hand of all your enemies.
+017:040 However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
+017:041 So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images;
+        their children likewise, and their children's children,
+        as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
+018:001 Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king
+        of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah
+        began to reign.
+018:002 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
+        and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
+018:003 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
+        all that David his father had done.
+018:004 He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut
+        down the Asherah:  and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent
+        that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel
+        did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
+018:005 He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him
+        was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among
+        them] that were before him.
+018:006 For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from following him,
+        but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
+018:007 Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered:
+        and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn't serve him.
+018:008 He struck the Philistines to Gaza and the borders of it,
+        from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
+018:009 It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was
+        the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
+        that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria,
+        and besieged it.
+018:010 At the end of three years they took it:  in the sixth year
+        of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king
+        of Israel, Samaria was taken.
+018:011 The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria,
+        and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan,
+        and in the cities of the Medes,
+018:012 because they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh their God,
+        but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant
+        of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
+018:013 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king
+        of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah,
+        and took them.
+018:014 Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria
+        to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me:
+        that which you put on me will I bear.  The king of Assyria
+        appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents
+        of silver and thirty talents of gold.
+018:015 Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house
+        of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
+018:016 At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors
+        of the temple of Yahweh, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah
+        king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
+018:017 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
+        from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem.
+        They went up and came to Jerusalem.  When they were come up,
+        they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
+        which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
+018:018 When they had called to the king, there came out to them
+        Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
+        and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
+018:019 Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says
+        the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this
+        in which you trust?
+018:020 You say (but they are but vain words), [There is] counsel
+        and strength for the war.  Now on whom do you trust,
+        that you have rebelled against me?
+018:021 Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed,
+        even on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand,
+        and pierce it:  so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who
+        trust on him.
+018:022 But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that
+        he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away,
+        and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship
+        before this altar in Jerusalem?
+018:023 Now therefore, Please give pledges to my master the king
+        of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you
+        are able on your part to set riders on them.
+018:024 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least
+        of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots
+        and for horsemen?
+018:025 Am I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it?
+        Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
+018:026 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah,
+        to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language;
+        for we understand it:  and don't speak with us in the Jews'
+        language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
+018:027 But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master,
+        and to you, to speak these words?  Hasn't he sent me to the men
+        who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink
+        their own water with you?
+018:028 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
+        language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great king,
+        the king of Assyria.
+018:029 Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you;
+        for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
+018:030 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will
+        surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into
+        the hand of the king of Assyria.
+018:031 Don't listen to Hezekiah:  for thus says the king
+        of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me;
+        and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree,
+        and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;
+018:032 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
+        a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards,
+        a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die:
+        and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying,
+        Yahweh will deliver us.
+018:033 Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land
+        out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
+018:034 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods
+        of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria
+        out of my hand?
+018:035 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
+        delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should
+        deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
+018:036 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word;
+        for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.
+018:037 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
+        and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
+        to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the
+        words of Rabshakeh.
+019:001 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore
+        his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went
+        into the house of Yahweh.
+019:002 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
+        and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,
+        to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
+019:003 They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
+        and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come
+        to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
+019:004 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh,
+        whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God,
+        and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard.
+        Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
+019:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
+019:006 Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master,
+        Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you
+        have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria
+        have blasphemed me.
+019:007 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news,
+        and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall
+        by the sword in his own land.
+019:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
+        against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
+019:009 When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
+        come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again
+        to Hezekiah, saying,
+019:010 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let
+        your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall
+        not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
+019:011 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria
+        have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly:
+        and shall you be delivered?
+019:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers
+        have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children
+        of Eden that were in Telassar?
+019:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king
+        of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
+019:014 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers,
+        and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh,
+        and spread it before Yahweh.
+019:015 Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God,
+        even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have
+        made heaven and earth.
+019:016 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see;
+        and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent
+        him to defy the living God.
+019:017 Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste
+        the nations and their lands,
+019:018 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods,
+        but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they
+        have destroyed them.
+019:019 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you,
+        out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
+        that you Yahweh are God alone.
+019:020 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
+        says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me
+        against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [you].
+019:021 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him:
+        The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you;
+        the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
+019:022 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you
+        exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even]
+        against the Holy One of Israel.
+019:023 By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said,
+        With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height
+        of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon;
+        and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir
+        trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place,
+        the forest of his fruitful field.
+019:024 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my
+        feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
+019:025 Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it
+        of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should
+        be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
+019:026 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were
+        dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field,
+        and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops,
+        and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
+019:027 But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your
+        coming in, and your raging against me.
+019:028 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is
+        come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose,
+        and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way
+        by which you came.
+019:029 This shall be the sign to you:  You shall eat this year
+        that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which
+        springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap,
+        and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
+019:030 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again
+        take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
+019:031 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out
+        of Mount Zion those who shall escape:  the zeal of Yahweh
+        shall perform this.
+019:032 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
+        not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall
+        he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
+019:033 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,
+        and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
+019:034 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake,
+        and for my servant David's sake.
+019:035 It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth,
+        and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred
+        eighty-five thousand:  and when men arose early in the morning,
+        behold, these were all dead bodies.
+019:036 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,
+        and lived at Nineveh.
+019:037 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god,
+        that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword:
+        and they escaped into the land of Ararat.  Esar Haddon his son
+        reigned in his place.
+020:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death.  Isaiah the
+        prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him,
+        Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order:  for you shall die,
+        and not live.
+020:002 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
+020:003 Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you
+        in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is
+        good in your sight.  Hezekiah wept sore.
+020:004 It happened, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part
+        of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
+020:005 Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people,
+        Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard
+        your prayer, I have seen your tears:  behold, I will heal you;
+        on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
+020:006 I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver
+        you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria;
+        and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my
+        servant David's sake.
+020:007 Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs.  They took and laid it
+        on the boil, and he recovered.
+020:008 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yahweh
+        will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh
+        the third day?
+020:009 Isaiah said, This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh,
+        that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken:
+        shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?
+020:010 Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline
+        ten steps:  nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.
+020:011 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten
+        steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
+020:012 At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
+        sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard
+        that Hezekiah had been sick.
+020:013 Hezekiah listened to them, and shown them all the house of his
+        precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices,
+        and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that
+        was found in his treasures:  there was nothing in his house,
+        nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
+020:014 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him,
+        What said these men? and from whence came they to you?
+        Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
+        even from Babylon.
+020:015 He said, What have they seen in your house?  Hezekiah answered,
+        All that is in my house have they seen:  there is nothing
+        among my treasures that I have not shown them.
+020:016 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Yahweh.
+020:017 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house,
+        and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day,
+        shall be carried to Babylon:  nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
+020:018 Of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you shall father,
+        shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace
+        of the king of Babylon.
+020:019 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh
+        which you have spoken.  He said moreover, Isn't it so,
+        if peace and truth shall be in my days?
+020:020 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might,
+        and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water
+        into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
+        of the kings of Judah?
+020:021 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned
+        in his place.
+021:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Hephzibah.
+021:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out
+        before the children of Israel.
+021:003 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father
+        had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made
+        an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all
+        the army of the sky, and served them.
+021:004 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said,
+        In Jerusalem will I put my name.
+021:005 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts
+        of the house of Yahweh.
+021:006 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery,
+        and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits,
+        and with wizards:  he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        to provoke him to anger.
+021:007 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made,
+        in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon
+        his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
+        out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
+021:008 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out
+        of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will
+        observe to do according to all that I have commanded them,
+        and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
+021:009 But they didn't listen:  and Manasseh seduced them to do that
+        which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed
+        before the children of Israel.
+021:010 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
+021:011 Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations,
+        and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were
+        before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
+021:012 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring
+        such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it,
+        both his ears shall tingle.
+021:013 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet
+        of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man
+        wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
+021:014 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver
+        them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become
+        a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
+021:015 because they have done that which is evil in my sight,
+        and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers
+        came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.
+021:016 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had
+        filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin
+        with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil
+        in the sight of Yahweh.
+021:017 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did,
+        and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book
+        of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+021:018 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden
+        of his own house, in the garden of Uzza:  and Amon his son
+        reigned in his place.
+021:019 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned two years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's name
+        was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
+021:020 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did
+        Manasseh his father.
+021:021 He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served
+        the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
+021:022 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk
+        in the way of Yahweh.
+021:023 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king
+        to death in his own house.
+021:024 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired
+        against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah
+        his son king in his place.
+021:025 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they
+        written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
+021:026 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza:
+        and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
+022:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
+022:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked
+        in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside
+        to the right hand or to the left.
+022:003 It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king
+        sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam,
+        the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,
+022:004 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money
+        which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers
+        of the threshold have gathered of the people:
+022:005 and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have
+        the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and let them give it
+        to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair
+        the breaches of the house,
+022:006 to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons,
+        and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
+022:007 However there was no reckoning made with them of the money
+        that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
+022:008 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe,
+        I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.
+        Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
+022:009 Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king
+        word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money
+        that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand
+        of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.
+022:010 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
+        has delivered me a book.  Shaphan read it before the king.
+022:011 It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book
+        of the law, that he tore his clothes.
+022:012 The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
+        of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe,
+        and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
+022:013 Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for
+        all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found;
+        for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us,
+        because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book,
+        to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
+022:014 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
+        and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
+        the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe
+        (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter);
+        and they talked with her.
+022:015 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  Tell you
+        the man who sent you to me,
+022:016 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
+        and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book
+        which the king of Judah has read.
+022:017 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense
+        to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all
+        the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled
+        against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
+022:018 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh,
+        thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel:  As touching the words which you have heard,
+022:019 because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself
+        before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place,
+        and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become
+        a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes,
+        and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
+022:020 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you
+        shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
+        your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.
+        They brought the king word again.
+023:001 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah
+        and of Jerusalem.
+023:002 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah
+        and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests,
+        and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:
+        and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
+        the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
+023:003 The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh,
+        to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments,
+        and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart,
+        and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant
+        that were written in this book:  and all the people stood
+        to the covenant.
+023:004 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
+        of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring
+        forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made
+        for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky,
+        and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields
+        of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
+023:005 He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah
+        had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities
+        of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also
+        who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon,
+        and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
+023:006 He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh,
+        outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it
+        at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust
+        of it on the graves of the common people.
+023:007 He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house
+        of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
+023:008 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah,
+        and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense,
+        from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places
+        of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua
+        the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand
+        at the gate of the city.
+023:009 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up
+        to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened
+        bread among their brothers.
+023:010 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children
+        of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter
+        to pass through the fire to Molech.
+023:011 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given
+        to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the
+        chamber of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court;
+        and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
+023:012 The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
+        which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which
+        Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh,
+        did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there,
+        and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
+023:013 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on
+        the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon
+        the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination
+        of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
+        and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon,
+        did the king defile.
+023:014 He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
+        and filled their places with the bones of men.
+023:015 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place
+        which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,
+        had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down;
+        and he burned the high place and beat it to dust,
+        and burned the Asherah.
+023:016 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there
+        in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of
+        the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it,
+        according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed,
+        who proclaimed these things.
+023:017 Then he said, What monument is that which I see?
+        The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God,
+        who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you
+        have done against the altar of Bethel.
+023:018 He said, Let him be; let no man move his bones.
+        So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet
+        who came out of Samaria.
+023:019 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities
+        of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke
+        [Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according
+        to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
+023:020 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there,
+        on the altars, and burned men's bones on them;
+        and he returned to Jerusalem.
+023:021 The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover
+        to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
+023:022 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of
+        the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings
+        of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
+023:023 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover
+        kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
+023:024 Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards,
+        and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations
+        that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem,
+        did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law
+        which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found
+        in the house of Yahweh.
+023:025 Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with
+        all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might,
+        according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose
+        there any like him.
+023:026 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his
+        great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah,
+        because of all the provocation with which Manasseh
+        had provoked him.
+023:027 Yahweh said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I
+        have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I
+        have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said,
+        My name shall be there.
+023:028 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+023:029 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king
+        of Assyria to the river Euphrates:  and king Josiah went
+        against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo,
+        when he had seen him.
+023:030 His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,
+        and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.
+        The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
+        and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
+023:031 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned three months in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+023:032 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
+        all that his fathers had done.
+023:033 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
+        that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
+        tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
+023:034 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room
+        of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim:
+        but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
+023:035 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
+        the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:
+        he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,
+        of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
+023:036 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
+023:037 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
+        all that his fathers had done.
+024:001 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
+        and Jehoiakim became his servant three years:  then he turned
+        and rebelled against him.
+024:002 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands
+        of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the
+        children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it,
+        according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his
+        servants the prophets.
+024:003 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah,
+        to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
+        according to all that he did,
+024:004 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled
+        Jerusalem with innocent blood:  and Yahweh would not pardon.
+024:005 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the
+        kings of Judah?
+024:006 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son
+        reigned in his place.
+024:007 The king of Egypt didn't come again out of his land any more;
+        for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt
+        to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
+024:008 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned in Jerusalem three months:  and his mother's
+        name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
+024:009 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
+        all that his father had done.
+024:010 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
+        came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
+024:011 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his
+        servants were besieging it;
+024:012 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,
+        he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes,
+        and his officers:  and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth
+        year of his reign.
+024:013 He carried out there all the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
+        and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all
+        the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made
+        in the temple of Yahweh, as Yahweh had said.
+024:014 He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes,
+        and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives,
+        and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained,
+        save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
+024:015 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother,
+        and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of
+        the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
+024:016 All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen
+        and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war,
+        even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
+024:017 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother,
+        king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
+024:018 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+024:019 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
+        all that Jehoiakim had done.
+024:020 For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem
+        and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.
+        Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
+025:001 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
+        in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king
+        of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem,
+        and encamped against it; and they built forts against
+        it round about.
+025:002 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
+025:003 On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore
+        in the city, so that there was no bread for the people
+        of the land.
+025:004 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war
+        [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
+        which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were
+        against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way
+        of the Arabah.
+025:005 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king,
+        and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army
+        was scattered from him.
+025:006 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king
+        of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
+025:007 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out
+        the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried
+        him to Babylon.
+025:008 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,
+        which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar,
+        king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,
+        a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
+025:009 He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house;
+        and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house,
+        burnt he with fire.
+025:010 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were [with] the captain
+        of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
+025:011 The residue of the people who were left in the city,
+        and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon,
+        and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain
+        of the guard carry away captive.
+025:012 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land
+        to work the vineyards and fields.
+025:013 The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh,
+        and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh,
+        did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass
+        of them to Babylon.
+025:014 The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,
+        and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered,
+        took they away.
+025:015 The fire pans, and the basins, that which was of gold,
+        in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain
+        of the guard took away.
+025:016 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had
+        made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels
+        was without weight.
+025:017 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital
+        of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was
+        three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital
+        round about, all of brass:  and like to these had the second
+        pillar with network.
+025:018 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
+        and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers
+        of the threshold:
+025:019 and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men
+        of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face,
+        who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain
+        of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty
+        men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
+025:020 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
+        them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
+025:021 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah
+        in the land of Hamath.  So Judah was carried away captive
+        out of his land.
+025:022 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah,
+        whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them
+        he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
+025:023 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men,
+        heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
+        they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
+        and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth
+        the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite,
+        they and their men.
+025:024 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them,
+        Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans:
+        dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it
+        shall be well with you.
+025:025 But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
+        of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came,
+        and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died,
+        and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
+025:026 All the people, both small and great, and the captains of
+        the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid
+        of the Chaldeans.
+025:027 It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
+        of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven
+        and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon,
+        in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head
+        of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
+025:028 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne
+        of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
+025:029 and changed his prison garments.  [Jehoiachin] ate bread
+        before him continually all the days of his life:
+025:030 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him
+        of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
+Book 13 1 Chronicles
+001:001 Adam, Seth, Enosh,
+001:002 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
+001:003 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
+001:004 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+001:005 The sons of Japheth:  Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
+        and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
+001:006 The sons of Gomer:  Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
+001:007 The sons of Javan:  Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
+001:008 The sons of Ham:  Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
+001:009 The sons of Cush:  Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama,
+        and Sabteca.  The sons of Raamah:  Sheba, and Dedan.
+001:010 Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty
+        one in the earth.
+001:011 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
+        and Naphtuhim,
+001:012 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines),
+        and Caphtorim.
+001:013 Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
+001:014 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
+001:015 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
+001:016 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
+001:017 The sons of Shem:  Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud,
+        and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
+001:018 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became
+        the father of Eber.
+001:019 To Eber were born two sons:  the name of the one was Peleg;
+        for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's
+        name was Joktan.
+001:020 Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph,
+        and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
+001:021 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
+001:022 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
+001:023 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab.  All these were the
+        sons of Joktan.
+001:024 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
+001:025 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
+001:026 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
+001:027 Abram (the same is Abraham).
+001:028 The sons of Abraham:  Isaac, and Ishmael.
+001:029 These are their generations:  the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
+        then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
+001:030 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
+001:031 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.  These are the sons of Ishmael.
+001:032 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine:  she bore Zimran,
+        and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
+        The sons of Jokshan:  Sheba, and Dedan.
+001:033 The sons of Midian:  Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida,
+        and Eldaah.  All these were the sons of Keturah.
+001:034 Abraham became the father of Isaac.  The sons
+        of Isaac:  Esau, and Israel.
+001:035 The sons of Esau:  Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
+001:036 The sons of Eliphaz:  Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
+        and Timna, and Amalek.
+001:037 The sons of Reuel:  Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
+001:038 The sons of Seir:  Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
+        and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
+001:039 The sons of Lotan:  Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.
+001:040 The sons of Shobal:  Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.
+        The sons of Zibeon:  Aiah, and Anah.
+001:041 The sons of Anah:  Dishon.  The sons of Dishon:  Hamran, and Eshban,
+        and Ithran, and Cheran.
+001:042 The sons of Ezer:  Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan.  The sons
+        of Dishan:  Uz, and Aran.
+001:043 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there
+        resigned any king over the children of Israel:  Bela the son
+        of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
+001:044 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned
+        in his place.
+001:045 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned
+        in his place.
+001:046 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian
+        in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name
+        of his city was Avith.
+001:047 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
+001:048 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned
+        in his place.
+001:049 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
+001:050 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name
+        of his city was Pai:  and his wife's name was Mehetabel,
+        the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
+001:051 Hadad died.  The chiefs of Edom were:  chief Timna,
+        chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
+001:052 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
+001:053 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
+001:054 chief Magdiel, chief Iram.  These are the chiefs of Edom.
+002:001 These are the sons of Israel:  Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
+        and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
+002:002 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
+002:003 The sons of Judah:  Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three
+        were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess.
+        Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;
+        and he killed him.
+002:004 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.
+        All the sons of Judah were five.
+002:005 The sons of Perez:  Hezron, and Hamul.
+002:006 The sons of Zerah:  Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
+        and Dara; five of them in all.
+002:007 The sons of Carmi:  Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed
+        a trespass in the devoted thing.
+002:008 The sons of Ethan:  Azariah.
+002:009 The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him:
+        Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
+002:010 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became
+        the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
+002:011 and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became
+        the father of Boaz,
+002:012 and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became
+        the father of Jesse;
+002:013 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
+        the second, and Shimea the third,
+002:014 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
+002:015 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
+002:016 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.  The sons
+        of Zeruiah:  Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
+002:017 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was
+        Jether the Ishmaelite.
+002:018 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of
+        Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons:
+        Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
+002:019 Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
+002:020 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
+002:021 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father
+        of Gilead, whom he took [as wife] when he was sixty years old;
+        and she bore him Segub.
+002:022 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities
+        in the land of Gilead.
+002:023 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them,
+        with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities.
+        All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
+002:024 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's
+        wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
+002:025 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram
+        the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
+002:026 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was
+        the mother of Onam.
+002:027 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz,
+        and Jamin, and Eker.
+002:028 The sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada.  The sons
+        of Shammai:  Nadab, and Abishur.
+002:029 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore
+        him Ahban, and Molid.
+002:030 The sons of Nadab:  Seled, and Appaim; but Seled
+        died without children.
+002:031 The sons of Appaim:  Ishi.  The sons of Ishi:  Sheshan.  The sons
+        of Sheshan:  Ahlai.
+002:032 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:  Jether, and Jonathan;
+        and Jether died without children.
+002:033 The sons of Jonathan:  Peleth, and Zaza.  These were the
+        sons of Jerahmeel.
+002:034 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.  Sheshan had a servant,
+        an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
+002:035 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife;
+        and she bore him Attai.
+002:036 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became
+        the father of Zabad,
+002:037 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became
+        the father of Obed,
+002:038 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became
+        the father of Azariah,
+002:039 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became
+        the father of Eleasah,
+002:040 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became
+        the father of Shallum,
+002:041 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became
+        the father of Elishama.
+002:042 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha
+        his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons
+        of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
+002:043 The sons of Hebron:  Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
+002:044 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam;
+        and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
+002:045 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
+002:046 Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez;
+        and Haran became the father of Gazez.
+002:047 The sons of Jahdai:  Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet,
+        and Ephah, and Shaaph.
+002:048 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
+002:049 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father
+        of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter
+        of Caleb was Achsah.
+002:050 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn
+        of Ephrathah:  Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
+002:051 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
+002:052 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons:  Haroeh, half
+        of the Menuhoth.
+002:053 The families of Kiriath Jearim:  The Ithrites, and the Puthites,
+        and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came
+        the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
+002:054 The sons of Salma:  Bethlehem, and the Netophathites,
+        Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
+002:055 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez:  the Tirathites,
+        the Shimeathites, the Sucathites.  These are the Kenites
+        who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
+003:001 Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron:
+        the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
+        the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
+003:002 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai
+        king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
+003:003 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by
+        Eglah his wife:
+003:004 six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years
+        and six months.  In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
+003:005 and these were born to him in Jerusalem:  Shimea, and Shobab,
+        and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
+003:006 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
+003:007 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
+003:008 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
+003:009 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines;
+        and Tamar was their sister.
+003:010 Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son,
+        Jehoshaphat his son,
+003:011 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
+003:012 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
+003:013 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
+003:014 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
+003:015 The sons of Josiah:  the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim,
+        the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
+003:016 The sons of Jehoiakim:  Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
+003:017 The sons of Jeconiah, the captive:  Shealtiel his son,
+003:018 and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama,
+        and Nedabiah.
+003:019 The sons of Pedaiah:  Zerubbabel, and Shimei.  The sons
+        of Zerubbabel:  Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith
+        was their sister;
+003:020 and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
+        Jushab Hesed, five.
+003:021 The sons of Hananiah:  Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons
+        of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah,
+        the sons of Shecaniah.
+003:022 The sons of Shecaniah:  Shemaiah.  The sons
+        of Shemaiah:  Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah,
+        and Shaphat, six.
+003:023 The sons of Neariah:  Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
+003:024 The sons of Elioenai:  Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
+        and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
+004:001 The sons of Judah:  Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
+004:002 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath;
+        and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad.
+        These are the families of the Zorathites.
+004:003 These were [the sons of] the father of Etam:  Jezreel, and Ishma,
+        and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
+004:004 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
+        These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah,
+        the father of Bethlehem.
+004:005 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
+004:006 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.
+        These were the sons of Naarah.
+004:007 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
+004:008 Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families
+        of Aharhel the son of Harum.
+004:009 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers:  and his mother
+        named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
+004:010 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would
+        bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand
+        might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it
+        not be to my sorrow!  God granted him that which he requested.
+004:011 Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir,
+        who was the father of Eshton.
+004:012 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
+        the father of Ir Nahash.  These are the men of Recah.
+004:013 The sons of Kenaz:  Othniel, and Seraiah.  The sons
+        of Othniel:  Hathath.
+004:014 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah:  and Seraiah
+        became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim;
+        for they were craftsmen.
+004:015 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh:  Iru, Elah, and Naam;
+        and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
+004:016 The sons of Jehallelel:  Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
+004:017 The sons of Ezrah:  Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon;
+        and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
+004:018 His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber
+        the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
+        These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,
+        whom Mered took.
+004:019 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the
+        father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
+004:020 The sons of Shimon:  Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.
+        The sons of Ishi:  Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.
+004:021 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah:  Er the father of Lecah,
+        and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house
+        of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
+004:022 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had
+        dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem.  The records are ancient.
+004:023 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah:
+        there they lived with the king for his work.
+004:024 The sons of Simeon:  Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
+004:025 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
+004:026 The sons of Mishma:  Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son,
+        Shimei his son.
+004:027 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers
+        didn't have many children, neither did all their family
+        multiply like the children of Judah.
+004:028 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
+004:029 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
+004:030 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
+004:031 and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim, and at Beth Biri,
+        and at Shaaraim.  These were their cities to the reign of David.
+004:032 Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
+        and Ashan, five cities;
+004:033 and all their villages that were round about the same cities,
+        to Baal.  These were their habitations, and they
+        have their genealogy.
+004:034 Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
+004:035 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah,
+        the son of Asiel,
+004:036 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,
+        and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
+004:037 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,
+        the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--
+004:038 these mentioned by name were princes in their families:
+        and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
+004:039 They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side
+        of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
+004:040 They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet,
+        and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
+004:041 These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
+        and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there,
+        and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place;
+        because there was pasture there for their flocks.
+004:042 Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
+        went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah,
+        and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
+004:043 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped,
+        and have lived there to this day.
+005:001 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was
+        the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch,
+        his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel;
+        and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
+005:002 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince;
+        but the birthright was Joseph's:)
+005:003 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:  Hanoch, and
+        Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
+005:004 The sons of Joel:  Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
+005:005 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
+005:006 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried
+        away captive:  he was prince of the Reubenites.
+005:007 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their
+        generations was reckoned:  the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
+005:008 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
+        who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
+005:009 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness
+        from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied
+        in the land of Gilead.
+005:010 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell
+        by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all
+        the [land] east of Gilead.
+005:011 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of
+        Bashan to Salecah:
+005:012 Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai,
+        and Shaphat in Bashan.
+005:013 Their brothers of their fathers' houses:  Michael, and Meshullam,
+        and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
+005:014 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,
+        the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,
+        the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
+005:015 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of
+        their fathers' houses.
+005:016 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all
+        the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
+005:017 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
+        king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
+005:018 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
+        of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,
+        and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four
+        thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go
+        forth to war.
+005:019 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
+005:020 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered
+        into their hand, and all who were with them; for they
+        cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them,
+        because they put their trust in him.
+005:021 They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand,
+        and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys
+        two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
+005:022 For there fell many slain, because the war was of God.
+        They lived in their place until the captivity.
+005:023 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land:
+        they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir
+        and Mount Hermon.
+005:024 These were the heads of their fathers' houses:  even Epher,
+        and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,
+        and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of
+        their fathers' houses.
+005:025 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played
+        the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land,
+        whom God destroyed before them.
+005:026 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,
+        and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria,
+        and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
+        and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah,
+        and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
+006:001 The sons of Levi:  Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
+006:002 The sons of Kohath:  Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
+006:003 The children of Amram:  Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.
+        The sons of Aaron:  Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+006:004 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became
+        the father of Abishua,
+006:005 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became
+        the father of Uzzi,
+006:006 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became
+        the father of Meraioth,
+006:007 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became
+        the father of Ahitub,
+006:008 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became
+        the father of Ahimaaz,
+006:009 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became
+        the father of Johanan,
+006:010 and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed
+        the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
+006:011 and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became
+        the father of Ahitub,
+006:012 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became
+        the father of Shallum,
+006:013 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became
+        the father of Azariah,
+006:014 and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became
+        the father of Jehozadak;
+006:015 Jehozadak went [into captivity], when Yahweh carried away
+        Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
+006:016 The sons of Levi:  Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
+006:017 These are the names of the sons of Gershom:  Libni and Shimei.
+006:018 The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
+006:019 The sons of Merari:  Mahli and Mushi.  These are the families
+        of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
+006:020 Of Gershom:  Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
+006:021 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
+006:022 The sons of Kohath:  Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
+        Assir his son,
+006:023 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
+006:024 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
+006:025 The sons of Elkanah:  Amasai, and Ahimoth.
+006:026 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah:  Zophai his son,
+        and Nahath his son,
+006:027 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
+006:028 The sons of Samuel:  the firstborn [Joel], and the second Abijah.
+006:029 The sons of Merari:  Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son,
+        Uzzah his son,
+006:030 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
+006:031 These are they whom David set over the service of song
+        in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.
+006:032 They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting,
+        until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem:
+        and they waited on their office according to their order.
+006:033 These are those who waited, and their sons.  Of the sons
+        of the Kohathites:  Heman the singer, the son of Joel,
+        the son of Samuel,
+006:034 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
+        the son of Toah,
+006:035 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
+        the son of Amasai,
+006:036 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
+        the son of Zephaniah,
+006:037 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph,
+        the son of Korah,
+006:038 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
+        the son of Israel.
+006:039 His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph
+        the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
+006:040 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
+006:041 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
+006:042 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
+006:043 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
+006:044 On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari:  Ethan the son
+        of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
+006:045 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
+006:046 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
+006:047 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
+        the son of Levi.
+006:048 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service
+        of the tent of the house of God.
+006:049 But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering,
+        and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most
+        holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all
+        that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
+006:050 These are the sons of Aaron:  Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
+        Abishua his son,
+006:051 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
+006:052 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
+006:053 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
+006:054 Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments
+        in their borders:  to the sons of Aaron, of the families
+        of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
+006:055 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
+        of it round about it;
+006:056 but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave
+        to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
+006:057 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge,
+        Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa
+        with its suburbs,
+006:058 and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
+006:059 and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
+006:060 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs,
+        and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs.
+        All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
+006:061 To the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot,
+        out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe,
+        the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
+006:062 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families,
+        out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
+        and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe
+        of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
+006:063 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to
+        their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe
+        of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
+006:064 The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities
+        with their suburbs.
+006:065 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,
+        and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of
+        the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are
+        mentioned by name.
+006:066 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
+        borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
+006:067 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill
+        country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
+006:068 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs,
+006:069 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs;
+006:070 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs,
+        and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family
+        of the sons of Kohath.
+006:071 To the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of
+        the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs,
+        and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
+006:072 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs,
+        Daberath with its suburbs,
+006:073 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
+006:074 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs,
+        and Abdon with its suburbs,
+006:075 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
+006:076 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,
+        and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
+006:077 To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given],
+        out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs,
+        Tabor with its suburbs;
+006:078 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan,
+        [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in
+        the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
+006:079 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
+006:080 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
+        and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
+006:081 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
+007:001 Of the sons of Issachar:  Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
+007:002 The sons of Tola:  Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
+        and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit],
+        of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations:  their number
+        in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
+007:003 The sons of Uzzi:  Izrahiah.  The sons of Izrahiah:  Michael, and
+        Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
+007:004 With them, by their generations, after their fathers'
+        houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand;
+        for they had many wives and sons.
+007:005 Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men
+        of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
+007:006 [The sons of] Benjamin:  Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
+007:007 The sons of Bela:  Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
+        and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor;
+        and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
+007:008 The sons of Becher:  Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai,
+        and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth.
+        All these were the sons of Becher.
+007:009 They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations,
+        heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor,
+        twenty thousand two hundred.
+007:010 The sons of Jediael:  Bilhan.  The sons of Bilhan:
+        Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan,
+        and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
+007:011 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of
+        their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand
+        and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.
+007:012 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
+007:013 The sons of Naphtali:  Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,
+        the sons of Bilhah.
+007:014 The sons of Manasseh:  Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore:
+        she bore Machir the father of Gilead:
+007:015 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's
+        name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad:
+        and Zelophehad had daughters.
+007:016 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh;
+        and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were
+        Ulam and Rakem.
+007:017 The sons of Ulam:  Bedan.  These were the sons of Gilead
+        the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
+007:018 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
+007:019 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
+007:020 The sons of Ephraim:  Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath
+        his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
+007:021 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
+        whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed,
+        because they came down to take away their livestock.
+007:022 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came
+        to comfort him.
+007:023 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son,
+        and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
+007:024 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower
+        and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
+007:025 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son,
+        and Tahan his son,
+007:026 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
+007:027 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
+007:028 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it,
+        and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it;
+        Shechem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it;
+007:029 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean
+        and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns,
+        Dor and its towns.  In these lived the children of Joseph
+        the son of Israel.
+007:030 The sons of Asher:  Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,
+        and Serah their sister.
+007:031 The sons of Beriah:  Heber, and Malchiel, who was the
+        father of Birzaith.
+007:032 Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham,
+        and Shua their sister.
+007:033 The sons of Japhlet:  Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
+        These are the children of Japhlet.
+007:034 The sons of Shemer:  Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
+007:035 The sons of Helem his brother:  Zophah, and Imna,
+        and Shelesh, and Amal.
+007:036 The sons of Zophah:  Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual,
+        and Beri, and Imrah,
+007:037 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
+007:038 The sons of Jether:  Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
+007:039 The sons of Ulla:  Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
+007:040 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers'
+        houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes.
+        The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war
+        was twenty-six thousand men.
+008:001 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
+        and Aharah the third,
+008:002 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
+008:003 Bela had sons:  Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
+008:004 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
+008:005 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
+008:006 These are the sons of Ehud:  these are the heads of fathers'
+        [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them
+        captive to Manahath:
+008:007 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive:
+        and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
+008:008 Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab,
+        after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
+008:009 He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia,
+        and Mesha, and Malcam,
+008:010 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah.  These were his sons,
+        heads of fathers' [houses].
+008:011 Of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
+008:012 The sons of Elpaal:  Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built
+        Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
+008:013 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers'
+        [houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight
+        the inhabitants of Gath;
+008:014 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
+008:015 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
+008:016 and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
+008:017 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
+008:018 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
+008:019 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
+008:020 and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
+008:021 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
+008:022 and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
+008:023 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
+008:024 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
+008:025 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
+008:026 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
+008:027 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
+008:028 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations,
+        chief men:  these lived in Jerusalem.
+008:029 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's
+        name was Maacah;
+008:030 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
+008:031 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
+008:032 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah.  They also lived with
+        their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
+008:033 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul;
+        and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua,
+        and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
+008:034 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became
+        the father of Micah.
+008:035 The sons of Micah:  Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
+008:036 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became
+        the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
+        became the father of Moza.
+008:037 Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son,
+        Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
+008:038 Azel had six sons, whose names are these:  Azrikam, Bocheru,
+        and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
+        All these were the sons of Azel.
+008:039 The sons of Eshek his brother:  Ulam his firstborn,
+        Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
+008:040 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers,
+        and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty.
+        All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
+009:001 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold,
+        they are written in the book of the kings of Israel:  and Judah
+        was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
+009:002 Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions
+        in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites,
+        and the Nethinim.
+009:003 In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children
+        of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
+009:004 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri,
+        the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
+009:005 Of the Shilonites:  Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
+009:006 Of the sons of Zerah:  Jeuel, and their brothers,
+        six hundred ninety.
+009:007 Of the sons of Benjamin:  Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son
+        of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
+009:008 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi,
+        the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah,
+        the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
+009:009 and their brothers, according to their generations,
+        nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers'
+        [houses] by their fathers' houses.
+009:010 Of the priests:  Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
+009:011 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam,
+        the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub,
+        the ruler of the house of God;
+009:012 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son
+        of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah,
+        the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
+009:013 and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand
+        seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service
+        of the house of God.
+009:014 Of the Levites:  Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,
+        the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
+009:015 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica,
+        the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
+009:016 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
+        of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,
+        who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
+009:017 The porters:  Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,
+        and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
+009:018 who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward:
+        they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
+009:019 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
+        and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over
+        the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent:
+        and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh,
+        keepers of the entry.
+009:020 Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past,
+        [and] Yahweh was with him.
+009:021 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door
+        of the tent of meeting.
+009:022 All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds
+        were two hundred and twelve.  These were reckoned by genealogy
+        in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain
+        in their office of trust.
+009:023 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates
+        of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
+009:024 On the four sides were the porters, toward the east,
+        west, north, and south.
+009:025 Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven
+        days from time to time to be with them:
+009:026 for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office
+        of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries
+        in the house of God.
+009:027 They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge
+        [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it
+        morning by morning.
+009:028 Certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count
+        were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
+009:029 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over
+        all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour,
+        and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
+009:030 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection
+        of the spices.
+009:031 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum
+        the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that
+        were baked in pans.
+009:032 Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites,
+        were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
+009:033 These are the singers, heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites,
+        [who lived] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service];
+        for they were employed in their work day and night.
+009:034 These were heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites,
+        throughout their generations, chief men:  these lived at Jerusalem.
+009:035 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's
+        name was Maacah:
+009:036 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
+        and Ner, and Nadab,
+009:037 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
+009:038 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam.  They also lived with
+        their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
+009:039 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul;
+        and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua,
+        and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
+009:040 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became
+        the father of Micah.
+009:041 The sons of Micah:  Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].
+009:042 Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became the father
+        of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became
+        the father of Moza;
+009:043 and Moza became the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son,
+        Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
+009:044 Azel had six sons, whose names are these:  Azrikam, Bocheru,
+        and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
+        these were the sons of Azel.
+010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel:  and the men of
+        Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
+        on Mount Gilboa.
+010:002 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons;
+        and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua,
+        the sons of Saul.
+010:003 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him;
+        and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
+010:004 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me
+        through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
+        But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
+        Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
+010:005 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
+        on his sword, and died.
+010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
+010:007 When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled,
+        and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities,
+        and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
+010:008 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came
+        to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
+        on Mount Gilboa.
+010:009 They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor,
+        and sent into the land of the Philistines round about,
+        to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
+010:010 They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened
+        his head in the house of Dagon.
+010:011 When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had
+        done to Saul,
+010:012 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul,
+        and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried
+        their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
+010:013 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh,
+        because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and also
+        because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit,
+        to inquire [thereby],
+010:014 and didn't inquire of Yahweh:  therefore he killed him,
+        and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
+011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron,
+        saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
+011:002 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led
+        out and brought in Israel:  and Yahweh your God said to you,
+        You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
+        be prince over my people Israel.
+011:003 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron;
+        and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh;
+        and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word
+        of Yahweh by Samuel.
+011:004 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus);
+        and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
+011:005 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here.
+        Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is
+        the city of David.
+011:006 David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be
+        chief and captain.  Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first,
+        and was made chief.
+011:007 David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it
+        the city of David.
+011:008 He built the city round about, from Millo even round about;
+        and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
+011:009 David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of Armies was with him.
+011:010 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had,
+        who shown themselves strong with him in his kingdom,
+        together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word
+        of Yahweh concerning Israel.
+011:011 This is the number of the mighty men whom David had:
+        Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty;
+        he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them
+        at one time.
+011:012 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
+        one of the three mighty men.
+011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were
+        gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full
+        of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
+011:014 They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed
+        the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
+011:015 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David,
+        into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines
+        were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
+011:016 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the
+        Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
+011:017 David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink
+        of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
+011:018 The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew
+        water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate,
+        and took it, and brought it to David:  but David would not
+        drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
+011:019 and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this:
+        shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their
+        lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives
+        they brought it.  Therefore he would not drink it.
+        These things did the three mighty men.
+011:020 Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three;
+        for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them,
+        and had a name among the three.
+011:021 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made
+        their captain:  however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
+011:022 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
+        who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel
+        of Moab:  he went down also and killed a lion in the midst
+        of a pit in time of snow.
+011:023 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;
+        and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam;
+        and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear
+        out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
+011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
+        among the three mighty men.
+011:025 Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't
+        attain to the [first] three:  and David set him over his guard.
+011:026 Also the mighty men of the armies:  Asahel the brother
+        of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
+011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
+011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
+011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
+011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
+011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children
+        of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
+011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
+011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
+011:034 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of
+        Shagee the Hararite,
+011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
+011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
+011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
+011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
+011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer
+        of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
+011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
+011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
+011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites,
+        and thirty with him,
+011:043 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
+011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of
+        Hotham the Aroerite,
+011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
+011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
+        and Ithmah the Moabite,
+011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
+012:001 Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he yet
+        kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish;
+        and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
+012:002 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and
+        the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow:
+        they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
+012:003 The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah
+        the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth,
+        and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
+012:004 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty,
+        and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan,
+        and Jozabad the Gederathite,
+012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah,
+        and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
+012:006 Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
+        the Korahites,
+012:007 and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
+012:008 Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to
+        the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor,
+        men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear;
+        whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift
+        as the roes on the mountains;
+012:009 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
+012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
+012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
+012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
+012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
+012:014 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army:
+        he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest
+        to one thousand.
+012:015 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month,
+        when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put
+        to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east,
+        and toward the west.
+012:016 There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the
+        stronghold to David.
+012:017 David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come
+        peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you;
+        but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there
+        is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon,
+        and rebuke it.
+012:018 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty,
+        [and he said], "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son
+        of Jesse:  peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers;
+        for your God helps you."  Then David received them, and made
+        them captains of the band.
+012:019 Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David,
+        when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle:
+        but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines
+        sent him away after consultation, saying, He will fall away
+        to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
+012:020 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,
+        and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,
+        and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
+012:021 They helped David against the band of rovers:  for they were
+        all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.
+012:022 For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there
+        was a great army, like the army of God.
+012:023 These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war,
+        who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
+        according to the word of Yahweh.
+012:024 The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six
+        thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
+012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war,
+        seven thousand and one hundred.
+012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
+012:027 Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him
+        were three thousand and seven hundred,
+012:028 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's
+        house twenty-two captains.
+012:029 Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand:
+        for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance
+        to the house of Saul.
+012:030 Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred,
+        mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
+012:031 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were
+        mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
+012:032 Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times,
+        to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred;
+        and all their brothers were at their commandment.
+012:033 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could
+        set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war,
+        fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array,
+        and were] not of double heart.
+012:034 Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield
+        and spear thirty-seven thousand.
+012:035 Of the Danites who could set the battle in array,
+        twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
+012:036 Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could
+        set the battle in array, forty thousand.
+012:037 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites,
+        and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
+        with all manner of instruments of war for the battle,
+        one hundred twenty thousand.
+012:038 All these being men of war, who could order the battle array,
+        came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over
+        all Israel:  and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart
+        to make David king.
+012:039 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking;
+        for their brothers had made preparation for them.
+012:040 Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as
+        Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys,
+        and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal,
+        cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil,
+        and oxen, and sheep in abundance:  for there was joy in Israel.
+013:001 David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
+        even with every leader.
+013:002 David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you,
+        and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere
+        to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom
+        the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs,
+        that they may gather themselves to us;
+013:003 and let us bring again the ark of our God to us:
+        for we didn't seek it in the days of Saul.
+013:004 All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing
+        was right in the eyes of all the people.
+013:005 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the
+        brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring
+        the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
+013:006 David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is],
+        to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from
+        there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim,
+        that is called by the Name.
+013:007 They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out
+        of the house of Abinadab:  and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
+013:008 David and all Israel played before God with all their might,
+        even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments,
+        and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
+013:009 When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put
+        forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
+013:010 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him,
+        because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there
+        he died before God.
+013:011 David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzza;
+        and he called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
+013:012 David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring
+        the ark of God home to me?
+013:013 So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David,
+        but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
+013:014 The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house
+        three months:  and Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-Edom,
+        and all that he had.
+014:001 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
+        and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
+014:002 David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel;
+        for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
+014:003 David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father
+        of more sons and daughters.
+014:004 These are the names of the children whom he had
+        in Jerusalem:  Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
+014:005 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,
+014:006 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
+014:007 and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
+014:008 When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king
+        over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David:
+        and David heard of it, and went out against them.
+014:009 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the
+        valley of Rephaim.
+014:010 David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against
+        the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand?
+        Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.
+014:011 So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there;
+        and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand,
+        like the breach of waters.  Therefore they called the name
+        of that place Baal Perazim.
+014:012 They left their gods there; and David gave commandment,
+        and they were burned with fire.
+014:013 The Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
+014:014 David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall
+        not go up after them:  turn away from them, and come on them
+        over against the mulberry trees.
+014:015 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops
+        of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle;
+        for God is gone out before you to strike the army
+        of the Philistines.
+014:016 David did as God commanded him:  and they struck the army
+        of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
+014:017 The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought
+        the fear of him on all nations.
+015:001 [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared
+        a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
+015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
+        for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God,
+        and to minister to him forever.
+015:003 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
+        of Yahweh to its place, which he had prepared for it.
+015:004 David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
+015:005 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers
+        one hundred twenty;
+015:006 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers
+        two hundred twenty;
+015:007 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers
+        one hundred thirty;
+015:008 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his
+        brothers two hundred;
+015:009 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
+015:010 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers
+        one hundred twelve.
+015:011 David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites,
+        for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
+015:012 and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of
+        the Levites:  sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers,
+        that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
+015:013 For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God
+        made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according
+        to the ordinance.
+015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
+        up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+015:015 The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their
+        shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according
+        to the word of Yahweh.
+015:016 David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers
+        the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments
+        and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up
+        the voice with joy.
+015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers,
+        Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari
+        their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
+015:018 and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben,
+        and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab,
+        and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu,
+        and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
+015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed]
+        with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
+015:020 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
+        and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments
+        set to Alamoth;
+015:021 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom,
+        and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed
+        lyre, to lead.
+015:022 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song:
+        he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
+015:023 Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
+015:024 Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai,
+        and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests,
+        did blow the trumpets before the ark of God:  and Obed-Edom
+        and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
+015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
+        went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of
+        the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
+015:026 It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark
+        of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls
+        and seven rams.
+015:027 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,
+        and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers,
+        and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers:
+        and David had on him an ephod of linen.
+015:028 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant
+        of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet,
+        and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed
+        instruments and harps.
+015:029 It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to
+        the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked
+        out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing;
+        and she despised him in her heart.
+016:001 They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst
+        of the tent that David had pitched for it:  and they offered
+        burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
+016:002 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and
+        the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.
+016:003 He dealt to everyone of Israel, both man and woman,
+        to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh],
+        and a cake of raisins.
+016:004 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
+        of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel:
+016:005 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
+        and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom,
+        and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps;
+        and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
+016:006 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually,
+        before the ark of the covenant of God.
+016:007 Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh,
+        by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
+016:008 Oh give thanks to Yahweh.  Call on his name.  Make his doings
+        known among the peoples.
+016:009 Sing to him.  Sing praises to him.  Tell of all his marvelous works.
+016:010 Glory in his holy name.  Let the heart of those who
+        seek Yahweh rejoice.
+016:011 Seek you Yahweh and his strength.  Seek his face forever more.
+016:012 Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders,
+        and the judgments of his mouth,
+016:013 you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob,
+        his chosen ones.
+016:014 He is Yahweh our God.  His judgments are in all the earth.
+016:015 Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded
+        to a thousand generations,
+016:016 [the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
+016:017 He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel
+        for an everlasting covenant,
+016:018 saying, I will you give the land of Canaan, The lot
+        of your inheritance,
+016:019 when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few,
+        and foreigners were in it.
+016:020 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom
+        to another people.
+016:021 He allowed no man to do them wrong.  Yes, he reproved kings
+        for their sakes,
+016:022 [saying], Don't touch my anointed ones!  Do my prophets no harm.
+016:023 Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!  Display his salvation from
+        day to day.
+016:024 Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works
+        among all the peoples.
+016:025 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised.
+        He also is to be feared above all gods.
+016:026 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh
+        made the heavens.
+016:027 Honor and majesty are before him.  Strength and gladness are
+        in his place.
+016:028 Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples, ascribe to
+        Yahweh glory and strength!
+016:029 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.  Bring an offering,
+        and come before him.  Worship Yahweh in holy array.
+016:030 Tremble before him, all the earth.  The world also is established
+        that it can't be moved.
+016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!
+        Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.
+016:032 Let the sea roar, and its fullness!  Let the field exult,
+        and all that is therein!
+016:033 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh,
+        for he comes to judge the earth.
+016:034 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+016:035 Say, Save us, God of our salvation!  Gather us together and
+        deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name,
+        to triumph in your praise.
+016:036 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even
+        to everlasting.  All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
+016:037 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph
+        and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually,
+        as every day's work required;
+016:038 and Obed-Edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also
+        the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
+016:039 and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent
+        of Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon,
+016:040 to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering
+        continually morning and evening, even according to all that is
+        written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded to Israel;
+016:041 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen,
+        who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh,
+        because his loving kindness endures forever;
+016:042 and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals
+        for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for
+        the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
+016:043 All the people departed every man to his house:
+        and David returned to bless his house.
+017:001 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said
+        to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar,
+        but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
+017:002 Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God
+        is with you.
+017:003 It happened the same night, that the word of God came
+        to Nathan, saying,
+017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall
+        not build me a house to dwell in:
+017:005 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought
+        up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent,
+        and from [one] tent [to another].
+017:006 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, spoke I
+        a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded
+        to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built
+        me a house of cedar?
+017:007 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says
+        Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following
+        the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:
+017:008 and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off
+        all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name,
+        like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
+017:009 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
+        that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more;
+        neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more,
+        as at the first,
+017:010 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over
+        my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies.
+        Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house.
+017:011 It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go
+        to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you,
+        who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
+017:012 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
+017:013 I will be his father, and he shall be my son:  and I will not
+        take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him
+        that was before you;
+017:014 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever;
+        and his throne shall be established forever.
+017:015 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
+        so did Nathan speak to David.
+017:016 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh;
+        and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house,
+        that you have brought me thus far?
+017:017 This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have
+        spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come,
+        and have regarded me according to the estate of a man
+        of high degree, Yahweh God.
+017:018 What can David [say] yet more to you concerning the honor
+        which is done to your servant? for you know your servant.
+017:019 Yahweh, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart,
+        have you worked all this greatness, to make known all
+        [these] great things.
+017:020 Yahweh, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you,
+        according to all that we have heard with our ears.
+017:021 What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel,
+        whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you
+        a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations
+        from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
+017:022 For your people Israel did you make your own people forever;
+        and you, Yahweh, became their God.
+017:023 Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning
+        your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever,
+        and do as you have spoken.
+017:024 Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying,
+        Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:
+        and the house of David your servant is established before you.
+017:025 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will
+        build him a house:  therefore has your servant found [in
+        his heart] to pray before you.
+017:026 Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing
+        to your servant:
+017:027 and now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant,
+        that it may continue forever before you:  for you, Yahweh,
+        have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
+018:001 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines,
+        and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand
+        of the Philistines.
+018:002 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David,
+        and brought tribute.
+018:003 David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went
+        to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
+018:004 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven
+        thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David
+        hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them
+        for one hundred chariots.
+018:005 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
+        of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
+018:006 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus;
+        and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute.
+        Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
+018:007 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
+        of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
+018:008 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took
+        very much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea,
+        and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
+018:009 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army
+        of Hadarezer king of Zobah,
+018:010 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him,
+        because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him;
+        (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him]
+        all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
+018:011 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver
+        and the gold that he carried away from all the nations;
+        from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon,
+        and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
+018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites
+        in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
+018:013 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants
+        to David.  Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
+018:014 David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and
+        righteousness to all his people.
+018:015 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
+        the son of Ahilud was recorder;
+018:016 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
+        were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
+018:017 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
+        and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief
+        about the king.
+019:001 It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children
+        of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
+019:002 David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son
+        of Nahash, because his father shown kindness to me.
+        So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father.
+        David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon
+        to Hanun, to comfort him.
+019:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you
+        that David does honor your father, in that he has sent
+        comforters to you?  Aren't his servants come to you to search,
+        and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
+019:004 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut
+        off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks,
+        and sent them away.
+019:005 Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men
+        were served.  He sent to meet them; for the men were
+        greatly ashamed.  The king said, Stay at Jericho until your
+        beards be grown, and then return.
+019:006 When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves
+        odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one
+        thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen
+        out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
+019:007 So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king
+        of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba.
+        The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from
+        their cities, and came to battle.
+019:008 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army
+        of the mighty men.
+019:009 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
+        at the gate of the city:  and the kings who had come were
+        by themselves in the field.
+019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
+        before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel,
+        and put them in array against the Syrians.
+019:011 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai
+        his brother; and they put themselves in array against
+        the children of Ammon.
+019:012 He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall
+        help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you,
+        then I will help you.
+019:013 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people,
+        and for the cities of our God:  and Yahweh do that which
+        seems him good.
+019:014 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before
+        the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
+019:015 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
+        they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered
+        into the city.  Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
+019:016 When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
+        they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond
+        the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadarezer
+        at their head.
+019:017 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together,
+        and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle
+        in array against them.  So when David had put the battle
+        in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
+019:018 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
+        [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
+        and killed Shophach the captain of the army.
+019:019 When the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse
+        before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him:
+        neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
+020:001 It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time
+        when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army,
+        and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came
+        and besieged Rabbah.  But David stayed at Jerusalem.
+        Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
+020:002 David took the crown of their king from off his head,
+        and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were
+        precious stones in it; and it was set on David's head:
+        and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
+020:003 He brought forth the people who were therein, and cut [them]
+        with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes.
+        Thus did David to all the cities of the children of Ammon.
+        David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
+020:004 It happened after this, that there arose war at Gezer with
+        the Philistines:  then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,
+        of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
+020:005 There was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son
+        of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,
+        the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
+020:006 There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
+        whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand],
+        and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.
+020:007 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
+        brother killed him.
+020:008 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand
+        of David, and by the hand of his servants.
+021:001 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
+021:002 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go,
+        number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word,
+        that I may know the sum of them.
+021:003 Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many
+        as they are:  but, my lord the king, aren't they all my
+        lord's servants?  Why does my lord require this thing?
+        Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
+021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab.
+        Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel,
+        and came to Jerusalem.
+021:005 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David.
+        All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand
+        men who drew sword:  and in Judah were four hundred seventy
+        thousand men who drew sword.
+021:006 But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's
+        word was abominable to Joab.
+021:007 God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
+021:008 David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done
+        this thing:  but now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity
+        of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
+021:009 Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
+021:010 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you
+        three things:  choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
+021:011 So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take
+        which you will:
+021:012 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed
+        before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you;
+        or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence
+        in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout
+        all the borders of Israel.  Now therefore consider what answer
+        I shall return to him who sent me.
+021:013 David said to Gad, I am in a great strait:  let me fall, I pray,
+        into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his mercies:
+        and let me not fall into the hand of man.
+021:014 So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel; and there fell of Israel
+        seventy thousand men.
+021:015 God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it:  and as he was
+        about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil,
+        and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand.
+        The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor
+        of Ornan the Jebusite.
+021:016 David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing
+        between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand
+        stretched out over Jerusalem.  Then David and the elders,
+        clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
+021:017 David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people
+        to be numbered?  It is even I who have sinned and done
+        very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done?
+        Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me,
+        and against my father's house; but not against your people,
+        that they should be plagued.
+021:018 Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David
+        should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing
+        floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
+021:019 David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the
+        name of Yahweh.
+021:020 Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were
+        with him hid themselves.  Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
+021:021 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went
+        out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David
+        with his face to the ground.
+021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this
+        threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh:
+        for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague
+        may be stayed from the people.
+021:023 Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king
+        do that which is good in his eyes:  behold, I give [you] the oxen
+        for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood,
+        and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.
+021:024 King David said to Ornan, No; but I will most certainly buy it
+        for the full price:  for I will not take that which is yours
+        for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.
+021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels
+        of gold by weight.
+021:026 David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings
+        and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered
+        him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
+021:027 Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again
+        into the sheath of it.
+021:028 At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered
+        him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
+        then he sacrificed there.
+021:029 For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness,
+        and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high
+        place at Gibeon.
+021:030 But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was
+        afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
+022:001 Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this
+        is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.
+022:002 David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were
+        in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones
+        to build the house of God.
+022:003 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
+        of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in
+        abundance without weight;
+022:004 and cedar trees without number:  for the Sidonians and they
+        of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
+022:005 David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house
+        that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent,
+        of fame and of glory throughout all countries:
+        I will therefore make preparation for it.  So David prepared
+        abundantly before his death.
+022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
+        a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+022:007 David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart
+        to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
+022:008 But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed
+        blood abundantly, and have made great wars:  you shall not
+        build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood
+        on the earth in my sight.
+022:009 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest;
+        and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about;
+        for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and
+        quietness to Israel in his days:
+022:010 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son,
+        and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne
+        of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
+022:011 Now, my son, Yahweh be with you; and prosper you, and build
+        the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
+022:012 May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put
+        you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law
+        of Yahweh your God.
+022:013 Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes
+        and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel.
+        Be strong, and of good courage.  Don't be afraid,
+        neither be dismayed.
+022:014 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house
+        of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand
+        thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight;
+        for it is in abundance:  timber also and stone have I prepared;
+        and you may add to them.
+022:015 There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers
+        of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful
+        in every kind of work:
+022:016 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is
+        no number.  Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
+022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon
+        his son, [saying],
+022:018 Isn't Yahweh your God with you?  Hasn't he given you rest on
+        every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land
+        into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh,
+        and before his people.
+022:019 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God;
+        arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring
+        the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God,
+        into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
+023:001 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son
+        king over Israel.
+023:002 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
+        and the Levites.
+023:003 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward:
+        and their number by their polls, man by man,
+        was thirty-eight thousand.
+023:004 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of
+        the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
+023:005 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised
+        Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David],
+        for giving praise.
+023:006 David divided them into divisions according to the sons
+        of Levi:  Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
+023:007 Of the Gershonites:  Ladan and Shimei.
+023:008 The sons of Ladan:  Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
+023:009 The sons of Shimei:  Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three.
+        These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.
+023:010 The sons of Shimei:  Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
+        These four were the sons of Shimei.
+023:011 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second:  but Jeush and Beriah
+        didn't have many sons; therefore they became a fathers'
+        house in one reckoning.
+023:012 The sons of Kohath:  Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
+023:013 The sons of Amram:  Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated,
+        that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons,
+        forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him,
+        and to bless in his name, forever.
+023:014 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among
+        the tribe of Levi.
+023:015 The sons of Moses:  Gershom and Eliezer.
+023:016 The sons of Gershom:  Shebuel the chief.
+023:017 The sons of Eliezer were:  Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer
+        had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
+023:018 The sons of Izhar:  Shelomith the chief.
+023:019 The sons of Hebron:  Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second,
+        Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
+023:020 The sons of Uzziel:  Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
+023:021 The sons of Merari:  Mahli and Mushi.  The sons of Mahli:
+        Eleazar and Kish.
+023:022 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only:
+        and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].
+023:023 The sons of Mushi:  Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
+023:024 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses,
+        even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were
+        counted individually, in the number of names by their polls,
+        who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh,
+        from twenty years old and upward.
+023:025 For David said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest
+        to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
+023:026 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tent
+        and all the vessels of it for the service of it.
+023:027 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered,
+        from twenty years old and upward.
+023:028 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service
+        of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers,
+        and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work
+        of the service of the house of God;
+023:029 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering,
+        whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked
+        in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner
+        of measure and size;
+023:030 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh,
+        and likewise in the evening;
+023:031 and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths,
+        on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according
+        to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
+023:032 and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting,
+        and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons
+        of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
+024:001 These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron.  The sons
+        of Aaron:  Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
+024:002 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
+        therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
+024:003 David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of
+        the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering
+        in their service.
+024:004 There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar
+        than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided:
+        of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers'
+        houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to
+        their fathers' houses, eight.
+024:005 Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots;
+        for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God,
+        both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
+024:006 Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites,
+        wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes,
+        and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
+        and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and
+        of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar,
+        and one taken for Ithamar.
+024:007 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
+024:008 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
+024:009 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
+024:010 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
+024:011 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
+024:012 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
+024:013 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
+024:014 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
+024:015 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
+024:016 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
+024:017 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
+024:018 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
+024:019 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come
+        into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance [given]
+        to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        had commanded him.
+024:020 Of the rest of the sons of Levi:  of the sons of Amram, Shubael;
+        of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
+024:021 Of Rehabiah:  of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
+024:022 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
+024:023 The sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second,
+        Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
+024:024 The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
+024:025 The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
+024:026 The sons of Merari:  Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah:  Beno.
+024:027 The sons of Merari:  of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham,
+        and Zaccur, and Ibri.
+024:028 Of Mahli:  Eleazar, who had no sons.
+024:029 Of Kish; the sons of Kish:  Jerahmeel.
+024:030 The sons of Mushi:  Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
+        These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
+024:031 These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron
+        in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech,
+        and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests
+        and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even
+        as those of his younger brother.
+025:001 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service
+        certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,
+        who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments,
+        and with cymbals:  and the number of those who did the work
+        according to their service was:
+025:002 of the sons of Asaph:  Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
+        and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph,
+        who prophesied after the order of the king.
+025:003 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun:  Gedaliah, and Zeri,
+        and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands
+        of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied
+        in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
+025:004 Of Heman; the sons of Heman:  Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,
+        and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti,
+        and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
+025:005 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words
+        of God, to lift up the horn.  God gave to Heman fourteen sons
+        and three daughters.
+025:006 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house
+        of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps,
+        for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman
+        being under the order of the king.
+025:007 The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed
+        in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful,
+        was two hundred eighty-eight.
+025:008 They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small
+        as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
+025:009 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph:
+        the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:
+025:010 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:011 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:012 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:013 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:014 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:015 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:016 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:017 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:018 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:019 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:020 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:021 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:022 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:023 for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:024 for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and
+        his brothers, twelve:
+025:025 for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:026 for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:027 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
+025:028 for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and
+        his brothers, twelve:
+025:029 for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and
+        his brothers, twelve:
+025:030 for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and
+        his brothers, twelve:
+025:031 for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and
+        his brothers, twelve.
+026:001 For the divisions of the doorkeepers:  of the Korahites, Meshelemiah
+        the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
+026:002 Meshelemiah had sons:  Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,
+        Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
+026:003 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
+026:004 Obed-Edom had sons:  Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second,
+        Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
+026:005 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth;
+        for God blessed him.
+026:006 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house
+        of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
+026:007 The sons of Shemaiah:  Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
+        whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
+026:008 All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons
+        and their brothers, able men in strength for the service;
+        sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
+026:009 Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
+026:010 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons:
+        Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
+        yet his father made him chief),
+026:011 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:
+        all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
+026:012 Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the
+        chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister
+        in the house of Yahweh.
+026:013 They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to
+        their fathers' houses, for every gate.
+026:014 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah.  Then for Zechariah his son,
+        a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
+026:015 To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
+026:016 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth,
+        at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
+026:017 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four
+        a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
+026:018 For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
+026:019 These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons
+        of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
+026:020 Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God,
+        and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
+026:021 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan,
+        the heads of the fathers' [houses] belonging to Ladan
+        the Gershonite:  Jehieli.
+026:022 The sons of Jehieli:  Zetham, and Joel his brother,
+        over the treasures of the house of Yahweh.
+026:023 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites,
+        of the Uzzielites:
+026:024 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler
+        over the treasures.
+026:025 His brothers:  of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son,
+        and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son,
+        and Shelomoth his son.
+026:026 This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures
+        of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads
+        of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds,
+        and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
+026:027 Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair
+        the house of Yahweh.
+026:028 All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner
+        the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated,
+        whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth,
+        and of his brothers.
+026:029 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
+        business over Israel, for officers and judges.
+026:030 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor,
+        one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel
+        beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh,
+        and for the service of the king.
+026:031 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites,
+        according to their generations by fathers' [houses]. In
+        the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for,
+        and there were found among them mighty men of valor at
+        Jazer of Gilead.
+026:032 His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred,
+        heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers
+        over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
+        of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God,
+        and for the affairs of the king.
+027:001 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers'
+        [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
+        and their officers who served the king, in any matter
+        of the divisions which came in and went out month by month
+        throughout all the months of the year--of every division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:002 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son
+        of Zabdiel:  and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:003 [He was] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains
+        of the army for the first month.
+027:004 Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite,
+        and his division; and Mikloth the ruler:  and in his division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:005 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah,
+        the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief:  and in his division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:006 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty,
+        and over the thirty:  and [of] his division was Ammizabad his son.
+027:007 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel
+        the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him:
+        and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:008 The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
+        and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:009 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh
+        the Tekoite:  and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:010 The seventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez
+        the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim:  and in his division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:011 The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai
+        the Hushathite, of the Zerahites:  and in his division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:012 The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite,
+        of the Benjamites:  and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:013 The tenth [captain] for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
+        of the Zerahites:  and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
+027:014 The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month was
+        Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim:
+        and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+027:015 The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai
+        the Netophathite, of Othniel:  and in his division
+        were twenty-four thousand.
+027:016 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel:
+        of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler:
+        of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:
+027:017 of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel:  of Aaron, Zadok:
+027:018 of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David:
+        of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
+027:019 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah:  of Naphtali, Jeremoth
+        the son of Azriel:
+027:020 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah:
+        of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
+027:021 of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
+        of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
+027:022 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham.  These were the captains
+        of the tribes of Israel.
+027:023 But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old
+        and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel
+        like the stars of the sky.
+027:024 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish;
+        and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number
+        put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
+027:025 Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
+        and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities,
+        and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan
+        the son of Uzziah:
+027:026 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground
+        was Ezri the son of Chelub:
+027:027 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite:
+        and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars
+        was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
+027:028 and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in
+        the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite:  and over the cellars
+        of oil was Joash:
+027:029 and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite:
+        and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat
+        the son of Adlai:
+027:030 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite:
+        and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
+        and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
+027:031 All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
+027:032 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man
+        of understanding, and a scribe:  and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni
+        was with the king's sons:
+027:033 Ahithophel was the king's counselor:  and Hushai the Archite
+        was the king's friend:
+027:034 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar:
+        and the captain of the king's army was Joab.
+028:001 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes,
+        and the captains of the companies who served the king by division,
+        and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
+        and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king
+        and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men,
+        even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
+028:002 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me,
+        my brothers, and my people:  as for me, it was in my heart
+        to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
+        and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready
+        for the building.
+028:003 But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name,
+        because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
+028:004 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all
+        the house of my father to be king over Israel forever:
+        for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah,
+        the house of my father; and among the sons of my father
+        he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
+028:005 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has
+        chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom
+        of Yahweh over Israel.
+028:006 He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house
+        and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I
+        will be his father.
+028:007 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do
+        my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
+028:008 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh,
+        and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all
+        the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this
+        good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children
+        after you forever.
+028:009 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve
+        him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh
+        searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations
+        of the thoughts:  if you seek him, he will be found of you;
+        but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
+028:010 Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house
+        for the sanctuary:  be strong, and do it.
+028:011 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of
+        the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it,
+        and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it,
+        and of the place of the mercy seat;
+028:012 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts
+        of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms,
+        for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries
+        of the dedicated things;
+028:013 also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites,
+        and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh,
+        and for all the vessels of service in the house of Yahweh;
+028:014 of gold by weight for the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels
+        of every kind of service; [of silver] for all the vessels
+        of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;
+028:015 by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for the lamps of it,
+        of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for the lamps of it;
+        and for the lampstands of silver, [silver] by weight for [every]
+        lampstand and for the lamps of it, according to the use
+        of every lampstand;
+028:016 and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table;
+        and silver for the tables of silver;
+028:017 and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold;
+        and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl;
+        and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
+028:018 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight;
+        and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim,
+        that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the
+        covenant of Yahweh.
+028:019 All this, [said David], have I been made to understand in writing
+        from the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern.
+028:020 David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
+        and do it:  don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God,
+        even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you,
+        until all the work for the service of the house of
+        Yahweh is finished.
+028:021 Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and
+        the Levites, for all the service of the house of God:
+        and there shall be with you in all manner of work every
+        willing man who has skill, for any manner of service:
+        also the captains and all the people will be entirely
+        at your command.
+029:001 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son,
+        whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender,
+        and the work is great; for the palace is not for man,
+        but for Yahweh God.
+029:002 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
+        the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things
+        of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron
+        for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood;
+        onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work,
+        and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones,
+        and marble stones in abundance.
+029:003 In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God,
+        seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver,
+        I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I
+        have prepared for the holy house,
+029:004 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,
+        and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to
+        overlay the walls of the houses;
+029:005 of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things
+        of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands
+        of artificers.  Who then offers willingly to consecrate
+        himself this day to Yahweh?
+029:006 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the
+        tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
+        with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
+029:007 and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five
+        thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten
+        thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents,
+        and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
+029:008 They with whom [precious] stones were found gave them
+        to the treasure of the house of Yahweh, under the hand
+        of Jehiel the Gershonite.
+029:009 Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly,
+        because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh:
+        and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
+029:010 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly;
+        and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel
+        our father, forever and ever.
+029:011 Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory,
+        the victory, and the majesty:  for all that is in the heavens
+        and in the earth is yours.  Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you
+        are exalted as head above all.
+029:012 Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all;
+        and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand
+        to make great, and to give strength to all.
+029:013 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
+029:014 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able
+        to offer so willingly as this?  For all things come of you,
+        and of your own have we given you.
+029:015 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all
+        our fathers were:  our days on the earth are as a shadow,
+        and there is no abiding.
+029:016 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to
+        build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand,
+        and is all your own.
+029:017 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have
+        pleasure in uprightness.  As for me, in the uprightness
+        of my heart I have willingly offered all these things:
+        and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here,
+        offer willingly to you.
+029:018 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
+        keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart
+        of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
+029:019 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments,
+        your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things,
+        and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
+029:020 David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God.
+        All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
+        and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before
+        Yahweh and the king.
+029:021 They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt
+        offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one
+        thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs,
+        with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance
+        for all Israel,
+029:022 and ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness.
+        They made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
+        and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
+029:023 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David
+        his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
+029:024 All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons
+        of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
+029:025 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel,
+        and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on
+        any king before him in Israel.
+029:026 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
+029:027 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years;
+        he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three [years]
+        reigned he in Jerusalem.
+029:028 He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor:
+        and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
+029:029 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are
+        written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history
+        of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
+029:030 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,
+        and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
+Book 14 2 Chronicles
+001:001 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,
+        and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
+001:002 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands
+        and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince
+        in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
+001:003 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place
+        that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God,
+        which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
+001:004 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim
+        to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched
+        a tent for it at Jerusalem.
+001:005 Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri,
+        the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh:
+        and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
+001:006 Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh,
+        which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand
+        burnt offerings on it.
+001:007 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him,
+        "Ask what I shall give you."
+001:008 Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness
+        to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
+001:009 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established;
+        for you have made me king over a people like the dust
+        of the earth in multitude.
+001:010 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come
+        in before this people; for who can judge this your people,
+        that is so great?
+001:011 God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart,
+        and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life
+        of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life;
+        but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you
+        may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:
+001:012 wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches,
+        and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had
+        who have been before you; neither shall there any after you
+        have the like.
+001:013 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon,
+        from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem;
+        and he reigned over Israel.
+001:014 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen:  and he had one thousand
+        four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed
+        in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
+001:015 The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones,
+        and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are
+        in the lowland, for abundance.
+001:016 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue;
+        the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
+001:017 They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six
+        hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty:
+        and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria,
+        did they bring them out by their means.
+002:001 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh,
+        and a house for his kingdom.
+002:002 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens,
+        and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains,
+        and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
+002:003 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt
+        with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house
+        in which to dwell, [even so deal with me].
+002:004 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh
+        my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him
+        incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread,
+        and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths,
+        and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God.
+        This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
+002:005 The house which I build is great; for great is our God
+        above all gods.
+002:006 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven
+        of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should
+        build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
+002:007 Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver,
+        and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue,
+        and who knows how to engrave [all manner of] engravings,
+        [to be] with the skillful men who are with me in Judah
+        and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
+002:008 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon;
+        for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon:
+        and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
+002:009 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I
+        am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
+002:010 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber,
+        twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
+        measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine,
+        and twenty thousand baths of oil.
+002:011 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
+        to Solomon, "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made
+        you king over them."
+002:012 Huram continued, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made
+        heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son,
+        endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build
+        a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
+002:013 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding,
+        of Huram my father's,
+002:014 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father
+        was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver,
+        in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple,
+        in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave
+        any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there
+        may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men,
+        and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
+002:015 Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine,
+        which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
+002:016 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need;
+        and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa;
+        and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem."
+002:017 Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land
+        of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father
+        had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three
+        thousand six hundred.
+002:018 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty
+        thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three
+        thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
+003:001 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem
+        on Mount Moriah, where [Yahweh] appeared to David his father,
+        which he made ready in the place that David had appointed,
+        in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
+003:002 He began to build in the second [day] of the second month,
+        in the fourth year of his reign.
+003:003 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building
+        of the house of God.  The length by cubits after the first
+        measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
+003:004 The porch that was before [the house], the length of it,
+        according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits,
+        and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within
+        with pure gold.
+003:005 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood,
+        which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm
+        trees and chains.
+003:006 He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty:
+        and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
+003:007 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds,
+        and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold;
+        and engraved cherubim on the walls.
+003:008 He made the most holy house:  the length of it, according to
+        the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth
+        of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold,
+        amounting to six hundred talents.
+003:009 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.
+        He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
+003:010 In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work;
+        and they overlaid them with gold.
+003:011 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long:
+        the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall
+        of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits,
+        reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
+003:012 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall
+        of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also],
+        joining to the wing of the other cherub.
+003:013 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits:
+        and they stood on their feet, and their faces were
+        toward the house.
+003:014 He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
+        and ornamented it with cherubim.
+003:015 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five
+        cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each
+        of them was five cubits.
+003:016 He made chains in the oracle, and put [them] on the tops
+        of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates,
+        and put them on the chains.
+003:017 He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand,
+        and the other on the left; and called the name of that on
+        the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
+004:001 Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
+        of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits
+        the height of it.
+004:002 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
+        round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits;
+        and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
+004:003 Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it
+        round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about.
+        The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
+004:004 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
+        and three looking toward the west, and three looking
+        toward the south, and three looking toward the east:
+        and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder
+        parts were inward.
+004:005 It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked
+        like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily:
+        it received and held three thousand baths.
+004:006 He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand,
+        and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged
+        to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was
+        for the priests to wash in.
+004:007 He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance
+        concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on
+        the right hand, and five on the left.
+004:008 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple,
+        five on the right side, and five on the left.  He made one
+        hundred basins of gold.
+004:009 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,
+        and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
+004:010 He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward,
+        toward the south.
+004:011 Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.
+        So Huram made an end of doing the work that he did for king
+        Solomon in the house of God:
+004:012 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were
+        on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two
+        bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
+004:013 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks;
+        two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two
+        bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
+004:014 He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;
+004:015 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
+004:016 The pots also, and the shovels, and the forks, and all the vessels
+        of it, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house
+        of Yahweh of bright brass.
+004:017 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
+        ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
+004:018 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance:
+        for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
+004:019 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God,
+        the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
+004:020 and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according
+        to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
+004:021 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
+        and that perfect gold;
+004:022 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the
+        fire pans, of pure gold:  and as for the entry of the house,
+        the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors
+        of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
+005:001 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh
+        was finished.  Solomon brought in the things that David
+        his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold,
+        and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of
+        the house of God.
+005:002 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all
+        the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers'
+        [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up
+        the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David,
+        which is Zion.
+005:003 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king
+        at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.
+005:004 All the elders of Israel came:  and the Levites took up the ark;
+005:005 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting,
+        and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did
+        the priests the Levites bring up.
+005:006 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were
+        assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
+        that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
+005:007 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to
+        its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
+        even under the wings of the cherubim.
+005:008 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place
+        of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles
+        of it above.
+005:009 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen
+        from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside:
+        and there it is to this day.
+005:010 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put
+        [there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children
+        of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
+005:011 It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
+        (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves,
+        and did not keep their divisions;
+005:012 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them,
+        even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers,
+        arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments
+        and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them
+        one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
+005:013 it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one,
+        to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh;
+        and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
+        and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he
+        is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then
+        the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
+005:014 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
+        of the cloud:  for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
+006:001 Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell
+        in the thick darkness.
+006:002 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you
+        to dwell in forever.
+006:003 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel:
+        and all the assembly of Israel stood.
+006:004 He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke
+        with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands
+        fulfilled it, saying,
+006:005 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land
+        of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel
+        to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose
+        I any man to be prince over my people Israel:
+006:006 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there;
+        and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
+006:007 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house
+        for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+006:008 But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your
+        heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
+        was in your heart:
+006:009 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who
+        shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house
+        for my name.
+006:010 Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I am risen up
+        in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,
+        as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name
+        of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+006:011 There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh,
+        which he made with the children of Israel.
+006:012 He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all
+        the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
+006:013 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long,
+        and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it
+        in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled
+        down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel,
+        and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
+006:014 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you,
+        in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness
+        with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
+006:015 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you
+        did promise him:  yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have
+        fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
+006:016 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant
+        David my father that which you have promised him, saying,
+        There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne
+        of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way,
+        to walk in my law as you have walked before me.
+006:017 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified,
+        which you spoke to your servant David.
+006:018 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth?
+        Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you;
+        how much less this house which I have built!
+006:019 Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant,
+        and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry
+        and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
+006:020 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night,
+        even toward the place where you have said that you would put
+        your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall
+        pray toward this place.
+006:021 Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your
+        people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place:
+        yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven;
+        and when you hear, forgive.
+006:022 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him
+        to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your
+        altar in this house;
+006:023 then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants,
+        bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his
+        own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according
+        to his righteousness.
+006:024 If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy,
+        because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again
+        and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before
+        you in this house;
+006:025 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel,
+        and bring them again to the land which you gave to them
+        and to their fathers.
+006:026 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
+        have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place,
+        and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you
+        do afflict them:
+006:027 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants,
+        and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way
+        in which they should walk; and send rain on your land,
+        which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
+006:028 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
+        if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar;
+        if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities;
+        whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;
+006:029 whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man,
+        or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own
+        plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands
+        toward this house:
+006:030 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render
+        to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know;
+        (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
+006:031 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they
+        live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
+006:032 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel,
+        when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake,
+        and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they
+        shall come and pray toward this house:
+006:033 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place,
+        and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for;
+        that all the peoples of the earth may know your name,
+        and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know
+        that this house which I have built is called by your name.
+006:034 If your people go out to battle against their enemies,
+        by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you
+        toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I
+        have built for your name;
+006:035 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication,
+        and maintain their cause.
+006:036 If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin),
+        and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy,
+        so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
+006:037 yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they
+        are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication
+        to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned,
+        we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
+006:038 if they return to you with all their heart and with all
+        their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have
+        carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you
+        gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen,
+        and toward the house which I have built for your name:
+006:039 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place,
+        their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause,
+        and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
+006:040 Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your
+        ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
+006:041 Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place,
+        you, and the ark of your strength:  let your priests,
+        Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints
+        rejoice in goodness.
+006:042 Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed:
+        remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant.
+007:001 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down
+        from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;
+        and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
+007:002 The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh,
+        because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
+007:003 All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down,
+        and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed
+        themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement,
+        and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good;
+        for his loving kindness endures for ever.
+007:004 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
+007:005 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen,
+        and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep.  So the king and all
+        the people dedicated the house of God.
+007:006 The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites
+        also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king
+        had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness
+        endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry:
+        and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
+007:007 Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before
+        the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings,
+        and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar
+        which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering,
+        and the meal offering, and the fat.
+007:008 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all
+        Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance
+        of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
+007:009 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly:
+        for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days,
+        and the feast seven days.
+007:010 On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent
+        the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for
+        the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon,
+        and to Israel his people.
+007:011 Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king's house:
+        and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon's
+        heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own house.
+007:012 Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him,
+        I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself
+        for a house of sacrifice.
+007:013 If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command
+        the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence
+        among my people;
+007:014 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
+        and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
+        then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
+        and will heal their land.
+007:015 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer
+        that is made in this place.
+007:016 For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my
+        name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall
+        be there perpetually.
+007:017 As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked,
+        and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will
+        keep my statutes and my ordinances;
+007:018 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I
+        covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not
+        fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.
+007:019 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments
+        which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods,
+        and worship them;
+007:020 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I
+        have given them; and this house, which I have made holy
+        for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it
+        a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
+007:021 This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall
+        be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus
+        to this land, and to this house?
+007:022 They shall answer, Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of
+        their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
+        and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them:
+        therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
+008:001 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had
+        built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,
+008:002 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them,
+        and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
+008:003 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
+008:004 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities,
+        which he built in Hamath.
+008:005 Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower,
+        fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
+008:006 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had,
+        and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for
+        his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his
+        pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land
+        of his dominion.
+008:007 As for all the people who were left of the Hittites,
+        and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
+        and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;
+008:008 of their children who were left after them in the land,
+        whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did
+        Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.
+008:009 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for
+        his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains,
+        and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
+008:010 These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty,
+        who ruled over the people.
+008:011 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city
+        of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said,
+        My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
+        because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy.
+008:012 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar
+        of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
+008:013 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to
+        the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons,
+        and on the set feasts, three times in the year, [even] in
+        the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
+        and in the feast of tents.
+008:014 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David
+        his father, the divisions of the priests to their service,
+        and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister
+        before the priests, as the duty of every day required;
+        the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate:
+        for so had David the man of God commanded.
+008:015 They didn't depart from the commandment of the king to the priests
+        and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
+008:016 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the
+        foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished.
+        [So] the house of Yahweh was completed.
+008:017 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore
+        in the land of Edom.
+008:018 Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea
+        by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants
+        of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred
+        fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
+009:001 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon,
+        she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem,
+        with a very great train, and camels that bore spices,
+        and gold in abundance, and precious stones:  and when she
+        was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was
+        in her heart.
+009:002 Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything
+        hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.
+009:003 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
+        and the house that he had built,
+009:004 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
+        and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
+        his cup bearers also, and their clothing, and his ascent
+        by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more
+        spirit in her.
+009:005 She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my
+        own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
+009:006 However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes
+        had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your
+        wisdom was not told me:  you exceed the fame that I heard.
+009:007 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants,
+        who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
+009:008 Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you
+        on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God:  because your
+        God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made
+        he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
+009:009 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold,
+        and spices in great abundance, and precious stones:
+        neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave
+        to king Solomon.
+009:010 The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought
+        gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
+009:011 The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh,
+        and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments
+        for the singers:  and there were none like these seen before
+        in the land of Judah.
+009:012 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
+        whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king.
+        So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
+009:013 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
+        hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
+009:014 besides that which the traders and merchants brought:
+        and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country
+        brought gold and silver to Solomon.
+009:015 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold;
+        six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.
+009:016 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold;
+        three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield:
+        and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
+009:017 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
+        it with pure gold.
+009:018 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
+        which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either
+        side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing
+        beside the stays.
+009:019 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on
+        the six steps:  there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
+009:020 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
+        of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
+        silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
+009:021 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants
+        of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish,
+        bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
+009:022 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in
+        riches and wisdom.
+009:023 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,
+        to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
+009:024 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels
+        of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules,
+        a rate year by year.
+009:025 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
+        thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities,
+        and with the king at Jerusalem.
+009:026 He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land
+        of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
+009:027 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
+        and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are
+        in the lowland, for abundance.
+009:028 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
+009:029 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last,
+        aren't they written in the history of Nathan the prophet,
+        and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions
+        of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
+009:030 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
+009:031 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city
+        of David his father:  and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
+010:001 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem
+        to make him king.
+010:002 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it,
+        (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence
+        of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
+010:003 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came,
+        and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
+010:004 Your father made our yoke grievous:  now therefore make you
+        the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke
+        which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
+010:005 He said to them, Come again to me after three days.
+        The people departed.
+010:006 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before
+        Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel
+        give you me to return answer to this people?
+010:007 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people,
+        and please them, and speak good words to them, then they
+        will be your servants forever.
+010:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
+        and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him,
+        who stood before him.
+010:009 He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer
+        to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
+        that your father did put on us lighter?
+010:010 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,
+        Thus shall you tell the people who spoke to you, saying,
+        Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us;
+        thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker
+        than my father's waist.
+010:011 Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,
+        I will add to your yoke:  my father chastised you with whips,
+        but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
+010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
+        as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
+010:013 The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook
+        the counsel of the old men,
+010:014 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
+        My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto:
+        my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise
+        you] with scorpions.
+010:015 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about
+        of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke
+        by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
+010:016 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them,
+        the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we
+        in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
+        every man to your tents, Israel:  now see to your own house, David.
+        So all Israel departed to their tents.
+010:017 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities
+        of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
+010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject
+        to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him
+        to death with stones.  King Rehoboam made speed to get him
+        up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
+010:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
+011:001 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house
+        of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men,
+        who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom
+        again to Rehoboam.
+011:002 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
+011:003 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah,
+        and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
+011:004 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against
+        your brothers:  return every man to his house; for this
+        thing is of me.  So they listened to the words of Yahweh,
+        and returned from going against Jeroboam.
+011:005 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
+011:006 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
+011:007 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
+011:008 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
+011:009 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
+011:010 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and
+        in Benjamin, fortified cities.
+011:011 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them,
+        and stores of food, and oil and wine.
+011:012 In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them
+        exceeding strong.  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
+011:013 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted
+        to him out of all their border.
+011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,
+        and came to Judah and Jerusalem:  for Jeroboam and his sons
+        cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's
+        office to Yahweh;
+011:015 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for
+        the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
+011:016 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their
+        hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem
+        to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
+011:017 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
+        the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked
+        three years in the way of David and Solomon.
+011:018 Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth
+        the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab
+        the son of Jesse;
+011:019 and she bore him sons:  Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
+011:020 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore
+        him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
+011:021 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his
+        wives and his concubines:  (for he took eighteen wives,
+        and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight
+        sons and sixty daughters.)
+011:022 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief,
+        [even] the prince among his brothers; for [he was minded]
+        to make him king.
+011:023 He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all
+        the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city:
+        and he gave them food in abundance.  He sought [for
+        them] many wives.
+012:001 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established,
+        and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh,
+        and all Israel with him.
+012:002 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
+        king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had
+        trespassed against Yahweh,
+012:003 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen.
+        The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt:
+        the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
+012:004 He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah,
+        and came to Jerusalem.
+012:005 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes
+        of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
+        and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me,
+        therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
+012:006 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;
+        and they said, Yahweh is righteous.
+012:007 When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh
+        came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves:
+        I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance,
+        and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the
+        hand of Shishak.
+012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know
+        my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
+012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
+        and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh,
+        and the treasures of the king's house:  he took all away:
+        he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
+012:010 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass,
+        and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard,
+        who kept the door of the king's house.
+012:011 It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house
+        of Yahweh, the guard came and bore them, and brought them
+        back into the guard chamber.
+012:012 When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him,
+        so as not to destroy him altogether:  and moreover in Judah
+        there were good things [found].
+012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
+        for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign,
+        and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh
+        had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
+        and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
+012:014 He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart
+        to seek Yahweh.
+012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written
+        in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer,
+        after the manner of genealogies?  There were wars between
+        Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
+012:016 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David:
+        and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
+013:001 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to
+        reign over Judah.
+013:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
+        There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
+013:003 Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war,
+        even four hundred thousand chosen men:  and Jeroboam set
+        the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand
+        chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
+013:004 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country
+        of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
+013:005 Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him
+        and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
+013:006 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son
+        of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
+013:007 There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows,
+        who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
+        when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could
+        not withstand them.
+013:008 Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand
+        of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude,
+        and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made
+        you for gods.
+013:009 Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron,
+        and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner
+        of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whoever comes
+        to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams,
+        the same may be a priest of [those who are] no gods.
+013:010 But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
+        and [we have] priests ministering to Yahweh, the sons of Aaron,
+        and the Levites in their work:
+013:011 and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt
+        offerings and sweet incense:  the show bread also [set
+        they] in order on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold
+        with the lamps of it, to burn every evening:  for we keep
+        the charge of Yahweh our God; but you have forsaken him.
+013:012 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with
+        the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you.
+        Children of Israel, don't you fight against Yahweh, the God
+        of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
+013:013 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them:
+        so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
+013:014 When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
+        behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded
+        with the trumpets.
+013:015 Then the men of Judah gave a shout:  and as the men of Judah shouted,
+        it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before
+        Abijah and Judah.
+013:016 The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered
+        them into their hand.
+013:017 Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter:
+        so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
+013:018 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time,
+        and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied
+        on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
+013:019 Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
+        Bethel with the towns of it, and Jeshanah with the towns of it,
+        and Ephron with the towns of it.
+013:020 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
+        and Yahweh struck him, and he died.
+013:021 But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives,
+        and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
+013:022 The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
+        are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
+014:001 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
+        the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
+        In his days the land was quiet ten years.
+014:002 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
+014:003 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places,
+        and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
+014:004 and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
+        and to do the law and the commandment.
+014:005 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places
+        and the sun images:  and the kingdom was quiet before him.
+014:006 He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet,
+        and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had
+        given him rest.
+014:007 For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
+        about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land
+        is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God;
+        we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.
+        So they built and prospered.
+014:008 Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah
+        three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore
+        shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand:
+        all these were mighty men of valor.
+014:009 There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
+        army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots;
+        and he came to Mareshah.
+014:010 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array
+        in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
+014:011 Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides
+        you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength:
+        help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name
+        are we come against this multitude.  Yahweh, you are our God;
+        don't let man prevail against you.
+014:012 So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;
+        and the Ethiopians fled.
+014:013 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar:
+        and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not
+        recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh,
+        and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.
+014:014 They struck all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear
+        of Yahweh came on them:  and they despoiled all the cities;
+        for there was much spoil in them.
+014:015 They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away
+        sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
+015:001 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
+015:002 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa,
+        and all Judah and Benjamin:  Yahweh is with you, while you
+        are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you;
+        but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
+015:003 Now for a long season Israel was without the true God,
+        and without a teaching priest, and without law:
+015:004 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
+015:005 In those times there was no peace to him who went out,
+        nor to him who came in; but great vexations were on all
+        the inhabitants of the lands.
+015:006 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city
+        against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
+015:007 But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack;
+        for your work shall be rewarded.
+015:008 When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
+        he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all
+        the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which
+        he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed
+        the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
+015:009 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned
+        with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon:
+        for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they
+        saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
+015:010 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month,
+        in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
+015:011 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they
+        had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
+015:012 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of
+        their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
+015:013 and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        should be put to death, whether small or great,
+        whether man or woman.
+015:014 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting,
+        and with trumpets, and with cornets.
+015:015 All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with
+        all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire;
+        and he was found of them:  and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
+015:016 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen,
+        because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah;
+        and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt
+        it at the brook Kidron.
+015:017 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
+        nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
+015:018 He brought into the house of God the things that his father
+        had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver,
+        and gold, and vessels.
+015:019 There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of
+        the reign of Asa.
+016:001 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king
+        of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might
+        not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
+016:002 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures
+        of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent
+        to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
+016:003 [There is] a league between me and you, as [there was] between
+        my father and your father:  behold, I have sent you silver
+        and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel,
+        that he may depart from me.
+016:004 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his
+        armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon,
+        and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
+016:005 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off
+        building Ramah, and let his work cease.
+016:006 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones
+        of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built;
+        and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
+016:007 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah,
+        and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria,
+        and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army
+        of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.
+016:008 Weren't the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots
+        and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because you did rely on Yahweh,
+        he delivered them into your hand.
+016:009 For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth,
+        to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart
+        is perfect toward him.  Herein you have done foolishly;
+        for from henceforth you shall have wars.
+016:010 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison;
+        for he was in a rage with him because of this thing.
+        Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
+016:011 Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are
+        written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
+016:012 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet;
+        his disease was exceeding great:  yet in his disease he didn't
+        seek Yahweh, but to the physicians.
+016:013 Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth
+        year of his reign.
+016:014 They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out
+        for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed
+        which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices]
+        prepared by the perfumers' art:  and they made a very great
+        burning for him.
+017:001 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened
+        himself against Israel.
+017:002 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set
+        garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim,
+        which Asa his father had taken.
+017:003 Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first
+        ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
+017:004 but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments,
+        and not after the doings of Israel.
+017:005 Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand;
+        and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches
+        and honor in abundance.
+017:006 His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh:  and furthermore
+        he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
+017:007 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes,
+        even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel,
+        and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
+017:008 and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah,
+        and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan,
+        and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites;
+        and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
+017:009 They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Yahweh with them;
+        and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah,
+        and taught among the people.
+017:010 The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were
+        round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
+017:011 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents,
+        and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks,
+        seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand
+        and seven hundred male goats.
+017:012 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah
+        castles and cities of store.
+017:013 He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war,
+        mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
+017:014 This was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses:
+        Of Judah, the captains of thousands:  Adnah the captain,
+        and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
+017:015 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two
+        hundred eighty thousand;
+017:016 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered
+        himself to Yahweh; and with him two hundred thousand mighty
+        men of valor.
+017:017 Of Benjamin:  Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two
+        hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
+017:018 and next to him Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty
+        thousand ready prepared for war.
+017:019 These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom
+        the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
+018:001 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined
+        affinity with Ahab.
+018:002 After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria.
+        Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for
+        the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with
+        him] to Ramoth Gilead.
+018:003 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you
+        go with me to Ramoth Gilead?  He answered him, I am as you are,
+        and my people as your people; and [we will be] with you
+        in the war.
+018:004 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first
+        for the word of Yahweh.
+018:005 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,
+        four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead
+        to battle, or shall I forbear?  They said, Go up; for God
+        will deliver it into the hand of the king.
+018:006 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides,
+        that we may inquire of him?
+018:007 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
+        man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh:  but I hate him;
+        for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil:
+        the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.  Jehoshaphat said,
+        Don't let the king say so.
+018:008 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
+        Micaiah the son of Imla.
+018:009 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
+        each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were
+        sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria;
+        and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
+018:010 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said,
+        Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians,
+        until they be consumed.
+018:011 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead,
+        and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand
+        of the king.
+018:012 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold,
+        the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth:
+        let your word therefore, Please be like one of theirs,
+        and speak you good.
+018:013 Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what my God says, that will I speak.
+018:014 When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah,
+        shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
+        He said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered
+        into your hand.
+018:015 The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you
+        speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
+018:016 He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep
+        that have no shepherd:  and Yahweh said, These have no master;
+        let them return every man to his house in peace.
+018:017 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you
+        that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
+018:018 [Micaiah] said, "Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh:  I saw
+        Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven
+        standing on his right hand and on his left.
+018:019 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may
+        go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?'  One spoke saying after
+        this manner, and another saying after that manner.
+018:020 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said,
+        'I will entice him.'  Yahweh said to him, 'How?'
+018:021 He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth
+        of all his prophets.'  He said, 'You shall entice him,
+        and shall prevail also:  go forth, and do so.'
+018:022 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit
+        in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken
+        evil concerning you."
+018:023 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah
+        on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh
+        from me to speak to you?
+018:024 Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you
+        shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
+018:025 The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
+        to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
+018:026 and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
+        and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
+        until I return in peace.
+018:027 Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not
+        spoken by me.  He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
+018:028 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
+        up to Ramoth Gilead.
+018:029 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
+        and go into the battle; but put you on your robes.
+        So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went
+        into the battle.
+018:030 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of
+        his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
+        save only with the king of Israel.
+018:031 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
+        that they said, It is the king of Israel.  Therefore they
+        turned about to fight against him:  but Jehoshaphat cried out,
+        and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
+018:032 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was
+        not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
+018:033 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck
+        the king of Israel between the joints of the armor.
+        Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn your hand,
+        and carry me out of the army; for I am sore wounded.
+018:034 The battle increased that day:  however the king of Israel stayed
+        himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even;
+        and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
+019:001 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in
+        peace to Jerusalem.
+019:002 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him,
+        and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked,
+        and love those who hate Yahweh? for this thing wrath is on you
+        from before Yahweh.
+019:003 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you
+        have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set
+        your heart to seek God.
+019:004 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem:  and he went out again among
+        the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim,
+        and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
+019:005 He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities
+        of Judah, city by city,
+019:006 and said to the judges, Consider what you do:  for you
+        don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you
+        in the judgment.
+019:007 Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you; take heed and do it:
+        for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect
+        of persons, nor taking of bribes.
+019:008 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and
+        the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel,
+        for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies.
+        They returned to Jerusalem.
+019:009 He charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear
+        of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
+019:010 Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers
+        who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood,
+        between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances,
+        you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh,
+        and so wrath come on you and on your brothers:  this do,
+        and you shall not be guilty.
+019:011 Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all
+        matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael,
+        the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters:
+        also the Levites shall be officers before you.
+        Deal courageously, and Yahweh be with the good.
+020:001 It happened after this, that the children of Moab,
+        and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites,
+        came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
+020:002 Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes
+        a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria;
+        and behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi).
+020:003 Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh;
+        and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
+020:004 Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Yahweh:
+        even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Yahweh.
+020:005 Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem,
+        in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;
+020:006 and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you
+        God in heaven? and aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms
+        of the nations? and in your hand is power and might,
+        so that none is able to withstand you.
+020:007 Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land
+        before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham
+        your friend forever?
+020:008 They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein
+        for your name, saying,
+020:009 If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence,
+        or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you,
+        (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction,
+        and you will hear and save.
+020:010 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir,
+        whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out
+        of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them,
+        and didn't destroy them;
+020:011 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession,
+        which you have given us to inherit.
+020:012 Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this
+        great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do:
+        but our eyes are on you.
+020:013 All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones,
+        their wives, and their children.
+020:014 Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah,
+        the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite,
+        of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Yahweh in the midst
+        of the assembly;
+020:015 and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat:  Thus says Yahweh to you,
+        Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this
+        great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
+020:016 Tomorrow go you down against them:  behold, they come up
+        by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end
+        of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
+020:017 You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves,
+        stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you,
+        O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed:
+        tomorrow go out against them:  for Yahweh is with you.
+020:018 Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground;
+        and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down
+        before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.
+020:019 The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children
+        of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        with an exceeding loud voice.
+020:020 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness
+        of Tekoa:  and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said,
+        Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem:
+        believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established;
+        believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
+020:021 When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those
+        who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array,
+        as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh;
+        for his loving kindness endures forever.
+020:022 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers
+        against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir,
+        who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
+020:023 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
+        inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them:
+        and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir,
+        everyone helped to destroy another.
+020:024 When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness,
+        they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead
+        bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
+020:025 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them,
+        they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies,
+        and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves,
+        more than they could carry away:  and they were three days
+        in taking the spoil, it was so much.
+020:026 On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley
+        of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh:  therefore the name
+        of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.
+020:027 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat
+        in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy;
+        for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
+020:028 They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps
+        and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.
+020:029 The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries,
+        when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.
+020:030 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him
+        rest round about.
+020:031 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah:  he was thirty-five years old when
+        he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem:
+        and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
+020:032 He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside
+        from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
+020:033 However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet
+        had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
+020:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,
+        they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani,
+        which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
+020:035 After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with
+        Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
+020:036 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish;
+        and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.
+020:037 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied
+        against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined
+        yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.
+        The ships were broken, so that they were not able to
+        go to Tarshish.
+021:001 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
+        fathers in the city of David:  and Jehoram his son reigned
+        in his place.
+021:002 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat:  Azariah, and Jehiel,
+        and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah;
+        all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
+021:003 Their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold,
+        and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah:
+        but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
+021:004 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father,
+        and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers
+        with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.
+021:005 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
+021:006 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house
+        of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife:
+        and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
+021:007 However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of
+        the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised
+        to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
+021:008 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,
+        and made a king over themselves.
+021:009 Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots
+        with him:  and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites
+        who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
+021:010 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day:
+        then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand,
+        because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
+021:011 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah,
+        and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute,
+        and led Judah astray.
+021:012 There came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
+        Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, Because you
+        have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father,
+        nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
+021:013 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made
+        Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute,
+        like as the house of Ahab did, and also have slain your brothers
+        of your father's house, who were better than yourself:
+021:014 behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people,
+        and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;
+021:015 and you shall have great sickness by disease of your bowels,
+        until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness,
+        day by day.
+021:016 Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,
+        and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians:
+021:017 and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried
+        away all the substance that was found in the king's house,
+        and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son
+        left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
+021:018 After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with
+        an incurable disease.
+021:019 It happened, in process of time, at the end of two years,
+        that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died
+        of sore diseases.  His people made no burning for him,
+        like the burning of his fathers.
+021:020 Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
+        in Jerusalem eight years:  and he departed without being desired;
+        and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs
+        of the kings.
+022:001 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest
+        son king in his place; for the band of men who came
+        with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest.
+        So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
+022:002 Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned one year in Jerusalem:  and his mother's name
+        was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
+022:003 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother
+        was his counselor to do wickedly.
+022:004 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did
+        the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death
+        of his father, to his destruction.
+022:005 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram
+        the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king
+        of Syria at Ramoth Gilead:  and the Syrians wounded Joram.
+022:006 He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had
+        given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.
+        Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
+        Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
+022:007 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram:
+        for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu
+        the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off
+        the house of Ahab.
+022:008 It happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house
+        of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons
+        of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah,
+        and killed them.
+022:009 He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding
+        in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him;
+        and they buried him, for they said, He is the son
+        of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.
+        The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
+022:010 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
+        she arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah.
+022:011 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son
+        of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons
+        who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber.
+        So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife
+        of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah),
+        hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him.
+022:012 He was with them hid in the house of God six years:
+        and Athaliah reigned over the land.
+023:001 In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took
+        the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham,
+        and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed,
+        and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,
+        into covenant with him.
+023:002 They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out
+        of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers'
+        [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
+023:003 All the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God.
+        He said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign,
+        as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.
+023:004 This is the thing that you shall do:  a third part of you,
+        who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites,
+        shall be porters of the thresholds;
+023:005 and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third
+        part at the gate of the foundation:  and all the people shall
+        be in the courts of the house of Yahweh.
+023:006 But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save the priests,
+        and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in,
+        for they are holy:  but all the people shall keep the
+        charge of Yahweh.
+023:007 The Levites shall compass the king round about, every man
+        with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house,
+        let him be slain:  and be you with the king when he comes in,
+        and when he goes out.
+023:008 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada
+        the priest commanded:  and they took every man his men,
+        those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were
+        to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn't
+        dismiss the shift.
+023:009 Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
+        the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's,
+        which were in the house of God.
+023:010 He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand,
+        from the right side of the house to the left side of the house,
+        along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
+023:011 Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown
+        on him, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king:
+        and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said,
+        [Long] live the king.
+023:012 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising
+        the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
+023:013 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at
+        the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
+        and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets;
+        the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led
+        the singing of praise.  Then Athaliah tore her clothes,
+        and said, Treason! treason!
+023:014 Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set
+        over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks;
+        and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword:
+        for the priest said, Don't kill her in the house of Yahweh.
+023:015 So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse
+        gate to the king's house:  and they killed her there.
+023:016 Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people,
+        and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.
+023:017 All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down,
+        and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed
+        Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
+023:018 Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under
+        the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed
+        in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh,
+        as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and
+        with singing, according to the order of David.
+023:019 He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh,
+        that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
+023:020 He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
+        governors of the people, and all the people of the land,
+        and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh:
+        and they came through the upper gate to the king's house,
+        and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
+023:021 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
+        Athaliah they had slain with the sword.
+024:001 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
+024:002 Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days
+        of Jehoiada the priest.
+024:003 Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father
+        of sons and daughters.
+024:004 It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore
+        the house of Yahweh.
+024:005 He gathered together the priests and the Levites,
+        and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather
+        of all Israel money to repair the house of your God
+        from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter.
+        However the Levites didn't hurry.
+024:006 The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him,
+        Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah
+        and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh,
+        and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
+024:007 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up
+        the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house
+        of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.
+024:008 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it
+        outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.
+024:009 They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,
+        to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God
+        laid on Israel in the wilderness.
+024:010 All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in,
+        and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
+024:011 It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's
+        officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw
+        that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief
+        priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it,
+        and carried it to its place again.  Thus they did day by day,
+        and gathered money in abundance.
+024:012 The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of
+        the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons
+        and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such
+        as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.
+024:013 So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward
+        in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state,
+        and strengthened it.
+024:014 When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money
+        before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels
+        for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister
+        and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver.
+        They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually
+        all the days of Jehoiada.
+024:015 But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died;
+        one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
+024:016 They buried him in the city of David among the kings,
+        because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
+024:017 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah,
+        and made obeisance to the king.  Then the king listened to them.
+024:018 They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
+        and served the Asherim and the idols:  and wrath came on Judah
+        and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
+024:019 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Yahweh;
+        and they testified against them:  but they would not give ear.
+024:020 The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
+        the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them,
+        Thus says God, Why disobey you the commandments of Yahweh,
+        so that you can't prosper? because you have forsaken Yahweh,
+        he has also forsaken you.
+024:021 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at
+        the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
+024:022 Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which
+        Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son.
+        When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
+024:023 It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians
+        came up against him:  and they came to Judah and Jerusalem,
+        and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people,
+        and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
+024:024 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men;
+        and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand,
+        because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
+        So they executed judgment on Joash.
+024:025 When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick),
+        his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons
+        of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died;
+        and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't
+        bury him in the tombs of the kings.
+024:026 These are those who conspired against him:  Zabad the son
+        of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of
+        Shimrith the Moabitess.
+024:027 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens
+        [laid] on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold,
+        they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings.
+        Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
+025:001 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
+        and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
+025:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not
+        with a perfect heart.
+025:003 Now it happened, when the kingdom was established to him,
+        that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
+025:004 But he didn't put their children to death, but did according
+        to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses,
+        as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for
+        the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers;
+        but every man shall die for his own sin.
+025:005 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them
+        according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands
+        and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin:
+        and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward,
+        and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go
+        forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
+025:006 He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out
+        of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
+025:007 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, don't let
+        the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel,
+        [to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.
+025:008 But if you will go, do [valiantly], be strong for the battle:
+        God will cast you down before the enemy; for God has power
+        to help, and to cast down.
+025:009 Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
+        talents which I have given to the army of Israel?  The man
+        of God answered, Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.
+025:010 Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that
+        had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again:
+        therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah,
+        and they returned home in fierce anger.
+025:011 Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went
+        to the Valley of Salt, and struck of the children of
+        Seir ten thousand.
+025:012 [other] ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive,
+        and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from
+        the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
+025:013 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they
+        should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah,
+        from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand,
+        and took much spoil.
+025:014 Now it happened, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter
+        of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children
+        of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself
+        before them, and burned incense to them.
+025:015 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah,
+        and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you
+        sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered
+        their own people out of your hand?
+025:016 It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him,
+        Have we made you of the king's counsel?  Stop!  Why should
+        you be struck down?  Then the prophet stopped, and said,
+        I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you
+        have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
+025:017 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash,
+        the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel,
+        saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
+025:018 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
+        The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
+        in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife:
+        and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon,
+        and trod down the thistle.
+025:019 You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart
+        lifts you up to boast:  abide now at home; why should you
+        meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you,
+        and Judah with you?
+025:020 But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might
+        deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they
+        had sought after the gods of Edom.
+025:021 So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king
+        of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh,
+        which belongs to Judah.
+025:022 Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
+        man to his tent.
+025:023 Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
+        of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought
+        him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from
+        the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
+025:024 [He took] all the gold and silver, and all the vessels
+        that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom,
+        and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also,
+        and returned to Samaria.
+025:025 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
+        of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
+025:026 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold,
+        aren't they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
+025:027 Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following
+        Yahweh they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
+        and he fled to Lachish:  but they sent after him to Lachish,
+        and killed him there.
+025:028 They brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers
+        in the city of Judah.
+026:001 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old,
+        and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
+026:002 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
+        slept with his fathers.
+026:003 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
+026:004 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
+        all that his father Amaziah had done.
+026:005 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah,
+        who had understanding in the vision of God:  and as long
+        as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.
+026:006 He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke
+        down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall
+        of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod,
+        and among the Philistines.
+026:007 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
+        who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
+026:008 The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah:  and his name spread abroad
+        even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceeding strong.
+026:009 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,
+        and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall],
+        and fortified them.
+026:010 He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns,
+        for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain:
+        [and he had] farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains
+        and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.
+026:011 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war
+        by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made
+        by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand
+        of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
+026:012 The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty
+        men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
+026:013 Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven
+        thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power,
+        to help the king against the enemy.
+026:014 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields,
+        and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows,
+        and stones for slinging.
+026:015 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men,
+        to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to
+        shoot arrows and great stones.  His name spread far abroad;
+        for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
+026:016 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that
+        he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God;
+        for he went into the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on
+        the altar of incense.
+026:017 Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty
+        priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men:
+026:018 and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It pertains
+        not to you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but to the priests
+        the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense:
+        go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall
+        it be for your honor from Yahweh God.
+026:019 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had a censer in his hand
+        to burn incense; and while he was angry with the priests,
+        the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests
+        in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense.
+026:020 Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him,
+        and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him
+        out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out,
+        because Yahweh had struck him.
+026:021 Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death,
+        and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut
+        off from the house of Yahweh:  and Jotham his son was over
+        the king's house, judging the people of the land.
+026:022 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah
+        the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
+026:023 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
+        fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings;
+        for they said, He is a leper:  and Jotham his son reigned
+        in his place.
+027:001 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
+027:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
+        according to all that his father Uzziah had done:
+        however he didn't enter into the temple of Yahweh.
+        The people did yet corruptly.
+027:003 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall
+        of Ophel he built much.
+027:004 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah,
+        and in the forests he built castles and towers.
+027:005 He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon,
+        and prevailed against them.  The children of Ammon gave
+        him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten
+        thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley.
+        So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second
+        year also, and in the third.
+027:006 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before
+        Yahweh his God.
+027:007 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars,
+        and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings
+        of Israel and Judah.
+027:008 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign,
+        and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
+027:009 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city
+        of David:  and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
+028:001 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned
+        sixteen years in Jerusalem:  and he didn't do that which was
+        right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;
+028:002 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made
+        also molten images for the Baals.
+028:003 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
+        and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations
+        of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
+028:004 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on
+        the hills, and under every green tree.
+028:005 Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king
+        of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a
+        great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus.
+        He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel,
+        who struck him with a great slaughter.
+028:006 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred
+        twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men;
+        because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
+028:007 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son,
+        and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was
+        next to the king.
+028:008 The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers
+        two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took
+        also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
+028:009 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded:
+        and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said
+        to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand,
+        and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
+028:010 Now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah
+        and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids to you:
+        [but] aren't there even with you trespasses of your own
+        against Yahweh your God?
+028:011 Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you
+        have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath
+        of Yahweh is on you.
+028:012 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah
+        the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth,
+        and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai,
+        stood up against those who came from the war,
+028:013 and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here:
+        for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass
+        against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our
+        trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
+028:014 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before
+        the princes and all the assembly.
+028:015 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took
+        the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were
+        naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them,
+        and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them,
+        and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought
+        them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers:
+        then they returned to Samaria.
+028:016 At that time did king Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria
+        to help him.
+028:017 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah,
+        and carried away captives.
+028:018 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland,
+        and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh,
+        and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns of it,
+        and Timnah with the towns of it, Gimzo also and the towns of it:
+        and they lived there.
+028:019 For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;
+        for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed
+        severely against Yahweh.
+028:020 Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him,
+        but didn't strengthen him.
+028:021 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh,
+        and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave
+        it to the king of Assyria:  but it didn't help him.
+028:022 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh,
+        this same king Ahaz.
+028:023 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him;
+        and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them,
+        [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me.
+        But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
+028:024 Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God,
+        and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut
+        up the doors of the house of Yahweh; and he made him altars
+        in every corner of Jerusalem.
+028:025 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense
+        to other gods, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God
+        of his fathers.
+028:026 Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold,
+        they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
+028:027 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,
+        even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs
+        of the kings of Israel:  and Hezekiah his son reigned
+        in his place.
+029:001 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old;
+        and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem:
+        and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
+029:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to
+        all that David his father had done.
+029:003 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month,
+        opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.
+029:004 He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them
+        together into the broad place on the east,
+029:005 and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves,
+        and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
+029:006 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil
+        in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him,
+        and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh,
+        and turned their backs.
+029:007 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out
+        the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt
+        offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
+029:008 Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem,
+        and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth,
+        to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
+029:009 For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons
+        and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
+029:010 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
+029:011 My sons, don't be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you
+        to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should
+        be his ministers, and burn incense.
+029:012 Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai,
+        and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites;
+        and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah
+        the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son
+        of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
+029:013 and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons
+        of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
+029:014 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons
+        of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
+029:015 They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves,
+        and went in, according to the commandment of the king
+        by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.
+029:016 The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh,
+        to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found
+        in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh.
+        The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
+029:017 Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify,
+        and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh;
+        and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days:
+        and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
+029:018 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [the palace],
+        and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh,
+        and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels of it,
+        and the table of show bread, with all the vessels of it.
+029:019 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast
+        away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified;
+        and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.
+029:020 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes
+        of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.
+029:021 They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs,
+        and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom
+        and for the sanctuary and for Judah.  He commanded the priests
+        the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
+029:022 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood,
+        and sprinkled it on the altar:  and they killed the rams,
+        and sprinkled the blood on the altar:  they killed also the lambs,
+        and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
+029:023 They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before
+        the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
+029:024 and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with
+        their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel;
+        for the king commanded [that] the burnt offering and the sin
+        offering [should be made] for all Israel.
+029:025 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals,
+        with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to
+        the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer,
+        and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh
+        by his prophets.
+029:026 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests
+        with the trumpets.
+029:027 Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar.
+        When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also,
+        and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David
+        king of Israel.
+029:028 All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the
+        trumpeters sounded; all this [continued] until the burnt
+        offering was finished.
+029:029 When they had made an end of offering, the king and all who
+        were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
+029:030 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded
+        the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David,
+        and of Asaph the seer.  They sang praises with gladness,
+        and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
+029:031 Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves
+        to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings
+        into the house of Yahweh.  The assembly brought in sacrifices
+        and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart
+        [brought] burnt offerings.
+029:032 The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought
+        was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs:
+        all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
+029:033 The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and
+        three thousand sheep.
+029:034 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all
+        the burnt offerings:  therefore their brothers the Levites
+        helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests
+        had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright
+        in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
+029:035 Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat
+        of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every
+        burnt offering.  So the service of the house of Yahweh was
+        set in order.
+029:036 Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God
+        had prepared for the people:  for the thing was done suddenly.
+030:001 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also
+        to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house
+        of Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel.
+030:002 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly
+        in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.
+030:003 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests
+        had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had
+        the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
+030:004 The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
+030:005 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout
+        all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come
+        to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem:
+        for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort
+        as it is written.
+030:006 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his
+        princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to
+        the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel,
+        turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
+        that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you
+        out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
+030:007 Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers,
+        who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers,
+        so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
+030:008 Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were;
+        but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary,
+        which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God,
+        that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
+030:009 For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children
+        shall find compassion before those who led them captive,
+        and shall come again into this land:  for Yahweh your God is
+        gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you,
+        if you return to him.
+030:010 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of
+        Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun:  but they ridiculed them,
+        and mocked them.
+030:011 Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
+        humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
+030:012 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart,
+        to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by
+        the word of Yahweh.
+030:013 There assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast
+        of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
+030:014 They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,
+        and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them
+        into the brook Kidron.
+030:015 Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the
+        second month:  and the priests and the Levites were ashamed,
+        and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into
+        the house of Yahweh.
+030:016 They stood in their place after their order, according to the law
+        of Moses the man of God:  the priests sprinkled the blood
+        [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
+030:017 For there were many in the assembly who had not
+        sanctified themselves:  therefore the Levites had the charge
+        of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean,
+        to sanctify them to Yahweh.
+030:018 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim
+        and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves,
+        yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written.
+        For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good
+        Yahweh pardon everyone
+030:019 who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers,
+        though not [cleansed] according to the purification
+        of the sanctuary.
+030:020 Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
+030:021 The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept
+        the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness;
+        and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day,
+        [singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.
+030:022 Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good
+        understanding [in the service] of Yahweh.  So they ate
+        throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices
+        of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God
+        of their fathers.
+030:023 The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days;
+        and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.
+030:024 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings
+        one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes
+        gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep:
+        and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
+030:025 All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites,
+        and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the
+        foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived
+        in Judah, rejoiced.
+030:026 So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time
+        of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not
+        the like in Jerusalem.
+030:027 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people:
+        and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his
+        holy habitation, even to heaven.
+031:001 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went
+        out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars,
+        and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places
+        and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
+        also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all.
+        Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to
+        his possession, into their own cities.
+031:002 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites
+        after their divisions, every man according to his service,
+        both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings
+        and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks,
+        and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
+031:003 [He appointed] also the king's portion of his substance for
+        the burnt offerings, [to wit], for the morning and evening
+        burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths,
+        and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written
+        in the law of Yahweh.
+031:004 Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give
+        the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might
+        give themselves to the law of Yahweh.
+031:005 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel
+        gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine,
+        and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field;
+        and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
+031:006 The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities
+        of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,
+        and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated
+        to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.
+031:007 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,
+        and finished them in the seventh month.
+031:008 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,
+        they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.
+031:009 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites
+        concerning the heaps.
+031:010 Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him
+        and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings
+        into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough,
+        and have left plenty:  for Yahweh has blessed his people;
+        and that which is left is this great store.
+031:011 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh;
+        and they prepared them.
+031:012 They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated
+        things faithfully:  and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler,
+        and Shimei his brother was second.
+031:013 Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,
+        and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,
+        were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother,
+        by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler
+        of the house of God.
+031:014 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east [gate],
+        was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute
+        the offerings of Yahweh, and the most holy things.
+031:015 Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah,
+        and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their
+        office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions,
+        as well to the great as to the small:
+031:016 besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males,
+        from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered
+        into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required,
+        for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
+031:017 and those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests
+        by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years
+        old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;
+031:018 and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones,
+        their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all
+        the congregation:  for in their office of trust they sanctified
+        themselves in holiness.
+031:019 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields
+        of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men
+        who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males
+        among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy
+        among the Levites.
+031:020 Thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he worked that
+        which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.
+031:021 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God,
+        and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God,
+        he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
+032:001 After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king
+        of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against
+        the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
+032:002 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was
+        purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
+032:003 he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop
+        the waters of the springs which were outside of the city;
+        and they helped him.
+032:004 So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped
+        all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst
+        of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come,
+        and find much water?
+032:005 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down,
+        and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside,
+        and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made
+        weapons and shields in abundance.
+032:006 He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
+        together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city,
+        and spoke comfortably to them, saying,
+032:007 Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid nor dismayed for
+        the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him;
+        for there is a greater with us than with him:
+032:008 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God
+        to help us, and to fight our battles.  The people rested
+        themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
+032:009 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants
+        to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power
+        with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah
+        who were at Jerusalem, saying,
+032:010 Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust,
+        that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?
+032:011 Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die
+        by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver
+        us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
+032:012 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars,
+        and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship
+        before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?
+032:013 Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples
+        of the lands?  Were the gods of the nations of the lands
+        in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
+032:014 Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers
+        utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand,
+        that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
+032:015 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade
+        you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god
+        of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people
+        out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers:
+        how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
+032:016 His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against
+        his servant Hezekiah.
+032:017 He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations
+        of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of
+        my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people
+        out of my hand.
+032:018 They cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people
+        of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them,
+        and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
+032:019 They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples
+        of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
+032:020 Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz,
+        prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
+032:021 Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor,
+        and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria.
+        So he returned with shame of face to his own land.
+        When he was come into the house of his god, those who came
+        forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.
+032:022 Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
+        from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from
+        the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
+032:023 Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things
+        to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight
+        of all nations from thenceforth.
+032:024 In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death:  and he prayed
+        to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
+032:025 But Hezekiah didn't render again according to the benefit done to him;
+        for his heart was lifted up:  therefore there was wrath on him,
+        and on Judah and Jerusalem.
+032:026 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,
+        both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath
+        of Yahweh didn't come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
+032:027 Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor:
+        and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold,
+        and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields,
+        and for all manner of goodly vessels;
+032:028 storehouses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil;
+        and stalls for all manner of animals, and flocks in folds.
+032:029 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
+        herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
+032:030 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters
+        of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side
+        of the city of David.  Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
+032:031 However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes
+        of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was
+        done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know
+        all that was in his heart.
+032:032 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds,
+        behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet
+        the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
+032:033 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
+        the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David:  and all Judah
+        and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death.
+        Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
+033:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
+033:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
+        after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out
+        before the children of Israel.
+033:003 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father
+        had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals,
+        and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky,
+        and served them.
+033:004 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said,
+        In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
+033:005 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts
+        of the house of Yahweh.
+033:006 He also made his children to pass through the fire in
+        the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery,
+        and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt
+        with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards:
+        he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
+        him to anger.
+033:007 He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made,
+        in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon
+        his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
+        out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
+033:008 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off
+        the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they
+        will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all
+        the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
+033:009 Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+        so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh
+        destroyed before the children of Israel.
+033:010 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they
+        gave no heed.
+033:011 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army
+        of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains,
+        and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
+033:012 When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled
+        himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
+033:013 He prayed to him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his
+        supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.
+        Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh he was God.
+033:014 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David,
+        on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance
+        at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it],
+        and raised it up to a very great height:  and he put valiant
+        captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
+033:015 He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house
+        of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain
+        of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out
+        of the city.
+033:016 He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices
+        of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah
+        to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+033:017 Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places,
+        but only to Yahweh their God.
+033:018 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God,
+        and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts
+        of the kings of Israel.
+033:019 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all
+        his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built
+        high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images,
+        before he humbled himself:  behold, they are written in
+        the history of Hozai.
+033:020 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his
+        own house:  and Amon his son reigned in his place.
+033:021 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
+033:022 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did
+        Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved
+        images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
+033:023 He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his
+        father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed
+        more and more.
+033:024 His servants conspired against him, and put him to death
+        in his own house.
+033:025 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired
+        against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah
+        his son king in his place.
+034:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
+034:002 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked
+        in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside
+        to the right hand or to the left.
+034:003 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young,
+        he began to seek after the God of David his father;
+        and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem
+        from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images,
+        and the molten images.
+034:004 They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence;
+        and the incense altars that were on high above them he hewed down;
+        and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images,
+        he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it
+        on the graves [of those] who had sacrificed to them.
+034:005 He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged
+        Judah and Jerusalem.
+034:006 [So did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon,
+        even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
+034:007 He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved
+        images into powder, and hewed down all the incense altars
+        throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
+034:008 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged
+        the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah,
+        and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son
+        of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
+034:009 They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money
+        that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites,
+        the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand
+        of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel,
+        and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+034:010 They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the
+        oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored
+        in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
+034:011 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it,
+        to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams
+        for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
+034:012 The men did the work faithfully:  and the overseers of them
+        were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari;
+        and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites,
+        to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were
+        skillful with instruments of music.
+034:013 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set
+        forward all who did the work in every manner of service:
+        and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
+034:014 When they brought out the money that was brought into the house
+        of Yahweh, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law
+        of Yahweh [given] by Moses.
+034:015 Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book
+        of the law in the house of Yahweh.  Hilkiah delivered
+        the book to Shaphan.
+034:016 Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back
+        word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants,
+        they are doing.
+034:017 They have emptied out the money that was found in the house
+        of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers,
+        and into the hand of the workmen.
+034:018 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has
+        delivered me a book.  Shaphan read therein before the king.
+034:019 It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law,
+        that he tore his clothes.
+034:020 The king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
+        and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
+        the king's servant, saying,
+034:021 Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel
+        and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found;
+        for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us,
+        because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh,
+        to do according to all that is written in this book.
+034:022 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded],
+        went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son
+        of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe;
+        (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;)
+        and they spoke to her to that effect.
+034:023 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  Tell you
+        the man who sent you to me,
+034:024 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
+        and on the inhabitants of it, even all the curses that are written
+        in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
+034:025 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods,
+        that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of
+        their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place,
+        and it shall not be quenched.
+034:026 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh,
+        thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel:  As touching the words which you have heard,
+034:027 because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself
+        before God, when you heard his words against this place,
+        and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled yourself
+        before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me;
+        I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
+034:028 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered
+        to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil
+        that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it.
+        They brought back word to the king.
+034:029 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders
+        of Judah and Jerusalem.
+034:030 The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men
+        of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests,
+        and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small:
+        and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
+        the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh.
+034:031 The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh,
+        to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments,
+        and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart,
+        and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant
+        that were written in this book.
+034:032 He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin
+        to stand [to it]. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according
+        to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
+034:033 Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries
+        that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were
+        found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God.
+        All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh,
+        the God of their fathers.
+035:001 Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem:  and they killed
+        the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
+035:002 He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them
+        to the service of the house of Yahweh.
+035:003 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy
+        to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son
+        of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be
+        a burden on your shoulders:  now serve Yahweh your God,
+        and his people Israel.
+035:004 Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your divisions,
+        according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according
+        to the writing of Solomon his son.
+035:005 Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers'
+        houses of your brothers the children of the people,
+        and [let there be for each] a portion of a fathers'
+        house of the Levites.
+035:006 Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for
+        your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.
+035:007 Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock,
+        lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings,
+        to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand,
+        and three thousand bulls:  these were of the king's substance.
+035:008 His princes gave for a freewill offering to the people,
+        to the priests, and to the Levites.  Hilkiah and Zechariah
+        and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests
+        for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred
+        [small livestock], and three hundred oxen.
+035:009 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers,
+        and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites,
+        gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand
+        [small livestock], and five hundred oxen.
+035:010 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in
+        their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to
+        the king's commandment.
+035:011 They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood
+        which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
+035:012 They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them
+        according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children
+        of the people, to offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book
+        of Moses.  So did they with the oxen.
+035:013 They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance:
+        and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons,
+        and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children
+        of the people.
+035:014 Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests,
+        because the priests the sons of Aaron [were busied]
+        in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night:
+        therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests
+        the sons of Aaron.
+035:015 The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,
+        according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman,
+        and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate:
+        they didn't need to depart from their service; for their
+        brothers the Levites prepared for them.
+035:016 So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day,
+        to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar
+        of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
+035:017 The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover
+        at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
+035:018 There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days
+        of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel
+        keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests,
+        and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present,
+        and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+035:019 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
+035:020 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king
+        of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates:
+        and Josiah went out against him.
+035:021 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you,
+        you king of Judah?  [I come] not against you this day,
+        but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded
+        me to make haste:  forbear you from [meddling with] God,
+        who is with me, that he not destroy you.
+035:022 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him,
+        but disguised himself, that he might fight with him,
+        and didn't listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God,
+        and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
+035:023 The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants,
+        Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
+035:024 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in
+        the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem;
+        and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers.
+        All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
+035:025 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah:  and all the singing men
+        and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations
+        to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel:
+        and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
+035:026 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds,
+        according to that which is written in the law of Yahweh,
+035:027 and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written
+        in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
+036:001 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
+        and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
+036:002 Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
+036:003 The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land
+        one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
+036:004 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah
+        and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim.
+        Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
+036:005 Jehoiakim was Twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:  and he did that
+        which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.
+036:006 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound
+        him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
+036:007 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Yahweh
+        to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
+036:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
+        which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are
+        written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah:
+        and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
+036:009 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem:
+        and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
+036:010 At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
+        him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh,
+        and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
+036:011 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
+036:012 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God;
+        he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking]
+        from the mouth of Yahweh.
+036:013 He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made
+        him swear by God:  but he stiffened his neck, and hardened
+        his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+036:014 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people,
+        trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations;
+        and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made
+        holy in Jerusalem.
+036:015 Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers,
+        rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on
+        his people, and on his dwelling place:
+036:016 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,
+        and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose
+        against his people, until there was no remedy.
+036:017 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans,
+        who killed their young men with the sword in the house of
+        their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin,
+        old man or gray-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
+036:018 All the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
+        treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king,
+        and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
+036:019 They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem,
+        and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed
+        all the goodly vessels of it.
+036:020 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon;
+        and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign
+        of the kingdom of Persia:
+036:021 to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah,
+        until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths:  [for] as long as it
+        lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
+036:022 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
+        of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,
+        Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
+        so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
+        and [put it] also in writing, saying,
+036:023 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth
+        has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged
+        me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
+        Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God
+        be with him, and let him go up.
+Book 15 Ezra
+001:001 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
+        of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,
+        Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
+        so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
+        and [put it] also in writing, saying,
+001:002 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth
+        has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged
+        me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
+001:003 Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be
+        with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah,
+        and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God),
+        which is in Jerusalem.
+001:004 Whoever is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men
+        of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,
+        and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house
+        of God which is in Jerusalem.
+001:005 Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin,
+        and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God
+        had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which
+        is in Jerusalem.
+001:006 All those who were round about them strengthened their hands
+        with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals,
+        and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
+001:007 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh,
+        which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem,
+        and had put in the house of his gods;
+001:008 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand
+        of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar,
+        the prince of Judah.
+001:009 This is the number of them:  thirty platters of gold,
+        one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
+001:010 thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four
+        hundred and ten, and other vessels one thousand.
+001:011 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and
+        four hundred.  All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they
+        of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
+002:001 Now these are the children of the province, who went up
+        out of the captivity of those who had been carried away,
+        whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away
+        to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah,
+        everyone to his city;
+002:002 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah,
+        Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.
+        The number of the men of the people of Israel:
+002:003 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
+002:004 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
+002:005 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
+002:006 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab,
+        two thousand eight hundred twelve.
+002:007 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
+002:008 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
+002:009 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
+002:010 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
+002:011 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
+002:012 The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
+002:013 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
+002:014 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
+002:015 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
+002:016 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
+002:017 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
+002:018 The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
+002:019 The children of Hashum, two hundred Twenty-three.
+002:020 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
+002:021 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
+002:022 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
+002:023 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
+002:024 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
+002:025 The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth,
+        seven hundred forty-three.
+002:026 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
+002:027 The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
+002:028 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
+002:029 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
+002:030 The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
+002:031 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
+002:032 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
+002:033 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
+002:034 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
+002:035 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
+002:036 The priests:  the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
+        nine hundred seventy-three.
+002:037 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
+002:038 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
+002:039 The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
+002:040 The Levites:  the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children
+        of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
+002:041 The singers:  the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
+002:042 The children of the porters:  the children of Shallum,
+        the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children
+        of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai,
+        in all one hundred thirty-nine.
+002:043 The Nethinim:  the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
+        the children of Tabbaoth,
+002:044 the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
+002:045 the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah,
+        the children of Akkub,
+002:046 the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
+002:047 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
+002:048 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
+002:049 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
+002:050 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim,
+        the children of Nephisim,
+002:051 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha,
+        the children of Harhur,
+002:052 the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida,
+        the children of Harsha,
+002:053 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
+002:054 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
+002:055 The children of Solomon's servants:  the children of Sotai,
+        the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
+002:056 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon,
+        the children of Giddel,
+002:057 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children
+        of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
+002:058 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants,
+        were three hundred ninety-two.
+002:059 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
+        Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers'
+        houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
+002:060 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
+        of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
+002:061 Of the children of the priests:  the children of Habaiah,
+        the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai,
+        who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite,
+        and was called after their name.
+002:062 These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned
+        by genealogy, but they were not found:  therefore were they
+        deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
+002:063 The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the
+        most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim
+        and with Thummim.
+002:064 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand
+        three hundred sixty,
+002:065 besides their male servants and their female servants,
+        of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven:
+        and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
+002:066 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules,
+        two hundred forty-five;
+002:067 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys,
+        six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
+002:068 Some of the heads of fathers' [houses], when they came to
+        the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly
+        for the house of God to set it up in its place:
+002:069 they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work
+        sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas
+        of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
+002:070 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people,
+        and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim,
+        lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
+003:001 When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel
+        were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together
+        as one man to Jerusalem.
+003:002 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers
+        the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
+        and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel,
+        to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law
+        of Moses the man of God.
+003:003 They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of
+        the peoples of the countries:  and they offered burnt offerings
+        thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
+003:004 They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and [offered]
+        the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance,
+        as the duty of every day required;
+003:005 and afterward the continual burnt offering, and [the offerings]
+        of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Yahweh
+        that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered
+        a freewill offering to Yahweh.
+003:006 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer
+        burnt offerings to Yahweh:  but the foundation of the temple
+        of Yahweh was not yet laid.
+003:007 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters;
+        and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them
+        of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa,
+        according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
+003:008 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God
+        at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel
+        the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
+        and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites,
+        and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem,
+        and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,
+        to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.
+003:009 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and
+        his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight
+        of the workmen in the house of God:  the sons of Henadad,
+        with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
+003:010 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh,
+        they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets,
+        and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh,
+        after the order of David king of Israel.
+003:011 They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh,
+        [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever
+        toward Israel.  All the people shouted with a great shout,
+        when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house
+        of Yahweh was laid.
+003:012 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers'
+        [houses], the old men who had seen the first house,
+        when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes,
+        wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
+003:013 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout
+        of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people;
+        for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was
+        heard afar off.
+004:001 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that
+        the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel;
+004:002 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads
+        of fathers' [houses], and said to them, Let us build with you;
+        for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him
+        since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought
+        us up here.
+004:003 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers'
+        [houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do
+        with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves
+        together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king
+        Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
+004:004 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people
+        of Judah, and troubled them in building,
+004:005 and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose,
+        all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign
+        of Darius king of Persia.
+004:006 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,
+        wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of
+        Judah and Jerusalem.
+004:007 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,
+        and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia;
+        and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character],
+        and set forth in the Syrian [language].
+004:008 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter
+        against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
+004:009 then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe,
+        and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites,
+        and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites,
+        the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites,
+        the Dehaites, the Elamites,
+004:010 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar
+        brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest
+        [of the country] beyond the River, and so forth.
+004:011 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king:
+        Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.
+004:012 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up
+        from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building
+        the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls,
+        and repaired the foundations.
+004:013 Be it known now to the king that if this city is built,
+        and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll,
+        and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
+004:014 Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not
+        appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have
+        we sent and informed the king;
+004:015 that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers:
+        so shall you find in the book of the records, and know that this
+        city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces,
+        and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time;
+        for which cause was this city laid waste.
+004:016 We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the
+        walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion
+        beyond the River.
+004:017 [Then] sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor,
+        and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions
+        who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest [of the country] beyond
+        the River:  Peace, and so forth.
+004:018 The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
+004:019 I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this
+        city of old time has made insurrection against kings,
+        and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
+004:020 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem,
+        who have ruled over all [the country] beyond the River;
+        and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
+004:021 Make you now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this
+        city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.
+004:022 Take heed that you not be slack herein:  why should damage
+        grow to the hurt of the kings?
+004:023 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read
+        before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions,
+        they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them
+        to cease by force and power.
+004:024 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem;
+        and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius
+        king of Persia.
+005:001 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son
+        of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem;
+        in the name of the God of Israel [prophesied they] to them.
+005:002 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua
+        the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God
+        which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets
+        of God, helping them.
+005:003 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond
+        the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said
+        thus to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house,
+        and to finish this wall?
+005:004 Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men
+        were who were making this building.
+005:005 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they
+        did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius,
+        and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
+005:006 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
+        and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites,
+        who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
+005:007 they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus:
+        To Darius the king, all peace.
+005:008 Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah,
+        to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones,
+        and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with
+        diligence and prospers in their hands.
+005:009 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave
+        you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
+005:010 We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might
+        write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
+005:011 Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants
+        of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house
+        that was built these many years ago, which a great king
+        of Israel built and finished.
+005:012 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath,
+        he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
+        the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people
+        away into Babylon.
+005:013 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king
+        made a decree to build this house of God.
+005:014 The gold and silver vessels also of the house of God,
+        which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was
+        in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon,
+        those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon,
+        and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar,
+        whom he had made governor;
+005:015 and he said to him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple
+        that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built
+        in its place.
+005:016 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations
+        of the house of God which is in Jerusalem:  and since that
+        time even until now has it been in building, and yet it
+        is not completed.
+005:017 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search
+        made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon,
+        whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king
+        to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king
+        send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
+006:001 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made
+        in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid
+        up in Babylon.
+006:002 There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province
+        of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:
+006:003 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree:
+        Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built,
+        the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations
+        of it be strongly laid; the height of it sixty cubits,
+        and the breadth of it sixty cubits;
+006:004 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber:
+        and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
+006:005 Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God,
+        which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is
+        at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought
+        again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place;
+        and you shall put them in the house of God.
+006:006 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai,
+        and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River,
+        be you far from there:
+006:007 let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor
+        of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God
+        in its place.
+006:008 Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders
+        of the Jews for the building of this house of God:
+        that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River,
+        expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they
+        be not hindered.
+006:009 That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams,
+        and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven;
+        [also] wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word
+        of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them
+        day by day without fail;
+006:010 that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven,
+        and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
+006:011 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word,
+        let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be
+        lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made
+        a dunghill for this:
+006:012 and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow
+        all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter
+        [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem.
+        I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
+006:013 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai,
+        and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent,
+        did accordingly with all diligence.
+006:014 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying
+        of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.
+        They built and finished it, according to the commandment
+        of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus,
+        and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
+006:015 This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,
+        which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
+006:016 The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest
+        of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this
+        house of God with joy.
+006:017 They offered at the dedication of this house of God one
+        hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
+        and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats,
+        according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
+006:018 They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in
+        their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem;
+        as it is written in the book of Moses.
+006:019 The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth
+        [day] of the first month.
+006:020 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together;
+        all of them were pure:  and they killed the Passover for all
+        the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests,
+        and for themselves.
+006:021 The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity,
+        and all such as had separated themselves to them from
+        the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, ate,
+006:022 and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy:
+        for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart
+        of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands
+        in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
+007:001 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king
+        of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah,
+        the son of Hilkiah,
+007:002 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
+007:003 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
+007:004 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
+007:005 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
+        the son of Aaron the chief priest;
+007:006 this Ezra went up from Babylon:  and he was a ready scribe
+        in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given;
+        and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand
+        of Yahweh his God on him.
+007:007 There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests,
+        and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim,
+        to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
+007:008 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh
+        year of the king.
+007:009 For on the first [day] of the first month began he to go up
+        from Babylon; and on the first [day] of the fifth month came
+        he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
+007:010 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it,
+        and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
+007:011 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave
+        to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words
+        of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:
+007:012 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe
+        of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
+007:013 I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel,
+        and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded
+        of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
+007:014 Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors,
+        to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law
+        of your God which is in your hand,
+007:015 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his
+        counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel,
+        whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
+007:016 and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the
+        province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people,
+        and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their
+        God which is in Jerusalem;
+007:017 therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls,
+        rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings,
+        and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God
+        which is in Jerusalem.
+007:018 Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do
+        with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do you after
+        the will of your God.
+007:019 The vessels that are given you for the service of the house
+        of your God, deliver you before the God of Jerusalem.
+007:020 Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God,
+        which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of
+        the king's treasure house.
+007:021 I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all
+        the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra
+        the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven,
+        shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
+007:022 to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures
+        of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred
+        baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
+007:023 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done
+        exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should
+        there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
+007:024 Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
+        the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house
+        of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom,
+        or toll, on them.
+007:025 You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand,
+        appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people
+        who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God;
+        and teach you him who doesn't know them.
+007:026 Whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king,
+        let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it
+        be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods,
+        or to imprisonment.
+007:027 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such
+        a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house
+        of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;
+007:028 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king,
+        and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes.
+        I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God
+        on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go
+        up with me.
+008:001 Now these are the heads of their fathers' [houses], and this
+        is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon,
+        in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
+008:002 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.  Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.
+        Of the sons of David, Hattush.
+008:003 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah;
+        and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males
+        one hundred fifty.
+008:004 Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah;
+        and with him two hundred males.
+008:005 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him
+        three hundred males.
+008:006 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with
+        him fifty males.
+008:007 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah;
+        and with him seventy males.
+008:008 Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael;
+        and with him eighty males.
+008:009 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him
+        two hundred and eighteen males.
+008:010 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him
+        one hundred sixty males.
+008:011 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with
+        him twenty-eight males.
+008:012 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him
+        one hundred ten males.
+008:013 Of the sons of Adonikam, [who were] the last; and these are
+        their names:  Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with
+        them sixty males.
+008:014 Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
+008:015 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava;
+        and there we encamped three days:  and I viewed the people,
+        and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
+008:016 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,
+        and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah,
+        and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan,
+        who were teachers.
+008:017 I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia;
+        and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [and] his brothers
+        the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring
+        to us ministers for the house of our God.
+008:018 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us
+        a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi,
+        the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and
+        his brothers, eighteen;
+008:019 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
+        his brothers and their sons, twenty;
+008:020 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for
+        the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim:
+        all of them were mentioned by name.
+008:021 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava,
+        that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek
+        of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones,
+        and for all our substance.
+008:022 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers
+        and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way,
+        because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our
+        God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power
+        and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.
+008:023 So we fasted and begged our God for this:  and he was
+        entreated of us.
+008:024 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests,
+        even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
+008:025 and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
+        even the offering for the house of our God, which the king,
+        and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel
+        there present, had offered:
+008:026 I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,
+        and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;
+008:027 and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two
+        vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
+008:028 I said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy;
+        and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh,
+        the God of your fathers.
+008:029 Watch you, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs
+        of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers'
+        [houses] of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the
+        house of Yahweh.
+008:030 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver
+        and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem
+        to the house of our God.
+008:031 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day]
+        of the first month, to go to Jerusalem:  and the hand of our
+        God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy
+        and the bandit by the way.
+008:032 We came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
+008:033 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels
+        were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth
+        the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son
+        of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua,
+        and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
+008:034 the whole by number and by weight:  and all the weight was
+        written at that time.
+008:035 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile,
+        offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls
+        for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs,
+        and twelve male goats for a sin offering:  all this was a burnt
+        offering to Yahweh.
+008:036 They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps,
+        and to the governors beyond the River:  and they furthered
+        the people and the house of God.
+009:001 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me,
+        saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,
+        have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands,
+        [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites,
+        the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites,
+        the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
+009:002 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and
+        for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves
+        with the peoples of the lands:  yes, the hand of the princes
+        and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
+009:003 When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe,
+        and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard,
+        and sat down confounded.
+009:004 Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of
+        the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity;
+        and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
+009:005 At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation,
+        even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees,
+        and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;
+009:006 and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face
+        to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head,
+        and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.
+009:007 Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty
+        to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings,
+        and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings
+        of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder,
+        and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
+009:008 Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh
+        our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us
+        a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes,
+        and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
+009:009 For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us
+        in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us
+        in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving,
+        to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it,
+        and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
+009:010 Now, our God, what shall we say after this? for we have
+        forsaken your commandments,
+009:011 which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying,
+        The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean
+        land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands,
+        through their abominations, which have filled it from one end
+        to another with their filthiness:
+009:012 now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons,
+        neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their
+        peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong,
+        and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance
+        to your children forever.
+009:013 After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our
+        great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less
+        than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
+009:014 shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity
+        with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you
+        be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there
+        should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
+009:015 Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left
+        a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day:  behold, we are
+        before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you
+        because of this.
+010:001 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting
+        himself down before the house of God, there was gathered
+        together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men
+        and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
+010:002 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
+        answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God,
+        and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land:
+        yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
+010:003 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all
+        the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel
+        of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God;
+        and let it be done according to the law.
+010:004 Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you:
+        be of good courage, and do it.
+010:005 Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites,
+        and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word.
+        So they swore.
+010:006 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went
+        into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib:
+        and [when] he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water;
+        for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.
+010:007 They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all
+        the children of the captivity, that they should gather
+        themselves together to Jerusalem;
+010:008 and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to
+        the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance
+        should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly
+        of the captivity.
+010:009 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
+        together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was
+        the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month:
+        and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God,
+        trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
+010:010 Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed,
+        and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
+010:011 Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
+        and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples
+        of the land, and from the foreign women.
+010:012 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you
+        have said concerning us, so must we do.
+010:013 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain,
+        and we are not able to stand outside:  neither is this
+        a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed
+        in this matter.
+010:014 Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let
+        all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women
+        come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city,
+        and the judges of it, until the fierce wrath of our God
+        be turned from us, until this matter be dispatched.
+010:015 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah
+        stood up against this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai
+        the Levite helped them.
+010:016 The children of the captivity did so.  Ezra the priest,
+        [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers'
+        houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart;
+        and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month
+        to examine the matter.
+010:017 They made an end with all the men who had married foreign
+        women by the first day of the first month.
+010:018 Among the sons of the priests there were found who had
+        married foreign women:  [namely], of the sons of Jeshua,
+        the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer,
+        and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
+010:019 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives;
+        and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock
+        for their guilt.
+010:020 Of the sons of Immer:  Hanani and Zebadiah.
+010:021 Of the sons of Harim:  Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
+        and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
+010:022 Of the sons of Pashhur:  Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel,
+        Jozabad, and Elasah.
+010:023 Of the Levites:  Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same
+        is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
+010:024 Of the singers:  Eliashib.  Of the porters:  Shallum, and Telem,
+        and Uri.
+010:025 Of Israel:  Of the sons of Parosh:  Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah,
+        and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
+010:026 Of the sons of Elam:  Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel,
+        and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
+010:027 Of the sons of Zattu:  Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth,
+        and Zabad, and Aziza.
+010:028 Of the sons of Bebai:  Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
+010:029 Of the sons of Bani:  Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,
+        and Sheal, Jeremoth.
+010:030 Of the sons of Pahathmoab:  Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah,
+        Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
+010:031 [of] the sons of Harim:  Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah,
+        Shimeon,
+010:032 Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
+010:033 Of the sons of Hashum:  Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
+        Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
+010:034 Of the sons of Bani:  Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
+010:035 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
+010:036 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
+010:037 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
+010:038 and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
+010:039 and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
+010:040 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
+010:041 Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
+010:042 Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
+010:043 Of the sons of Nebo:  Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo,
+        and Joel, Benaiah.
+010:044 All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives
+        by whom they had children.
+Book 16 Nehemiah
+001:001 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.  Now it happened
+        in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in
+        Shushan the palace,
+001:002 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out
+        of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped,
+        who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
+001:003 They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity
+        there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
+        the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates
+        of it are burned with fire.
+001:004 It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept,
+        and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before
+        the God of heaven,
+001:005 and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great
+        and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness
+        with those who love him and keep his commandments:
+001:006 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may
+        listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you
+        at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your
+        servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel,
+        which we have sinned against you.  Yes, I and my father's
+        house have sinned:
+001:007 we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept
+        the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances,
+        which you commanded your servant Moses.
+001:008 Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your
+        servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you
+        abroad among the peoples:
+001:009 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them,
+        though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens,
+        yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to
+        the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
+001:010 Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have
+        redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
+001:011 Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer
+        of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants,
+        who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant
+        this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.
+        Now I was cup bearer to the king.
+002:001 It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes
+        the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine,
+        and gave it to the king.  Now I had not been [before] sad
+        in his presence.
+002:002 The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you
+        are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.
+        Then I was very sore afraid.
+002:003 I said to the king, Let the king live forever:  why should
+        not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'
+        tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
+002:004 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request?
+        So I prayed to the God of heaven.
+002:005 I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant
+        have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah,
+        to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.
+002:006 The king said to me (the queen also sitting by him),
+        For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return?
+        So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
+002:007 Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king,
+        let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River,
+        that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
+002:008 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest,
+        that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates
+        of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall
+        of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.
+        The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
+002:009 Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them
+        the king's letters.  Now the king had sent with me captains
+        of the army and horsemen.
+002:010 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
+        heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had
+        come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
+002:011 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
+002:012 I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told
+        I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem;
+        neither was there any animal with me, except the animal
+        that I rode on.
+002:013 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward
+        the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls
+        of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it
+        were consumed with fire.
+002:014 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool:
+        but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
+002:015 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall;
+        and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate,
+        and so returned.
+002:016 The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did;
+        neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests,
+        nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who
+        did the work.
+002:017 Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in,
+        how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned
+        with fire:  come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,
+        that we be no more a reproach.
+002:018 I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me,
+        as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me.
+        They said, Let us rise up and build.  So they strengthened
+        their hands for the good [work].
+002:019 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,
+        the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us,
+        and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do?
+        will you rebel against the king?
+002:020 Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven,
+        he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build:
+        but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
+003:001 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers
+        the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it,
+        and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they
+        sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
+003:002 Next to him built the men of Jericho.  Next to them built
+        Zaccur the son of Imri.
+003:003 The fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid
+        the beams of it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it,
+        and the bars of it.
+003:004 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
+        Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son
+        of Meshezabel.  Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
+003:005 Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't
+        put their necks to the work of their lord.
+003:006 The old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam
+        the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams of it, and set up
+        the doors of it, and the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
+003:007 Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
+        the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah,
+        [that appertained] to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
+003:008 Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths.
+        Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they
+        fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.
+003:009 Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
+        of half the district of Jerusalem.
+003:010 Next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against
+        his house.  Next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
+003:011 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab,
+        repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
+003:012 Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler
+        of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
+003:013 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
+        they built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it,
+        and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of the wall
+        to the dung gate.
+003:014 The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler
+        of the district of Beth Haccherem; he built it, and set up
+        the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
+003:015 The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler
+        of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,
+        and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it,
+        and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden,
+        even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
+003:016 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half
+        the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs
+        of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house
+        of the mighty men.
+003:017 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani.
+        Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district
+        of Keilah, for his district.
+003:018 After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad,
+        the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
+003:019 Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
+        another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at
+        the turning [of the wall].
+003:020 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired
+        another portion, from the turning [of the wall] to the door
+        of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
+003:021 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz
+        another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib
+        even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
+003:022 After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
+003:023 After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house.
+        After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son
+        of Ananiah beside his own house.
+003:024 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion,
+        from the house of Azariah to the turning [of the wall],
+        and to the corner.
+003:025 Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning
+        [of the wall], and the tower that stands out from the upper
+        house of the king, which is by the court of the guard.
+        After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [repaired].
+003:026 (Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against
+        the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
+003:027 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against
+        the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
+003:028 Above the horse gate repaired the priests, everyone over
+        against his own house.
+003:029 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his
+        own house.  After him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah,
+        the keeper of the east gate.
+003:030 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun
+        the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion.  After him repaired
+        Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
+003:031 After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house
+        of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate
+        of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
+003:032 Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired
+        the goldsmiths and the merchants.
+004:001 But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were
+        building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation,
+        and mocked the Jews.
+004:002 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said,
+        What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves?
+        will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day?
+        will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish,
+        seeing they are burned?
+004:003 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that
+        which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break
+        down their stone wall.
+004:004 Hear, our God; for we are despised:  and turn back their
+        reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil
+        in a land of captivity;
+004:005 and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be
+        blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you]
+        to anger before the builders.
+004:006 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together
+        to half [the height] of it:  for the people had a mind to work.
+004:007 But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians,
+        the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing
+        of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches
+        began to be stopped, then they were very angry;
+004:008 and they conspired all of them together to come and fight
+        against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
+004:009 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them
+        day and night, because of them.
+004:010 Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
+        and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to
+        build the wall.
+004:011 Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see,
+        until we come into the midst of them, and kill them,
+        and cause the work to cease.
+004:012 It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said
+        to us ten times from all places, You must return to us.
+004:013 Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall,
+        in the open places, I set [there] the people after their
+        families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
+004:014 I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers,
+        and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them:
+        remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight
+        for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives,
+        and your houses.
+004:015 It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us,
+        and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned
+        all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.
+004:016 It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked
+        in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields,
+        and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind
+        all the house of Judah.
+004:017 They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves;
+        everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with
+        the other held his weapon;
+004:018 and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side,
+        and so built.  He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
+004:019 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people,
+        The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall,
+        one far from another:
+004:020 in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you
+        there to us; our God will fight for us.
+004:021 So we worked in the work:  and half of them held the spears
+        from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
+004:022 Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone
+        with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night
+        they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
+004:023 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men
+        of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes,
+        everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
+005:001 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives
+        against their brothers the Jews.
+005:002 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many:
+        let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
+005:003 Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields,
+        and our vineyards, and our houses:  let us get grain,
+        because of the dearth.
+005:004 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
+        tribute [on] our fields and our vineyards.
+005:005 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children
+        as their children:  and behold, we bring into bondage our sons
+        and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters
+        are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power
+        to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
+005:006 I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
+005:007 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
+        and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of
+        his brother.  I held a great assembly against them.
+005:008 I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers
+        the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you
+        even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?
+        Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
+005:009 Also I said, The thing that you do is not good:  ought you
+        not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach
+        of the nations our enemies?
+005:010 I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money
+        and grain.  Please let us leave off this usury.
+005:011 Please restore to them, even this day, their fields,
+        their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses,
+        also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain,
+        the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.
+005:012 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require
+        nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say.
+        Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them,
+        that they would do according to this promise.
+005:013 Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man
+        from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform
+        this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.
+        All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
+        The people did according to this promise.
+005:014 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
+        governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year
+        even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king,
+        [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten
+        the bread of the governor.
+005:015 But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to
+        the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels
+        of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people:
+        but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
+005:016 Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought
+        we any land:  and all my servants were gathered there
+        to the work.
+005:017 Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers,
+        one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among
+        the nations that were round about us.
+005:018 Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox
+        and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me,
+        and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine:
+        yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor,
+        because the bondage was heavy on this people.
+005:019 Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done
+        for this people.
+006:001 Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah,
+        and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I
+        had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein;
+        (though even to that time I had not set up the doors
+        in the gates;)
+006:002 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us
+        meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono.
+        But they thought to do me mischief.
+006:003 I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work,
+        so that I can't come down:  why should the work cease,
+        while I leave it, and come down to you?
+006:004 They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered
+        them after the same manner.
+006:005 Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth
+        time with an open letter in his hand,
+006:006 in which was written, It is reported among the nations,
+        and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel;
+        for which cause you are building the wall:  and you would
+        be their king, according to these words.
+006:007 You have also appointed prophets to preach of you
+        at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah:  and now
+        shall it be reported to the king according to these words.
+        Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
+006:008 Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done
+        as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.
+006:009 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands
+        shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done.
+        But now, [God], strengthen you my hands.
+006:010 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son
+        of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet
+        together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us
+        shut the doors of the temple:  for they will come to kill you;
+        yes, in the night will they come to kill you.
+006:011 I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that,
+        being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life?
+        I will not go in.
+006:012 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced
+        this prophecy against me:  and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
+006:013 For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so,
+        and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report,
+        that they might reproach me.
+006:014 Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works,
+        and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,
+        that would have put me in fear.
+006:015 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the
+        month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
+006:016 It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all
+        the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast
+        down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work
+        was worked of our God.
+006:017 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters
+        to Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came to them.
+006:018 For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was
+        the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son
+        Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son
+        of Berechiah as wife.
+006:019 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported
+        my words to him.  Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
+007:001 Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,
+        and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
+007:002 that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of
+        the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man,
+        and feared God above many.
+007:003 I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened
+        until the sun be hot; and while they stand [on guard],
+        let them shut the doors, and bar you them:  and appoint watches
+        of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch,
+        and everyone [to be] over against his house.
+007:004 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein,
+        and the houses were not built.
+007:005 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles,
+        and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned
+        by genealogy.  I found the book of the genealogy of those
+        who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
+007:006 These are the children of the province, who went up out
+        of the captivity of those who had been carried away,
+        whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away,
+        and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
+007:007 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
+        Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
+        The number of the men of the people of Israel:
+007:008 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
+007:009 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
+007:010 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
+007:011 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,
+        two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.
+007:012 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
+007:013 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.
+007:014 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
+007:015 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
+007:016 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
+007:017 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
+007:018 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
+007:019 The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
+007:020 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
+007:021 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
+007:022 The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.
+007:023 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
+007:024 The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
+007:025 The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
+007:026 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.
+007:027 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
+007:028 The men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two.
+007:029 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth,
+        seven hundred forty-three.
+007:030 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
+007:031 The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
+007:032 The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
+007:033 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
+007:034 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
+007:035 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
+007:036 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
+007:037 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
+007:038 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.
+007:039 The priests:  The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
+        nine hundred seventy-three.
+007:040 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
+007:041 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
+007:042 The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
+007:043 The Levites:  the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children
+        of Hodevah, seventy-four.
+007:044 The singers:  the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
+007:045 The porters:  the children of Shallum, the children of Ater,
+        the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children
+        of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.
+007:046 The Nethinim:  the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
+        the children of Tabbaoth,
+007:047 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
+007:048 the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba,
+        the children of Salmai,
+007:049 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
+007:050 the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
+007:051 the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.
+007:052 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim,
+        the children of Nephushesim,
+007:053 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha,
+        the children of Harhur,
+007:054 the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida,
+        the children of Harsha,
+007:055 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
+007:056 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
+007:057 The children of Solomon's servants:  the children of Sotai,
+        the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
+007:058 the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
+007:059 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children
+        of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
+007:060 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants,
+        were three hundred ninety-two.
+007:061 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
+        Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers'
+        houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
+007:062 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
+        of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.
+007:063 Of the priests:  the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz,
+        the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters
+        of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
+007:064 These sought their register [among] those who were reckoned
+        by genealogy, but it was not found:  therefore were they
+        deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
+007:065 The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most
+        holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
+007:066 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand
+        three hundred sixty,
+007:067 besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom
+        there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they
+        had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
+007:068 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules,
+        two hundred forty-five;
+007:069 [their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys,
+        six thousand seven hundred twenty.
+007:070 Some from among the heads of fathers' [houses] gave to the work.
+        The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold,
+        fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.
+007:071 Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury
+        of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand
+        two hundred minas of silver.
+007:072 That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand
+        darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver,
+        and sixty-seven priests' garments.
+007:073 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,
+        and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel,
+        lived in their cities.  When the seventh month was come,
+        the children of Israel were in their cities.
+008:001 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into
+        the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke
+        to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses,
+        which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
+008:002 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly,
+        both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding,
+        on the first day of the seventh month.
+008:003 He read therein before the broad place that was before the water
+        gate from early morning until midday, in the presence
+        of the men and the women, and of those who could understand;
+        and the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book
+        of the law.
+008:004 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made
+        for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema,
+        and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand;
+        and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah,
+        and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.
+008:005 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people;
+        (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it,
+        all the people stood up:
+008:006 and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God.  All the people
+        answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands:
+        and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their
+        faces to the ground.
+008:007 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
+        Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah,
+        and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law:
+        and the people [stood] in their place.
+008:008 They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they
+        gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
+008:009 Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe,
+        and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people,
+        This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep.
+        For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
+008:010 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,
+        and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared;
+        for this day is holy to our Lord.  Don't be grieved;
+        for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.
+008:011 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,
+        for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.
+008:012 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink,
+        and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they
+        had understood the words that were declared to them.
+008:013 On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers'
+        [houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites,
+        to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words
+        of the law.
+008:014 They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded
+        by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths
+        in the feast of the seventh month;
+008:015 and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities,
+        and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain, and get
+        olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches,
+        and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths,
+        as it is written.
+008:016 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made
+        themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house,
+        and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God,
+        and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad
+        place of the gate of Ephraim.
+008:017 All the assembly of those who were come again out of the captivity
+        made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua
+        the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so.
+        There was very great gladness.
+008:018 Also day by day, from the first day to the last day,
+        he read in the book of the law of God.  They kept the feast
+        seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly,
+        according to the ordinance.
+009:001 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children
+        of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth,
+        and earth on them.
+009:002 The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners,
+        and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities
+        of their fathers.
+009:003 They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law
+        of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and [another]
+        fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.
+009:004 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua,
+        and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani,
+        and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
+009:005 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah,
+        Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up
+        and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting;
+        and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above
+        all blessing and praise.
+009:006 You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven,
+        the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all
+        things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them,
+        and you preserve them all; and the army of heaven worships you.
+009:007 You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him
+        forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
+009:008 and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with
+        him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite,
+        and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite,
+        to give it to his seed, and have performed your words;
+        for you are righteous.
+009:009 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard
+        their cry by the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds},
+009:010 and shown signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants,
+        and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they
+        dealt proudly against them, and did get you a name, as it
+        is this day.
+009:011 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through
+        the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you
+        did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
+009:012 Moreover in a pillar of cloud you led them by day;
+        and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way
+        in which they should go.
+009:013 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them
+        from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws,
+        good statutes and commandments,
+009:014 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded
+        them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
+009:015 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought
+        forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst,
+        and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land
+        which you had sworn to give them.
+009:016 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck,
+        and didn't listen to your commandments,
+009:017 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders
+        that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their
+        rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage.
+        But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful,
+        slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
+        and didn't forsake them.
+009:018 Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said,
+        This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt, and had
+        committed awful blasphemies;
+009:019 yet you in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them in
+        the wilderness:  the pillar of cloud didn't depart from over
+        them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar
+        of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which
+        they should go.
+009:020 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't
+        withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water
+        for their thirst.
+009:021 Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness,
+        [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old,
+        and their feet didn't swell.
+009:022 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you did allot
+        after their portions:  so they possessed the land of Sihon,
+        even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og
+        king of Bashan.
+009:023 Their children also multiplied you as the stars of the sky,
+        and brought them into the land concerning which you did say
+        to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
+009:024 So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued
+        before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
+        and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples
+        of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
+009:025 They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed
+        houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out,
+        vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance:
+        so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted
+        themselves in your great goodness.
+009:026 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you,
+        and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets
+        that testified against them to turn them again to you,
+        and they committed awful blasphemies.
+009:027 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries,
+        who distressed them:  and in the time of their trouble,
+        when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according
+        to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them
+        out of the hand of their adversaries.
+009:028 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you;
+        therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies,
+        so that they had the dominion over them:  yet when they returned,
+        and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times did
+        you deliver them according to your mercies,
+009:029 and testified against them, that you might bring them again
+        to your law.  Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen
+        to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances,
+        (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew
+        the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
+009:030 Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified
+        against them by your Spirit through your prophets:
+        yet would they not give ear:  therefore gave you them into
+        the hand of the peoples of the lands.
+009:031 Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full
+        end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious
+        and merciful God.
+009:032 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God,
+        who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail
+        seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings,
+        on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets,
+        and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time
+        of the kings of Assyria to this day.
+009:033 However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have
+        dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
+009:034 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
+        kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your
+        testimonies with which you did testify against them.
+009:035 For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your
+        great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and fat
+        land which you gave before them, neither turned they from
+        their wicked works.
+009:036 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you
+        gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good
+        of it, behold, we are servants in it.
+009:037 It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us
+        because of our sins:  also they have power over our bodies,
+        and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are
+        in great distress.
+009:038 Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;
+        and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it.
+010:001 Now those who sealed were:  Nehemiah the governor, the son
+        of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
+010:002 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
+010:003 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
+010:004 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
+010:005 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
+010:006 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
+010:007 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
+010:008 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
+010:009 The Levites:  namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of
+        the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
+010:010 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
+010:011 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
+010:012 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
+010:013 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
+010:014 The chiefs of the people:  Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
+010:015 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
+010:016 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
+010:017 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
+010:018 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
+010:019 Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
+010:020 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
+010:021 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
+010:022 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
+010:023 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
+010:024 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
+010:025 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
+010:026 and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
+010:027 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
+010:028 The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters,
+        the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated
+        themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God,
+        their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who
+        had knowledge, and understanding;
+010:029 They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered
+        into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law,
+        which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe
+        and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his
+        ordinances and his statutes;
+010:030 and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land,
+        nor take their daughters for our sons;
+010:031 and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath
+        day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath,
+        or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year,
+        and the exaction of every debt.
+010:032 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly
+        with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house
+        of our God;
+010:033 for the show bread, and for the continual meal offering,
+        and for the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbaths,
+        for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things,
+        and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel,
+        and for all the work of the house of our God.
+010:034 We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people,
+        for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God,
+        according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed,
+        year by year, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God,
+        as it is written in the law;
+010:035 and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first
+        fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year,
+        to the house of Yahweh;
+010:036 also the firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock,
+        as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds
+        and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God,
+        to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
+010:037 and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough,
+        and our wave offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees,
+        the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of
+        the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites;
+        for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities
+        of our tillage.
+010:038 The priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites,
+        when the Levites take tithes:  and the Levites shall bring up
+        the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers,
+        into the treasure house.
+010:039 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring
+        the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil,
+        to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary,
+        and the priests who minister, and the porters, and the singers:
+        and we will not forsake the house of our God.
+011:001 The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem:  the rest
+        of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell
+        in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
+011:002 The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves
+        to dwell in Jerusalem.
+011:003 Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem:
+        but in the cities of Judah lived everyone in his possession
+        in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites,
+        and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.
+011:004 In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah,
+        and of the children of Benjamin.  Of the children
+        of Judah:  Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah,
+        the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel,
+        of the children of Perez;
+011:005 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh,
+        the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib,
+        the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
+011:006 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred
+        sixty-eight valiant men.
+011:007 These are the sons of Benjamin:  Sallu the son of Meshullam,
+        the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah,
+        the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.
+011:008 After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
+011:009 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son
+        of Hassenuah was second over the city.
+011:010 Of the priests:  Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
+011:011 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son
+        of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler
+        of the house of God,
+011:012 and their brothers who did the work of the house,
+        eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham,
+        the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah,
+        the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
+011:013 and his brothers, chiefs of fathers' [houses], two hundred forty-two;
+        and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son
+        of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
+011:014 and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight;
+        and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
+011:015 Of the Levites:  Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,
+        the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
+011:016 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites,
+        who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
+011:017 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
+        who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer,
+        and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son
+        of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
+011:018 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
+011:019 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers,
+        who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
+011:020 The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all
+        the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
+011:021 But the Nethinim lived in Ophel:  and Ziha and Gishpa were
+        over the Nethinim.
+011:022 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son
+        of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son
+        of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business
+        of the house of God.
+011:023 For there was a commandment from the king concerning them,
+        and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
+011:024 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah
+        the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters
+        concerning the people.
+011:025 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children
+        of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and the towns of it, and in Dibon
+        and the towns of it, and in Jekabzeel and the villages of it,
+011:026 and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth Pelet,
+011:027 and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and the towns of it,
+011:028 and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
+011:029 and in En Rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
+011:030 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields of it,
+        Azekah and the towns of it.  So they encamped from Beersheba
+        to the valley of Hinnom.
+011:031 The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward],
+        at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,
+011:032 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
+011:033 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
+011:034 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
+011:035 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
+011:036 Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
+012:001 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel
+        the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:  Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
+012:002 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
+012:003 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
+012:004 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
+012:005 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
+012:006 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
+012:007 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.  These were the chiefs of
+        the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
+012:008 Moreover the Levites:  Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
+        [and] Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving,
+        he and his brothers.
+012:009 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them
+        according to their offices.
+012:010 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father
+        of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
+012:011 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became
+        the father of Jaddua.
+012:012 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers'
+        [houses]: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
+012:013 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
+012:014 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
+012:015 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
+012:016 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
+012:017 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
+012:018 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
+012:019 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
+012:020 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
+012:021 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
+012:022 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan,
+        and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers' [houses];
+        also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
+012:023 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' [houses], were written
+        in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan
+        the son of Eliashib.
+012:024 The chiefs of the Levites:  Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua
+        the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them,
+        to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment
+        of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
+012:025 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
+        were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
+012:026 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua,
+        the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor,
+        and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
+012:027 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought
+        the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem,
+        to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks,
+        and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments,
+        and with harps.
+012:028 The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out
+        of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages
+        of the Netophathites;
+012:029 also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth:
+        for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
+012:030 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they
+        purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
+012:031 Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed
+        two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession.
+        [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
+012:032 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
+012:033 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
+012:034 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
+012:035 and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets:
+        Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah,
+        the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur,
+        the son of Asaph;
+012:036 and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
+        Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments
+        of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
+012:037 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up
+        by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall,
+        above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
+012:038 The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them,
+        and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall,
+        above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,
+012:039 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the
+        fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah,
+        even to the sheep gate:  and they stood still in the gate
+        of the guard.
+012:040 So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house
+        of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
+012:041 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai,
+        Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
+012:042 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan,
+        and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.  The singers sang loud,
+        with Jezrahiah their overseer.
+012:043 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced;
+        for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women
+        also and the children rejoiced:  so that the joy of Jerusalem
+        was heard even afar off.
+012:044 On that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures,
+        for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes,
+        to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities,
+        the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites:
+        for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.
+012:045 They kept the charge of their God, and the charge of
+        the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters,
+        according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
+012:046 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief
+        of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
+012:047 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days
+        of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters,
+        as every day required:  and they set apart [that which was]
+        for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was]
+        for the sons of Aaron.
+013:001 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience
+        of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite
+        and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
+013:002 because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread
+        and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them:
+        however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
+013:003 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
+        separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
+013:004 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over
+        the chambers of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
+013:005 had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid
+        the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels,
+        and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
+        which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers,
+        and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
+013:006 But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and
+        thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king:
+        and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
+013:007 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib
+        had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts
+        of the house of God.
+013:008 It grieved me sore:  therefore I cast forth all the household
+        stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
+013:009 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers:
+        and there brought I again the vessels of the house of God,
+        with the meal offerings and the frankincense.
+013:010 I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them;
+        so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work,
+        were fled everyone to his field.
+013:011 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house
+        of God forsaken?  I gathered them together, and set them
+        in their place.
+013:012 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine
+        and the oil to the treasuries.
+013:013 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,
+        and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah:  and next
+        to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah;
+        for they were counted faithful, and their business was to
+        distribute to their brothers.
+013:014 Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don't wipe out
+        my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God,
+        and for the observances of it.
+013:015 In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on
+        the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading donkeys [therewith];
+        as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens,
+        which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day:
+        and I testified [against them] in the day in which they sold food.
+013:016 There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish,
+        and all manner of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children
+        of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
+013:017 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them,
+        What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
+013:018 Didn't your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all
+        this evil on us, and on this city? yet you bring more wrath
+        on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
+013:019 It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark
+        before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut,
+        and commanded that they should not be opened until after
+        the Sabbath:  and some of my servants set I over the gates,
+        that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
+013:020 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged
+        outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
+013:021 Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge you
+        about the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you.
+        From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.
+013:022 I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves,
+        and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify
+        the Sabbath day.  Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare
+        me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
+013:023 In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod,
+        of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
+013:024 and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod,
+        and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according
+        to the language of each people.
+013:025 I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain
+        of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear
+        by God, [saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons,
+        nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
+013:026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet
+        among many nations was there no king like him, and he was
+        beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel:
+        nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
+013:027 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil,
+        to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
+013:028 One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
+        was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite:  therefore I chased
+        him from me.
+013:029 Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood,
+        and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
+013:030 Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges
+        for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
+013:031 and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
+        first fruits.  Remember me, my God, for good.
+Book 17 Esther
+001:001 Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus
+        who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one
+        hundred twenty-seven provinces),
+001:002 that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne
+        of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
+001:003 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his
+        princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media,
+        the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
+001:004 He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor
+        of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
+001:005 When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day
+        feast for all the people who were present in Shushan
+        the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden
+        of the king's palace.
+001:006 There were hangings of white, green, and blue material,
+        fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings
+        and marble pillars.  The couches were of gold and silver,
+        on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
+001:007 They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds,
+        including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty
+        of the king.
+001:008 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory;
+        for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house,
+        that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
+001:009 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal
+        house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
+001:010 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry
+        with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha,
+        and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served
+        in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
+001:011 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown,
+        to show the people and the princes her beauty;
+        for she was beautiful.
+001:012 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment
+        by the eunuchs.  Therefore the king was very angry, and his
+        anger burned in him.
+001:013 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times,
+        (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew
+        law and judgment;
+001:014 and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,
+        Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media,
+        who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
+001:015 "What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law,
+        because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus
+        by the eunuchs?"
+001:016 Memucan answered before the king and the princes,
+        "Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king,
+        but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are
+        in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.
+001:017 For this deed of the queen will become known to all women,
+        causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it
+        is reported, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen
+        to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.'
+001:018 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard
+        of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes.
+        This will cause much contempt and wrath.
+001:019 If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him,
+        and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,
+        so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again
+        come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal
+        estate to another who is better than she.
+001:020 When the king's decree which he shall make is published
+        throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives
+        will give their husbands honor, both great and small."
+001:021 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king
+        did according to the word of Memucan:
+001:022 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every
+        province according to its writing, and to every people
+        in their language, that every man should rule his own house,
+        speaking in the language of his own people.
+002:001 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified,
+        he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was
+        decreed against her.
+002:002 Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful
+        young virgins be sought for the king.
+002:003 Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom,
+        that they may gather together all the beautiful young
+        virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women's house,
+        to the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women.
+        Let cosmetics be given them;
+002:004 and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti."
+        The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
+002:005 There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name
+        was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son
+        of Kish, a Benjamite,
+002:006 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives
+        who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,
+        whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
+002:007 He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter;
+        for she had neither father nor mother.  The maiden was fair
+        and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead,
+        Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
+002:008 So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree
+        was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together
+        to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther
+        was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai,
+        keeper of the women.
+002:009 The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him.
+        He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food,
+        and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out
+        of the king's house.  He moved her and her maidens to the best
+        place in the women's house.
+002:010 Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives,
+        because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not
+        make it known.
+002:011 Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house,
+        to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.
+002:012 Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after
+        her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of
+        their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh,
+        and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations
+        for beautifying women).
+002:013 The young woman then came to the king like this:  whatever she
+        desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house
+        to the king's house.
+002:014 In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned
+        into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz,
+        the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines.  She came
+        in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her,
+        and she was called by name.
+002:015 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle
+        of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to
+        the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch,
+        the keeper of the women, advised.  Esther obtained favor
+        in the sight of all those who looked at her.
+002:016 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house
+        in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh
+        year of his reign.
+002:017 The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained
+        favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins;
+        so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen
+        instead of Vashti.
+002:018 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants,
+        even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces,
+        and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.
+002:019 When the virgins were gathered together the second time,
+        Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
+002:020 Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people,
+        as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai,
+        like she did when she was brought up by him.
+002:021 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate,
+        two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers,
+        were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
+002:022 This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen;
+        and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.
+002:023 When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so,
+        they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book
+        of the chronicles in the king's presence.
+003:001 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son
+        of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat
+        above all the princes who were with him.
+003:002 All the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed down,
+        and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded
+        concerning him.  But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay him homage.
+003:003 Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate,
+        said to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's commandment?"
+003:004 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't
+        listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's
+        reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
+003:005 When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor pay him homage,
+        Haman was full of wrath.
+003:006 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone,
+        for they had made known to him Mordecai's people.
+        Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout
+        the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people.
+003:007 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth
+        year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot,
+        before Haman from day to day, and from month to month,
+        and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
+003:008 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people
+        scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all
+        the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different
+        than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws.
+        Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.
+003:009 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed;
+        and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands
+        of those who are in charge of the king's business, to bring
+        it into the king's treasuries."
+003:010 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman
+        the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
+003:011 The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you,
+        the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
+003:012 Then the king's scribes were called in on the first month,
+        on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded
+        was written to the king's satraps, and to the governors who
+        were over every province, and to the princes of every people,
+        to every province according its writing, and to every people
+        in their language.  It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus,
+        and it was sealed with the king's ring.
+003:013 Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces,
+        to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews,
+        both young and old, little children and women, in one day,
+        even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is
+        the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
+003:014 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given
+        out in every province, was published to all the peoples,
+        that they should be ready against that day.
+003:015 The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment,
+        and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
+        The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of
+        Shushan was perplexed.
+004:001 Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore
+        his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out
+        into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.
+004:002 He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed
+        inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
+004:003 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his
+        decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,
+        and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
+004:004 Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this,
+        and the queen was exceedingly grieved.  She sent clothing
+        to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn't receive it.
+004:005 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs,
+        whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go
+        to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
+004:006 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was
+        before the king's gate.
+004:007 Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact
+        sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's
+        treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
+004:008 He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was
+        given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther,
+        and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king,
+        to make supplication to him, and to make request before him,
+        for her people.
+004:009 Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
+004:010 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
+004:011 "All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces,
+        know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king
+        into the inner court without being called, there is one law
+        for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom
+        the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live.
+        I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days."
+004:012 They told to Mordecai Esther's words.
+004:013 Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, "Don't think
+        to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more
+        than all the Jews.
+004:014 For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance
+        will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your
+        father's house will perish.  Who knows if you haven't come
+        to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
+004:015 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
+004:016 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan,
+        and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days,
+        night or day.  I and my maidens will also fast the same way.
+        Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law;
+        and if I perish, I perish."
+004:017 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther
+        had commanded him.
+005:001 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her
+        royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king's house,
+        next to the king's house.  The king sat on his royal throne
+        in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
+005:002 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court,
+        she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held
+        out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.
+        So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
+005:003 Then the king asked her, "What would you like, queen Esther?  What is
+        your request?  It shall be given you even to the half
+        of the kingdom."
+005:004 Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman
+        come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."
+005:005 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done
+        as Esther has said."  So the king and Haman came to the banquet
+        that Esther had prepared.
+005:006 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, "What is
+        your petition?  It shall be granted you.  What is your request?
+        Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."
+005:007 Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is this.
+005:008 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please
+        the king to grant my petition and to perform my request,
+        let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare
+        for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."
+005:009 Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when
+        Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up
+        nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
+005:010 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home.
+        There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
+005:011 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude
+        of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him,
+        and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants
+        of the king.
+005:012 Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with
+        the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself;
+        and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
+005:013 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai
+        the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
+005:014 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him,
+        "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the
+        morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it.
+        Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet."
+        This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
+006:001 On that night, the king couldn't sleep.  He commanded the book
+        of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read
+        to the king.
+006:002 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana
+        and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers,
+        who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
+006:003 The king said, "What honor and dignity has been bestowed on
+        Mordecai for this?"  Then the king's servants who attended
+        him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
+006:004 The king said, "Who is in the court?"  Now Haman had come into
+        the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about
+        hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
+006:005 The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court."
+        The king said, "Let him come in."
+006:006 So Haman came in.  The king said to him, "What shall
+        be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?"
+        Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would the king delight
+        to honor more than myself?"
+006:007 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
+006:008 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear,
+        and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head
+        of which a crown royal is set.
+006:009 Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand
+        of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may
+        array the man whom the king delights to honor with them,
+        and have him ride on horseback through the city square,
+        and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall it be done to the man
+        whom the king delights to honor!'"
+006:010 Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and
+        the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew,
+        who sits at the king's gate.  Let nothing fail of all that
+        you have spoken."
+006:011 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,
+        and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed
+        before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
+        delights to honor!"
+006:012 Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried
+        to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
+006:013 Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything
+        that had happened to him.  Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife
+        said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall,
+        is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him,
+        but you will surely fall before him."
+006:014 While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came,
+        and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
+007:001 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
+007:002 The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet
+        of wine, "What is your petition, queen Esther?  It shall
+        be granted you.  What is your request?  Even to the half
+        of the kingdom it shall be performed."
+007:003 Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your sight,
+        O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me
+        at my petition, and my people at my request.
+007:004 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,
+        and to perish.  But if we had been sold for bondservants
+        and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary
+        could not have compensated for the king's loss."
+007:005 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, "Who is he,
+        and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?"
+007:006 Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this
+        wicked Haman!"  Then Haman was afraid before the king
+        and the queen.
+007:007 The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went
+        into the palace garden.  Haman stood up to make request
+        for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was
+        evil determined against him by the king.
+007:008 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place
+        of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch
+        where Esther was.  Then the king said, "Will he even assault
+        the queen in front of me in the house?"  As the word went
+        out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
+007:009 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said,
+        "Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has
+        made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing
+        at Haman's house."  The king said, "Hang him on it!"
+007:010 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared
+        for Mordecai.  Then was the king's wrath pacified.
+008:001 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews'
+        enemy, to Esther the queen.  Mordecai came before the king;
+        for Esther had told what he was to her.
+008:002 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,
+        and gave it to Mordecai.  Esther set Mordecai over the
+        house of Haman.
+008:003 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet,
+        and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman
+        the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
+008:004 Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter.
+        So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
+008:005 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor
+        in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am
+        pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters
+        devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote
+        to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
+008:006 For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people?
+        How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"
+008:007 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai
+        the Jew, "See, I have given Esther the house of Haman,
+        and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid
+        his hand on the Jews.
+008:008 Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name,
+        and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is
+        written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring,
+        may not be reversed by any man."
+008:009 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third
+        month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month;
+        and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded
+        to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and
+        princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia,
+        one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according
+        to its writing, and to every people in their language,
+        and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
+008:010 He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with
+        the king's ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback,
+        riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.
+008:011 In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every
+        city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life,
+        to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power
+        of the people and province that would assault them, their little
+        ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
+008:012 on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth
+        day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
+008:013 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given
+        out in every province, was published to all the peoples,
+        that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves
+        on their enemies.
+008:014 So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out,
+        hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment.
+        The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
+008:015 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal
+        clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold,
+        and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa
+        shouted and was glad.
+008:016 The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
+008:017 In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment
+        and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast,
+        and a good day.  Many from among the peoples of the land
+        became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
+009:001 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar,
+        on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's
+        commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution,
+        on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them,
+        (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews
+        conquered those who hated them),
+009:002 the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout
+        all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on
+        those who wanted to harm them.  No one could withstand them,
+        because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.
+009:003 All the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors,
+        and those who did the king's business helped the Jews,
+        because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
+009:004 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went
+        out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew
+        greater and greater.
+009:005 The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword,
+        and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted
+        to those who hated them.
+009:006 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed
+        five hundred men.
+009:007 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
+009:008 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
+009:009 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
+009:010 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy,
+        but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
+009:011 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel
+        of Susa was brought before the king.
+009:012 The king said to Esther the queen, "The Jews have slain
+        and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa,
+        including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in
+        the rest of the king's provinces!  Now what is your petition?
+        It shall be granted you.  What is your further request?
+        It shall be done."
+009:013 Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it be granted
+        to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according
+        to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged
+        on the gallows."
+009:014 The king commanded this to be done.  A decree was given out
+        in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
+009:015 The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together
+        on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed
+        three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand
+        on the spoil.
+009:016 The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves
+        together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies,
+        and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them;
+        but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
+009:017 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar;
+        and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made
+        it a day of feasting and gladness.
+009:018 But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on
+        the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month;
+        and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested,
+        and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
+009:019 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns,
+        make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness
+        and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents
+        of food to one another.
+009:020 Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews
+        who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,
+        both near and far,
+009:021 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth
+        days of the month Adar yearly,
+009:022 as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies,
+        and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness,
+        and from mourning into a good day; that they should make
+        them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents
+        of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
+009:023 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai
+        had written to them;
+009:024 because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy
+        of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them,
+        and had cast "Pur," that is the lot, to consume them,
+        and to destroy them;
+009:025 but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters
+        that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews,
+        should return on his own head, and that he and his sons
+        should be hanged on the gallows.
+009:026 Therefore they called these days "Purim,{Purim is the Hebrew
+        plural for pur, which means lot.}" from the word "Pur."
+        Therefore because of all the words of this letter,
+        and of that which they had seen concerning this matter,
+        and that which had come to them,
+009:027 the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on
+        their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves
+        to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep
+        these two days according to what was written, and according
+        to its appointed time, every year;
+009:028 and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout
+        every generation, every family, every province, and every city;
+        and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews,
+        nor the memory of them perish from their seed.
+009:029 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai
+        the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second
+        letter of Purim.
+009:030 He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven
+        provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of
+        peace and truth,
+009:031 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times,
+        as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed,
+        and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants,
+        in the matter of the fastings and their cry.
+009:032 The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim;
+        and it was written in the book.
+010:001 King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands
+        of the sea.
+010:002 All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account
+        of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him,
+        aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
+        of Media and Persia?
+010:003 For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among
+        the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers,
+        seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to
+        all his descendants.
+Book 18 Job
+001:001 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.
+        That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God,
+        and turned away from evil.
+001:002 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
+001:003 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
+        five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys,
+        and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest
+        of all the children of the east.
+001:004 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on
+        his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters
+        to eat and to drink with them.
+001:005 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course,
+        that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,
+        and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all.
+        For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced
+        God in their hearts."  Thus did Job continually.
+001:006 Now it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present
+        themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
+001:007 Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
+        Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth
+        in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
+001:008 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job?  For there
+        is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man,
+        one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
+001:009 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear
+        God for nothing?
+001:010 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house,
+        and around all that he has, on every side?  You have blessed
+        the work of his hands, and his substance is increased
+        in the land.
+001:011 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has,
+        and he will renounce you to your face."
+001:012 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power.
+        Only on himself don't put forth your hand."  So Satan went
+        forth from the presence of Yahweh.
+001:013 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating
+        and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
+001:014 that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen
+        were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
+001:015 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away.  Yes, they have
+        killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone
+        have escaped to tell you."
+001:016 While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said,
+        "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up
+        the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone
+        have escaped to tell you."
+001:017 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,
+        "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels,
+        and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with
+        the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
+001:018 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said,
+        "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine
+        in their eldest brother's house,
+001:019 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck
+        the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men,
+        and they are dead.  I alone have escaped to tell you."
+001:020 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head,
+        and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
+001:021 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall
+        I return there.  Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.
+        Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
+001:022 In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
+002:001 Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present
+        themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them
+        to present himself before Yahweh.
+002:002 Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
+        Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth
+        in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
+002:003 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?  For there
+        is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man,
+        one who fears God, and turns away from evil.  He still
+        maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him,
+        to ruin him without cause."
+002:004 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin.  Yes, all that
+        a man has he will give for his life.
+002:005 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,
+        and he will renounce you to your face."
+002:006 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand.
+        Only spare his life."
+002:007 So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job
+        with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
+002:008 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with,
+        and he sat among the ashes.
+002:009 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity?
+        Renounce God, and die."
+002:010 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women
+        would speak.  What?  Shall we receive good at the hand of God,
+        and shall we not receive evil?"  In all this Job didn't sin
+        with his lips.
+002:011 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil
+        that had come on him, they each came from his own place:
+        Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite,
+        and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize
+        with him and to comfort him.
+002:012 When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't
+        recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept;
+        and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads
+        toward the sky.
+002:013 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights,
+        and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief
+        was very great.
+003:001 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
+003:002 Job answered:
+003:003 "Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said,
+        'There is a boy conceived.'
+003:004 Let that day be darkness.  Don't let God from above seek for it,
+        neither let the light shine on it.
+003:005 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own.
+        Let a cloud dwell on it.  Let all that makes black
+        the day terrify it.
+003:006 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it.
+        Let it not rejoice among the days of the year.
+        Let it not come into the number of the months.
+003:007 Behold, let that night be barren.  Let no joyful voice come therein.
+003:008 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to
+        rouse up leviathan.
+003:009 Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark.  Let it look
+        for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids
+        of the morning,
+003:010 because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb,
+        nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
+003:011 "Why didn't I die from the womb?  Why didn't I give up the spirit
+        when my mother bore me?
+003:012 Why did the knees receive me?  Or why the breast,
+        that I should suck?
+003:013 For now should I have lain down and been quiet.
+        I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
+003:014 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste
+        places for themselves;
+003:015 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
+003:016 or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants
+        who never saw light.
+003:017 There the wicked cease from troubling.  There the weary
+        are at rest.
+003:018 There the prisoners are at ease together.  They don't hear
+        the voice of the taskmaster.
+003:019 The small and the great are there.  The servant is free
+        from his master.
+003:020 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the
+        bitter in soul,
+003:021 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more
+        than for hidden treasures,
+003:022 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can
+        find the grave?
+003:023 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God
+        has hedged in?
+003:024 For my sighing comes before I eat.  My groanings are poured
+        out like water.
+003:025 For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid
+        of comes to me.
+003:026 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest;
+        but trouble comes."
+004:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
+004:002 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved?
+        But who can withhold himself from speaking?
+004:003 Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened
+        the weak hands.
+004:004 Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made
+        firm the feeble knees.
+004:005 But now it is come to you, and you faint.  It touches you,
+        and you are troubled.
+004:006 Isn't your piety your confidence?  Isn't the integrity of your
+        ways your hope?
+004:007 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent?
+        Or where were the upright cut off?
+004:008 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity,
+        and sow trouble, reap the same.
+004:009 By the breath of God they perish.  By the blast of his anger
+        are they consumed.
+004:010 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
+        the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
+004:011 The old lion perishes for lack of prey.  The cubs of the lioness
+        are scattered abroad.
+004:012 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me.  My ear received
+        a whisper of it.
+004:013 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
+        falls on men,
+004:014 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
+004:015 Then a spirit passed before my face.  The hair of my
+        flesh stood up.
+004:016 It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance.
+        A form was before my eyes.  Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
+004:017 'Shall mortal man be more just than God?  Shall a man be more
+        pure than his Maker?
+004:018 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants.  He charges his
+        angels with error.
+004:019 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation
+        is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
+004:020 Between morning and evening they are destroyed.
+        They perish forever without any regarding it.
+004:021 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them?  They die,
+        and that without wisdom.'
+005:001 "Call now; is there any who will answer you?  To which of the holy
+        ones will you turn?
+005:002 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
+005:003 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I
+        cursed his habitation.
+005:004 His children are far from safety.  They are crushed in the gate.
+        Neither is there any to deliver them,
+005:005 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns.
+        The snare gapes for their substance.
+005:006 For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does
+        trouble spring out of the ground;
+005:007 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
+005:008 "But as for me, I would seek God.  I would commit my cause to God,
+005:009 who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous
+        things without number;
+005:010 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
+005:011 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn
+        are exalted to safety.
+005:012 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands
+        can't perform their enterprise.
+005:013 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel
+        of the cunning is carried headlong.
+005:014 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday
+        as in the night.
+005:015 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy
+        from the hand of the mighty.
+005:016 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
+005:017 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects.  Therefore do
+        not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
+005:018 For he wounds, and binds up.  He injures, and his hands make whole.
+005:019 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall
+        no evil touch you.
+005:020 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power
+        of the sword.
+005:021 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall
+        you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
+005:022 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you
+        be afraid of the animals of the earth.
+005:023 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field.
+        The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
+005:024 You shall know that your tent is in peace.  You shall visit
+        your fold, and shall miss nothing.
+005:025 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring
+        as the grass of the earth.
+005:026 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock
+        of grain comes in its season.
+005:027 Look this, we have searched it, so it is.  Hear it, and know
+        it for your good."
+006:001 Then Job answered,
+006:002 "Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid
+        in the balances!
+006:003 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,
+        therefore have my words been rash.
+006:004 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.  My spirit
+        drinks up their poison.  The terrors of God set themselves
+        in array against me.
+006:005 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?  Or does the ox
+        low over his fodder?
+006:006 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?
+        Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
+006:007 My soul refuses to touch them.  They are as loathsome food to me.
+006:008 "Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing
+        that I long for,
+006:009 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let
+        loose his hand, and cut me off!
+006:010 Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that
+        doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
+006:011 What is my strength, that I should wait?  What is my end,
+        that I should be patient?
+006:012 Is my strength the strength of stones?  Or is my flesh of brass?
+006:013 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven
+        quite from me?
+006:014 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from
+        his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
+006:015 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel
+        of brooks that pass away;
+006:016 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
+006:017 In the dry season, they vanish.  When it is hot, they are
+        consumed out of their place.
+006:018 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside.
+        They go up into the waste, and perish.
+006:019 The caravans of Tema looked.  The companies of Sheba
+        waited for them.
+006:020 They were distressed because they were confident.
+        They came there, and were confounded.
+006:021 For now you are nothing.  You see a terror, and are afraid.
+006:022 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me
+        from your substance?'
+006:023 or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me
+        from the hand of the oppressors?'
+006:024 "Teach me, and I will hold my peace.  Cause me to understand
+        wherein I have erred.
+006:025 How forcible are words of uprightness!  But your reproof,
+        what does it reprove?
+006:026 Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches
+        of one who is desperate are as wind?
+006:027 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make
+        merchandise of your friend.
+006:028 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall
+        not lie to your face.
+006:029 Please return.  Let there be no injustice.  Yes, return again.
+        My cause is righteous.
+006:030 Is there injustice on my tongue?  Can't my taste
+        discern mischievous things?
+007:001 "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth?  Aren't his days
+        like the days of a hired hand?
+007:002 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling
+        who looks for his wages,
+007:003 so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights
+        are appointed to me.
+007:004 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?'
+        I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
+007:005 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust.
+        My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
+007:006 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are
+        spent without hope.
+007:007 Oh remember that my life is a breath.  My eye shall no
+        more see good.
+007:008 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more.
+        Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
+007:009 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes
+        down to Sheol shall come up no more.
+007:010 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place
+        know him any more.
+007:011 "Therefore I will not keep silent.  I will speak in the anguish
+        of my spirit.  I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
+007:012 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
+007:013 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me.  My couch shall
+        ease my complaint;'
+007:014 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
+007:015 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
+007:016 I loathe my life.  I don't want to live forever.
+        Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
+007:017 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set
+        your mind on him,
+007:018 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
+007:019 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone
+        until I swallow down my spittle?
+007:020 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
+        Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am
+        a burden to myself?
+007:021 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
+        For now shall I lie down in the dust.  You will seek me diligently,
+        but I shall not be."
+008:001 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
+008:002 "How long will you speak these things?  Shall the words of your
+        mouth be a mighty wind?
+008:003 Does God pervert justice?  Or does the Almighty
+        pervert righteousness?
+008:004 If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered
+        them into the hand of their disobedience.
+008:005 If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication
+        to the Almighty.
+008:006 If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you,
+        and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
+008:007 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end
+        would greatly increase.
+008:008 "Please inquire of past generations.  Find out about the learning
+        of their fathers.
+008:009 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our
+        days on earth are a shadow.)
+008:010 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out
+        of their heart?
+008:011 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire?  Can the rushes
+        grow without water?
+008:012 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers
+        before any other reed.
+008:013 So are the paths of all who forget God.  The hope of the godless
+        man shall perish,
+008:014 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
+008:015 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand.
+        He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
+008:016 He is green before the sun.  His shoots go forth over his garden.
+008:017 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile.  He sees
+        the place of stones.
+008:018 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him,
+        saying, 'I have not seen you.'
+008:019 Behold, this is the joy of his way:  out of the earth,
+        others shall spring.
+008:020 "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will
+        he uphold the evil-doers.
+008:021 He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
+008:022 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame.
+        The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
+009:001 Then Job answered,
+009:002 "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
+009:003 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him
+        one time in a thousand.
+009:004 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
+        who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
+009:005 He removes the mountains, and they don't know it, when he overturns
+        them in his anger.
+009:006 He shakes the earth out of its place.  Its pillars tremble.
+009:007 He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.
+009:008 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves
+        of the sea.
+009:009 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers
+        of the south.
+009:010 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous
+        things without number.
+009:011 Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him.  He passes on also,
+        but I don't perceive him.
+009:012 Behold, he snatches away.  Who can hinder him?  Who will ask him,
+        'What are you doing?'
+009:013 "God will not withdraw his anger.  The helpers of Rahab
+        stoop under him.
+009:014 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to
+        argue with him?
+009:015 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him.
+        I would make supplication to my judge.
+009:016 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe
+        that he listened to my voice.
+009:017 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my
+        wounds without cause.
+009:018 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills
+        me with bitterness.
+009:019 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty!
+        If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
+009:020 Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me.
+        Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
+009:021 I am blameless.  I don't regard myself.  I despise my life.
+009:022 "It is all the same.  Therefore I say he destroys the blameless
+        and the wicked.
+009:023 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial
+        of the innocent.
+009:024 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
+        He covers the faces of the judges of it.  If not he,
+        then who is it?
+009:025 "Now my days are swifter than a runner.  They flee away,
+        they see no good,
+009:026 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that
+        swoops on the prey.
+009:027 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face,
+        and cheer up;'
+009:028 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not
+        hold me innocent.
+009:029 I shall be condemned.  Why then do I labor in vain?
+009:030 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
+009:031 yet you will plunge me in the ditch.  My own clothes
+        shall abhor me.
+009:032 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
+        that we should come together in judgment.
+009:033 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand
+        on us both.
+009:034 Let him take his rod away from me.  Let his terror not
+        make me afraid;
+009:035 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
+010:001 "My soul is weary of my life.  I will give free course to
+        my complaint.  I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
+010:002 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me.  Show me why you
+        contend with me.
+010:003 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should
+        despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel
+        of the wicked?
+010:004 Do you have eyes of flesh?  Or do you see as man sees?
+010:005 Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,
+010:006 that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
+010:007 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can
+        deliver out of your hand.
+010:008 "'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether,
+        yet you destroy me.
+010:009 Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay.
+        Will you bring me into dust again?
+010:010 Haven't you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
+010:011 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together
+        with bones and sinews.
+010:012 You have granted me life and loving kindness.  Your visitation
+        has preserved my spirit.
+010:013 Yet you hid these things in your heart.  I know that this
+        is with you:
+010:014 if I sin, then you mark me.  You will not acquit me
+        from my iniquity.
+010:015 If I am wicked, woe to me.  If I am righteous, I still shall
+        not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious
+        of my affliction.
+010:016 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.
+        Again you show yourself powerful to me.
+010:017 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation
+        on me.  Changes and warfare are with me.
+010:018 "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb?
+        I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
+010:019 I should have been as though I had not been.  I should have
+        been carried from the womb to the grave.
+010:020 Aren't my days few?  Cease then.  Leave me alone, that I may
+        find a little comfort,
+010:021 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land
+        of darkness and of the shadow of death;
+010:022 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order,
+        where the light is as midnight.'"
+011:001 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
+011:002 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered?  Should a man
+        full of talk be justified?
+011:003 Should your boastings make men hold their peace?
+        When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
+011:004 For you say, 'My doctrine is pure.  I am clean in your eyes.'
+011:005 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
+011:006 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!  For true wisdom
+        has two sides.  Know therefore that God exacts of you less
+        than your iniquity deserves.
+011:007 "Can you fathom the mystery of God?  Or can you probe the limits
+        of the Almighty?
+011:008 They are high as heaven.  What can you do?  They are deeper
+        than Sheol.  What can you know?
+011:009 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
+011:010 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who
+        can oppose him?
+011:011 For he knows false men.  He sees iniquity also, even though
+        he doesn't consider it.
+011:012 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a
+        wild donkey's colt.
+011:013 "If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
+011:014 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.  Don't let
+        unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
+011:015 Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot;
+        Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
+011:016 for you shall forget your misery.  You shall remember it
+        as waters that are passed away.
+011:017 Life shall be clearer than the noonday.  Though there is darkness,
+        it shall be as the morning.
+011:018 You shall be secure, because there is hope.  Yes, you shall search,
+        and shall take your rest in safety.
+011:019 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid.
+        Yes, many shall court your favor.
+011:020 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail.  They shall have no way
+        to flee.  Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
+012:001 Then Job answered,
+012:002 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
+012:003 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you.
+        Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
+012:004 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God,
+        and he answered.  The just, the blameless man is a joke.
+012:005 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt
+        for misfortune.  It is ready for them whose foot slips.
+012:006 The tents of robbers prosper.  Those who provoke God are secure,
+        who carry their God in their hands.
+012:007 "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you;
+        the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
+012:008 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you.  The fish
+        of the sea shall declare to you.
+012:009 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh
+        has done this,
+012:010 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath
+        of all mankind?
+012:011 Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
+012:012 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
+012:013 "With God is wisdom and might.  He has counsel and understanding.
+012:014 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again.
+        He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
+012:015 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.  Again, he sends
+        them out, and they overturn the earth.
+012:016 With him is strength and wisdom.  The deceived and the
+        deceiver are his.
+012:017 He leads counselors away stripped.  He makes judges fools.
+012:018 He loosens the bond of kings.  He binds their waist with a belt.
+012:019 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
+012:020 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away
+        the understanding of the elders.
+012:021 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
+012:022 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light
+        the shadow of death.
+012:023 He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
+        He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
+012:024 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people
+        of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness
+        where there is no way.
+012:025 They grope in the dark without light.  He makes them stagger
+        like a drunken man.
+013:001 "Behold, my eye has seen all this.  My ear has heard
+        and understood it.
+013:002 What you know, I know also.  I am not inferior to you.
+013:003 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty.  I desire to reason with God.
+013:004 But you are forgers of lies.  You are all physicians of no value.
+013:005 Oh that you would be completely silent!  Then you would be wise.
+013:006 Hear now my reasoning.  Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
+013:007 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
+013:008 Will you show partiality to him?  Will you contend for God?
+013:009 Is it good that he should search you out?  Or as one deceives
+        a man, will you deceive him?
+013:010 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
+013:011 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
+013:012 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses
+        are defenses of clay.
+013:013 "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak.  Let come on
+        me what will.
+013:014 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life
+        in my hand?
+013:015 Behold, he will kill me.  I have no hope.  Nevertheless, I will
+        maintain my ways before him.
+013:016 This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall
+        not come before him.
+013:017 Hear diligently my speech.  Let my declaration be in your ears.
+013:018 See now, I have set my cause in order.  I know that I am righteous.
+013:019 Who is he who will contend with me?  For then would I hold
+        my peace and give up the spirit.
+013:020 "Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself
+        from your face:
+013:021 withdraw your hand far from me; and don't let your terror
+        make me afraid.
+013:022 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.
+013:023 How many are my iniquities and sins?  Make me know my disobedience
+        and my sin.
+013:024 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
+013:025 Will you harass a driven leaf?  Will you pursue the dry stubble?
+013:026 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit
+        the iniquities of my youth:
+013:027 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths.
+        You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
+013:028 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment
+        that is moth-eaten.
+014:001 "Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
+014:002 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down.  He also flees
+        like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
+014:003 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into
+        judgment with you?
+014:004 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?  Not one.
+014:005 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is
+        with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
+014:006 Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish,
+        as a hireling, his day.
+014:007 "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will
+        sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
+014:008 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies
+        in the ground,
+014:009 yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth
+        boughs like a plant.
+014:010 But man dies, and is laid low.  Yes, man gives up the spirit,
+        and where is he?
+014:011 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,
+014:012 so man lies down and doesn't rise.  Until the heavens are no more,
+        they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
+014:013 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret,
+        until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time,
+        and remember me!
+014:014 If a man dies, shall he live again?  All the days of my warfare
+        would I wait, until my release should come.
+014:015 You would call, and I would answer you.  You would have a desire
+        to the work of your hands.
+014:016 But now you number my steps.  Don't you watch over my sin?
+014:017 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag.  You fasten up my iniquity.
+014:018 "But the mountain falling comes to nothing.  The rock is removed
+        out of its place;
+014:019 The waters wear the stones.  The torrents of it wash away
+        the dust of the earth.  So you destroy the hope of man.
+014:020 You forever prevail against him, and he departs.
+        You change his face, and send him away.
+014:021 His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it.
+        They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them.
+014:022 But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."
+015:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
+015:002 "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself
+        with the east wind?
+015:003 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches
+        with which he can do no good?
+015:004 Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
+015:005 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language
+        of the crafty.
+015:006 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips
+        testify against you.
+015:007 "Are you the first man who was born?  Or were you brought
+        forth before the hills?
+015:008 Have you heard the secret counsel of God?  Do you limit
+        wisdom to yourself?
+015:009 What do you know, that we don't know?  What do you understand,
+        which is not in us?
+015:010 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men,
+        much elder than your father.
+015:011 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word
+        that is gentle toward you?
+015:012 Why does your heart carry you away?  Why do your eyes flash,
+015:013 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go
+        out of your mouth?
+015:014 What is man, that he should be clean?  What is he who is born
+        of a woman, that he should be righteous?
+015:015 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.  Yes, the heavens
+        are not clean in his sight;
+015:016 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks
+        iniquity like water!
+015:017 "I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen
+        I will declare:
+015:018 (Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
+015:019 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
+015:020 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number
+        of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
+015:021 A sound of terrors is in his ears.  In prosperity the destroyer
+        shall come on him.
+015:022 He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness.
+        He is waited for by the sword.
+015:023 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?'
+        He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
+015:024 Distress and anguish make him afraid.  They prevail against him,
+        as a king ready to the battle.
+015:025 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves
+        himself proudly against the Almighty;
+015:026 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields
+        of his bucklers;
+015:027 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered
+        fat on his thighs.
+015:028 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited,
+        which were ready to become heaps.
+015:029 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
+        neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
+015:030 He shall not depart out of darkness.  The flame shall dry up
+        his branches.  By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
+015:031 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness
+        shall be his reward.
+015:032 It shall be accomplished before his time.  His branch shall
+        not be green.
+015:033 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall
+        cast off his flower as the olive tree.
+015:034 For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall
+        consume the tents of bribery.
+015:035 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
+        Their heart prepares deceit."
+016:001 Then Job answered,
+016:002 "I have heard many such things.  You are all miserable comforters!
+016:003 Shall vain words have an end?  Or what provokes you that you answer?
+016:004 I also could speak as you do.  If your soul were in my
+        soul's place, I could join words together against you,
+        and shake my head at you,
+016:005 but I would strengthen you with my mouth.  The solace of my
+        lips would relieve you.
+016:006 "Though I speak, my grief is not subsided.  Though I forbear,
+        what am I eased?
+016:007 But now, God, you have surely worn me out.  You have made
+        desolate all my company.
+016:008 You have shriveled me up.  This is a witness against me.
+        My leanness rises up against me.  It testifies to my face.
+016:009 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me.
+        He has gnashed on me with his teeth.  My adversary sharpens
+        his eyes on me.
+016:010 They have gaped on me with their mouth.  They have struck
+        me on the cheek reproachfully.  They gather themselves
+        together against me.
+016:011 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands
+        of the wicked.
+016:012 I was at ease, and he broke me apart.  Yes, he has taken me
+        by the neck, and dashed me to pieces.  He has also set me up
+        for his target.
+016:013 His archers surround me.  He splits my kidneys apart,
+        and does not spare.  He pours out my gall on the ground.
+016:014 He breaks me with breach on breach.  He runs on me like a giant.
+016:015 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn
+        in the dust.
+016:016 My face is red with weeping.  Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
+016:017 Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
+016:018 "Earth, don't cover my blood.  Let my cry have no place to rest.
+016:019 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven.  He who vouches
+        for me is on high.
+016:020 My friends scoff at me.  My eyes pour out tears to God,
+016:021 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son
+        of man with his neighbor!
+016:022 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from whence
+        I shall not return.
+017:001 "My spirit is consumed.  My days are extinct, And the grave
+        is ready for me.
+017:002 Surely there are mockers with me.  My eye dwells
+        on their provocation.
+017:003 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself.
+        Who is there who will strike hands with me?
+017:004 For you have hidden their heart from understanding,
+        Therefore shall you not exalt them.
+017:005 He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his
+        children shall fail.
+017:006 "But he has made me a byword of the people.  They spit
+        in my face.
+017:007 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow.  All my members are
+        as a shadow.
+017:008 Upright men shall be astonished at this.  The innocent shall
+        stir up himself against the godless.
+017:009 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way.  He who has clean
+        hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
+017:010 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise
+        man among you.
+017:011 My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts
+        of my heart.
+017:012 They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near'
+        in the presence of darkness.
+017:013 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch
+        in the darkness,
+017:014 If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm,
+        'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
+017:015 where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
+017:016 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend
+        together into the dust?"
+018:001 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
+018:002 "How long will you hunt for words?  Consider, and afterwards
+        we will speak.
+018:003 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean
+        in your sight?
+018:004 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken
+        for you?  Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
+018:005 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark
+        of his fire shall not shine.
+018:006 The light shall be dark in his tent.  His lamp above him shall
+        be put out.
+018:007 The steps of his strength shall be shortened.  His own counsel
+        shall cast him down.
+018:008 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders
+        into its mesh.
+018:009 A snare will take him by the heel.  A trap will catch him.
+018:010 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him
+        in the way.
+018:011 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase
+        him at his heels.
+018:012 His strength shall be famished.  Calamity shall be ready
+        at his side.
+018:013 The members of his body shall be devoured.  The firstborn
+        of death shall devour his members.
+018:014 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts.
+        He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
+018:015 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his.
+        Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
+018:016 His roots shall be dried up beneath.  Above shall his branch
+        be cut off.
+018:017 His memory shall perish from the earth.  He shall have no name
+        in the street.
+018:018 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out
+        of the world.
+018:019 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people,
+        nor any remaining where he sojourned.
+018:020 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day,
+        as those who went before were frightened.
+018:021 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.
+        This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
+019:001 Then Job answered,
+019:002 "How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
+019:003 You have reproached me ten times.  You aren't ashamed that
+        you attack me.
+019:004 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
+019:005 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead
+        against me my reproach;
+019:006 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me
+        with his net.
+019:007 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard.
+        I cry for help, but there is no justice.
+019:008 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set
+        darkness in my paths.
+019:009 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
+019:010 He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone.
+        My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
+019:011 He has also kindled his wrath against me.  He counts me
+        among his adversaries.
+019:012 His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me,
+        and encamp around my tent.
+019:013 "He has put my brothers far from me.  My acquaintances are
+        wholly estranged from me.
+019:014 My relatives have gone away.  My familiar friends have forgotten me.
+019:015 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger.
+        I am an alien in their sight.
+019:016 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer.
+        I beg him with my mouth.
+019:017 My breath is offensive to my wife.  I am loathsome to the children
+        of my own mother.
+019:018 Even young children despise me.  If I arise, they speak against me.
+019:019 All my familiar friends abhor me.  They whom I loved have
+        turned against me.
+019:020 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.  I have escaped
+        by the skin of my teeth.
+019:021 "Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand
+        of God has touched me.
+019:022 Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied
+        with my flesh?
+019:023 "Oh that my words were now written!  Oh that they were inscribed
+        in a book!
+019:024 That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in
+        the rock forever!
+019:025 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.  In the end,
+        he will stand upon the earth.
+019:026 After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
+019:027 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side.  My eyes shall see,
+        and not as a stranger.  "My heart is consumed within me.
+019:028 If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root
+        of the matter is found in me,
+019:029 be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments
+        of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment."
+020:001 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
+020:002 "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason
+        of my haste that is in me.
+020:003 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
+        The spirit of my understanding answers me.
+020:004 Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
+020:005 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless
+        but for a moment?
+020:006 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach
+        to the clouds,
+020:007 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung.
+        Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
+020:008 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found.
+        Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
+020:009 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall
+        his place any more see him.
+020:010 His children shall seek the favor of the poor.  His hands
+        shall give back his wealth.
+020:011 His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down
+        with him in the dust.
+020:012 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it
+        under his tongue,
+020:013 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still
+        within his mouth;
+020:014 yet his food in his bowels is turned.  It is cobra venom within him.
+020:015 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again.
+        God will cast them out of his belly.
+020:016 He shall suck cobra venom.  The viper's tongue shall kill him.
+020:017 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of
+        honey and butter.
+020:018 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow
+        it down.  According to the substance that he has gotten,
+        he shall not rejoice.
+020:019 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.  He has violently
+        taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
+020:020 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save
+        anything of that in which he delights.
+020:021 There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his
+        prosperity shall not endure.
+020:022 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him.
+        The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
+020:023 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness
+        of his wrath on him.  It will rain on him while he is eating.
+020:024 He shall flee from the iron weapon.  The bronze arrow shall
+        strike him through.
+020:025 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body.
+        Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
+        Terrors are on him.
+020:026 All darkness is laid up for his treasures.  An unfanned fire
+        shall devour him.  It shall consume that which is left
+        in his tent.
+020:027 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity.  The earth shall rise
+        up against him.
+020:028 The increase of his house shall depart.  They shall rush away
+        in the day of his wrath.
+020:029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage
+        appointed to him by God."
+021:001 Then Job answered,
+021:002 "Listen diligently to my speech.  Let this be your consolation.
+021:003 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.
+021:004 As for me, is my complaint to man?  Why shouldn't I be impatient?
+021:005 Look at me, and be astonished.  Lay your hand on your mouth.
+021:006 When I remember, I am troubled.  Horror takes hold of my flesh.
+021:007 "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
+021:008 Their child is established with them in their sight,
+        their offspring before their eyes.
+021:009 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of
+        God upon them.
+021:010 Their bulls breed without fail.  Their cows calve,
+        and don't miscarry.
+021:011 They send forth their little ones like a flock.
+        Their children dance.
+021:012 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound
+        of the pipe.
+021:013 They spend their days in prosperity.  In an instant they go
+        down to Sheol.
+021:014 They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know
+        about your ways.
+021:015 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
+        What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
+021:016 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.  The counsel
+        of the wicked is far from me.
+021:017 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
+        that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes
+        sorrows in his anger?
+021:018 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind,
+        as chaff that the storm carries away?
+021:019 You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.'
+        Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
+021:020 Let his own eyes see his destruction.  Let him drink of the wrath
+        of the Almighty.
+021:021 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number
+        of his months is cut off?
+021:022 "Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those
+        who are high?
+021:023 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
+021:024 His pails are full of milk.  The marrow of his bones is moistened.
+021:025 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
+021:026 They lie down alike in the dust.  The worm covers them.
+021:027 "Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you
+        would wrong me.
+021:028 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince?
+        Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
+021:029 Haven't you asked wayfaring men?  Don't you know their evidences,
+021:030 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity,
+        That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
+021:031 Who shall declare his way to his face?  Who shall repay him
+        what he has done?
+021:032 Yet he will be borne to the grave.  Men shall keep watch
+        over the tomb.
+021:033 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him.  All men shall
+        draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
+021:034 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your
+        answers there remains only falsehood?"
+022:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
+022:002 "Can a man be profitable to God?  Surely he who is wise is
+        profitable to himself.
+022:003 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous?
+        Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
+022:004 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters
+        with you into judgment?
+022:005 Isn't your wickedness great?  Neither is there any end
+        to your iniquities.
+022:006 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing,
+        and stripped the naked of their clothing.
+022:007 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have
+        withheld bread from the hungry.
+022:008 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth.  The honorable man,
+        he lived in it.
+022:009 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless
+        have been broken.
+022:010 Therefore snares are round about you.  Sudden fear troubles you,
+022:011 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
+022:012 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven?  See the height of the stars,
+        how high they are!
+022:013 You say, 'What does God know?  Can he judge through
+        the thick darkness?
+022:014 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see.
+        He walks on the vault of the sky.'
+022:015 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
+022:016 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation
+        was poured out as a stream,
+022:017 who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty
+        do for us?'
+022:018 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel
+        of the wicked is far from me.
+022:019 The righteous see it, and are glad.  The innocent ridicule them,
+022:020 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off.
+        The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
+022:021 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace.
+        Thereby good shall come to you.
+022:022 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words
+        in your heart.
+022:023 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you
+        put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
+022:024 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones
+        of the brooks.
+022:025 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
+022:026 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall
+        lift up your face to God.
+022:027 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you.
+        You shall pay your vows.
+022:028 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you.
+        Light shall shine on your ways.
+022:029 When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.'
+        He will save the humble person.
+022:030 He will even deliver him who is not innocent.  Yes, he shall
+        be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
+023:001 Then Job answered,
+023:002 "Even today my complaint is rebellious.  His hand is heavy
+        in spite of my groaning.
+023:003 Oh that I knew where I might find him!  That I might come
+        even to his seat!
+023:004 I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my
+        mouth with arguments.
+023:005 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand
+        what he would tell me.
+023:006 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
+        No, but he would listen to me.
+023:007 There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered
+        forever from my judge.
+023:008 "If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
+023:009 He works to the north, but I can't see him.  He turns south,
+        but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
+023:010 But he knows the way that I take.  When he has tried me,
+        I shall come forth like gold.
+023:011 My foot has held fast to his steps.  I have kept his way,
+        and not turned aside.
+023:012 I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips.
+        I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than
+        my necessary food.
+023:013 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?  What his soul desires,
+        even that he does.
+023:014 For he performs that which is appointed for me.
+        Many such things are with him.
+023:015 Therefore I am terrified at his presence.  When I consider,
+        I am afraid of him.
+023:016 For God has made my heart faint.  The Almighty has terrified me.
+023:017 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did
+        he cover the thick darkness from my face.
+024:001 "Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty?  Why don't those
+        who know him see his days?
+024:002 There are people who remove the landmarks.  They violently
+        take away flocks, and feed them.
+024:003 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take
+        the widow's ox for a pledge.
+024:004 They turn the needy out of the way.  The poor of the earth
+        all hide themselves.
+024:005 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work,
+        seeking diligently for food.  The wilderness yields them
+        bread for their children.
+024:006 They cut their provender in the field.  They glean the vineyard
+        of the wicked.
+024:007 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering
+        in the cold.
+024:008 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace
+        the rock for lack of a shelter.
+024:009 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast,
+        and take a pledge of the poor,
+024:010 So that they go around naked without clothing.  Being hungry,
+        they carry the sheaves.
+024:011 They make oil within the walls of these men.  They tread
+        wine presses, and suffer thirst.
+024:012 From out of the populous city, men groan.  The soul of the wounded
+        cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
+024:013 "These are of those who rebel against the light.
+        They don't know its ways, nor abide in its paths.
+024:014 The murderer rises with the light.  He kills the poor and needy.
+        In the night he is like a thief.
+024:015 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying,
+        'No eye shall see me.'  He disguises his face.
+024:016 In the dark they dig through houses.  They shut themselves up
+        in the daytime.  They don't know the light.
+024:017 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness,
+        for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
+024:018 "They are foam on the surface of the waters.  Their portion
+        is cursed in the earth.  They don't turn into the way
+        of the vineyards.
+024:019 Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol
+        those who have sinned.
+024:020 The womb shall forget him.  The worm shall feed sweetly on him.
+        He shall be no more remembered.  Unrighteousness shall be
+        broken as a tree.
+024:021 He devours the barren who don't bear.  He shows no kindness
+        to the widow.
+024:022 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power.  He rises up who has
+        no assurance of life.
+024:023 God gives them security, and they rest in it.  His eyes are
+        on their ways.
+024:024 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone.
+        Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as
+        all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
+024:025 If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my
+        speech worth nothing?"
+025:001 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
+025:002 "Dominion and fear are with him.  He makes peace in his high places.
+025:003 Can his armies be counted?  On whom does his light not arise?
+025:004 How then can man be just with God?  Or how can he who is born
+        of a woman be clean?
+025:005 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are
+        not pure in his sight;
+025:006 How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!"
+026:001 Then Job answered,
+026:002 "How have you helped him who is without power!  How have you
+        saved the arm that has no strength!
+026:003 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully
+        declared sound knowledge!
+026:004 To whom have you uttered words?  Whose spirit came forth from you?
+026:005 "Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters
+        and all that live in them.
+026:006 Sheol{Sheol is the lower world or the grave.} is naked before God,
+        and Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering.
+026:007 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs
+        the earth on nothing.
+026:008 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud
+        is not burst under them.
+026:009 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
+026:010 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters,
+        and to the confines of light and darkness.
+026:011 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
+026:012 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding
+        he strikes through Rahab.
+026:013 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.  His hand has pierced
+        the swift serpent.
+026:014 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways.
+        How small a whisper do we hear of him!  But the thunder
+        of his power who can understand?"
+027:001 Job again took up his parable, and said,
+027:002 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty,
+        who has made my soul bitter.
+027:003 (For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit
+        of God is in my nostrils);
+027:004 surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall
+        my tongue utter deceit.
+027:005 Far be it from me that I should justify you.  Until I die I
+        will not put away my integrity from me.
+027:006 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go.
+        My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
+027:007 "Let my enemy be as the wicked.  Let him who rises up against
+        me be as the unrighteous.
+027:008 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off,
+        when God takes away his life?
+027:009 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
+027:010 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God
+        at all times?
+027:011 I will teach you about the hand of God.  That which is with
+        the Almighty will I not conceal.
+027:012 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you
+        become altogether vain?
+027:013 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage
+        of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
+027:014 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.
+        His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
+027:015 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death.
+        His widows shall make no lamentation.
+027:016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing
+        as the clay;
+027:017 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
+        shall divide the silver.
+027:018 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
+027:019 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again.
+        He opens his eyes, and he is not.
+027:020 Terrors overtake him like waters.  A storm steals him away
+        in the night.
+027:021 The east wind carries him away, and he departs.
+        It sweeps him out of his place.
+027:022 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away
+        from his hand.
+027:023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out
+        of his place.
+028:001 "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold
+        which they refine.
+028:002 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out
+        of the ore.
+028:003 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound,
+        the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
+028:004 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live.
+        They are forgotten by the foot.  They hang far from men,
+        they swing back and forth.
+028:005 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned
+        up as it were by fire.
+028:006 Sapphires come from its rocks.  It has dust of gold.
+028:007 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's
+        eye seen it.
+028:008 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion
+        passed by there.
+028:009 He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns
+        the mountains by the roots.
+028:010 He cuts out channels among the rocks.  His eye sees
+        every precious thing.
+028:011 He binds the streams that they don't trickle.  The thing
+        that is hidden he brings forth to light.
+028:012 "But where shall wisdom be found?  Where is the place
+        of understanding?
+028:013 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land
+        of the living.
+028:014 The deep says, 'It isn't in me.'  The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
+028:015 It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed
+        for its price.
+028:016 It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,
+        or the sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}.
+028:017 Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged
+        for jewels of fine gold.
+028:018 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal.  Yes, the price
+        of wisdom is above rubies.
+028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it
+        be valued with pure gold.
+028:020 Whence then comes wisdom?  Where is the place of understanding?
+028:021 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept
+        close from the birds of the sky.
+028:022 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it
+        with our ears.'
+028:023 "God understands its way, and he knows its place.
+028:024 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under
+        the whole sky.
+028:025 He establishes the force of the wind.  Yes, he measures out
+        the waters by measure.
+028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning
+        of the thunder;
+028:027 then he saw it, and declared it.  He established it, yes,
+        and searched it out.
+028:028 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.
+        To depart from evil is understanding.'"
+029:001 Job again took up his parable, and said,
+029:002 "Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God
+        watched over me;
+029:003 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I
+        walked through darkness,
+029:004 as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God
+        was in my tent,
+029:005 when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
+029:006 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured
+        out streams of oil for me,
+029:007 when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat
+        in the street.
+029:008 The young men saw me and hid themselves.  The aged rose
+        up and stood.
+029:009 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand
+        on their mouth.
+029:010 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck
+        to the roof of their mouth.
+029:011 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye
+        saw me, it commended me:
+029:012 Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also,
+        who had none to help him,
+029:013 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me,
+        and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
+029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me.  My justice was
+        as a robe and a diadem.
+029:015 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
+029:016 I was a father to the needy.  The cause of him who I didn't know,
+        I searched out.
+029:017 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey
+        out of his teeth.
+029:018 Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number
+        my days as the sand.
+029:019 My root is spread out to the waters.  The dew lies all night
+        on my branch.
+029:020 My glory is fresh in me.  My bow is renewed in my hand.'
+029:021 "Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
+029:022 After my words they didn't speak again.  My speech fell on them.
+029:023 They waited for me as for the rain.  Their mouths drank
+        as with the spring rain.
+029:024 I smiled on them when they had no confidence.  They didn't
+        reject the light of my face.
+029:025 I chose out their way, and sat as chief.  I lived as a king
+        in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
+030:001 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision,
+        whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
+030:002 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom
+        ripe age has perished?
+030:003 They are gaunt from lack and famine.  They gnaw the dry ground,
+        in the gloom of waste and desolation.
+030:004 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes.  The roots of the broom
+        are their food.
+030:005 They are driven out from the midst of men.  They cry after them
+        as after a thief;
+030:006 So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth
+        and of the rocks.
+030:007 Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they
+        are gathered together.
+030:008 They are children of fools, yes, children of base men.
+        They were flogged out of the land.
+030:009 "Now I have become their song.  Yes, I am a byword to them.
+030:010 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't hesitate
+        to spit in my face.
+030:011 For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have
+        thrown off restraint before me.
+030:012 On my right hand rise the rabble.  They thrust aside my feet,
+        They cast up against me their ways of destruction.
+030:013 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity,
+        without anyone's help.
+030:014 As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin
+        they roll themselves in.
+030:015 Terrors have turned on me.  They chase my honor as the wind.
+        My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
+030:016 "Now my soul is poured out within me.  Days of affliction
+        have taken hold on me.
+030:017 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains
+        that gnaw me take no rest.
+030:018 By great force is my garment disfigured.  It binds me about
+        as the collar of my coat.
+030:019 He has cast me into the mire.  I have become like dust and ashes.
+030:020 I cry to you, and you do not answer me.  I stand up, and you
+        gaze at me.
+030:021 You have turned to be cruel to me.  With the might of your hand
+        you persecute me.
+030:022 You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it.
+        You dissolve me in the storm.
+030:023 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house
+        appointed for all living.
+030:024 "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall?
+        Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
+030:025 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble?  Wasn't my soul
+        grieved for the needy?
+030:026 When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light,
+        there came darkness.
+030:027 My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest.  Days of affliction
+        have come on me.
+030:028 I go mourning without the sun.  I stand up in the assembly,
+        and cry for help.
+030:029 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
+030:030 My skin grows black and peels from me.  My bones are
+        burned with heat.
+030:031 Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into
+        the voice of those who weep.
+031:001 "I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look
+        lustfully at a young woman?
+031:002 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage
+        from the Almighty on high?
+031:003 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the
+        workers of iniquity?
+031:004 Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps?
+031:005 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
+031:006 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may
+        know my integrity);
+031:007 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked
+        after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
+031:008 then let me sow, and let another eat.  Yes, let the produce
+        of my field be rooted out.
+031:009 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait
+        at my neighbor's door,
+031:010 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
+031:011 For that would be a heinous crime.  Yes, it would be an iniquity
+        to be punished by the judges:
+031:012 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root
+        out all my increase.
+031:013 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my
+        female servant, when they contended with me;
+031:014 What then shall I do when God rises up?  When he visits,
+        what shall I answer him?
+031:015 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him?  Didn't one fashion
+        us in the womb?
+031:016 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused
+        the eyes of the widow to fail,
+031:017 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not
+        eaten of it
+031:018 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
+        her have I guided from my mother's womb);
+031:019 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy
+        had no covering;
+031:020 if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed
+        with my sheep's fleece;
+031:021 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I
+        saw my help in the gate,
+031:022 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm
+        be broken from the bone.
+031:023 For calamity from God is a terror to me.  Because his majesty,
+        I can do nothing.
+031:024 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold,
+        'You are my confidence;'
+031:025 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my
+        hand had gotten much;
+031:026 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
+031:027 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw
+        a kiss from my mouth,
+031:028 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
+        for I should have denied the God who is above.
+031:029 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
+        or lifted up myself when evil found him;
+031:030 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life
+        with a curse);
+031:031 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has
+        not been filled with his meat?'
+031:032 (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened
+        my doors to the traveler);
+031:033 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding
+        my iniquity in my heart,
+031:034 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt
+        of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't
+        go out of the door--
+031:035 oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature,
+        let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!
+031:036 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it
+        to me as a crown.
+031:037 I would declare to him the number of my steps.  as a prince
+        would I go near to him.
+031:038 If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;
+031:039 if I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused
+        the owners of it to lose their life,
+031:040 let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley."
+        The words of Job are ended.
+032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous
+        in his own eyes.
+032:002 Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite,
+        of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job.  His wrath
+        was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
+032:003 Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends,
+        because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
+032:004 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were
+        elder than he.
+032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these
+        three men, his wrath was kindled.
+032:006 Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young,
+        and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't dare
+        show you my opinion.
+032:007 I said, 'Days should speak, and multitude of years
+        should teach wisdom.'
+032:008 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty
+        gives them understanding.
+032:009 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged
+        who understand justice.
+032:010 Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
+032:011 "Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning,
+        while you searched out what to say.
+032:012 Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who
+        convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.
+032:013 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute
+        him, not man;'
+032:014 for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I
+        answer him with your speeches.
+032:015 "They are amazed.  They answer no more.  They don't have
+        a word to say.
+032:016 Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still,
+        and answer no more?
+032:017 I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
+032:018 For I am full of words.  The spirit within me constrains me.
+032:019 Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new
+        wineskins it is ready to burst.
+032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed.  I will open my
+        lips and answer.
+032:021 Please don't let me respect any man's person, neither will I
+        give flattering titles to any man.
+032:022 For I don't know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker
+        would soon take me away.
+033:001 "However, Job, Please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
+033:002 See now, I have opened my mouth.  My tongue has spoken
+        in my mouth.
+033:003 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart.
+        That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
+033:004 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty
+        gives me life.
+033:005 If you can, answer me.  Set your words in order before me,
+        and stand forth.
+033:006 Behold, I am toward God even as you are.  I am also formed
+        out of the clay.
+033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall
+        my pressure be heavy on you.
+033:008 "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice
+        of your words, saying,
+033:009 'I am clean, without disobedience.  I am innocent, neither is
+        there iniquity in me.
+033:010 Behold, he finds occasions against me.  He counts me for his enemy.
+033:011 He puts my feet in the stocks.  He marks all my paths.'
+033:012 "Behold, I will answer you.  In this you are not just,
+        for God is greater than man.
+033:013 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account
+        of any of his matters?
+033:014 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
+033:015 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls
+        on men, in slumbering on the bed;
+033:016 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
+033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
+033:018 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing
+        by the sword.
+033:019 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual
+        strife in his bones;
+033:020 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
+033:021 His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen.
+        His bones that were not seen stick out.
+033:022 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
+033:023 "If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among
+        a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
+033:024 then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going
+        down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'
+033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days
+        of his youth.
+033:026 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees
+        his face with joy.  He restores to man his righteousness.
+033:027 He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted
+        that which was right, and it didn't profit me.
+033:028 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
+        My life shall see the light.'
+033:029 "Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times,
+        with a man,
+033:030 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened
+        with the light of the living.
+033:031 Mark well, Job, and listen to me.  Hold your peace,
+        and I will speak.
+033:032 If you have anything to say, answer me.  Speak, for I desire
+        to justify you.
+033:033 If not, listen to me.  Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
+034:001 Moreover Elihu answered,
+034:002 "Hear my words, you wise men.  Give ear to me,
+        you who have knowledge.
+034:003 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
+034:004 Let us choose for us that which is right.  Let us know among
+        ourselves what is good.
+034:005 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
+034:006 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar.
+        My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'
+034:007 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
+034:008 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks
+        with wicked men?
+034:009 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should
+        delight himself with God.'
+034:010 "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:  far be it
+        from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty,
+        that he should commit iniquity.
+034:011 For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every
+        man to find according to his ways.
+034:012 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the
+        Almighty pervert justice.
+034:013 Who gave him a charge over the earth? or who has appointed
+        him over the whole world?
+034:014 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself
+        his spirit and his breath,
+034:015 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
+034:016 "If now you have understanding, hear this.  Listen to the voice
+        of my words.
+034:017 Shall even one who hates justice govern?  Will you condemn
+        him who is righteous and mighty?--
+034:018 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?
+034:019 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich
+        more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
+034:020 In a moment they die, even at midnight.  The people are shaken
+        and pass away.  The mighty are taken away without a hand.
+034:021 "For his eyes are on the ways of a man.  He sees all his goings.
+034:022 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers
+        of iniquity may hide themselves.
+034:023 For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should
+        go before God in judgment.
+034:024 He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out,
+        and sets others in their place.
+034:025 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works.  He overturns
+        them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
+034:026 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
+034:027 because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't
+        pay attention to any of his ways,
+034:028 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him.
+        He heard the cry of the afflicted.
+034:029 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn?  When he hides
+        his face, who then can see him?  Alike whether to a nation,
+        or to a man,
+034:030 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one
+        to ensnare the people.
+034:031 "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not
+        offend any more.
+034:032 Teach me that which I don't see.  If I have done iniquity,
+        I will do it no more'?
+034:033 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it?
+        For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
+034:034 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man
+        who hears me:
+034:035 'Job speaks without knowledge.  His words are without wisdom.'
+034:036 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering
+        like wicked men.
+034:037 For he adds rebellion to his sin.  He claps his hands among us,
+        and multiplies his words against God."
+035:001 Moreover Elihu answered,
+035:002 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say,
+        'My righteousness is more than God's,'
+035:003 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you?
+        What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
+035:004 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
+035:005 Look to the heavens, and see.  See the skies, which are
+        higher than you.
+035:006 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him?
+        If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
+035:007 If you are righteous, what do you give him?  Or what does
+        he receive from your hand?
+035:008 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness
+        may profit a son of man.
+035:009 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.
+        They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
+035:010 But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs
+        in the night,
+035:011 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes
+        us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
+035:012 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride
+        of evil men.
+035:013 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the
+        Almighty regard it.
+035:014 How much less when you say you don't see him.  The cause
+        is before him, and you wait for him!
+035:015 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does
+        he greatly regard arrogance.
+035:016 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies
+        words without knowledge."
+036:001 Elihu also continued, and said,
+036:002 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still
+        have something to say on God's behalf.
+036:003 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness
+        to my Maker.
+036:004 For truly my words are not false.  One who is perfect in knowledge
+        is with you.
+036:005 "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone.
+        He is mighty in strength of understanding.
+036:006 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to
+        the afflicted their right.
+036:007 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings
+        on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
+036:008 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the
+        cords of afflictions,
+036:009 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions,
+        that they have behaved themselves proudly.
+036:010 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they
+        return from iniquity.
+036:011 If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days
+        in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
+036:012 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword;
+        they shall die without knowledge.
+036:013 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger.
+        They don't cry for help when he binds them.
+036:014 They die in youth.  Their life perishes among the unclean.
+036:015 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens
+        their ear in oppression.
+036:016 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place,
+        where there is no restriction.  That which is set on your table
+        would be full of fatness.
+036:017 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked.
+        Judgment and justice take hold of you.
+036:018 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great
+        size of a bribe turn you aside.
+036:019 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might
+        of your strength?
+036:020 Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
+036:021 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this
+        rather than affliction.
+036:022 Behold, God is exalted in his power.  Who is a teacher like him?
+036:023 Who has prescribed his way for him?  Or who can say,
+        'You have committed unrighteousness?'
+036:024 "Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.
+036:025 All men have looked thereon.  Man sees it afar off.
+036:026 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him.  The number
+        of his years is unsearchable.
+036:027 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain
+        from his vapor,
+036:028 Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
+036:029 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds,
+        and the thunderings of his pavilion?
+036:030 Behold, he spreads his light around him.  He covers the bottom
+        of the sea.
+036:031 For by these he judges the people.  He gives food in abundance.
+036:032 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it
+        to strike the mark.
+036:033 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning
+        the storm that comes up.
+037:001 "Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
+037:002 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes
+        out of his mouth.
+037:003 He sends it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning
+        to the ends of the earth.
+037:004 After it a voice roars.  He thunders with the voice of his majesty.
+        He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
+037:005 God thunders marvelously with his voice.  He does great things,
+        which we can't comprehend.
+037:006 For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to
+        the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
+037:007 He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has
+        made may know it.
+037:008 Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.
+037:009 Out of its chamber comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
+037:010 By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the
+        waters is frozen.
+037:011 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture.  He spreads abroad
+        the cloud of his lightning.
+037:012 It is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do
+        whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,
+037:013 Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness,
+        that he causes it to come.
+037:014 "Listen to this, Job.  Stand still, and consider the wondrous
+        works of God.
+037:015 Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning
+        of his cloud to shine?
+037:016 Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works
+        of him who is perfect in knowledge?
+037:017 You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason
+        of the south wind?
+037:018 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a
+        cast metal mirror?
+037:019 Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case
+        by reason of darkness.
+037:020 Shall it be told him that I would speak?  Or should a man wish
+        that he were swallowed up?
+037:021 Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies,
+        but the wind passes, and clears them.
+037:022 Out of the north comes golden splendor.  With God is awesome majesty.
+037:023 We can't reach the Almighty.  He is exalted in power.
+        In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
+037:024 Therefore men revere him.  He doesn't regard any who are
+        wise of heart."
+038:001 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
+038:002 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
+038:003 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you,
+        then you answer me!
+038:004 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
+        Declare, if you have understanding.
+038:005 Who determined the measures of it, if you know?
+        Or who stretched the line on it?
+038:006 Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened?
+        Or who laid its cornerstone,
+038:007 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
+        shouted for joy?
+038:008 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth
+        from the womb,
+038:009 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
+038:010 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
+038:011 and said, 'Here you may come, but no further.  Here shall
+        your proud waves be stayed?'
+038:012 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused
+        the dawn to know its place;
+038:013 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake
+        the wicked out of it?
+038:014 It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth
+        as a garment.
+038:015 From the wicked, their light is withheld.  The high arm is broken.
+038:016 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea?  Or have you
+        walked in the recesses of the deep?
+038:017 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?  Or have you
+        seen the gates of the shadow of death?
+038:018 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth?  Declare, if you
+        know it all.
+038:019 "What is the way to the dwelling of light?  As for darkness,
+        where is its place,
+038:020 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern
+        the paths to its house?
+038:021 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your
+        days is great!
+038:022 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen
+        the treasures of the hail,
+038:023 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day
+        of battle and war?
+038:024 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind
+        scattered on the earth?
+038:025 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path
+        for the thunderstorm;
+038:026 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness,
+        in which there is no man;
+038:027 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender
+        grass to spring forth?
+038:028 Does the rain have a father?  Or who fathers the drops of dew?
+038:029 Out of whose womb came the ice?  The gray frost of the sky,
+        who has given birth to it?
+038:030 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the
+        deep is frozen.
+038:031 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen
+        the cords of Orion?
+038:032 Can you lead forth the constellations in their season?
+        Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
+038:033 Do you know the laws of the heavens?  Can you establish
+        the dominion of it over the earth?
+038:034 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance
+        of waters may cover you?
+038:035 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go?
+        Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
+038:036 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?  Or who has given
+        understanding to the mind?
+038:037 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?  Or who can pour out
+        the bottles of the sky,
+038:038 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of
+        earth stick together?
+038:039 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite
+        of the young lions,
+038:040 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
+038:041 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry
+        to God, and wander for lack of food?
+039:001 "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
+        Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
+039:002 Can you number the months that they fulfill?  Or do you know
+        the time when they give birth?
+039:003 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end
+        their labor pains.
+039:004 Their young ones become strong.  They grow up in the open field.
+        They go forth, and don't return again.
+039:005 "Who has set the wild donkey free?  Or who has loosened
+        the bonds of the swift donkey,
+039:006 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land
+        his dwelling place?
+039:007 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear
+        the shouting of the driver.
+039:008 The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after
+        every green thing.
+039:009 "Will the wild ox be content to serve you?  Or will he stay
+        by your feeding trough?
+039:010 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness?
+        Or will he till the valleys after you?
+039:011 Will you trust him, because his strength is great?
+        Or will you leave to him your labor?
+039:012 Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed,
+        and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
+039:013 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers
+        and plumage of love?
+039:014 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
+039:015 and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild
+        animal may trample them.
+039:016 She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers.
+        Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
+039:017 because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted
+        to her understanding.
+039:018 When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse
+        and his rider.
+039:019 "Have you given the horse might?  Have you clothed his neck
+        with a quivering mane?
+039:020 Have you made him to leap as a locust?  The glory of his
+        snorting is awesome.
+039:021 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength.
+        He goes out to meet the armed men.
+039:022 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn
+        back from the sword.
+039:023 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
+039:024 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does
+        he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
+039:025 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!'  He smells
+        the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains,
+        and the shouting.
+039:026 "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her
+        wings toward the south?
+039:027 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes
+        his nest on high?
+039:028 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point
+        of the cliff, and the stronghold.
+039:029 From there he spies out the prey.  His eyes see it afar off.
+039:030 His young ones also suck up blood.  Where the slain are,
+        there he is."
+040:001 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
+040:002 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?  He who argues
+        with God, let him answer it."
+040:003 Then Job answered Yahweh,
+040:004 "Behold, I am of small account.  What shall I answer you?
+        I lay my hand on my mouth.
+040:005 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I
+        will proceed no further."
+040:006 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
+040:007 "Now brace yourself like a man.  I will question you, and you
+        will answer me.
+040:008 Will you even annul my judgment?  Will you condemn me,
+        that you may be justified?
+040:009 Or do you have an arm like God?  Can you thunder with a
+        voice like him?
+040:010 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.
+        Array yourself with honor and majesty.
+040:011 Pour out the fury of your anger.  Look at everyone who is proud,
+        and bring him low.
+040:012 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.  Crush the wicked
+        in their place.
+040:013 Hide them in the dust together.  Bind their faces in
+        the hidden place.
+040:014 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand
+        can save you.
+040:015 "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you.
+        He eats grass as an ox.
+040:016 Look now, his strength is in his thighs.  His force is in
+        the muscles of his belly.
+040:017 He moves his tail like a cedar.  The sinews of his thighs
+        are knit together.
+040:018 His bones are like tubes of brass.  His limbs are like
+        bars of iron.
+040:019 He is the chief of the ways of God.  He who made him gives
+        him his sword.
+040:020 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals
+        of the field play.
+040:021 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed,
+        and the marsh.
+040:022 The lotuses cover him with their shade.  The willows of
+        the brook surround him.
+040:023 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble.
+        He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
+040:024 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through
+        his nose with a snare?
+041:001 "Can you draw out Leviathan{Leviathan is a name for a crocodile
+        or similar creature.} with a fishhook, or press down his tongue
+        with a cord?
+041:002 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through
+        with a hook?
+041:003 Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft
+        words to you?
+041:004 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him
+        for a servant forever?
+041:005 Will you play with him as with a bird?  Or will you bind him
+        for your girls?
+041:006 Will traders barter for him?  Will they part him among the merchants?
+041:007 Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head
+        with fish spears?
+041:008 Lay your hand on him.  Remember the battle, and do so no more.
+041:009 Behold, the hope of him is in vain.  Won't one be cast down
+        even at the sight of him?
+041:010 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up.  Who then is
+        he who can stand before me?
+041:011 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
+        Everything under the heavens is mine.
+041:012 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his
+        mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
+041:013 Who can strip off his outer garment?  Who shall come
+        within his jaws?
+041:014 Who can open the doors of his face?  Around his teeth is terror.
+041:015 Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
+041:016 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
+041:017 They are joined one to another.  They stick together,
+        so that they can't be pulled apart.
+041:018 His sneezing flashes out light.  His eyes are like the eyelids
+        of the morning.
+041:019 Out of his mouth go burning torches.  Sparks of fire leap forth.
+041:020 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over
+        a fire of reeds.
+041:021 His breath kindles coals.  A flame goes forth from his mouth.
+041:022 There is strength in his neck.  Terror dances before him.
+041:023 The flakes of his flesh are joined together.  They are firm on him.
+        They can't be moved.
+041:024 His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
+041:025 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid.
+        They retreat before his thrashing.
+041:026 If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail;
+        nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
+041:027 He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.
+041:028 The arrow can't make him flee.  Sling stones are like chaff to him.
+041:029 Clubs are counted as stubble.  He laughs at the rushing
+        of the javelin.
+041:030 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail
+        in the mud like a threshing sledge.
+041:031 He makes the deep to boil like a pot.  He makes the sea
+        like a pot of ointment.
+041:032 He makes a path shine after him.  One would think the deep
+        had white hair.
+041:033 On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
+041:034 He sees everything that is high.  He is king over all
+        the sons of pride."
+042:001 Then Job answered Yahweh,
+042:002 "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours
+        can be restrained.
+042:003 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?'
+        therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand,
+        things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
+042:004 You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you,
+        and you will answer me.'
+042:005 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my
+        eye sees you.
+042:006 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
+042:007 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words
+        to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath
+        is kindled against you, and against your two friends;
+        for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right,
+        as my servant Job has.
+042:008 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go
+        to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering;
+        and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him,
+        that I not deal with you according to your folly.
+        For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right,
+        as my servant Job has."
+042:009 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar
+        the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them,
+        and Yahweh accepted Job.
+042:010 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.
+        Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
+042:011 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters,
+        and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate
+        bread with him in his house.  They comforted him, and consoled
+        him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him.
+        Everyone also gave him a piece of money,{literally, kesitah,
+        a unit of money, probably silver} and everyone a ring of gold.
+042:012 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.
+        He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels,
+        one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
+042:013 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
+042:014 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of
+        the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
+042:015 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the
+        daughters of Job.  Their father gave them an inheritance
+        among their brothers.
+042:016 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons,
+        and his sons' sons, to four generations.
+042:017 So Job died, being old and full of days.
+Book 19 Psalms
+001:001 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
+        nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
+001:002 but his delight is in Yahweh's law.  On his law he meditates
+        day and night.
+001:003 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings
+        forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither.
+        Whatever he does shall prosper.
+001:004 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the
+        wind drives away.
+001:005 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
+        nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
+001:006 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way
+        of the wicked shall perish.
+002:001 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
+002:002 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take
+        counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed,{The
+        word "Anointed" is the same as the word for "Messiah"
+        or "Christ"} saying,
+002:003 "Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."
+002:004 He who sits in the heavens will laugh.  The Lord will have
+        them in derision.
+002:005 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them
+        in his wrath:
+002:006 "Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
+002:007 I will tell of the decree.  Yahweh said to me, "You are my son.
+        Today I have become your father.
+002:008 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
+        the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
+002:009 You shall break them with a rod of iron.  You shall dash them
+        in pieces like a potter's vessel."
+002:010 Now therefore be wise, you kings.  Be instructed, you judges
+        of the earth.
+002:011 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
+002:012 Give sincere homage{or, Kiss the son}, lest he be angry,
+        and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled.
+        Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
+003:001 <<A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.>> Yahweh,
+        how my adversaries have increased!  Many are those who rise
+        up against me.
+003:002 Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him
+        in God."  Selah.
+003:003 But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one
+        who lifts up my head.
+003:004 I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his
+        holy hill.  Selah.
+003:005 I laid myself down and slept.  I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
+003:006 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have
+        set themselves against me on every side.
+003:007 Arise, Yahweh!  Save me, my God!  For you have struck all
+        of my enemies on the cheek bone.  You have broken the teeth
+        of the wicked.
+003:008 Salvation belongs to Yahweh.  Your blessing be on
+        your people.  Selah.
+004:001 <<For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.  A Psalm
+        by David.>> Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness.
+        Give me relief from my distress.  Have mercy on me,
+        and hear my prayer.
+004:002 You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
+        Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?  Selah.
+004:003 But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly:
+        Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
+004:004 Stand in awe, and don't sin.  Search your own heart on your bed,
+        and be still.  Selah.
+004:005 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.  Put your trust in Yahweh.
+004:006 Many say, "Who will show us any good?"  Yahweh, let the light
+        of your face shine on us.
+004:007 You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain
+        and their new wine are increased.
+004:008 In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you,
+        Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
+005:001 <<For the Chief Musician, with the flutes.  A Psalm by David.>>
+        Give ear to my words, Yahweh.  Consider my meditation.
+005:002 Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you
+        do I pray.
+005:003 Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice.  In the morning
+        I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
+005:004 For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness.
+        Evil can't live with you.
+005:005 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight.  You hate all
+        workers of iniquity.
+005:006 You will destroy those who speak lies.  Yahweh abhors
+        the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
+005:007 But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I
+        will come into your house.  I will bow toward your holy temple
+        in reverence of you.
+005:008 Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies.
+        Make your way straight before my face.
+005:009 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth.
+        Their heart is destruction.  Their throat is an open tomb.
+        They flatter with their tongue.
+005:010 Hold them guilty, God.  Let them fall by their own counsels;
+        Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
+        for they have rebelled against you.
+005:011 But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice,
+        Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them.
+        Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
+005:012 For you will bless the righteous.  Yahweh, you will surround
+        him with favor as with a shield.
+006:001 <<For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments,
+        upon the eight-stringed lyre.  A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh,
+        don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me
+        in your wrath.
+006:002 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint.  Yahweh, heal me,
+        for my bones are troubled.
+006:003 My soul is also in great anguish.  But you, Yahweh--how long?
+006:004 Return, Yahweh.  Deliver my soul, and save me for your
+        loving kindness' sake.
+006:005 For in death there is no memory of you.  In Sheol, who shall
+        give you thanks?
+006:006 I am weary with my groaning.  Every night I flood my bed.
+        I drench my couch with my tears.
+006:007 My eye wastes away because of grief.  It grows old because of
+        all my adversaries.
+006:008 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has
+        heard the voice of my weeping.
+006:009 Yahweh has heard my supplication.  Yahweh accepts my prayer.
+006:010 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed.  They shall turn back,
+        they shall be disgraced suddenly.
+007:001 <<A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words
+        of Cush, the Benjamite.>> Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
+        Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
+007:002 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces,
+        while there is none to deliver.
+007:003 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity
+        in my hands,
+007:004 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I
+        have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
+007:005 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread
+        my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust.  Selah.
+007:006 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.  Lift up yourself against the rage
+        of my adversaries.  Awake for me.  You have commanded judgment.
+007:007 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
+        Rule over them on high.
+007:008 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.  Judge me,
+        Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity
+        that is in me.
+007:009 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
+        but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched
+        by the righteous God.
+007:010 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
+007:011 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
+007:012 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has
+        bent and strung his bow.
+007:013 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
+        He makes ready his flaming arrows.
+007:014 Behold, he travails with iniquity.  Yes, he has conceived mischief,
+        and brought forth falsehood.
+007:015 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
+007:016 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
+        His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
+007:017 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
+        and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
+008:001 <<For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath.
+        A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name
+        in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
+008:002 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
+        because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy
+        and the avenger.
+008:003 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
+        the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
+008:004 what is man, that you think of him?  What is the son of man,
+        that you care for him?
+008:005 For you have made him a little lower than God,{Hebrew: Elohim}
+        and crowned him with glory and honor.
+008:006 You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
+        You have put all things under his feet:
+008:007 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the animals of the field,
+008:008 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes
+        through the paths of the seas.
+008:009 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
+009:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  Set to "The Death of the Son."
+        A Psalm by David.>> I will give thanks to Yahweh with my
+        whole heart.  I will tell of all your marvelous works.
+009:002 I will be glad and rejoice in you.  I will sing praise to your name,
+        O Most High.
+009:003 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
+009:004 For you have maintained my just cause.  You sit on the
+        throne judging righteously.
+009:005 You have rebuked the nations.  You have destroyed the wicked.
+        You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
+009:006 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.  The very memory
+        of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
+009:007 But Yahweh reigns forever.  He has prepared his throne for judgment.
+009:008 He will judge the world in righteousness.  He will administer
+        judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
+009:009 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high
+        tower in times of trouble.
+009:010 Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
+        for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
+009:011 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among
+        the people what he has done.
+009:012 For he who avenges blood remembers them.  He doesn't forget
+        the cry of the afflicted.
+009:013 Have mercy on me, Yahweh.  See my affliction by those who hate me,
+        and lift me up from the gates of death;
+009:014 that I may show forth all your praise.  In the gates of
+        the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
+009:015 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
+        In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
+009:016 Yahweh has made himself known.  He has executed judgment.  The wicked
+        is snared by the work of his own hands.  Meditation.  Selah.
+009:017 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations
+        that forget God.
+009:018 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope
+        of the poor perish forever.
+009:019 Arise, Yahweh!  Don't let man prevail.  Let the nations be
+        judged in your sight.
+009:020 Put them in fear, Yahweh.  Let the nations know that they
+        are only men.  Selah.
+010:001 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?  Why do you hide yourself
+        in times of trouble?
+010:002 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.  They are caught
+        in the schemes that they devise.
+010:003 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings.  He blesses
+        the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
+010:004 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his
+        thoughts for God.
+010:005 His ways are prosperous at all times.  He is haughty, and your
+        laws are far from his sight.  As for all his adversaries,
+        he sneers at them.
+010:006 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken.  For generations
+        I shall have no trouble."
+010:007 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
+        Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
+010:008 He lies in wait near the villages.  From ambushes, he murders
+        the innocent.  His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
+010:009 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.  He lies in wait
+        to catch the helpless.  He catches the helpless, when he draws
+        him in his net.
+010:010 The helpless are crushed.  They collapse.  They fall
+        under his strength.
+010:011 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.  He hides his face.
+        He will never see it."
+010:012 Arise, Yahweh!  God, lift up your hand!  Don't forget the helpless.
+010:013 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart,
+        "God won't call me into account?"
+010:014 But you do see trouble and grief.  You consider it to take it
+        into your hand.  You help the victim and the fatherless.
+010:015 Break the arm of the wicked.  As for the evil man, seek out
+        his wickedness until you find none.
+010:016 Yahweh is King forever and ever!  The nations will perish
+        out of his land.
+010:017 Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble.
+        You will prepare their heart.  You will cause your ear to hear,
+010:018 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is
+        of the earth may terrify no more.
+011:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By David.>> In Yahweh, I take refuge.
+        How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"
+011:002 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.  They set their
+        arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at
+        the upright in heart.
+011:003 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
+011:004 Yahweh is in his holy temple.  Yahweh is on his throne in heaven.
+        His eyes observe.  His eyes examine the children of men.
+011:005 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves
+        violence his soul hates.
+011:006 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur,
+        and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
+011:007 For Yahweh is righteous.  He loves righteousness.
+        The upright shall see his face.
+012:001 <<For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre.
+        A Psalm of David.>> Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
+        For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
+012:002 Everyone lies to his neighbor.  They speak with flattering lips,
+        and with a double heart.
+012:003 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
+012:004 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.
+        Our lips are our own.  Who is lord over us?"
+012:005 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning
+        of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set
+        him in safety from those who malign him."
+012:006 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined
+        in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
+012:007 You will keep them, Yahweh.  You will preserve them from
+        this generation forever.
+012:008 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted
+        among the sons of men.
+013:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>>
+        How long, Yahweh?  Will you forget me forever?
+        How long will you hide your face from me?
+013:002 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
+        heart every day?  How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
+013:003 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.  Give light to my eyes,
+        lest I sleep in death;
+013:004 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my
+        adversaries rejoice when I fall.
+013:005 But I trust in your loving kindness.  My heart rejoices
+        in your salvation.
+013:006 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
+014:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By David.>> The fool has said
+        in his heart, "There is no God."  They are corrupt.
+        They have done abominable works.  There is none who does good.
+014:002 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see
+        if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
+014:003 They have all gone aside.  They have together become corrupt.
+        There is none who does good, no, not one.
+014:004 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up
+        my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?
+014:005 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation
+        of the righteous.
+014:006 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
+014:007 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!  When Yahweh
+        restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice,
+        and Israel shall be glad.
+015:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?
+        Who shall live on your holy hill?
+015:002 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth
+        in his heart;
+015:003 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend,
+        nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
+015:004 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those
+        who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
+        and doesn't change;
+015:005 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe
+        against the innocent.  He who does these things shall
+        never be shaken.
+016:001 <<A Poem by David.>> Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
+016:002 My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord.
+        Apart from you I have no good thing."
+016:003 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent
+        ones in whom is all my delight.
+016:004 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god.
+        Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take
+        their names on my lips.
+016:005 Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup.  You made my lot secure.
+016:006 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.  Yes, I have
+        a good inheritance.
+016:007 I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel.  Yes, my heart
+        instructs me in the night seasons.
+016:008 I have set Yahweh always before me.  Because he is at my right hand,
+        I shall not be moved.
+016:009 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
+        My body shall also dwell in safety.
+016:010 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you
+        allow your holy one to see corruption.
+016:011 You will show me the path of life.  In your presence is fullness
+        of joy.  In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
+017:001 <<A Prayer by David.>> Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea;
+        Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
+017:002 Let my sentence come forth from your presence.  Let your eyes
+        look on equity.
+017:003 You have proved my heart.  You have visited me in the night.
+        You have tried me, and found nothing.  I have resolved that my
+        mouth shall not disobey.
+017:004 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept
+        myself from the ways of the violent.
+017:005 My steps have held fast to your paths.  My feet have not slipped.
+017:006 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.  Turn your
+        ear to me.  Hear my speech.
+017:007 Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take
+        refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
+017:008 Keep me as the apple of your eye.  Hide me under the shadow
+        of your wings,
+017:009 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies,
+        who surround me.
+017:010 They close up their callous hearts.  With their mouth
+        they speak proudly.
+017:011 They have now surrounded us in our steps.  They set their eyes
+        to cast us down to the earth.
+017:012 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young
+        lion lurking in secret places.
+017:013 Arise, Yahweh, confront him.  Cast him down.  Deliver my soul
+        from the wicked by your sword;
+017:014 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion
+        is in this life.  You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
+        Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
+017:015 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness.
+        I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
+018:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke
+        to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered
+        him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
+        He said,>> I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
+018:002 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock,
+        in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
+        my high tower.
+018:003 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved
+        from my enemies.
+018:004 The cords of death surrounded me.  The floods of ungodliness
+        made me afraid.
+018:005 The cords of Sheol were around me.  The snares of death
+        came on me.
+018:006 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God.
+        He heard my voice out of his temple.  My cry before him came
+        into his ears.
+018:007 Then the earth shook and trembled.  The foundations also of
+        the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
+018:008 Smoke went out of his nostrils.  Consuming fire came out
+        of his mouth.  Coals were kindled by it.
+018:009 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.  Thick darkness
+        was under his feet.
+018:010 He rode on a cherub, and flew.  Yes, he soared on the wings
+        of the wind.
+018:011 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him,
+        darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
+018:012 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
+        hailstones and coals of fire.
+018:013 Yahweh also thundered in the sky.  The Most High uttered his voice:
+        hailstones and coals of fire.
+018:014 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning
+        bolts, and routed them.
+018:015 Then the channels of waters appeared.  The foundations of
+        the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast
+        of the breath of your nostrils.
+018:016 He sent from on high.  He took me.  He drew me out of many waters.
+018:017 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me;
+        for they were too mighty for me.
+018:018 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh
+        was my support.
+018:019 He brought me forth also into a large place.  He delivered me,
+        because he delighted in me.
+018:020 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
+        According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
+018:021 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly
+        departed from my God.
+018:022 For all his ordinances were before me.  I didn't put away
+        his statutes from me.
+018:023 I was also blameless with him.  I kept myself from my iniquity.
+018:024 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
+        according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
+018:025 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
+        With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
+018:026 With the pure, you will show yourself pure.  With the crooked
+        you will show yourself shrewd.
+018:027 For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes
+        you will bring down.
+018:028 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.  My God will light
+        up my darkness.
+018:029 For by you, I advance through a troop.  By my God, I leap
+        over a wall.
+018:030 As for God, his way is perfect.  The word of Yahweh is tried.
+        He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
+018:031 For who is God, except Yahweh?  Who is a rock, besides our God,
+018:032 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
+018:033 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.
+018:034 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
+018:035 You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
+        Your right hand sustains me.  Your gentleness has made me great.
+018:036 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
+018:037 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.  Neither will I
+        turn again until they are consumed.
+018:038 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.
+        They shall fall under my feet.
+018:039 For you have girded me with strength to the battle.
+        You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
+018:040 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I
+        might cut off those who hate me.
+018:041 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh,
+        but he didn't answer them.
+018:042 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.
+        I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
+018:043 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people.
+        You have made me the head of the nations.  A people whom I
+        have not known shall serve me.
+018:044 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me.  The foreigners
+        shall submit themselves to me.
+018:045 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out
+        of their close places.
+018:046 Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock.  Exalted be the God
+        of my salvation,
+018:047 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues
+        peoples under me.
+018:048 He rescues me from my enemies.  Yes, you lift me up above those
+        who rise up against me.  You deliver me from the violent man.
+018:049 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,
+        and will sing praises to your name.
+018:050 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness
+        to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.
+019:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> The heavens
+        declare the glory of God.  The expanse shows his handiwork.
+019:002 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night
+        they display knowledge.
+019:003 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
+019:004 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words
+        to the end of the world.  In them he has set a tent for the sun,
+019:005 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a strong
+        man rejoicing to run his course.
+019:006 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit
+        to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
+019:007 Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul.  Yahweh's testimony
+        is sure, making wise the simple.
+019:008 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.
+        Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
+019:009 The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever.
+        Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
+019:010 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
+        sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
+019:011 Moreover by them is your servant warned.  In keeping them
+        there is great reward.
+019:012 Who can discern his errors?  Forgive me from hidden errors.
+019:013 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.
+        Let them not have dominion over me.  Then I will be upright.
+        I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
+019:014 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be
+        acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
+020:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> May Yahweh
+        answer you in the day of trouble.  May the name of the God
+        of Jacob set you up on high,
+020:002 send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
+020:003 remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice.  Selah.
+020:004 May He grant you your heart's desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
+020:005 We will triumph in your salvation.  In the name of our God,
+        we will set up our banners.  May Yahweh grant all your requests.
+020:006 Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.  He will answer him
+        from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
+020:007 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust
+        the name of Yahweh our God.
+020:008 They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
+020:009 Save, Yahweh!  Let the King answer us when we call!
+021:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> The king
+        rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!  How greatly he rejoices
+        in your salvation!
+021:002 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld
+        the request of his lips.  Selah.
+021:003 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness.
+        You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
+021:004 He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days
+        forever and ever.
+021:005 His glory is great in your salvation.  You lay honor and
+        majesty on him.
+021:006 For you make him most blessed forever.  You make him glad
+        with joy in your presence.
+021:007 For the king trusts in Yahweh.  Through the loving kindness
+        of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
+021:008 Your hand will find out all of your enemies.  Your right hand
+        will find out those who hate you.
+021:009 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
+        Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath.  The fire
+        shall devour them.
+021:010 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity
+        from among the children of men.
+021:011 For they intended evil against you.  They plotted evil against
+        you which cannot succeed.
+021:012 For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn
+        bows at their face.
+021:013 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and
+        praise your power.
+022:001 <<For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning."
+        A Psalm by David.>> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
+        Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words
+        of my groaning?
+022:002 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer;
+        in the night season, and am not silent.
+022:003 But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
+022:004 Our fathers trusted in you.  They trusted, and you delivered them.
+022:005 They cried to you, and were delivered.  They trusted in you,
+        and were not disappointed.
+022:006 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised
+        by the people.
+022:007 All those who see me mock me.  They insult me with their lips.
+        They shake their heads, saying,
+022:008 "He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him.  Let him rescue him,
+        since he delights in him."
+022:009 But you brought me out of the womb.  You made me trust at
+        my mother's breasts.
+022:010 I was thrown on you from my mother's womb.  You are my God
+        since my mother bore me.
+022:011 Don't be far from me, for trouble is near.  For there is
+        none to help.
+022:012 Many bulls have surrounded me.  Strong bulls of Bashan
+        have encircled me.
+022:013 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing
+        prey and roaring.
+022:014 I am poured out like water.  All my bones are out of joint.
+        My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
+022:015 My strength is dried up like a potsherd.  My tongue sticks
+        to the roof of my mouth.  You have brought me into the
+        dust of death.
+022:016 For dogs have surrounded me.  A company of evil-doers have
+        enclosed me.  Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.{or,
+        They have pierced my hands and feet.  (DSS)}
+022:017 I can count all of my bones.  They look and stare at me.
+022:018 They divide my garments among them.  They cast lots for my clothing.
+022:019 But don't be far off, Yahweh.  You are my help:
+        hurry to help me.
+022:020 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power
+        of the dog.
+022:021 Save me from the lion's mouth!  Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen,
+        you have answered me.
+022:022 I will declare your name to my brothers.  In the midst
+        of the assembly, I will praise you.
+022:023 You who fear Yahweh, praise him!  All you descendants of Jacob,
+        glorify him!  Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
+022:024 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of
+        the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him;
+        but when he cried to him, he heard.
+022:025 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly.  I will pay
+        my vows before those who fear him.
+022:026 The humble shall eat and be satisfied.  They shall praise
+        Yahweh who seek after him.  Let your hearts live forever.
+022:027 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh.
+        All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
+022:028 For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.
+022:029 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship.
+        All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him,
+        even he who can't keep his soul alive.
+022:030 Posterity shall serve him.  Future generations shall be told
+        about the Lord.
+022:031 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people
+        that shall be born, for he has done it.
+023:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh is my shepherd:  I shall lack nothing.
+023:002 He makes me lie down in green pastures.  He leads me
+        beside still waters.
+023:003 He restores my soul.  He guides me in the paths of righteousness
+        for his name's sake.
+023:004 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
+        I will fear no evil, for you are with me.  Your rod and your staff,
+        they comfort me.
+023:005 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
+        You anoint my head with oil.  My cup runs over.
+023:006 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days
+        of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever.
+024:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness;
+        the world, and those who dwell therein.
+024:002 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it
+        on the floods.
+024:003 Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill?  Who may stand in his holy place?
+024:004 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted
+        up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
+024:005 He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from
+        the God of his salvation.
+024:006 This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face--
+        even Jacob.  Selah.
+024:007 Lift up your heads, you gates!  Be lifted up, you everlasting doors,
+        and the King of glory will come in.
+024:008 Who is the King of glory?  Yahweh strong and mighty,
+        Yahweh mighty in battle.
+024:009 Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up,
+        you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
+024:010 Who is this King of glory?  Yahweh of Armies is the King
+        of glory!  Selah.
+025:001 <<By David.>> To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.
+025:002 My God, I have trusted in you.  Don't let me be shamed.
+        Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
+025:003 Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed.  They shall
+        be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
+025:004 Show me your ways, Yahweh.  Teach me your paths.
+025:005 Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God
+        of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
+025:006 Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness,
+        for they are from old times.
+025:007 Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
+        Remember me according to your loving kindness,
+        for your goodness' sake, Yahweh.
+025:008 Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners
+        in the way.
+025:009 He will guide the humble in justice.  He will teach
+        the humble his way.
+025:010 All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such
+        as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
+025:011 For your name's sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
+025:012 What man is he who fears Yahweh?  He shall instruct him
+        in the way that he shall choose.
+025:013 His soul shall dwell at ease.  His seed shall inherit the land.
+025:014 The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him.
+        He will show them his covenant.
+025:015 My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out
+        of the net.
+025:016 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
+025:017 The troubles of my heart are enlarged.  Oh bring me out
+        of my distresses.
+025:018 Consider my affliction and my travail.  Forgive all my sins.
+025:019 Consider my enemies, for they are many.  They hate me
+        with cruel hatred.
+025:020 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me.  Let me not be disappointed,
+        for I take refuge in you.
+025:021 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
+025:022 Redeem Israel, God, out all of his troubles.
+026:001 <<By David.>> Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity.
+        I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
+026:002 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.  Try my heart and my mind.
+026:003 For your loving kindness is before my eyes.  I have walked
+        in your truth.
+026:004 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go
+        in with hypocrites.
+026:005 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, and will not sit with the wicked.
+026:006 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about
+        your altar, Yahweh;
+026:007 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,
+        and tell of all your wondrous works.
+026:008 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where
+        your glory dwells.
+026:009 Don't gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
+026:010 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.
+026:011 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.  Redeem me,
+        and be merciful to me.
+026:012 My foot stands in an even place.  In the congregations I
+        will bless Yahweh.
+027:001 <<By David.>> Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
+        Whom shall I fear?  Yahweh is the strength of my life.
+        Of whom shall I be afraid?
+027:002 When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries
+        and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
+027:003 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear.
+        Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
+027:004 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after,
+        that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
+        to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
+027:005 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.
+        In the covert of his tent he will hide me.  He will lift me
+        up on a rock.
+027:006 Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me.
+        I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.  I will sing,
+        yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
+027:007 Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice.  Have mercy also on me,
+        and answer me.
+027:008 When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will
+        seek your face, Yahweh."
+027:009 Don't hide your face from me.  Don't put your servant away in anger.
+        You have been my help.  Don't abandon me, neither forsake me,
+        God of my salvation.
+027:010 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will
+        take me up.
+027:011 Teach me your way, Yahweh.  Lead me in a straight path,
+        because of my enemies.
+027:012 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false
+        witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
+027:013 I am still confident of this:  I will see the goodness of Yahweh
+        in the land of the living.
+027:014 Wait for Yahweh.  Be strong, and let your heart take courage.
+        Yes, wait for Yahweh.
+028:001 <<By David.>> To you, Yahweh, I call.  My rock, don't be
+        deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become
+        like those who go down into the pit.
+028:002 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift
+        up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
+028:003 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of
+        iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief
+        is in their hearts.
+028:004 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of
+        their doings.  Give them according to the operation of their hands.
+        Bring back on them what they deserve.
+028:005 Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, nor the operation
+        of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
+028:006 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
+028:007 Yahweh is my strength and my shield.  My heart has trusted in him,
+        and I am helped.  Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.
+        With my song I will thank him.
+028:008 Yahweh is their strength.  He is a stronghold of salvation
+        to his anointed.
+028:009 Save your people, and bless your inheritance.  Be their
+        shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
+029:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty,
+        ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
+029:002 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.  Worship Yahweh
+        in holy array.
+029:003 Yahweh's voice is on the waters.  The God of glory thunders,
+        even Yahweh on many waters.
+029:004 Yahweh's voice is powerful.  Yahweh's voice is full of majesty.
+029:005 The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars.  Yes, Yahweh breaks
+        in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
+029:006 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion
+        like a young, wild ox.
+029:007 Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
+029:008 Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness.  Yahweh shakes
+        the wilderness of Kadesh.
+029:009 Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare.
+        In his temple everything says, "Glory!"
+029:010 Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood.  Yes, Yahweh sits
+        as King forever.
+029:011 Yahweh will give strength to his people.  Yahweh will bless
+        his people with peace.
+030:001 <<A Psalm.  A Song for the Dedication of the Temple.
+        By David.>> I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up,
+        and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
+030:002 Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
+030:003 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
+        You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
+030:004 Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his.  Give thanks
+        to his holy name.
+030:005 For his anger is but for a moment.  His favor is for a lifetime.
+        Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
+030:006 As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
+030:007 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong;
+        but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
+030:008 I cried to you, Yahweh.  To Yahweh I made supplication:
+030:009 "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
+        Shall the dust praise you?  Shall it declare your truth?
+030:010 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me.  Yahweh, be my helper."
+030:011 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me.
+        You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
+030:012 To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent.
+        Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
+031:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> In you,
+        Yahweh, I take refuge.  Let me never be disappointed.
+        Deliver me in your righteousness.
+031:002 Bow down your ear to me.  Deliver me speedily.  Be to me
+        a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
+031:003 For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's
+        sake lead me and guide me.
+031:004 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
+        for you are my stronghold.
+031:005 Into your hand I commend my spirit.  You redeem me,
+        Yahweh, God of truth.
+031:006 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
+031:007 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have
+        seen my affliction.  You have known my soul in adversities.
+031:008 You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
+        You have set my feet in a large place.
+031:009 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress.  My eye,
+        my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
+031:010 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing.
+        My strength fails because of my iniquity.  My bones
+        are wasted away.
+031:011 Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly
+        contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances.
+        Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
+031:012 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
+        I am like broken pottery.
+031:013 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,
+        while they conspire together against me, they plot to take
+        away my life.
+031:014 But I trust in you, Yahweh.  I said, "You are my God."
+031:015 My times are in your hand.  Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
+        and from those who persecute me.
+031:016 Make your face to shine on your servant.  Save me in
+        your loving kindness.
+031:017 Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you.
+        Let the wicked be disappointed.  Let them be silent in Sheol.
+031:018 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous
+        insolently, with pride and contempt.
+031:019 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for
+        those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take
+        refuge in you, before the sons of men!
+031:020 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from
+        the plotting of man.  You will keep them secretly in a dwelling
+        away from the strife of tongues.
+031:021 Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving
+        kindness in a strong city.
+031:022 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes."
+        Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I
+        cried to you.
+031:023 Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints!  Yahweh preserves the faithful,
+        and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
+031:024 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who
+        hope in Yahweh.
+032:001 <<By David.  A contemplative psalm.>> Blessed is he whose
+        disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
+032:002 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity,
+        in whose spirit there is no deceit.
+032:003 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning
+        all day long.
+032:004 For day and night your hand was heavy on me.  My strength
+        was sapped in the heat of summer.  Selah.
+032:005 I acknowledged my sin to you.  I didn't hide my iniquity.
+        I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you
+        forgave the iniquity of my sin.  Selah.
+032:006 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time
+        when you may be found.  Surely when the great waters overflow,
+        they shall not reach to him.
+032:007 You are my hiding place.  You will preserve me from trouble.
+        You will surround me with songs of deliverance.  Selah.
+032:008 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
+        I will counsel you with my eye on you.
+032:009 Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have
+        no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle,
+        or else they will not come near to you.
+032:010 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall
+        surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
+032:011 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!  Shout for joy,
+        all you who are upright in heart!
+033:001 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous!  Praise is fitting
+        for the upright.
+033:002 Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre.  Sing praises to him
+        with the harp of ten strings.
+033:003 Sing to him a new song.  Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
+033:004 For the word of Yahweh is right.  All his work is
+        done in faithfulness.
+033:005 He loves righteousness and justice.  The earth is full
+        of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
+033:006 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army
+        by the breath of his mouth.
+033:007 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
+        He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
+033:008 Let all the earth fear Yahweh.  Let all the inhabitants
+        of the world stand in awe of him.
+033:009 For he spoke, and it was done.  He commanded, and it stood firm.
+033:010 Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.
+        He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
+033:011 The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his
+        heart to all generations.
+033:012 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom
+        he has chosen for his own inheritance.
+033:013 Yahweh looks from heaven.  He sees all the sons of men.
+033:014 From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants
+        of the earth,
+033:015 he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all
+        of their works.
+033:016 There is no king saved by the multitude of an army.
+        A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
+033:017 A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver
+        any by his great power.
+033:018 Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope
+        in his loving kindness;
+033:019 to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
+033:020 Our soul has waited for Yahweh.  He is our help and our shield.
+033:021 For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted
+        in his holy name.
+033:022 Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped
+        in you.  {}
+034:001 <<By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech,
+        who drove him away, and he departed.Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem,
+        with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet
+        (ordered from Alef to Tav).>> I will bless Yahweh at all times.
+        His praise will always be in my mouth.
+034:002 My soul shall boast in Yahweh.  The humble shall hear of it,
+        and be glad.
+034:003 Oh magnify Yahweh with me.  Let us exalt his name together.
+034:004 I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from
+        all my fears.
+034:005 They looked to him, and were radiant.  Their faces shall
+        never be covered with shame.
+034:006 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out
+        of all his troubles.
+034:007 The angel of Yahweh encamps round about those who fear him,
+        and delivers them.
+034:008 Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good.  Blessed is the man
+        who takes refuge in him.
+034:009 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with
+        those who fear him.
+034:010 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek
+        Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
+034:011 Come, you children, listen to me.  I will teach you
+        the fear of Yahweh.
+034:012 Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days,
+        that he may see good?
+034:013 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
+034:014 Depart from evil, and do good.  seek peace, and pursue it.
+034:015 Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous.  His ears listen
+        to their cry.
+034:016 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory
+        of them from the earth.
+034:017 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out
+        of all their troubles.
+034:018 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves
+        those who have a crushed spirit.
+034:019 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers
+        him out of them all.
+034:020 He protects all of his bones.  Not one of them is broken.
+034:021 Evil shall kill the wicked.  Those who hate the righteous
+        shall be condemned.
+034:022 Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants.  None of those who take
+        refuge in him shall be condemned.
+035:001 <<By David.>> Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me.
+        Fight against those who fight against me.
+035:002 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
+035:003 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.
+        Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
+035:004 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought
+        to dishonor.  Let those who plot my ruin be turned
+        back and confounded.
+035:005 Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel
+        driving them on.
+035:006 Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
+035:007 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
+        Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
+035:008 Let destruction come on him unawares.  Let his net that he has
+        hidden catch himself.  Let him fall into that destruction.
+035:009 My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.  It shall rejoice
+        in his salvation.
+035:010 All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers
+        the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor
+        and the needy from him who robs him?"
+035:011 Unrighteous witnesses rise up.  They ask me about things that I
+        don't know about.
+035:012 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
+035:013 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
+        I afflicted my soul with fasting.  My prayer returned into
+        my own bosom.
+035:014 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
+        I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
+035:015 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
+        The attackers gathered themselves together against me,
+        and I didn't know it.  They tore at me, and didn't cease.
+035:016 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their
+        teeth at me.
+035:017 Lord, how long will you look on?  Rescue my soul from
+        their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
+035:018 I will give you thanks in the great assembly.  I will praise
+        you among many people.
+035:019 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
+        neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
+035:020 For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words
+        against those who are quiet in the land.
+035:021 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.
+        They said, "Aha!  Aha!  Our eye has seen it!"
+035:022 You have seen it, Yahweh.  Don't keep silent.  Lord, don't be
+        far from me.
+035:023 Wake up!  Rise up to defend me, my God!  My Lord, contend for me!
+035:024 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness.
+        Don't let them gloat over me.
+035:025 Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha!  That's the way we want it!"
+        Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
+035:026 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice
+        at my calamity.  Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
+        who magnify themselves against me.
+035:027 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause.
+        Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has
+        pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
+035:028 My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your
+        praise all day long.
+036:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By David, the servant of Yahweh.>> An
+        oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
+        "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
+036:002 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect
+        and hate his sin.
+036:003 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.
+        He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
+036:004 He plots iniquity on his bed.  He sets himself in a way that is
+        not good.  He doesn't abhor evil.
+036:005 Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens.
+        Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
+036:006 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God.
+        Your judgments are like a great deep.  Yahweh, you preserve
+        man and animal.
+036:007 How precious is your loving kindness, God!  The children of men
+        take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
+036:008 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house.
+        You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
+036:009 For with you is the spring of life.  In your light shall
+        we see light.
+036:010 Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you,
+        your righteousness to the upright in heart.
+036:011 Don't let the foot of pride come against me.  Don't let the hand
+        of the wicked drive me away.
+036:012 There the workers of iniquity are fallen.  They are thrust down,
+        and shall not be able to rise.
+037:001 <<By David.>> Don't fret because of evil-doers, neither be
+        envious against those who work unrighteousness.
+037:002 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither
+        like the green herb.
+037:003 Trust in Yahweh, and do good.  Dwell in the land,
+        and enjoy safe pasture.
+037:004 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires
+        of your heart.
+037:005 Commit your way to Yahweh.  Trust also in him, and he will do this:
+037:006 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light,
+        and your justice as the noon day sun.
+037:007 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.  Don't fret
+        because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man
+        who makes wicked plots happen.
+037:008 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.  Don't fret, it leads
+        only to evildoing.
+037:009 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh
+        shall inherit the land.
+037:010 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more.
+        Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
+037:011 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight
+        themselves in the abundance of peace.
+037:012 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him
+        with his teeth.
+037:013 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
+037:014 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
+        to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright
+        in the way.
+037:015 Their sword shall enter into their own heart.  Their bows
+        shall be broken.
+037:016 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance
+        of many wicked.
+037:017 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh
+        upholds the righteous.
+037:018 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect.  Their inheritance
+        shall be forever.
+037:019 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil.
+        In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
+037:020 But the wicked shall perish.  The enemies of Yahweh shall
+        be like the beauty of the fields.  They will vanish--
+        vanish like smoke.
+037:021 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous
+        give generously.
+037:022 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land.
+        Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
+037:023 A man's goings are established by Yahweh.  He delights
+        in his way.
+037:024 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up
+        with his hand.
+037:025 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen
+        the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
+037:026 All day long he deals graciously, and lends.  His seed is blessed.
+037:027 Depart from evil, and do good.  Live securely forever.
+037:028 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints.
+        They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked
+        shall be cut off.
+037:029 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
+037:030 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
+        His tongue speaks justice.
+037:031 The law of his God is in his heart.  None of his steps shall slide.
+037:032 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
+037:033 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when
+        he is judged.
+037:034 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt
+        you to inherit the land.  When the wicked are cut off,
+        you shall see it.
+037:035 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself
+        like a green tree in its native soil.
+037:036 But he passed away, and behold, he was not.  Yes, I sought him,
+        but he could not be found.
+037:037 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future
+        for the man of peace.
+037:038 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together.
+        The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
+037:039 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh.
+        He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
+037:040 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them.  He rescues them from the wicked,
+        and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
+038:001 <<A Psalm by David, for a memorial.>> Yahweh, don't rebuke me
+        in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
+038:002 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
+038:003 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation,
+        neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
+038:004 For my iniquities have gone over my head.  As a heavy burden,
+        they are too heavy for me.
+038:005 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
+038:006 I am pained and bowed down greatly.  I go mourning all day long.
+038:007 For my waist is filled with burning.  There is no soundness
+        in my flesh.
+038:008 I am faint and severely bruised.  I have groaned by reason
+        of the anguish of my heart.
+038:009 Lord, all my desire is before you.  My groaning is not
+        hidden from you.
+038:010 My heart throbs.  My strength fails me.  As for the light
+        of my eyes, it has also left me.
+038:011 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.
+        My kinsmen stand far away.
+038:012 They also who seek after my life lay snares.  Those who seek
+        my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits
+        all day long.
+038:013 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear.  I am as a mute man who doesn't
+        open his mouth.
+038:014 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
+038:015 For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.  You will answer, Lord my God.
+038:016 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves
+        over me when my foot slips."
+038:017 For I am ready to fall.  My pain is continually before me.
+038:018 For I will declare my iniquity.  I will be sorry for my sin.
+038:019 But my enemies are vigorous and many.  Those who hate me
+        without reason are numerous.
+038:020 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me,
+        because I follow what is good.
+038:021 Don't forsake me, Yahweh.  My God, don't be far from me.
+038:022 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
+039:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  For Jeduthun.  A Psalm by David.>> I said,
+        "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue.
+        I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
+039:002 I was mute with silence.  I held my peace, even from good.
+        My sorrow was stirred.
+039:003 My heart was hot within me.  While I meditated, the fire burned:
+        I spoke with my tongue:
+039:004 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days.
+        Let me know how frail I am.
+039:005 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.  My lifetime
+        is as nothing before you.  Surely every man stands as
+        a breath."  Selah.
+039:006 "Surely every man walks like a shadow.  Surely they busy themselves
+        in vain.  He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
+039:007 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?  My hope is in you.
+039:008 Deliver me from all my transgressions.  Don't make me the reproach
+        of the foolish.
+039:009 I was mute.  I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.
+039:010 Remove your scourge away from me.  I am overcome by the blow
+        of your hand.
+039:011 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his
+        wealth like a moth.  Surely every man is but a breath."  Selah.
+039:012 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
+        Don't be silent at my tears.  For I am a stranger with you,
+        a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
+039:013 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away,
+        and exist no more."
+040:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> I waited
+        patiently for Yahweh.  He turned to me, and heard my cry.
+040:002 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay.
+        He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
+040:003 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.
+        Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
+040:004 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't
+        respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
+040:005 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you
+        have done, and your thoughts which are toward us.
+        They can't be declared back to you.  If I would declare
+        and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
+040:006 Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire.  You have opened my ears.
+        You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
+040:007 Then I said, "Behold, I have come.  It is written about me
+        in the book in the scroll.
+040:008 I delight to do your will, my God.  Yes, your law is
+        within my heart."
+040:009 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.
+        Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
+040:010 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart.
+        I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation.
+        I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth
+        from the great assembly.
+040:011 Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh.  Let your
+        loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
+040:012 For innumerable evils have surrounded me.  My iniquities
+        have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.
+        They are more than the hairs of my head.  My heart has failed me.
+040:013 Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.  Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
+040:014 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek
+        after my soul to destroy it.  Let them be turned backward
+        and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
+040:015 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell
+        me, "Aha!  Aha!"
+040:016 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
+        Let such as love your salvation say continually,
+        "Let Yahweh be exalted!"
+040:017 But I am poor and needy.  May the Lord think about me.
+        You are my help and my deliverer.  Don't delay, my God.
+041:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> Blessed
+        is he who considers the poor.  Yahweh will deliver him
+        in the day of evil.
+041:002 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive.
+        He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender
+        him to the will of his enemies.
+041:003 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from
+        his bed of illness.
+041:004 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me!  Heal me, for I have
+        sinned against you."
+041:005 My enemies speak evil against me:  "When will he die,
+        and his name perish?"
+041:006 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.  His heart gathers
+        iniquity to itself.  When he goes abroad, he tells it.
+041:007 All who hate me whisper together against me.  They imagine
+        the worst for me.
+041:008 "An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him.
+        Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
+041:009 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread
+        with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
+041:010 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I
+        may repay them.
+041:011 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't
+        triumph over me.
+041:012 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in
+        your presence forever.
+041:013 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and
+        to everlasting!  Amen and amen.
+042:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A contemplation by the sons of
+        Korah.>> As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul
+        pants after you, God.
+042:002 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.  When shall I
+        come and appear before God?
+042:003 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually
+        ask me, "Where is your God?"
+042:004 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,
+        how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house
+        of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping
+        a holy day.
+042:005 Why are you in despair, my soul?  Why are you disturbed within me?
+        Hope in God!  For I shall still praise him for the saving
+        help of his presence.
+042:006 My God, my soul is in despair within me.  Therefore I remember
+        you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon,
+        from the hill Mizar.
+042:007 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
+        All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
+042:008 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime.
+        In the night his song shall be with me:  a prayer to the God
+        of my life.
+042:009 I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me?
+        Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
+042:010 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
+        while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
+042:011 Why are you in despair, my soul?  Why are you disturbed within me?
+        Hope in God!  For I shall still praise him, the saving help
+        of my countenance, and my God.
+043:001 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
+        Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
+043:002 For you are the God of my strength.  Why have you rejected me?
+        Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
+043:003 Oh, send out your light and your truth.  Let them lead me.
+        Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
+043:004 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy.
+        I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
+043:005 Why are you in despair, my soul?  Why are you disturbed within me?
+        Hope in God!  For I shall still praise him:  my Savior,
+        my helper, and my God.
+044:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By the sons of Korah.
+        A contemplative psalm.>> We have heard with our ears, God;
+        our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days,
+        in the days of old.
+044:002 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them.
+        You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
+044:003 For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword,
+        neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand,
+        and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were
+        favorable to them.
+044:004 You are my King, God.  Command victories for Jacob!
+044:005 Through you, will we push down our adversaries.  Through your name,
+        will we tread them under who rise up against us.
+044:006 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
+044:007 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed
+        those who hate us.
+044:008 In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks
+        to your name forever.  Selah.
+044:009 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't
+        go out with our armies.
+044:010 You make us turn back from the adversary.  Those who hate us
+        take spoil for themselves.
+044:011 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us
+        among the nations.
+044:012 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing
+        from their sale.
+044:013 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision
+        to those who are around us.
+044:014 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head
+        among the peoples.
+044:015 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
+044:016 At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
+        because of the enemy and the avenger.
+044:017 All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you,
+        Neither have we been false to your covenant.
+044:018 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed
+        from your path,
+044:019 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered
+        us with the shadow of death.
+044:020 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth
+        our hands to a strange god;
+044:021 won't God search this out?  For he knows the secrets of the heart.
+044:022 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.  We are regarded
+        as sheep for the slaughter.
+044:023 Wake up!  Why do you sleep, Lord?  Arise!  Don't reject us forever.
+044:024 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction
+        and our oppression?
+044:025 For our soul is bowed down to the dust.  Our body cleaves
+        to the earth.
+044:026 Rise up to help us.  Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
+045:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  Set to "The Lilies."  A contemplation
+        by the sons of Korah.  A wedding song.>> My heart overflows
+        with a noble theme.  I recite my verses for the king.
+        My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
+045:002 You are the most excellent of the sons of men.  Grace has
+        anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
+045:003 Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one:  your splendor
+        and your majesty.
+045:004 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility,
+        and righteousness.  Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
+045:005 Your arrows are sharp.  The nations fall under you, with arrows
+        in the heart of the king's enemies.
+045:006 Your throne, God, is forever and ever.  A scepter of equity
+        is the scepter of your kingdom.
+045:007 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness.
+        Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil
+        of gladness above your fellows.
+045:008 All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
+        Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
+045:009 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women.
+        At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
+045:010 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.  Forget your
+        own people, and also your father's house.
+045:011 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
+045:012 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift.  The rich among
+        the people entreat your favor.
+045:013 The princess inside is all glorious.  Her clothing is
+        interwoven with gold.
+045:014 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work.  The virgins,
+        her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
+045:015 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led.  They shall
+        enter into the king's palace.
+045:016 Your sons will take the place of your fathers.  You shall make
+        them princes in all the earth.
+045:017 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations.
+        Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
+        {}
+046:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By the sons of Korah.
+        According to Alamoth.Alamoth is a musical term.>> God is our
+        refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
+046:002 Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes,
+        though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
+046:003 though the waters of it roar and are troubled, though the mountains
+        tremble with their swelling.  Selah.
+046:004 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad,
+        the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
+046:005 God is in her midst.  She shall not be moved.  God will help
+        her at dawn.
+046:006 The nations raged.  The kingdoms were moved.  He lifted his voice,
+        and the earth melted.
+046:007 Yahweh of Armies is with us.  The God of Jacob is our refuge.  Selah.
+046:008 Come, see Yahweh's works, what desolations he has made
+        in the earth.
+046:009 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.  He breaks the bow,
+        and shatters the spear.  He burns the chariots in the fire.
+046:010 "Be still, and know that I am God.  I will be exalted among
+        the nations.  I will be exalted in the earth."
+046:011 Yahweh of Armies is with us.  The God of Jacob is our refuge.  Selah.
+047:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>>
+        Oh clap your hands, all you nations.  Shout to God with
+        the voice of triumph!
+047:002 For Yahweh Most High is awesome.  He is a great King over
+        all the earth.
+047:003 He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
+047:004 He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom
+        he loved.  Selah.
+047:005 God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
+047:006 Sing praise to God, sing praises.  Sing praises to our King,
+        sing praises.
+047:007 For God is the King of all the earth.  Sing praises
+        with understanding.
+047:008 God reigns over the nations.  God sits on his holy throne.
+047:009 The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of
+        the God of Abraham.  For the shields of the earth belong to God.
+        He is greatly exalted!
+048:001 <<A Song.  A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> Great is Yahweh,
+        and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God,
+        in his holy mountain.
+048:002 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion,
+        on the north sides, the city of the great King.
+048:003 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
+048:004 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
+048:005 They saw it, then they were amazed.  They were dismayed.
+        They hurried away.
+048:006 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
+048:007 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
+048:008 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies,
+        in the city of our God.  God will establish it forever.  Selah.
+048:009 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst
+        of your temple.
+048:010 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth.
+        Your right hand is full of righteousness.
+048:011 Let Mount Zion be glad!  Let the daughters of Judah rejoice,
+        Because of your judgments.
+048:012 Walk about Zion, and go around her.  Number its towers.
+048:013 Mark well her bulwarks.  Consider her palaces, that you may
+        tell it to the next generation.
+048:014 For this God is our God forever and ever.  He will be our guide
+        even to death.
+049:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>>
+        Hear this, all you peoples.  Listen, all you inhabitants
+        of the world,
+049:002 both low and high, rich and poor together.
+049:003 My mouth will speak words of wisdom.  My heart
+        shall utter understanding.
+049:004 I will incline my ear to a proverb.  I will open my riddle
+        on the harp.
+049:005 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my
+        heels surrounds me?
+049:006 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude
+        of their riches--
+049:007 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give
+        God a ransom for him.
+049:008 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment
+        is ever enough,
+049:009 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
+049:010 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the
+        senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
+049:011 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
+        and their dwelling places to all generations.  They name
+        their lands after themselves.
+049:012 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure.  He is like
+        the animals that perish.
+049:013 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those
+        who approve their sayings.  Selah.
+049:014 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.  Death shall
+        be their shepherd.  The upright shall have dominion over
+        them in the morning.  Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,
+        far from their mansion.
+049:015 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
+        for he will receive me.  Selah.
+049:016 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his
+        house is increased.
+049:017 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away.  His glory shall
+        not descend after him.
+049:018 Though while he lived he blessed his soul--and men praise you
+        when you do well for yourself--
+049:019 he shall go to the generation of his fathers.  They shall
+        never see the light.
+049:020 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the
+        animals that perish.
+050:001 <<A Psalm by Asaph.>> The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks,
+        and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
+050:002 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
+050:003 Our God comes, and does not keep silent.  A fire devours before him.
+        It is very stormy around him.
+050:004 He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may
+        judge his people:
+050:005 "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant
+        with me by sacrifice."
+050:006 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself
+        is judge.  Selah.
+050:007 "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify
+        against you.  I am God, your God.
+050:008 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices.  Your burnt offerings
+        are continually before me.
+050:009 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats
+        from your pens.
+050:010 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock
+        on a thousand hills.
+050:011 I know all the birds of the mountains.  The wild animals
+        of the field are mine.
+050:012 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine,
+        and all that is in it.
+050:013 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
+050:014 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving.  Pay your vows
+        to the Most High.
+050:015 Call on me in the day of trouble.  I will deliver you,
+        and you will honor me."
+050:016 But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare
+        my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
+050:017 seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
+050:018 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have
+        participated with adulterers.
+050:019 "You give your mouth to evil.  Your tongue frames deceit.
+050:020 You sit and speak against your brother.  You slander your
+        own mother's son.
+050:021 You have done these things, and I kept silent.
+        You thought that the I was just like you.  I will rebuke you,
+        and accuse you in front of your eyes.
+050:022 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces,
+        and there be none to deliver.
+050:023 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me,
+        and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
+051:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David, when Nathan
+        the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.>>
+        Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
+        According to the multitude of your tender mercies,
+        blot out my transgressions.
+051:002 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.  Cleanse me from my sin.
+051:003 For I know my transgressions.  My sin is constantly before me.
+051:004 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is
+        evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak,
+        and justified when you judge.
+051:005 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity.  In sin my
+        mother conceived me.
+051:006 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.  You teach me
+        wisdom in the inmost place.
+051:007 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.  Wash me, and I
+        will be whiter than snow.
+051:008 Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have
+        broken may rejoice.
+051:009 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
+051:010 Create in me a clean heart, O God.  Renew a right spirit within me.
+051:011 Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy
+        Spirit from me.
+051:012 Restore to me the joy of your salvation.  Uphold me with
+        a willing spirit.
+051:013 Then I will teach transgressors your ways.  Sinners shall
+        be converted to you.
+051:014 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation.
+        My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
+051:015 Lord, open my lips.  My mouth shall declare your praise.
+051:016 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
+        You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
+051:017 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.  A broken and
+        contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
+051:018 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.  Build the walls of Jerusalem.
+051:019 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
+        in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.
+        Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
+052:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A contemplation by David, when Doeg
+        the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's
+        house.">> Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?
+        God's loving kindness endures continually.
+052:002 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor,
+        working deceitfully.
+052:003 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking
+        the truth.  Selah.
+052:004 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
+052:005 God will likewise destroy you forever.  He will take you up,
+        and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land
+        of the living.  Selah.
+052:006 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
+052:007 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength,
+        but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened
+        himself in his wickedness."
+052:008 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house.
+        I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.
+052:009 I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.
+        I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence
+        of your saints.
+053:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation
+        by David.>> The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
+        They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.
+        There is no one who does good.
+053:002 God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see
+        if there are any who understood, who seek after God.
+053:003 Every one of them has gone back.  They have become filthy together.
+        There is no one who does good, no, not one.
+053:004 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people
+        as they eat bread, and don't call on God?
+053:005 There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God
+        has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.
+        You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
+053:006 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!  When God
+        brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice,
+        and Israel shall be glad.
+054:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  On stringed instruments.  A contemplation
+        by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David
+        hiding himself among us?">> Save me, God, by your name.
+        Vindicate me in your might.
+054:002 Hear my prayer, God.  Listen to the words of my mouth.
+054:003 For strangers have risen up against me.  Violent men have sought
+        after my soul.  They haven't set God before them.  Selah.
+054:004 Behold, God is my helper.  The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
+054:005 He will repay the evil to my enemies.  Destroy them in your truth.
+054:006 With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
+        I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
+054:007 For he has delivered me out of all trouble.  My eye has seen
+        triumph over my enemies.
+055:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  On stringed instruments.
+        A contemplation by David.>> Listen to my prayer, God.
+        Don't hide yourself from my supplication.
+055:002 Attend to me, and answer me.  I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
+055:003 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression
+        of the wicked.  For they bring suffering on me.
+        In anger they hold a grudge against me.
+055:004 My heart is severely pained within me.  The terrors of death
+        have fallen on me.
+055:005 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.
+        Horror has overwhelmed me.
+055:006 I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove!  Then I would fly away,
+        and be at rest.
+055:007 Behold, then I would wander far off.  I would lodge in
+        the wilderness."  Selah.
+055:008 "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm."
+055:009 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have
+        seen violence and strife in the city.
+055:010 Day and night they prowl around on its walls.  Malice and abuse
+        are also within her.
+055:011 Destructive forces are within her.  Threats and lies don't
+        depart from her streets.
+055:012 For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have
+        endured it.  Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself
+        up against me, then I would have hid myself from him.
+055:013 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.
+055:014 We took sweet fellowship together.  We walked in God's
+        house with company.
+055:015 Let death come suddenly on them.  Let them go down alive into Sheol.
+        For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
+055:016 As for me, I will call on God.  Yahweh will save me.
+055:017 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
+        He will hear my voice.
+055:018 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was
+        against me, although there are many who oppose me.
+055:019 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them.
+        Selah.  They never change, who don't fear God.
+055:020 He raises his hands against his friends.  He has
+        violated his covenant.
+055:021 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war.
+        His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
+055:022 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you.
+        He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
+055:023 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.
+        Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,
+        but I will trust in you.
+056:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Silent Dove in
+        Distant Lands."  A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him
+        in Gath.>> Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
+        All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
+056:002 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are
+        many who fight proudly against me.
+056:003 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
+056:004 In God, I praise his word.  In God, I put my trust.
+        I will not be afraid.  What can flesh do to me?
+056:005 All day long they twist my words.  All their thoughts are
+        against me for evil.
+056:006 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager
+        to take my life.
+056:007 Shall they escape by iniquity?  In anger cast down the peoples, God.
+056:008 You number my wanderings.  You put my tears into your bottle.
+        Aren't they in your book?
+056:009 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
+        I know this, that God is for me.
+056:010 In God, I will praise his word.  In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
+056:011 I have put my trust in God.  I will not be afraid.
+        What can man do to me?
+056:012 Your vows are on me, God.  I will give thank offerings to you.
+056:013 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my
+        feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light
+        of the living.
+057:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Do Not Destroy."
+        A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.>> Be
+        merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge
+        in you.  Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge,
+        until disaster has passed.
+057:002 I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my
+        requests for me.
+057:003 He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one
+        who is pursuing me.  Selah.  God will send out his loving
+        kindness and his truth.
+057:004 My soul is among lions.  I lie among those who are set on fire,
+        even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
+        and their tongue a sharp sword.
+057:005 Be exalted, God, above the heavens!  Let your glory be above
+        all the earth!
+057:006 They have prepared a net for my steps.  My soul is bowed down.
+        They dig a pit before me.  They fall into the midst of
+        it themselves.  Selah.
+057:007 My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast.
+        I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
+057:008 Wake up, my glory!  Wake up, psaltery and harp!
+        I will wake up the dawn.
+057:009 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples.
+        I will sing praises to you among the nations.
+057:010 For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens,
+        and your truth to the skies.
+057:011 Be exalted, God, above the heavens.  Let your glory be over
+        all the earth.
+058:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Do Not Destroy."
+        A poem by David.>> Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
+        Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
+058:002 No, in your heart you plot injustice.  You measure out the violence
+        of your hands in the earth.
+058:003 The wicked go astray from the womb.  They are wayward as soon
+        as they are born, speaking lies.
+058:004 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra
+        that stops its ear,
+058:005 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter
+        how skillful the charmer may be.
+058:006 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.  Break out the great
+        teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
+058:007 Let them vanish as water that flows away.  When they draw the bow,
+        let their arrows be made blunt.
+058:008 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
+        like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
+058:009 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep
+        away the green and the burning alike.
+058:010 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
+        He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
+058:011 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward
+        for the righteous.  Most certainly there is a God who
+        judges the earth."
+059:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Do Not Destroy."
+        A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house
+        to kill him.>> Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
+        Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
+059:002 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.  Save me from
+        the bloodthirsty men.
+059:003 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.  The mighty gather
+        themselves together against me, not for my disobedience,
+        nor for my sin, Yahweh.
+059:004 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
+        Rise up, behold, and help me!
+059:005 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish
+        the nations.  Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.  Selah.
+059:006 They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl
+        around the city.
+059:007 Behold, they spew with their mouth.  Swords are in their lips, "For,"
+        they say, "who hears us?"
+059:008 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them.  You scoff at all the nations.
+059:009 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
+059:010 My God will go before me with his loving kindness.
+        God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
+059:011 Don't kill them, or my people may forget.  Scatter them
+        by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
+059:012 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
+        let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies
+        which they utter.
+059:013 Consume them in wrath.  Consume them, and they will be no more.
+        Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of
+        the earth.  Selah.
+059:014 At evening let them return.  Let them howl like a dog,
+        and go around the city.
+059:015 They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night
+        if they aren't satisfied.
+059:016 But I will sing of your strength.  Yes, I will sing aloud
+        of your loving kindness in the morning.  For you have been
+        my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
+059:017 To you, my strength, I will sing praises.  For God is my high tower,
+        the God of my mercy.
+060:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant."
+        A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim
+        and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve
+        thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.>> God, you have
+        rejected us.  You have broken us down.  You have been angry.
+        Restore us, again.
+060:002 You have made the land tremble.  You have torn it.
+        Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
+060:003 You have shown your people hard things.  You have made us
+        drink the wine that makes us stagger.
+060:004 You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be
+        displayed because of the truth.  Selah.
+060:005 So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand,
+        and answer us.
+060:006 God has spoken from his sanctuary:  "I will triumph.
+        I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
+060:007 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.  Ephraim also is the defense
+        of my head.  Judah is my scepter.
+060:008 Moab is my wash basin.  I will throw my shoe on Edom.
+        I shout in triumph over Philistia."
+060:009 Who will bring me into the strong city?  Who has led me to Edom?
+060:010 Haven't you, God, rejected us?  You don't go out with
+        our armies, God.
+060:011 Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
+060:012 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread
+        down our adversaries.
+061:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  For a stringed instrument.
+        By David.>> Hear my cry, God.  Listen to my prayer.
+061:002 From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart
+        is overwhelmed.  Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
+061:003 For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
+061:004 I will dwell in your tent forever.  I will take refuge
+        in the shelter of your wings.  Selah.
+061:005 For you, God, have heard my vows.  You have given me the heritage
+        of those who fear your name.
+061:006 You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations.
+061:007 He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever.  Appoint your
+        loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
+061:008 So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill
+        my vows daily.
+062:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To Jeduthan.  A Psalm by David.>>
+        My soul rests in God alone.  My salvation is from him.
+062:002 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress--I will
+        never be greatly shaken.
+062:003 How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down,
+        Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
+062:004 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place.
+        They delight in lies.  They bless with their mouth, but they
+        curse inwardly.  Selah.
+062:005 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation
+        is from him.
+062:006 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.
+        I will not be shaken.
+062:007 With God is my salvation and my honor.  The rock of my strength,
+        and my refuge, is in God.
+062:008 Trust in him at all times, you people.  Pour out your heart
+        before him.  God is a refuge for us.  Selah.
+062:009 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high
+        degree are a lie.  In the balances they will go up.
+        They are together lighter than a breath.
+062:010 Don't trust in oppression.  Don't become vain in robbery.
+        If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
+062:011 God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power
+        belongs to God.
+062:012 Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward
+        every man according to his work.
+063:001 <<A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.>> God,
+        you are my God.  I will earnestly seek you.  My soul thirsts
+        for you.  My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land,
+        where there is no water.
+063:002 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power
+        and your glory.
+063:003 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips
+        shall praise you.
+063:004 So I will bless you while I live.  I will lift up my hands
+        in your name.
+063:005 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food.
+        My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
+063:006 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in
+        the night watches.
+063:007 For you have been my help.  I will rejoice in the shadow
+        of your wings.
+063:008 My soul stays close to you.  Your right hand holds me up.
+063:009 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into
+        the lower parts of the earth.
+063:010 They shall be given over to the power of the sword.
+        They shall be jackal food.
+063:011 But the king shall rejoice in God.  Everyone who swears by him
+        will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies
+        shall be silenced.
+064:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> Hear my voice,
+        God, in my complaint.  Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
+064:002 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy
+        crowd of the ones doing evil;
+064:003 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows,
+        deadly words,
+064:004 to shoot innocent men from ambushes.  They shoot at him
+        suddenly and fearlessly.
+064:005 They encourage themselves in evil plans.  They talk about laying
+        snares secretly.  They say, "Who will see them?"
+064:006 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!"
+        Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
+064:007 But God will shoot at them.  They will be suddenly struck
+        down with an arrow.
+064:008 Their own tongues shall ruin them.  All who see them will
+        shake their heads.
+064:009 All mankind shall be afraid.  They shall declare the work of God,
+        and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
+064:010 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him.
+        All the upright in heart shall praise him!
+065:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.  A song.>> Praise
+        waits for you, God, in Zion.  To you shall vows be performed.
+065:002 You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.
+065:003 Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
+065:004 Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near,
+        that he may live in your courts.  We will be filled with
+        the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
+065:005 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of
+        our salvation.  You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
+        of those who are far away on the sea;
+065:006 Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed
+        yourself with strength;
+065:007 who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves,
+        and the turmoil of the nations.
+065:008 They also who dwell in far-away places are afraid at your wonders.
+        You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
+065:009 You visit the earth, and water it.  You greatly enrich it.
+        The river of God is full of water.  You provide them grain,
+        for so you have ordained it.
+065:010 You drench its furrows.  You level its ridges.  You soften it
+        with showers.  You bless it with a crop.
+065:011 You crown the year with your bounty.  Your carts
+        overflow with abundance.
+065:012 The wilderness grasslands overflow.  The hills are
+        clothed with gladness.
+065:013 The pastures are covered with flocks.  The valleys also are
+        clothed with grain.  They shout for joy!  They also sing.
+066:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A song.  A Psalm.>> Make a joyful
+        shout to God, all the earth!
+066:002 Sing to the glory of his name!  Offer glory and praise!
+066:003 Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds!  Through the greatness
+        of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
+066:004 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you;
+        they will sing to your name."  Selah.
+066:005 Come, and see God's deeds--awesome work on behalf of the
+        children of men.
+066:006 He turned the sea into dry land.  They went through the river
+        on foot.  There, we rejoiced in him.
+066:007 He rules by his might forever.  His eyes watch the nations.
+        Don't let the rebellious rise up against him.  Selah.
+066:008 Praise our God, you peoples!  Make the sound of his praise heard,
+066:009 who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow
+        our feet to be moved.
+066:010 For you, God, have tested us.  You have refined us,
+        as silver is refined.
+066:011 You brought us into prison.  You laid a burden on our backs.
+066:012 You allowed men to ride over our heads.  We went through fire
+        and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
+066:013 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings.
+        I will pay my vows to you,
+066:014 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
+066:015 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the
+        offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats.  Selah.
+066:016 Come, and hear, all you who fear God.  I will declare what he has
+        done for my soul.
+066:017 I cried to him with my mouth.  He was extolled with my tongue.
+066:018 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
+066:019 But most certainly, God has listened.  He has heard the voice
+        of my prayer.
+066:020 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his
+        loving kindness from me.
+067:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  With stringed instruments.
+        A Psalm.  A song.>> May God be merciful to us, bless us,
+        and cause his face to shine on us.  Selah.
+067:002 That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation
+        among all nations,
+067:003 let the peoples praise you, God.  Let all the peoples praise you.
+067:004 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge
+        the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.  Selah.
+067:005 Let the peoples praise you, God.  Let all the peoples praise you.
+067:006 The earth has yielded its increase.  God, even our own God,
+        will bless us.
+067:007 God will bless us.  All the ends of the earth shall fear him.
+068:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.
+        A song.>> Let God arise!  Let his enemies be scattered!
+        Let them who hate him also flee before him.
+068:002 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away.  As wax melts before
+        the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
+068:003 But let the righteous be glad.  Let them rejoice before God.
+        Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
+068:004 Sing to God!  Sing praises to his name!  Extol him who rides
+        on the clouds:  to Yah, his name!  Rejoice before him!
+068:005 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows,
+        is God in his holy habitation.
+068:006 God sets the lonely in families.  He brings out the prisoners
+        with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
+068:007 God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched
+        through the wilderness... Selah.
+068:008 The earth trembled.  The sky also poured down rain at
+        the presence of the God of Sinai--at the presence of God,
+        the God of Israel.
+068:009 You, God, sent a plentiful rain.  You confirmed your inheritance,
+        when it was weary.
+068:010 Your congregation lived therein.  You, God, prepared your
+        goodness for the poor.
+068:011 The Lord announced the word.  The ones who proclaim it are
+        a great company.
+068:012 "Kings of armies flee!  They flee!"  She who waits at home
+        divides the spoil,
+068:013 while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove
+        sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
+068:014 When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
+068:015 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains.
+        The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
+068:016 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain
+        where God chooses to reign?  Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
+068:017 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.
+        The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
+068:018 You have ascended on high.  You have led away captives.
+        You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also,
+        that Yah God might dwell there.
+068:019 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God
+        who is our salvation.  Selah.
+068:020 God is to us a God of deliverance.  To Yahweh, the Lord,
+        belongs escape from death.
+068:021 But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy
+        scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
+068:022 The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring
+        you again from the depths of the sea;
+068:023 That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood,
+        that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion
+        from your enemies."
+068:024 They have seen your processions, God, even the processions
+        of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
+068:025 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,
+        in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
+068:026 "Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the
+        assembly of Israel!"
+068:027 There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah,
+        their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
+068:028 Your God has commanded your strength.  Strengthen, God, that which
+        you have done for us.
+068:029 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring
+        presents to you.
+068:030 Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls,
+        with the calves of the peoples.  Being humbled, may it bring
+        bars of silver.  Scatter the nations that delight in war.
+068:031 Princes shall come out of Egypt.  Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch
+        out her hands to God.
+068:032 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth!  Sing praises to
+        the Lord!  Selah.
+068:033 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old;
+        behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
+068:034 Ascribe strength to God!  His excellency is over Israel,
+        his strength is in the skies.
+068:035 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries.
+        The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people.
+        Praise be to God!
+069:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Lilies." By David.>>
+        Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
+069:002 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.
+        I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
+069:003 I am weary with my crying.  My throat is dry.  My eyes fail,
+        looking for my God.
+069:004 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
+        Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully,
+        are mighty.  I have to restore what I didn't take away.
+069:005 God, you know my foolishness.  My sins aren't hidden from you.
+069:006 Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me,
+        Lord Yahweh of Armies.  Don't let those who seek you be brought
+        to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
+069:007 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.  Shame has
+        covered my face.
+069:008 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to
+        my mother's children.
+069:009 For the zeal of your house consumes me.  The reproaches
+        of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
+069:010 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
+069:011 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
+069:012 Those who sit in the gate talk about me.  I am the song
+        of the drunkards.
+069:013 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time.
+        God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me
+        in the truth of your salvation.
+069:014 Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink.
+        Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of
+        the deep waters.
+069:015 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep
+        swallow me up.  Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
+069:016 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.
+        According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
+069:017 Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress.
+        Answer me speedily!
+069:018 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it.  Ransom me because
+        of my enemies.
+069:019 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.
+        My adversaries are all before you.
+069:020 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
+        I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
+        for comforters, but I found none.
+069:021 They also gave me gall for my food.  In my thirst, they gave
+        me vinegar to drink.
+069:022 Let their table before them become a snare.  May it become
+        a retribution and a trap.
+069:023 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see.
+        Let their backs be continually bent.
+069:024 Pour out your indignation on them.  Let the fierceness of your
+        anger overtake them.
+069:025 Let their habitation be desolate.  Let no one dwell in their tents.
+069:026 For they persecute him whom you have wounded.  They tell
+        of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
+069:027 Charge them with crime upon crime.  Don't let them come
+        into your righteousness.
+069:028 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written
+        with the righteous.
+069:029 But I am in pain and distress.  Let your salvation, God, protect me.
+069:030 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify
+        him with thanksgiving.
+069:031 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has
+        horns and hoofs.
+069:032 The humble have seen it, and are glad.  You who seek after God,
+        let your heart live.
+069:033 For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.
+069:034 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything
+        that moves therein!
+069:035 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
+        They shall settle there, and own it.
+069:036 The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
+        Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
+070:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  By David.  A reminder.>> Hurry, God,
+        to deliver me.  Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
+070:002 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.
+        Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
+070:003 Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha!  Aha!"
+070:004 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
+        Let those who love your salvation continually say,
+        "Let God be exalted!"
+070:005 But I am poor and needy.  Come to me quickly, God.  You are
+        my help and my deliverer.  Yahweh, don't delay.
+071:001 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.  Never let me be disappointed.
+071:002 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
+        Turn your ear to me, and save me.
+071:003 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
+        Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
+071:004 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand
+        of the unrighteous and cruel man.
+071:005 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.
+071:006 I have relied on you from the womb.  You are he who took me
+        out of my mother's womb.  I will always praise you.
+071:007 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
+071:008 My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor
+        all the day.
+071:009 Don't reject me in my old age.  Don't forsake me when
+        my strength fails.
+071:010 For my enemies talk about me.  Those who watch for my
+        soul conspire together,
+071:011 saying, "God has forsaken him.  Pursue and take him, for no
+        one will rescue him."
+071:012 God, don't be far from me.  My God, hurry to help me.
+071:013 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed.  Let them be
+        covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
+071:014 But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
+071:015 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your
+        salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.
+071:016 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh.
+        I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
+071:017 God, you have taught me from my youth.  Until now, I have
+        declared your wondrous works.
+071:018 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me,
+        until I have declared your strength to the next generation,
+        your might to everyone who is to come.
+071:019 Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens;
+        you have done great things.  God, who is like you?
+071:020 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will
+        let me live.  You will bring us up again from the depths
+        of the earth.
+071:021 Increase my honor, and comfort me again.
+071:022 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God.
+        I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
+071:023 My lips shall shout for joy!  My soul, which you have redeemed,
+        sings praises to you!
+071:024 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long,
+        for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want
+        to harm me.
+072:001 <<By Solomon.>> God, give the king your justice; your righteousness
+        to the royal son.
+072:002 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your
+        poor with justice.
+072:003 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people.
+        The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
+072:004 He will judge the poor of the people.  He will save the children
+        of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
+072:005 They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon,
+        throughout all generations.
+072:006 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers
+        that water the earth.
+072:007 In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace,
+        until the moon is no more.
+072:008 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River
+        to the ends of the earth.
+072:009 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him.
+        His enemies shall lick the dust.
+072:010 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute.
+        The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
+072:011 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him.  All nations
+        shall serve him.
+072:012 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor,
+        who has no helper.
+072:013 He will have pity on the poor and needy.  He will save the souls
+        of the needy.
+072:014 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence.
+        Their blood will be precious in his sight.
+072:015 They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba.
+        Men shall pray for him continually.  They shall bless him
+        all day long.
+072:016 There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land.
+        Its fruit sways like Lebanon.  Let it flourish, thriving like
+        the grass of the field.
+072:017 His name endures forever.  His name continues as long as the sun.
+        Men shall be blessed by him.  All nations will call him blessed.
+072:018 Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone
+        does marvelous deeds.
+072:019 Blessed be his glorious name forever!  Let the whole earth
+        be filled with his glory!  Amen and amen.
+072:020 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
+073:001 <<A Psalm by Asaph.>> Surely God is good to Israel, to those
+        who are pure in heart.
+073:002 But as for me, my feet were almost gone.  My steps
+        had nearly slipped.
+073:003 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity
+        of the wicked.
+073:004 For there are no struggles in their death, but their
+        strength is firm.
+073:005 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued
+        like other men.
+073:006 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
+        Violence covers them like a garment.
+073:007 Their eyes bulge with fat.  Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
+073:008 They scoff and speak with malice.  In arrogance,
+        they threaten oppression.
+073:009 They have set their mouth in the heavens.  Their tongue walks
+        through the earth.
+073:010 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up
+        waters of abundance.
+073:011 They say, "How does God know?  Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
+073:012 Behold, these are the wicked.  Being always at ease,
+        they increase in riches.
+073:013 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my
+        hands in innocence,
+073:014 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
+073:015 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed
+        the generation of your children.
+073:016 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
+073:017 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
+073:018 Surely you set them in slippery places.  You throw them
+        down to destruction.
+073:019 How they are suddenly destroyed!  They are completely swept
+        away with terrors.
+073:020 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake,
+        you will despise their fantasies.
+073:021 For my soul was grieved.  I was embittered in my heart.
+073:022 I was so senseless and ignorant.  I was a brute beast before you.
+073:023 Nevertheless, I am continually with you.  You have held
+        my right hand.
+073:024 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive
+        me to glory.
+073:025 Who do I have in heaven?  There is no one on earth who I
+        desire besides you.
+073:026 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart
+        and my portion forever.
+073:027 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
+        You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
+073:028 But it is good for me to come close to God.  I have made
+        the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
+074:001 <<A contemplation by Asaph.>> God, why have you rejected us forever?
+        Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
+074:002 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old,
+        which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance;
+        Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
+074:003 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that
+        the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
+074:004 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly.
+        They have set up their standards as signs.
+074:005 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a
+        thicket of trees.
+074:006 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
+074:007 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.
+        They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
+074:008 They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely."
+        They have burned up all the places in the land where
+        God was worshiped.
+074:009 We see no miraculous signs.  There is no longer any prophet,
+        neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
+074:010 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach?  Shall the enemy
+        blaspheme your name forever?
+074:011 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand?
+        Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
+074:012 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst
+        of the earth.
+074:013 You divided the sea by your strength.  You broke the heads
+        of the sea monsters in the waters.
+074:014 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.  You gave him
+        as food to people and desert creatures.
+074:015 You opened up spring and stream.  You dried up mighty rivers.
+074:016 The day is yours, the night is also yours.  You have prepared
+        the light and the sun.
+074:017 You have set all the boundaries of the earth.  You have made
+        summer and winter.
+074:018 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh.
+        Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
+074:019 Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts.
+        Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
+074:020 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark
+        places of the earth.
+074:021 Don't let the oppressed return ashamed.  Let the poor and needy
+        praise your name.
+074:022 Arise, God!  Plead your own cause.  Remember how the foolish
+        man mocks you all day.
+074:023 Don't forget the voice of your adversaries.  The tumult
+        of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
+075:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "Do Not Destroy."
+        A Psalm by Asaph.  A song.>> We give thanks to you, God.
+        We give thanks, for your Name is near.  Men tell about
+        your wondrous works.
+075:002 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
+075:003 The earth and all its inhabitants quake.  I firmly hold
+        its pillars.  Selah.
+075:004 I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast!"  I said to the wicked,
+        "Don't lift up the horn.
+075:005 Don't lift up your horn on high.  Don't speak with a stiff neck."
+075:006 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from
+        the south, comes exaltation.
+075:007 But God is the judge.  He puts down one, and lifts up another.
+075:008 For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming
+        wine mixed with spices.  He pours it out.  Indeed the wicked
+        of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
+075:009 But I will declare this forever:  I will sing praises to
+        the God of Jacob.
+075:010 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns
+        of the righteous shall be lifted up.
+076:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  On stringed instruments.
+        A Psalm by Asaph.  A song.>> In Judah, God is known.
+        His name is great in Israel.
+076:002 His tent is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
+076:003 There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield,
+        and the sword, and the weapons of war.  Selah.
+076:004 Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.
+076:005 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep.
+        None of the men of war can lift their hands.
+076:006 At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast
+        into a deep sleep.
+076:007 You, even you, are to be feared.  Who can stand in your sight
+        when you are angry?
+076:008 You pronounced judgment from heaven.  The earth feared,
+        and was silent,
+076:009 when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones
+        of the earth.  Selah.
+076:010 Surely the wrath of man praises you.  The survivors of your
+        wrath are restrained.
+076:011 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them!  Let all of his
+        neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
+076:012 He will cut off the spirit of princes.  He is feared by the kings
+        of the earth.
+077:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To Jeduthun.  A Psalm by Asaph.>> My
+        cry goes to God!  Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him
+        to listen to me.
+077:002 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.  My hand
+        was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired.
+        My soul refused to be comforted.
+077:003 I remember God, and I groan.  I complain, and my spirit
+        is overwhelmed.  Selah.
+077:004 You hold my eyelids open.  I am so troubled that I can't speak.
+077:005 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
+077:006 I remember my song in the night.  I consider in my own heart;
+        my spirit diligently inquires:
+077:007 "Will the Lord reject us forever?  Will he be favorable no more?
+077:008 Has his loving kindness vanished forever?  Does his promise
+        fail for generations?
+077:009 Has God forgotten to be gracious?  Has he, in anger,
+        withheld his compassion?"  Selah.
+077:010 Then I thought, "I will appeal to this:  the years of the right
+        hand of the Most High."
+077:011 I will remember Yah's deeds; for I will remember your
+        wonders of old.
+077:012 I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
+077:013 Your way, God, is in the sanctuary.  What god is great like God?
+077:014 You are the God who does wonders.  You have made your strength
+        known among the peoples.
+077:015 You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob
+        and Joseph.  Selah.
+077:016 The waters saw you, God.  The waters saw you, and they writhed.
+        The depths also convulsed.
+077:017 The clouds poured out water.  The skies resounded with thunder.
+        Your arrows also flashed around.
+077:018 The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind.  The lightnings
+        lit up the world.  The earth trembled and shook.
+077:019 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters.
+        Your footsteps were not known.
+077:020 You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
+078:001 <<A contemplation by Asaph.>> Hear my teaching, my people.
+        Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
+078:002 I will open my mouth in a parable.  I will utter dark
+        sayings of old,
+078:003 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
+078:004 We will not hide them from their children, telling to
+        the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength,
+        and his wondrous works that he has done.
+078:005 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed
+        a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers,
+        that they should make them known to their children;
+078:006 that the generation to come might know, even the children
+        who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
+078:007 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works
+        of God, but keep his commandments,
+078:008 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
+        generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal,
+        whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
+078:009 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
+        turned back in the day of battle.
+078:010 They didn't keep God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
+078:011 They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.
+078:012 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers,
+        in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
+078:013 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through.
+        He made the waters stand as a heap.
+078:014 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night
+        with a light of fire.
+078:015 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly
+        as out of the depths.
+078:016 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters
+        to run down like rivers.
+078:017 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against
+        the Most High in the desert.
+078:018 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according
+        to their desire.
+078:019 Yes, they spoke against God.  They said, "Can God prepare
+        a table in the wilderness?
+078:020 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out,
+        and streams overflowed.  Can he give bread also?
+        Will he provide flesh for his people?"
+078:021 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry.  A fire was kindled
+        against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
+078:022 because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust
+        in his salvation.
+078:023 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
+078:024 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food
+        from the sky.
+078:025 Man ate the bread of angels.  He sent them food to the full.
+078:026 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky.  By his power
+        he guided the south wind.
+078:027 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds
+        as the sand of the seas.
+078:028 He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
+        around their habitations.
+078:029 So they ate, and were well filled.  He gave them their own desire.
+078:030 They didn't turn from their cravings.  Their food was yet
+        in their mouths,
+078:031 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of
+        the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.
+078:032 For all this they still sinned, and didn't believe in
+        his wondrous works.
+078:033 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their
+        years in terror.
+078:034 When he killed them, then they inquired after him.
+        They returned and sought God earnestly.
+078:035 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God,
+        their redeemer.
+078:036 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him
+        with their tongue.
+078:037 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they
+        faithful in his covenant.
+078:038 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them.
+        Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up
+        all his wrath.
+078:039 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away,
+        and doesn't come again.
+078:040 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,
+        and grieved him in the desert!
+078:041 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the
+        Holy One of Israel.
+078:042 They didn't remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed
+        them from the adversary;
+078:043 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
+078:044 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams,
+        so that they could not drink.
+078:045 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them;
+        and frogs, which destroyed them.
+078:046 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor
+        to the locust.
+078:047 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig
+        trees with frost.
+078:048 He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks
+        to hot thunderbolts.
+078:049 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation,
+        and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
+078:050 He made a path for his anger.  He didn't spare their soul
+        from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
+078:051 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their
+        strength in the tents of Ham.
+078:052 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them
+        in the wilderness like a flock.
+078:053 He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, but the sea
+        overwhelmed their enemies.
+078:054 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain,
+        which his right hand had taken.
+078:055 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them
+        for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel
+        to dwell in their tents.
+078:056 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
+        and didn't keep his testimonies;
+078:057 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
+        They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
+078:058 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
+        and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
+078:059 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;
+078:060 So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he
+        placed among men;
+078:061 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into
+        the adversary's hand.
+078:062 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry
+        with his inheritance.
+078:063 Fire devoured their young men.  Their virgins had no wedding song.
+078:064 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.
+078:065 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man
+        who shouts by reason of wine.
+078:066 He struck his adversaries backward.  He put them to
+        a perpetual reproach.
+078:067 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn't choose
+        the tribe of Ephraim,
+078:068 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
+078:069 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth
+        which he has established forever.
+078:070 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
+078:071 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be
+        the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
+078:072 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,
+        and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
+079:001 <<A Psalm by Asaph.>> God, the nations have come into
+        your inheritance.  They have defiled your holy temple.
+        They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
+079:002 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food
+        for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals
+        of the earth.
+079:003 Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem.
+        There was no one to bury them.
+079:004 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and
+        derision to those who are around us.
+079:005 How long, Yahweh?  Will you be angry forever?  Will your jealousy
+        burn like fire?
+079:006 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you;
+        on the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
+079:007 For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
+079:008 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
+        Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are
+        in desperate need.
+079:009 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
+        Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
+079:010 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"  Let it
+        be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance
+        for your servants' blood is being poured out.
+079:011 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
+        According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who
+        are sentenced to death.
+079:012 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their
+        reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
+079:013 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you
+        thanks forever.  We will praise you forever, to all generations.
+080:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  To the tune of "The Lilies of
+        the Covenant."  A Psalm by Asaph.>> Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
+        you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above
+        the cherubim, shine forth.
+080:002 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might!
+        Come to save us!
+080:003 Turn us again, God.  Cause your face to shine, and we
+        will be saved.
+080:004 Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against
+        the prayer of your people?
+080:005 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them
+        tears to drink in large measure.
+080:006 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors.
+        Our enemies laugh among themselves.
+080:007 Turn us again, God of Armies.  Cause your face to shine,
+        and we will be saved.
+080:008 You brought a vine out of Egypt.  You drove out the nations,
+        and planted it.
+080:009 You cleared the ground for it.  It took deep root,
+        and filled the land.
+080:010 The mountains were covered with its shadow.  Its boughs were
+        like God's cedars.
+080:011 It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
+080:012 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass
+        by the way pluck it?
+080:013 The boar out of the wood ravages it.  The wild animals
+        of the field feed on it.
+080:014 Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies.  Look down from heaven,
+        and see, and visit this vine,
+080:015 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you
+        made strong for yourself.
+080:016 It's burned with fire.  It's cut down.  They perish at your rebuke.
+080:017 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son
+        of man whom you made strong for yourself.
+080:018 So we will not turn away from you.  Revive us, and we will call
+        on your name.
+080:019 Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies.  Cause your face to shine,
+        and we will be saved.
+081:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  On an instrument of Gath.
+        By Asaph.>> Sing aloud to God, our strength!  Make a joyful
+        shout to the God of Jacob!
+081:002 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre
+        with the harp.
+081:003 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon,
+        on our feast day.
+081:004 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
+081:005 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over
+        the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.
+081:006 "I removed his shoulder from the burden.  His hands were freed
+        from the basket.
+081:007 You called in trouble, and I delivered you.  I answered you
+        in the secret place of thunder.  I tested you at the waters
+        of Meribah."  Selah.
+081:008 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you
+        would listen to me!
+081:009 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship
+        any foreign god.
+081:010 I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
+        Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
+081:011 But my people didn't listen to my voice.  Israel desired
+        none of me.
+081:012 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
+        that they might walk in their own counsels.
+081:013 Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk
+        in my ways!
+081:014 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand
+        against their adversaries.
+081:015 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment
+        would last forever.
+081:016 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
+        I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
+082:001 <<A Psalm by Asaph.>> God presides in the great assembly.
+        He judges among the gods.
+082:002 "How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality
+        to the wicked?"  Selah.
+082:003 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
+        Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
+082:004 Rescue the weak and needy.  Deliver them out of the hand
+        of the wicked."
+082:005 They don't know, neither do they understand.
+        They walk back and forth in darkness.  All the foundations
+        of the earth are shaken.
+082:006 I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
+082:007 Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one
+        of the rulers."
+082:008 Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
+083:001 <<A song.  A Psalm by Asaph.>> God, don't keep silent.
+        Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.
+083:002 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up.  Those who hate you
+        have lifted up their heads.
+083:003 They conspire with cunning against your people.
+        They plot against your cherished ones.
+083:004 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation,
+        that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
+083:005 For they have conspired together with one mind.
+        They form an alliance against you.
+083:006 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
+083:007 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
+083:008 Assyria also is joined with them.  They have helped the children
+        of Lot.  Selah.
+083:009 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin,
+        at the river Kishon;
+083:010 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
+083:011 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes
+        like Zebah and Zalmunna;
+083:012 who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."
+083:013 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.
+083:014 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets
+        the mountains on fire,
+083:015 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
+083:016 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek
+        your name, Yahweh.
+083:017 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever.  Yes, let them
+        be confounded and perish;
+083:018 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh,
+        are the Most High over all the earth.
+084:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  On an instrument of Gath.
+        A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> How lovely are your dwellings,
+        Yahweh of Armies!
+084:002 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.
+        My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
+084:003 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest
+        for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars,
+        Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
+084:004 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.  They are always
+        praising you.  Selah.
+084:005 Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set
+        their hearts on a pilgrimage.
+084:006 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place
+        of springs.  Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
+084:007 They go from strength to strength.  Everyone of them appears
+        before God in Zion.
+084:008 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer.  Listen, God of Jacob.  Selah.
+084:009 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
+084:010 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
+        I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
+        than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
+084:011 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.  Yahweh will give
+        grace and glory.  He withholds no good thing from those
+        who walk blamelessly.
+084:012 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
+085:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> Yahweh,
+        you have been favorable to your land.  You have restored
+        the fortunes of Jacob.
+085:002 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.  You have covered
+        all their sin.  Selah.
+085:003 You have taken away all your wrath.  You have turned from
+        the fierceness of your anger.
+085:004 Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation
+        toward us to cease.
+085:005 Will you be angry with us forever?  Will you draw out your anger
+        to all generations?
+085:006 Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
+085:007 Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh.  Grant us your salvation.
+085:008 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak
+        peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn
+        again to folly.
+085:009 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory
+        may dwell in our land.
+085:010 Mercy and truth meet together.  Righteousness and peace have
+        kissed each other.
+085:011 Truth springs out of the earth.  Righteousness has looked
+        down from heaven.
+085:012 Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good.  Our land will
+        yield its increase.
+085:013 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
+086:001 <<A Prayer by David.>> Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am
+        poor and needy.
+086:002 Preserve my soul, for I am godly.  You, my God, save your
+        servant who trusts in you.
+086:003 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
+086:004 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I
+        lift up my soul.
+086:005 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving
+        kindness to all those who call on you.
+086:006 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer.  Listen to the voice of my petitions.
+086:007 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you
+        will answer me.
+086:008 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds
+        like your deeds.
+086:009 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord.
+        They shall glorify your name.
+086:010 For you are great, and do wondrous things.  You are God alone.
+086:011 Teach me your way, Yahweh.  I will walk in your truth.
+        Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
+086:012 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart.
+        I will glorify your name forevermore.
+086:013 For your loving kindness is great toward me.  You have delivered
+        my soul from the lowest Sheol.
+086:014 God, the proud have risen up against me.  A company of violent
+        men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard
+        for you before them.
+086:015 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger,
+        and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
+086:016 Turn to me, and have mercy on me!  Give your strength to
+        your servant.  Save the son of your handmaid.
+086:017 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may
+        see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me,
+        and comforted me.
+087:001 <<A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.>> His foundation
+        is in the holy mountains.
+087:002 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
+087:003 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God.  Selah.
+087:004 I will record Rahab{Rahab is a reference to Egypt.} and Babylon
+        among those who acknowledge me.  Behold, Philistia, Tyre,
+        and also Ethiopia:  "This one was born there."
+087:005 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born
+        in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.
+087:006 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one
+        was born there."  Selah.
+087:007 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs
+        are in you."
+088:001 <<A Song.  A Psalm by the sons of Korah.  For the Chief Musician.
+        To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction."  A contemplation
+        by Heman, the Ezrahite.>> Yahweh, the God of my salvation,
+        I have cried day and night before you.
+088:002 Let my prayer enter into your presence.  Turn your ear to my cry.
+088:003 For my soul is full of troubles.  My life draws near to Sheol.
+088:004 I am counted among those who go down into the pit.
+        I am like a man who has no help,
+088:005 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,
+        whom you remember no more.  They are cut off from your hand.
+088:006 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
+088:007 Your wrath lies heavily on me.  You have afflicted me with all
+        your waves.  Selah.
+088:008 You have taken my friends from me.  You have made me an abomination
+        to them.  I am confined, and I can't escape.
+088:009 My eyes are dim from grief.  I have called on you daily, Yahweh.
+        I have spread out my hands to you.
+088:010 Do you show wonders to the dead?  Do the dead rise up and
+        praise you?  Selah.
+088:011 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?
+        Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
+088:012 Are your wonders made known in the dark?  Or your righteousness
+        in the land of forgetfulness?
+088:013 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried.  In the morning, my prayer
+        comes before you.
+088:014 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul?  Why do you hide your
+        face from me?
+088:015 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
+        While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
+088:016 Your fierce wrath has gone over me.  Your terrors have cut me off.
+088:017 They came around me like water all day long.
+        They completely engulfed me.
+088:018 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my
+        friends into darkness.
+089:001 <<A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.>> I will sing
+        of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.  With my mouth,
+        I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
+089:002 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever.  You established
+        the heavens.  Your faithfulness is in them."
+089:003 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn
+        to David, my servant,
+089:004 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne
+        to all generations.'"  Selah.
+089:005 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness
+        also in the assembly of the holy ones.
+089:006 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?  Who among
+        the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
+089:007 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared
+        above all those who are around him?
+089:008 Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?
+        Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
+089:009 You rule the pride of the sea.  When its waves rise up,
+        you calm them.
+089:010 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.
+        You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
+089:011 The heavens are yours.  The earth also is yours; the world
+        and its fullness.  You have founded them.
+089:012 The north and the south, you have created them.
+        Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
+089:013 You have a mighty arm.  Your hand is strong, and your right
+        hand is exalted.
+089:014 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
+        Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
+089:015 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.
+        They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
+089:016 In your name they rejoice all day.  In your righteousness,
+        they are exalted.
+089:017 For you are the glory of their strength.  In your favor,
+        our horn will be exalted.
+089:018 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
+089:019 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have
+        bestowed strength on the warrior.  I have exalted a young
+        man from the people.
+089:020 I have found David, my servant.  I have anointed him with
+        my holy oil,
+089:021 with whom my hand shall be established.  My arm will
+        also strengthen him.
+089:022 No enemy will tax him.  No wicked man will oppress him.
+089:023 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike
+        those who hate him.
+089:024 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.
+        In my name, his horn will be exalted.
+089:025 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand
+        on the rivers.
+089:026 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock
+        of my salvation!'
+089:027 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings
+        of the earth.
+089:028 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore.
+        My covenant will stand firm with him.
+089:029 I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne
+        as the days of heaven.
+089:030 If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances;
+089:031 if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;
+089:032 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their
+        iniquity with stripes.
+089:033 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,
+        nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
+089:034 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
+089:035 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
+089:036 His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
+089:037 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful
+        witness in the sky."  Selah.
+089:038 But you have rejected and spurned.  You have been angry
+        with your anointed.
+089:039 You have renounced the covenant of your servant.
+        You have defiled his crown in the dust.
+089:040 You have broken down all his hedges.  You have brought his
+        strongholds to ruin.
+089:041 All who pass by the way rob him.  He has become a reproach
+        to his neighbors.
+089:042 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.
+        You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
+089:043 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported
+        him in battle.
+089:044 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down
+        to the ground.
+089:045 You have shortened the days of his youth.  You have covered
+        him with shame.  Selah.
+089:046 How long, Yahweh?  Will you hide yourself forever?
+        Will your wrath burn like fire?
+089:047 Remember how short my time is!  For what vanity have you
+        created all the children of men!
+089:048 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall
+        deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?  Selah.
+089:049 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore
+        to David in your faithfulness?
+089:050 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear
+        in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
+089:051 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they
+        have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
+089:052 Blessed be Yahweh forevermore.  Amen, and Amen.
+090:001 <<A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.>> Lord, you have been
+        our dwelling place for all generations.
+090:002 Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed
+        the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
+        you are God.
+090:003 You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."
+090:004 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday
+        when it is past, like a watch in the night.
+090:005 You sweep them away as they sleep.  In the morning they sprout
+        like new grass.
+090:006 In the morning it sprouts and springs up.  By evening,
+        it is withered and dry.
+090:007 For we are consumed in your anger.  We are troubled in your wrath.
+090:008 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins
+        in the light of your presence.
+090:009 For all our days have passed away in your wrath.
+        We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
+090:010 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength
+        eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
+        for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
+090:011 Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according
+        to the fear that is due to you?
+090:012 So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
+090:013 Relent, Yahweh!  How long?  Have compassion on your servants!
+090:014 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we
+        may rejoice and be glad all our days.
+090:015 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
+        for as many years as we have seen evil.
+090:016 Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.
+090:017 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work
+        of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
+091:001 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest
+        in the shadow of the Almighty.
+091:002 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
+        my God, in whom I trust."
+091:003 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler,
+        and from the deadly pestilence.
+091:004 He will cover you with his feathers.  Under his wings you will
+        take refuge.  His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
+091:005 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow
+        that flies by day;
+091:006 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction
+        that wastes at noonday.
+091:007 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your
+        right hand; but it will not come near you.
+091:008 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense
+        of the wicked.
+091:009 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High
+        your dwelling place,
+091:010 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come
+        near your dwelling.
+091:011 For he will give his angels charge over you, to guard you
+        in all your ways.
+091:012 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash
+        your foot against a stone.
+091:013 You will tread on the lion and cobra.  You will trample
+        the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
+091:014 "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him.
+        I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
+091:015 He will call on me, and I will answer him.  I will be with him
+        in trouble.  I will deliver him, and honor him.
+091:016 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation."
+092:001 <<A Psalm.  A song for the Sabbath day.>> It is a good thing
+        to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
+092:002 to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your
+        faithfulness every night,
+092:003 with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody
+        of the lyre.
+092:004 For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work.
+        I will triumph in the works of your hands.
+092:005 How great are your works, Yahweh!  Your thoughts are very deep.
+092:006 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:
+092:007 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evil-doers
+        flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
+092:008 But you, Yahweh, are on high forevermore.
+092:009 For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies
+        shall perish.  All the evil-doers will be scattered.
+092:010 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox.
+        I am anointed with fresh oil.
+092:011 My eye has also seen my enemies.  My ears have heard of the wicked
+        enemies who rise up against me.
+092:012 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.
+        He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
+092:013 They are planted in Yahweh's house.  They will flourish
+        in our God's courts.
+092:014 They will still bring forth fruit in old age.  They will be
+        full of sap and green,
+092:015 to show that Yahweh is upright.  He is my rock, and there
+        is no unrighteousness in him.
+093:001 Yahweh reigns!  He is clothed with majesty!  Yahweh is
+        armed with strength.  The world also is established.
+        It can't be moved.
+093:002 Your throne is established from long ago.  You are from everlasting.
+093:003 The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up
+        their voice.  The floods lift up their waves.
+093:004 Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea,
+        Yahweh on high is mighty.
+093:005 Your statutes stand firm.  Holiness adorns your house,
+        Yahweh, forevermore.
+094:001 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom
+        vengeance belongs, shine forth.
+094:002 Rise up, you judge of the earth.  Pay back the proud
+        what they deserve.
+094:003 Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
+094:004 They pour out arrogant words.  All the evil-doers boast.
+094:005 They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.
+094:006 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
+094:007 They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
+094:008 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools,
+        when will you be wise?
+094:009 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear?  He who formed the eye,
+        won't he see?
+094:010 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish?
+        He who teaches man knows.
+094:011 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
+094:012 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out
+        of your law;
+094:013 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
+        until the pit is dug for the wicked.
+094:014 For Yahweh won't reject his people, neither will he
+        forsake his inheritance.
+094:015 For judgment will return to righteousness.  All the upright
+        in heart shall follow it.
+094:016 Who will rise up for me against the wicked?  Who will stand
+        up for me against the evil-doers?
+094:017 Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon
+        lived in silence.
+094:018 When I said, "My foot is slipping!"  Your loving kindness,
+        Yahweh, held me up.
+094:019 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts
+        delight my soul.
+094:020 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,
+        which brings about mischief by statute?
+094:021 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
+        and condemn the innocent blood.
+094:022 But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
+094:023 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off
+        in their own wickedness.  Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
+095:001 Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh.  Let's shout aloud to the rock
+        of our salvation!
+095:002 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving.
+        Let's extol him with songs!
+095:003 For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
+095:004 In his hand are the deep places of the earth.  The heights
+        of the mountains are also his.
+095:005 The sea is his, and he made it.  His hands formed the dry land.
+095:006 Oh come, let's worship and bow down.  Let's kneel
+        before Yahweh, our Maker,
+095:007 for he is our God.  We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep
+        in his care.  Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
+095:008 Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah
+        in the wilderness,
+095:009 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
+095:010 Forty long years I was grieved with that generation,
+        and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart.
+        They have not known my ways."
+095:011 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."
+096:001 Sing to Yahweh a new song!  Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
+096:002 Sing to Yahweh!  Bless his name!  Proclaim his salvation
+        from day to day!
+096:003 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among
+        all the peoples.
+096:004 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
+        He is to be feared above all gods.
+096:005 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh
+        made the heavens.
+096:006 Honor and majesty are before him.  Strength and beauty are
+        in his sanctuary.
+096:007 Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh
+        glory and strength.
+096:008 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.  Bring an offering,
+        and come into his courts.
+096:009 Worship Yahweh in holy array.  Tremble before him, all the earth.
+096:010 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns."  The world is
+        also established.  It can't be moved.  He will judge
+        the peoples with equity.
+096:011 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
+        Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
+096:012 Let the field and all that is in it exult!  Then all the trees
+        of the woods shall sing for joy
+096:013 before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth.
+        He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples
+        with his truth.
+097:001 Yahweh reigns!  Let the earth rejoice!  Let the multitude
+        of islands be glad!
+097:002 Clouds and darkness are around him.  Righteousness and justice
+        are the foundation of his throne.
+097:003 A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
+097:004 His lightning lights up the world.  The earth sees, and trembles.
+097:005 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh,
+        at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
+097:006 The heavens declare his righteousness.  All the peoples have
+        seen his glory.
+097:007 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast
+        in their idols.  Worship him, all you gods!
+097:008 Zion heard and was glad.  The daughters of Judah rejoiced,
+        because of your judgments, Yahweh.
+097:009 For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth.
+        You are exalted far above all gods.
+097:010 You who love Yahweh, hate evil.  He preserves the souls of
+        his saints.  He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
+097:011 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the
+        upright in heart.
+097:012 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people!  Give thanks to
+        his holy Name.
+098:001 <<A Psalm.>> Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done
+        marvelous things!  His right hand, and his holy arm,
+        have worked salvation for him.
+098:002 Yahweh has made known his salvation.  He has openly shown
+        his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
+098:003 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness
+        toward the house of Israel.  All the ends of the earth have
+        seen the salvation of our God.
+098:004 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth!  Burst out and sing
+        for joy, yes, sing praises!
+098:005 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and
+        the voice of melody.
+098:006 With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise
+        before the King, Yahweh.
+098:007 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those
+        who dwell therein.
+098:008 Let the rivers clap their hands.  Let the mountains sing
+        for joy together.
+098:009 Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.
+        He will judge the world with righteousness, and the
+        peoples with equity.
+099:001 Yahweh reigns!  Let the peoples tremble.  He sits enthroned
+        among the cherubim.  Let the earth be moved.
+099:002 Yahweh is great in Zion.  He is high above all the peoples.
+099:003 Let them praise your great and awesome name.  He is Holy!
+099:004 The King's strength also loves justice.  You do establish equity.
+        You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
+099:005 Exalt Yahweh our God.  Worship at his footstool.
+        He is Holy!
+099:006 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call
+        on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
+099:007 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.  They kept his testimonies,
+        the statute that he gave them.
+099:008 You answered them, Yahweh our God.  You are a God who forgave them,
+        although you took vengeance for their doings.
+099:009 Exalt Yahweh, our God.  Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh,
+        our God, is holy!
+100:001 <<A Psalm of thanksgiving.>> Shout for joy to Yahweh,
+        all you lands!
+100:002 Serve Yahweh with gladness.  Come before his presence with singing.
+100:003 Know that Yahweh, he is God.  It is he who has made us, and we
+        are his.  We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
+100:004 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise.
+        Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
+100:005 For Yahweh is good.  His loving kindness endures forever,
+        his faithfulness to all generations.
+101:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
+        To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
+101:002 I will be careful to live a blameless life.  When will you come
+        to me?  I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
+101:003 I will set no vile thing before my eyes.  I hate the deeds
+        of faithless men.  They will not cling to me.
+101:004 A perverse heart will be far from me.  I will have nothing
+        to do with evil.
+101:005 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
+        I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
+101:006 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell
+        with me.  He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
+101:007 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house.
+        He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
+101:008 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land;
+        to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city.
+102:001 <<A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out
+        his complaint before Yahweh.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh!  Let my
+        cry come to you.
+102:002 Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
+        Turn your ear to me.  Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
+102:003 For my days consume away like smoke.  My bones are burned
+        as a firebrand.
+102:004 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget
+        to eat my bread.
+102:005 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
+102:006 I am like a pelican of the wilderness.  I have become as an owl
+        of the waste places.
+102:007 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone
+        on the housetop.
+102:008 My enemies reproach me all day.  Those who are mad at me use
+        my name as a curse.
+102:009 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
+102:010 Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken
+        me up, and thrown me away.
+102:011 My days are like a long shadow.  I have withered like grass.
+102:012 But you, Yahweh, will abide forever; your renown endures
+        to all generations.
+102:013 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have
+        pity on her.  Yes, the set time has come.
+102:014 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity
+        on her dust.
+102:015 So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings
+        of the earth your glory.
+102:016 For Yahweh has built up Zion.  He has appeared in his glory.
+102:017 He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not
+        despised their prayer.
+102:018 This will be written for the generation to come.
+        A people which will be created will praise Yah.
+102:019 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.
+        From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
+102:020 to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are
+        condemned to death;
+102:021 that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his
+        praise in Jerusalem;
+102:022 when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms,
+        to serve Yahweh.
+102:023 He weakened my strength along the course.  He shortened my days.
+102:024 I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days.
+        Your years are throughout all generations.
+102:025 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.  The heavens
+        are the work of your hands.
+102:026 They will perish, but you will endure.  Yes, all of them will
+        wear out like a garment.  You will change them like a cloak,
+        and they will be changed.
+102:027 But you are the same.  Your years will have no end.
+102:028 The children of your servants will continue.  Their seed
+        will be established before you."
+103:001 <<By David.>> Praise Yahweh, my soul!  All that is within me,
+        praise his holy name!
+103:002 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits;
+103:003 who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
+103:004 who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with
+        loving kindness and tender mercies;
+103:005 who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth
+        is renewed like the eagle's.
+103:006 Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all
+        who are oppressed.
+103:007 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
+103:008 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant
+        in loving kindness.
+103:009 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
+103:010 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us
+        for our iniquities.
+103:011 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his
+        loving kindness toward those who fear him.
+103:012 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed
+        our transgressions from us.
+103:013 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has
+        compassion on those who fear him.
+103:014 For he knows how we are made.  He remembers that we are dust.
+103:015 As for man, his days are like grass.  As a flower of the field,
+        so he flourishes.
+103:016 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.  Its place
+        remembers it no more.
+103:017 But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting
+        with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;
+103:018 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to
+        obey his precepts.
+103:019 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens.
+        His kingdom rules over all.
+103:020 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength,
+        who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
+103:021 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his,
+        who do his pleasure.
+103:022 Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion.
+        Praise Yahweh, my soul!
+104:001 Bless Yahweh, my soul.  Yahweh, my God, you are very great.
+        You are clothed with honor and majesty.
+104:002 He covers himself with light as with a garment.
+        He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
+104:003 He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters.
+        He makes the clouds his chariot.  He walks on the wings
+        of the wind.
+104:004 He makes his messengers{or, angels} winds; his servants
+        flames of fire.
+104:005 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not
+        be moved forever.
+104:006 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.  The waters
+        stood above the mountains.
+104:007 At your rebuke they fled.  At the voice of your thunder
+        they hurried away.
+104:008 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place
+        which you had assigned to them.
+104:009 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over;
+        that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
+104:010 He sends forth springs into the valleys.  They run
+        among the mountains.
+104:011 They give drink to every animal of the field.  The wild donkeys
+        quench their thirst.
+104:012 The birds of the sky nest by them.  They sing among the branches.
+104:013 He waters the mountains from his chambers.  The earth is filled
+        with the fruit of your works.
+104:014 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man
+        to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
+104:015 wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face
+        to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
+104:016 Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon,
+        which he has planted;
+104:017 where the birds make their nests.  The stork makes its home
+        in the fir trees.
+104:018 The high mountains are for the wild goats.  The rocks are
+        a refuge for the rock badgers.
+104:019 He appointed the moon for seasons.  The sun knows when to set.
+104:020 You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals
+        of the forest prowl.
+104:021 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their
+        food from God.
+104:022 The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
+104:023 Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.
+104:024 Yahweh, how many are your works!  In wisdom have you made them all.
+        The earth is full of your riches.
+104:025 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable
+        living things, both small and large animals.
+104:026 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
+104:027 These all wait for you, that you may give them their food
+        in due season.
+104:028 You give to them; they gather.  You open your hand;
+        they are satisfied with good.
+104:029 You hide your face:  they are troubled; you take away their breath:
+        they die, and return to the dust.
+104:030 You send forth your Spirit:  they are created.  You renew
+        the face of the ground.
+104:031 Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever.  Let Yahweh rejoice
+        in his works.
+104:032 He looks at the earth, and it trembles.  He touches the mountains,
+        and they smoke.
+104:033 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live.  I will sing praise
+        to my God while I have any being.
+104:034 Let your meditation be sweet to him.  I will rejoice in Yahweh.
+104:035 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.  Let the wicked be no more.
+        Bless Yahweh, my soul.  Praise Yah!
+105:001 Give thanks to Yahweh!  Call on his name!  Make his doings
+        known among the peoples.
+105:002 Sing to him, sing praises to him!  Tell of all his marvelous works.
+105:003 Glory in his holy name.  Let the heart of those who
+        seek Yahweh rejoice.
+105:004 Seek Yahweh and his strength.  Seek his face forever more.
+105:005 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders,
+        and the judgments of his mouth,
+105:006 you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob,
+        his chosen ones.
+105:007 He is Yahweh, our God.  His judgments are in all the earth.
+105:008 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded
+        to a thousand generations,
+105:009 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
+105:010 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel
+        for an everlasting covenant,
+105:011 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot
+        of your inheritance;"
+105:012 when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few,
+        and foreigners in it.
+105:013 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom
+        to another people.
+105:014 He allowed no one to do them wrong.  Yes, he reproved kings
+        for their sakes,
+105:015 "Don't touch my anointed ones!  Do my prophets no harm!"
+105:016 He called for a famine on the land.  He destroyed the food supplies.
+105:017 He sent a man before them.  Joseph was sold for a slave.
+105:018 They bruised his feet with shackles.  His neck was locked in irons,
+105:019 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word
+        proved him true.
+105:020 The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples,
+        and let him go free.
+105:021 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
+105:022 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach
+        his elders wisdom.
+105:023 Israel also came into Egypt.  Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
+105:024 He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger
+        than their adversaries.
+105:025 He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire
+        against his servants.
+105:026 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
+105:027 They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
+105:028 He sent darkness, and made it dark.  They didn't rebel
+        against his words.
+105:029 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
+105:030 Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
+105:031 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
+105:032 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
+105:033 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered
+        the trees of their country.
+105:034 He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
+105:035 ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit
+        of their ground.
+105:036 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits
+        of all their manhood.
+105:037 He brought them forth with silver and gold.  There was not
+        one feeble person among his tribes.
+105:038 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had
+        fallen on them.
+105:039 He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
+105:040 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
+        the bread of the sky.
+105:041 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.  They ran as a river
+        in the dry places.
+105:042 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
+105:043 He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.
+105:044 He gave them the lands of the nations.  They took the labor
+        of the peoples in possession,
+105:045 that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws.
+        Praise Yah!
+106:001 Praise Yahweh!  Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
+        for his loving kindness endures forever.
+106:002 Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare
+        all his praise?
+106:003 Blessed are those who keep justice.  Blessed is one who does
+        what is right at all times.
+106:004 Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.
+        Visit me with your salvation,
+106:005 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may
+        rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory
+        with your inheritance.
+106:006 We have sinned with our fathers.  We have committed iniquity.
+        We have done wickedly.
+106:007 Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt.  They didn't
+        remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were
+        rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+106:008 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
+        make his mighty power known.
+106:009 He rebuked the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} also, and it was dried up;
+        so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
+106:010 He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed
+        them from the hand of the enemy.
+106:011 The waters covered their adversaries.  There was not one
+        of them left.
+106:012 Then they believed his words.  They sang his praise.
+106:013 They soon forgot his works.  They didn't wait for his counsel,
+106:014 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God
+        in the wasteland.
+106:015 He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
+106:016 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
+106:017 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered
+        the company of Abiram.
+106:018 A fire was kindled in their company.  The flame burned
+        up the wicked.
+106:019 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.
+106:020 Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull
+        that eats grass.
+106:021 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
+106:022 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by
+        the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+106:023 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses,
+        his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away
+        his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
+106:024 Yes, they despised the pleasant land.  They didn't believe his word,
+106:025 but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
+106:026 Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them
+        in the wilderness,
+106:027 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
+        and scatter them in the lands.
+106:028 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices
+        of the dead.
+106:029 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.
+        The plague broke in on them.
+106:030 Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the
+        plague was stopped.
+106:031 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all
+        generations to come.
+106:032 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses
+        was troubled for their sakes;
+106:033 because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke
+        rashly with his lips.
+106:034 They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
+106:035 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
+106:036 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
+106:037 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
+106:038 They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of
+        their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
+        The land was polluted with blood.
+106:039 Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted
+        themselves in their deeds.
+106:040 Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people.
+        He abhorred his inheritance.
+106:041 He gave them into the hand of the nations.  Those who hated
+        them ruled over them.
+106:042 Their enemies also oppressed them.  They were brought into
+        subjection under their hand.
+106:043 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious
+        in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
+106:044 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
+106:045 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according
+        to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
+106:046 He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
+106:047 Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations,
+        to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
+106:048 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even
+        to everlasting!  Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
+107:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+107:002 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from
+        the hand of the adversary,
+107:003 And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west,
+        from the north and from the south.
+107:004 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.
+        They found no city to live in.
+107:005 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
+107:006 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered
+        them out of their distresses,
+107:007 he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city
+        to live in.
+107:008 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
+        works to the children of men!
+107:009 For he satisfies the longing soul.  He fills the hungry
+        soul with good.
+107:010 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound
+        in affliction and iron,
+107:011 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned
+        the counsel of the Most High.
+107:012 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor.
+        They fell down, and there was none to help.
+107:013 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them
+        out of their distresses.
+107:014 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
+        and broke their bonds in sunder.
+107:015 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
+        works to the children of men!
+107:016 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.
+107:017 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because
+        of their iniquities.
+107:018 Their soul abhors all kinds of food.  They draw near to
+        the gates of death.
+107:019 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out
+        of their distresses.
+107:020 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them
+        from their graves.
+107:021 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
+        works to the children of men!
+107:022 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare
+        his works with singing.
+107:023 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business
+        in great waters;
+107:024 These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep.
+107:025 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts
+        up its waves.
+107:026 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.
+        Their soul melts away because of trouble.
+107:027 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,
+        and are at their wits' end.
+107:028 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them
+        out of their distress.
+107:029 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
+107:030 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them
+        to their desired haven.
+107:031 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful
+        works for the children of men!
+107:032 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,
+        and praise him in the seat of the elders.
+107:033 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
+107:034 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness
+        of those who dwell in it.
+107:035 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land
+        into water springs.
+107:036 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city
+        to live in,
+107:037 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
+107:038 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.
+        He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
+107:039 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression,
+        trouble, and sorrow.
+107:040 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander
+        in a trackless waste.
+107:041 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases
+        their families like a flock.
+107:042 The upright will see it, and be glad.  All the wicked will
+        shut their mouths.
+107:043 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.
+        They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.
+108:001 <<A Song.  A Psalm by David.>> My heart is steadfast, God.
+        I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
+108:002 Wake up, harp and lyre!  I will wake up the dawn.
+108:003 I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations.
+        I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
+108:004 For your loving kindness is great above the heavens.
+        Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
+108:005 Be exalted, God, above the heavens!  Let your glory be over
+        all the earth.
+108:006 That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand,
+        and answer us.
+108:007 God has spoken from his sanctuary:  "In triumph, I will
+        divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
+108:008 Gilead is mine.  Manasseh is mine.  Ephraim also is my helmet.
+        Judah is my scepter.
+108:009 Moab is my wash pot.  I will toss my sandal on Edom.
+        I will shout over Philistia."
+108:010 Who will bring me into the fortified city?  Who has led
+        me to Edom?
+108:011 Haven't you rejected us, God?  You don't go forth, God,
+        with our armies.
+108:012 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
+108:013 Through God, we will do valiantly.  For it is he who will tread
+        down our enemies.
+109:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> God of my praise,
+        don't remain silent,
+109:002 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of
+        deceit against me.  They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
+109:003 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought
+        against me without a cause.
+109:004 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I
+        am in prayer.
+109:005 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
+109:006 Set a wicked man over him.  Let an adversary stand at
+        his right hand.
+109:007 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.  Let his prayer
+        be turned into sin.
+109:008 Let his days be few.  Let another take his office.
+109:009 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
+109:010 Let his children be wandering beggars.  Let them be sought
+        from their ruins.
+109:011 Let the creditor seize all that he has.  Let strangers plunder
+        the fruit of his labor.
+109:012 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there
+        be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
+109:013 Let his posterity be cut off.  In the generation following
+        let their name be blotted out.
+109:014 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh.
+        Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
+109:015 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off
+        the memory of them from the earth;
+109:016 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted
+        the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
+109:017 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.  He didn't delight
+        in blessing, and it was far from him.
+109:018 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment.
+        It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
+109:019 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself,
+        for the belt that is always around him.
+109:020 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those
+        who speak evil against my soul.
+109:021 But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake,
+        because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
+109:022 for I am poor and needy.  My heart is wounded within me.
+109:023 I fade away like an evening shadow.  I am shaken off like a locust.
+109:024 My knees are weak through fasting.  My body is thin and lacks fat.
+109:025 I have also become a reproach to them.  When they see me,
+        they shake their head.
+109:026 Help me, Yahweh, my God.  Save me according to your loving kindness;
+109:027 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh,
+        have done it.
+109:028 They may curse, but you bless.  When they arise, they will
+        be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
+109:029 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.  Let them cover
+        themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
+109:030 I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth.  Yes, I will
+        praise him among the multitude.
+109:031 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him
+        from those who judge his soul.
+110:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
+        until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
+110:002 Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.
+        Rule in the midst of your enemies.
+110:003 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,
+        in holy array.  Out of the womb of the morning, you have
+        the dew of your youth.
+110:004 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:
+        "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
+110:005 The Lord is at your right hand.  He will crush kings in the day
+        of his wrath.
+110:006 He will judge among the nations.  He will heap up dead bodies.
+        He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
+110:007 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift
+        up his head.
+111:001 Praise Yah!{Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse
+        after the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of
+        the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).} I will give thanks
+        to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright,
+        and in the congregation.
+111:002 Yahweh's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
+111:003 His work is honor and majesty.  His righteousness endures forever.
+111:004 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.
+        Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
+111:005 He has given food to those who fear him.  He always
+        remembers his covenant.
+111:006 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them
+        the heritage of the nations.
+111:007 The works of his hands are truth and justice.
+        All his precepts are sure.
+111:008 They are established forever and ever.  They are done in
+        truth and uprightness.
+111:009 He has sent redemption to his people.  He has ordained his
+        covenant forever.  His name is holy and awesome!
+111:010 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
+        All those who do his work have a good understanding.
+        His praise endures forever!
+112:001 Praise Yah!{Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after
+        the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of the alphabet
+        (ordered from Alef to Tav).} Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh,
+        who delights greatly in his commandments.
+112:002 His seed will be mighty in the land.  The generation of the upright
+        will be blessed.
+112:003 Wealth and riches are in his house.  His righteousness
+        endures forever.
+112:004 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious,
+        merciful, and righteous.
+112:005 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.
+        He will maintain his cause in judgment.
+112:006 For he will never be shaken.  The righteous will
+        be remembered forever.
+112:007 He will not be afraid of evil news.  His heart is steadfast,
+        trusting in Yahweh.
+112:008 His heart is established.  He will not be afraid in the end
+        when he sees his adversaries.
+112:009 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor.  His righteousness
+        endures forever.  His horn will be exalted with honor.
+112:010 The wicked will see it, and be grieved.  He shall gnash with
+        his teeth, and melt away.  The desire of the wicked will perish.
+113:001 Praise Yah!  Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise the
+        name of Yahweh.
+113:002 Blessed be the name of Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.
+113:003 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same,
+        Yahweh's name is to be praised.
+113:004 Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
+113:005 Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,
+113:006 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
+113:007 He raises up the poor out of the dust.  Lifts up the needy
+        from the ash heap;
+113:008 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes
+        of his people.
+113:009 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother
+        of children.  Praise Yah!
+114:001 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from
+        a people of foreign language;
+114:002 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
+114:003 The sea saw it, and fled.  The Jordan was driven back.
+114:004 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
+114:005 What was it, you sea, that you fled?  You Jordan,
+        that you turned back?
+114:006 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills,
+        like lambs?
+114:007 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence
+        of the God of Jacob,
+114:008 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into
+        a spring of waters.
+115:001 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory,
+        for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
+115:002 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
+115:003 But our God is in the heavens.  He does whatever he pleases.
+115:004 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
+115:005 They have mouths, but they don't speak.  They have eyes,
+        but they don't see.
+115:006 They have ears, but they don't hear.  They have noses,
+        but they don't smell.
+115:007 They have hands, but they don't feel.  They have feet, but they
+        don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
+115:008 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who
+        trusts in them.
+115:009 Israel, trust in Yahweh!  He is their help and their shield.
+115:010 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh!  He is their help and their shield.
+115:011 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh!  He is their help
+        and their shield.
+115:012 Yahweh remembers us.  He will bless us.  He will bless the house
+        of Israel.  He will bless the house of Aaron.
+115:013 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
+115:014 May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
+115:015 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
+115:016 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has
+        he given to the children of men.
+115:017 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
+115:018 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore.
+        Praise Yah!
+116:001 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my
+        cries for mercy.
+116:002 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call
+        on him as long as I live.
+116:003 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold
+        of me.  I found trouble and sorrow.
+116:004 Then called I on the name of Yahweh:  "Yahweh, I beg you,
+        deliver my soul."
+116:005 Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
+116:006 Yahweh preserves the simple.  I was brought low, and he saved me.
+116:007 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt
+        bountifully with you.
+116:008 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears,
+        and my feet from falling.
+116:009 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
+116:010 I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
+116:011 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
+116:012 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
+116:013 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
+116:014 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of
+        all his people.
+116:015 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
+116:016 Yahweh, truly I am your servant.  I am your servant, the son
+        of your handmaid.  You have freed me from my chains.
+116:017 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will
+        call on the name of Yahweh.
+116:018 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of
+        all his people,
+116:019 in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
+        Praise Yah!
+117:001 Praise Yahweh, all you nations!  Extol him, all you peoples!
+117:002 For his loving kindness is great toward us.  Yahweh's faithfulness
+        endures forever.  Praise Yah!
+118:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+118:002 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
+118:003 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness
+        endures forever.
+118:004 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+118:005 Out of my distress, I called on Yah.  Yah answered me with freedom.
+118:006 Yahweh is on my side.  I will not be afraid.  What can man
+        do to me?
+118:007 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.  Therefore I
+        will look in triumph at those who hate me.
+118:008 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
+118:009 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put
+        confidence in princes.
+118:010 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I
+        cut them off.
+118:011 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.  In the name
+        of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
+118:012 They surrounded me like bees.  They are quenched like the
+        burning thorns.  In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
+118:013 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
+118:014 Yah is my strength and song.  He has become my salvation.
+118:015 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of
+        the righteous.  "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
+118:016 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!  The right hand of
+        Yahweh does valiantly!"
+118:017 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
+118:018 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me
+        over to death.
+118:019 Open to me the gates of righteousness.  I will enter into them.
+        I will give thanks to Yah.
+118:020 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
+118:021 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have
+        become my salvation.
+118:022 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head
+        of the corner.
+118:023 This is Yahweh's doing.  It is marvelous in our eyes.
+118:024 This is the day that Yahweh has made.  We will rejoice and be
+        glad in it!
+118:025 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!  Yahweh, we beg you,
+        send prosperity now.
+118:026 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh!  We have blessed
+        you out of the house of Yahweh.
+118:027 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.  Bind the sacrifice
+        with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
+118:028 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
+        You are my God, I will exalt you.
+118:029 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+119:001 <<ALEPH>> Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
+        who walk according to Yahweh's law.
+119:002 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with
+        their whole heart.
+119:003 Yes, they do nothing wrong.  They walk in his ways.
+119:004 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
+119:005 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
+119:006 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all
+        of your commandments.
+119:007 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I
+        learn your righteous judgments.
+119:008 I will observe your statutes.  Don't utterly forsake me.
+119:009 How can a young man keep his way pure?  By living according
+        to your word.
+119:010 With my whole heart, I have sought you.  Don't let me wander
+        from your commandments.
+119:011 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not
+        sin against you.
+119:012 Blessed are you, Yahweh.  Teach me your statutes.
+119:013 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
+119:014 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much
+        as in all riches.
+119:015 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
+119:016 I will delight myself in your statutes.  I will not
+        forget your word.
+119:017 Do good to your servant.  I will live and I will obey your word.
+119:018 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
+119:019 I am a stranger on the earth.  Don't hide your commandments from me.
+119:020 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
+119:021 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander
+        from your commandments.
+119:022 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have
+        kept your statutes.
+119:023 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate
+        on your statutes.
+119:024 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
+119:025 My soul is laid low in the dust.  Revive me according
+        to your word!
+119:026 I declared my ways, and you answered me.  Teach me your statutes.
+119:027 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
+        Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
+119:028 My soul is weary with sorrow:  strengthen me according
+        to your word.
+119:029 Keep me from the way of deceit.  Grant me your law graciously!
+119:030 I have chosen the way of truth.  I have set your ordinances
+        before me.
+119:031 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh.  Don't let me be disappointed.
+119:032 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set
+        my heart free.
+119:033 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes.  I will keep them
+        to the end.
+119:034 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law.  Yes, I will
+        obey it with my whole heart.
+119:035 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
+119:036 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
+119:037 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
+        Revive me in your ways.
+119:038 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
+119:039 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
+119:040 Behold, I long for your precepts!  Revive me in your righteousness.
+119:041 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation,
+        according to your word.
+119:042 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I
+        trust in your word.
+119:043 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put
+        my hope in your ordinances.
+119:044 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
+119:045 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
+119:046 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will
+        not be disappointed.
+119:047 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
+119:048 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.
+        I will meditate on your statutes.
+119:049 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
+119:050 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
+119:051 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.
+119:052 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
+119:053 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked
+        who forsake your law.
+119:054 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.
+119:055 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I
+        obey your law.
+119:056 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
+119:057 Yahweh is my portion.  I promised to obey your words.
+119:058 I sought your favor with my whole heart.  Be merciful to me
+        according to your word.
+119:059 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
+119:060 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
+119:061 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.
+119:062 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of
+        your righteous ordinances.
+119:063 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who
+        observe your precepts.
+119:064 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh.
+        Teach me your statutes.
+119:065 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
+119:066 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe
+        in your commandments.
+119:067 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
+119:068 You are good, and do good.  Teach me your statutes.
+119:069 The proud have smeared a lie upon me.  With my whole heart,
+        I will keep your precepts.
+119:070 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
+119:071 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may
+        learn your statutes.
+119:072 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces
+        of gold and silver.
+119:073 Your hands have made me and formed me.  Give me understanding,
+        that I may learn your commandments.
+119:074 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put
+        my hope in your word.
+119:075 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in
+        faithfulness you have afflicted me.
+119:076 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to
+        your word to your servant.
+119:077 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
+        for your law is my delight.
+119:078 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown
+        me wrongfully.  I will meditate on your precepts.
+119:079 Let those who fear you turn to me.  They will know your statutes.
+119:080 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may
+        not be disappointed.
+119:081 My soul faints for your salvation.  I hope in your word.
+119:082 My eyes fail for your word.  I say, "When will you comfort me?"
+119:083 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke.
+        I don't forget your statutes.
+119:084 How many are the days of your servant?  When will you execute
+        judgment on those who persecute me?
+119:085 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
+119:086 All of your commandments are faithful.  They persecute
+        me wrongfully.  Help me!
+119:087 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't
+        forsake your precepts.
+119:088 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I
+        will obey the statutes of your mouth.
+119:089 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
+119:090 Your faithfulness is to all generations.  You have established
+        the earth, and it remains.
+119:091 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
+119:092 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished
+        in my affliction.
+119:093 I will never forget your precepts, for with them,
+        you have revived me.
+119:094 I am yours.  Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
+119:095 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
+        I will consider your statutes.
+119:096 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands
+        are boundless.
+119:097 How I love your law!  It is my meditation all day.
+119:098 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your
+        commandments are always with me.
+119:099 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your
+        testimonies are my meditation.
+119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
+119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might
+        observe your word.
+119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you
+        have taught me.
+119:103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey
+        to my mouth!
+119:104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate
+        every false way.
+119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
+119:106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey
+        your righteous ordinances.
+119:107 I am afflicted very much.  Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
+119:108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
+        Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
+119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.
+119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray
+        from your precepts.
+119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they
+        are the joy of my heart.
+119:112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
+        even to the end.
+119:113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
+119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.  I hope in your word.
+119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments
+        of my God.
+119:116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
+        Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
+119:117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for
+        your statutes continually.
+119:118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their
+        deceit is in vain.
+119:119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
+        Therefore I love your testimonies.
+119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you.  I am afraid of your judgments.
+119:121 I have done what is just and righteous.  Don't leave me
+        to my oppressors.
+119:122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
+119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
+119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
+        Teach me your statutes.
+119:125 I am your servant.  Give me understanding, that I may
+        know your testimonies.
+119:126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
+119:127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes,
+        more than pure gold.
+119:128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
+        I hate every false way.
+119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
+119:130 The entrance of your words gives light.  It gives understanding
+        to the simple.
+119:131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed
+        for your commandments.
+119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those
+        who love your name.
+119:133 Establish my footsteps in your word.  Don't let any iniquity
+        have dominion over me.
+119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe
+        your precepts.
+119:135 Make your face shine on your servant.  Teach me your statutes.
+119:136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't
+        observe your law.
+119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh.  Your judgments are upright.
+119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
+        They are fully trustworthy.
+119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
+119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your
+        servant loves them.
+119:141 I am small and despised.  I don't forget your precepts.
+119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
+        Your law is truth.
+119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.  Your commandments
+        are my delight.
+119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever.  Give me understanding,
+        that I may live.
+119:145 I have called with my whole heart.  Answer me, Yahweh!  I will
+        keep your statutes.
+119:146 I have called to you.  Save me!  I will obey your statutes.
+119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help.  I put my hope in your words.
+119:148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might
+        meditate on your word.
+119:149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
+        Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
+119:150 They draw near who follow after wickedness.  They are far
+        from your law.
+119:151 You are near, Yahweh.  All your commandments are truth.
+119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have
+        founded them forever.
+119:153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget your law.
+119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me!  Revive me according to your promise.
+119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.
+119:156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.  Revive me according
+        to your ordinances.
+119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.  I haven't swerved
+        from your testimonies.
+119:158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't
+        observe your word.
+119:159 Consider how I love your precepts.  Revive me, Yahweh, according to
+        your loving kindness.
+119:160 All of your words are truth.  Every one of your righteous
+        ordinances endures forever.
+119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands
+        in awe of your words.
+119:162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.
+119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood.  I love your law.
+119:164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your
+        righteous ordinances.
+119:165 Those who love your law have great peace.  Nothing causes
+        them to stumble.
+119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh.  I have
+        done your commandments.
+119:167 My soul has observed your testimonies.  I love them exceedingly.
+119:168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my
+        ways are before you.
+119:169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh.  Give me understanding
+        according to your word.
+119:170 Let my supplication come before you.  Deliver me according
+        to your word.
+119:171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
+119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments
+        are righteousness.
+119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
+119:174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh.  Your law is my delight.
+119:175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you.  Let your
+        ordinances help me.
+119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep.  Seek your servant,
+        for I don't forget your commandments.
+120:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> In my distress, I cried to Yahweh.
+        He answered me.
+120:002 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
+120:003 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
+        you deceitful tongue?
+120:004 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
+120:005 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among
+        the tents of Kedar!
+120:006 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
+120:007 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
+121:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
+        Where does my help come from?
+121:002 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
+121:003 He will not allow your foot to be moved.  He who keeps you
+        will not slumber.
+121:004 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
+121:005 Yahweh is your keeper.  Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
+121:006 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
+121:007 Yahweh will keep you from all evil.  He will keep your soul.
+121:008 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this
+        time forth, and forevermore.
+122:001 <<A Song of Ascents.  By David.>> I was glad when they said to me,
+        "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
+122:002 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
+122:003 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
+122:004 where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an
+        ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
+122:005 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones
+        of David's house.
+122:006 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.  Those who love you will prosper.
+122:007 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
+122:008 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say,
+        "Peace be within you."
+122:009 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
+123:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit
+        in the heavens.
+123:002 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
+        as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes
+        look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
+123:003 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have
+        endured much contempt.
+123:004 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who
+        are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
+124:001 <<A Song of Ascents.  By David.>> If it had not been Yahweh
+        who was on our side, let Israel now say,
+124:002 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose
+        up against us;
+124:003 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath
+        was kindled against us;
+124:004 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would
+        have gone over our soul;
+124:005 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
+124:006 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
+124:007 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare.
+        The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
+124:008 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
+125:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion,
+        which can't be moved, but remains forever.
+125:002 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his
+        people from this time forth and forevermore.
+125:003 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment
+        of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands
+        to do evil.
+125:004 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright
+        in their hearts.
+125:005 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
+        Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
+        Peace be on Israel.
+126:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> When Yahweh brought back those who returned
+        to Zion, we were like those who dream.
+126:002 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing.
+        Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great
+        things for them."
+126:003 Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
+126:004 Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.
+126:005 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
+126:006 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly
+        come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
+127:001 <<A Song of Ascents.  By Solomon.>> Unless Yahweh builds
+        the house, they labor in vain who build it.  Unless Yahweh
+        watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
+127:002 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late,
+        eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
+127:003 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh.  The fruit of the womb
+        is his reward.
+127:004 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
+127:005 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.
+        They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies
+        in the gate.
+128:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
+        who walks in his ways.
+128:002 For you will eat the labor of your hands.  You will be happy,
+        and it will be well with you.
+128:003 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost
+        parts of your house; your children like olive plants,
+        around your table.
+128:004 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
+128:005 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good
+        of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
+128:006 Yes, may you see your children's children.  Peace be upon Israel.
+129:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Many times they have afflicted me
+        from my youth up.  Let Israel now say,
+129:002 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they
+        have not prevailed against me.
+129:003 The plowers plowed on my back.  They made their furrows long.
+129:004 Yahweh is righteous.  He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
+129:005 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those
+        who hate Zion.
+129:006 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers
+        before it grows up;
+129:007 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who
+        binds sheaves, his bosom.
+129:008 Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
+        We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
+130:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Out of the depths I have cried
+        to you, Yahweh.
+130:002 Lord, hear my voice.  Let your ears be attentive to the voice
+        of my petitions.
+130:003 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
+130:004 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
+130:005 I wait for Yahweh.  My soul waits.  I hope in his word.
+130:006 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning;
+        more than watchmen for the morning.
+130:007 Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness.
+        With him is abundant redemption.
+130:008 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
+131:001 <<A Song of Ascents.  By David.>> Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty,
+        nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters,
+        or things too wonderful for me.
+131:002 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child
+        with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
+131:003 Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.
+132:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
+132:002 how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
+132:003 "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house,
+        nor go up into my bed;
+132:004 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
+132:005 until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the
+        Mighty One of Jacob."
+132:006 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah.  We found it in the
+        field of Jaar:
+132:007 "We will go into his dwelling place.  We will worship
+        at his footstool.
+132:008 Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark
+        of your strength.
+132:009 Let your priest be clothed with righteousness.  Let your saints
+        shout for joy!"
+132:010 For your servant David's sake, don't turn away the face
+        of your anointed one.
+132:011 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth.  He will not turn from it:
+        "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
+132:012 If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony
+        that I will teach them, their children also will sit on
+        your throne forevermore."
+132:013 For Yahweh has chosen Zion.  He has desired it for his habitation.
+132:014 "This is my resting place forever.  Here I will live, for I
+        have desired it.
+132:015 I will abundantly bless her provision.  I will satisfy her
+        poor with bread.
+132:016 Her priests I will also clothe with salvation.  Her saints
+        will shout aloud for joy.
+132:017 There I will make the horn of David to bud.  I have ordained
+        a lamp for my anointed.
+132:018 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself,
+        his crown will be resplendent."
+133:001 <<A Song of Ascents.  By David.>> See how good and how pleasant
+        it is for brothers to live together in unity!
+133:002 It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard,
+        even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;
+133:003 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion:
+        for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore.
+134:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Look!  Praise Yahweh, all you servants
+        of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
+134:002 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary.  Praise Yahweh!
+134:003 May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
+135:001 Praise Yah!  Praise the name of Yahweh!  Praise him,
+        you servants of Yahweh,
+135:002 you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of
+        our God's house.
+135:003 Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good.  Sing praises to his name,
+        for that is pleasant.
+135:004 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
+135:005 For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
+135:006 Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth,
+        in the seas and in all deeps;
+135:007 who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
+        who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind
+        out of his treasuries;
+135:008 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
+135:009 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh,
+        and on all his servants;
+135:010 who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,
+135:011 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all
+        the kingdoms of Canaan,
+135:012 and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
+135:013 Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh,
+        throughout all generations.
+135:014 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion
+        on his servants.
+135:015 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work
+        of men's hands.
+135:016 They have mouths, but they can't speak.  They have eyes,
+        but they can't see.
+135:017 They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath
+        in their mouths.
+135:018 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who
+        trusts in them.
+135:019 House of Israel, praise Yahweh!  House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
+135:020 House of Levi, praise Yahweh!  You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
+135:021 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem.
+        Praise Yah!
+136:001 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+136:002 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness
+        endures forever.
+136:003 Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:004 To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:005 To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:006 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:007 To him who made the great lights; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:008 The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;
+136:009 The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:010 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever;
+136:011 And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever;
+136:012 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:013 To him who divided the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds} apart;
+        for his loving kindness endures forever;
+136:014 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever;
+136:015 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds};
+        for his loving kindness endures forever:
+136:016 To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:017 To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness
+        endures forever;
+136:018 And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:
+136:019 Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever;
+136:020 Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever;
+136:021 And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever;
+136:022 Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:023 Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever;
+136:024 And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever:
+136:025 Who gives food to every creature; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+136:026 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving
+        kindness endures forever.
+137:001 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.  Yes, we wept,
+        when we remembered Zion.
+137:002 On the willows in the midst of it, we hung up our harps.
+137:003 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
+        Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:  "Sing us one
+        of the songs of Zion!"
+137:004 How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?
+137:005 If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
+137:006 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you;
+        if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
+137:007 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem;
+        who said, "Raze it!  Raze it even to its foundation!"
+137:008 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy
+        who rewards you, as you have served us.
+137:009 Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones
+        against the rock.
+138:001 <<By David.>> I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
+        Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
+138:002 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks
+        to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth;
+        for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
+138:003 In the day that I called, you answered me.  You encouraged me
+        with strength in my soul.
+138:004 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they
+        have heard the words of your mouth.
+138:005 Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great
+        is Yahweh's glory.
+138:006 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly;
+        but the proud, he knows from afar.
+138:007 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me.
+        You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies.
+        Your right hand will save me.
+138:008 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving
+        kindness, Yahweh, endures forever.  Don't forsake the works
+        of your own hands.
+139:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh,
+        you have searched me, and you know me.
+139:002 You know my sitting down and my rising up.  You perceive
+        my thoughts from afar.
+139:003 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted
+        with all my ways.
+139:004 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh,
+        you know it altogether.
+139:005 You hem me in behind and before.  You laid your hand on me.
+139:006 This knowledge is beyond me.  It's lofty.  I can't attain it.
+139:007 Where could I go from your Spirit?  Or where could I flee
+        from your presence?
+139:008 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.  If I make my bed
+        in Sheol, behold, you are there!
+139:009 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost
+        parts of the sea;
+139:010 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand
+        will hold me.
+139:011 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light
+        around me will be night;"
+139:012 even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines
+        as the day.  The darkness is like light to you.
+139:013 For you formed my inmost being.  You knit me together in
+        my mother's womb.
+139:014 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
+        Your works are wonderful.  My soul knows that very well.
+139:015 My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret,
+        woven together in the depths of the earth.
+139:016 Your eyes saw my body.  In your book they were all written,
+        the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were
+        none of them.
+139:017 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!  How vast is
+        the sum of them!
+139:018 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
+        When I wake up, I am still with you.
+139:019 If only you, God, would kill the wicked.  Get away from me,
+        you bloodthirsty men!
+139:020 For they speak against you wickedly.  Your enemies take your
+        name in vain.
+139:021 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you?  Am I not grieved
+        with those who rise up against you?
+139:022 I hate them with perfect hatred.  They have become my enemies.
+139:023 Search me, God, and know my heart.  Try me, and know my thoughts.
+139:024 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in
+        the everlasting way.
+140:001 <<For the Chief Musician.  A Psalm by David.>> Deliver me,
+        Yahweh, from the evil man.  Preserve me from the violent man;
+140:002 those who devise mischief in their hearts.  They continually
+        gather themselves together for war.
+140:003 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
+        Viper's poison is under their lips.  Selah.
+140:004 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked.  Preserve me
+        from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
+140:005 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords
+        of a net by the path.  They have set traps for me.  Selah.
+140:006 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God."  Listen to the cry
+        of my petitions, Yahweh.
+140:007 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered
+        my head in the day of battle.
+140:008 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked.  Don't let
+        their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud.  Selah.
+140:009 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief
+        of their own lips cover them.
+140:010 Let burning coals fall on them.  Let them be thrown into the fire,
+        into miry pits, from where they never rise.
+140:011 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth.
+        Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
+140:012 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
+        and justice for the needy.
+140:013 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name.
+        The upright will dwell in your presence.
+141:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, I have called on you.
+        Come to me quickly!  Listen to my voice when I call to you.
+141:002 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up
+        of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
+141:003 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.  Keep the door of my lips.
+141:004 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds
+        of wickedness with men who work iniquity.  Don't let me eat
+        of their delicacies.
+141:005 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me,
+        it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it;
+        Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
+141:006 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
+        They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
+141:007 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are
+        scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
+141:008 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord.  In you, I take refuge.
+        Don't leave my soul destitute.
+141:009 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
+        from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
+141:010 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
+142:001 <<A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave.
+        A Prayer.>> I cry with my voice to Yahweh.  With my voice,
+        I ask Yahweh for mercy.
+142:002 I pour out my complaint before him.  I tell him my troubles.
+142:003 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path.
+        In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
+142:004 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned
+        for me.  Refuge has fled from me.  No one cares for my soul.
+142:005 I cried to you, Yahweh.  I said, "You are my refuge, my portion
+        in the land of the living."
+142:006 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need.  deliver me
+        from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
+142:007 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name.
+        The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
+143:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh.  Listen to
+        my petitions.  In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
+143:002 Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight
+        no man living is righteous.
+143:003 For the enemy pursues my soul.  He has struck my life
+        down to the ground.  He has made me live in dark places,
+        as those who have been long dead.
+143:004 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.  My heart within
+        me is desolate.
+143:005 I remember the days of old.  I meditate on all your doings.
+        I contemplate the work of your hands.
+143:006 I spread forth my hands to you.  My soul thirsts for you,
+        like a parched land.  Selah.
+143:007 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh.  My spirit fails.  Don't hide
+        your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go
+        down into the pit.
+143:008 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I
+        trust in you.  Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
+        for I lift up my soul to you.
+143:009 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies.  I flee to you to hide me.
+143:010 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.  Your Spirit is good.
+        Lead me in the land of uprightness.
+143:011 Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake.  In your righteousness,
+        bring my soul out of trouble.
+143:012 In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all
+        those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
+144:001 <<By David.>> Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands
+        to war, and my fingers to battle:
+144:002 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer,
+        my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my
+        people under me.
+144:003 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?  Or the son of man,
+        that you think of him?
+144:004 Man is like a breath.  His days are like a shadow that passes away.
+144:005 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.  Touch the mountains,
+        and they will smoke.
+144:006 Throw out lightning, and scatter them.  Send out your arrows,
+        and rout them.
+144:007 Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me
+        out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;
+144:008 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right
+        hand of falsehood.
+144:009 I will sing a new song to you, God.  On a ten-stringed lyre,
+        I will sing praises to you.
+144:010 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David,
+        his servant, from the deadly sword.
+144:011 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
+        whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right
+        hand of falsehood.
+144:012 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters
+        like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
+144:013 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
+        Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
+144:014 Our oxen will pull heavy loads.  There is no breaking in,
+        and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
+144:015 Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
+        Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.  {}
+145:001 <<A praise psalm by David.This is an acrostic psalm,
+        with every verse (including the second half of verse 13)
+        starting with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.>>
+        I will exalt you, my God, the King.  I will praise your name
+        forever and ever.
+145:002 Every day I will praise you.  I will extol your name
+        forever and ever.
+145:003 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
+        His greatness is unsearchable.
+145:004 One generation will commend your works to another, and will
+        declare your mighty acts.
+145:005 Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works,
+        I will meditate.
+145:006 Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
+        I will declare your greatness.
+145:007 They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will
+        sing of your righteousness.
+145:008 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of
+        great loving kindness.
+145:009 Yahweh is good to all.  His tender mercies are over all his works.
+145:010 All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh.  Your saints
+        will extol you.
+145:011 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk
+        about your power;
+145:012 to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory
+        of the majesty of his kingdom.
+145:013 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.  Your dominion endures
+        throughout all generations.  Yahweh is faithful in all his words,
+        and loving in all his deeds.{Some manuscripts omit these
+        last two lines.}
+145:014 Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who
+        are bowed down.
+145:015 The eyes of all wait for you.  You give them their food
+        in due season.
+145:016 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
+145:017 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
+145:018 Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call
+        on him in truth.
+145:019 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him.
+        He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
+145:020 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked
+        he will destroy.
+145:021 My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh.  Let all flesh bless
+        his holy name forever and ever.
+146:001 Praise Yah!  Praise Yahweh, my soul.
+146:002 While I live, I will praise Yahweh.  I will sing praises
+        to my God as long as I exist.
+146:003 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom
+        there is no help.
+146:004 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
+        In that very day, his thoughts perish.
+146:005 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope
+        is in Yahweh, his God:
+146:006 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
+        who keeps truth forever;
+146:007 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.
+        Yahweh frees the prisoners.
+146:008 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.  Yahweh raises up those
+        who are bowed down.  Yahweh loves the righteous.
+146:009 Yahweh preserves the foreigners.  He upholds the fatherless
+        and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
+146:010 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations.
+        Praise Yah!
+147:001 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God;
+        for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
+147:002 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.  He gathers together the
+        outcasts of Israel.
+147:003 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
+147:004 He counts the number of the stars.  He calls them all
+        by their names.
+147:005 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.  His understanding
+        is infinite.
+147:006 Yahweh upholds the humble.  He brings the wicked down
+        to the ground.
+147:007 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.  Sing praises on the harp
+        to our God,
+147:008 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth,
+        who makes grass grow on the mountains.
+147:009 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens
+        when they call.
+147:010 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse.
+        He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
+147:011 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope
+        in his loving kindness.
+147:012 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!  Praise your God, Zion!
+147:013 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
+        He has blessed your children within you.
+147:014 He makes peace in your borders.  He fills you with the finest
+        of the wheat.
+147:015 He sends out his commandment to the earth.  His word
+        runs very swiftly.
+147:016 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
+147:017 He hurls down his hail like pebbles.  Who can stand before his cold?
+147:018 He sends out his word, and melts them.  He causes his wind
+        to blow, and the waters flow.
+147:019 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances
+        to Israel.
+147:020 He has not done this for just any nation.  They don't know
+        his ordinances.  Praise Yah!
+148:001 Praise Yah!  Praise Yahweh from the heavens!  Praise him
+        in the heights!
+148:002 Praise him, all his angels!  Praise him, all his army!
+148:003 Praise him, sun and moon!  Praise him, all you shining stars!
+148:004 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are
+        above the heavens.
+148:005 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded,
+        and they were created.
+148:006 He has also established them forever and ever.  He has made
+        a decree which will not pass away.
+148:007 Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures,
+        and all depths!
+148:008 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind,
+        fulfilling his word;
+148:009 mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;
+148:010 wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;
+148:011 kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges
+        of the earth;
+148:012 both young men and maidens; old men and children:
+148:013 let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is exalted.
+        His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
+148:014 He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all
+        his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near
+        to him.  Praise Yah!
+149:001 Praise Yahweh!  Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in
+        the assembly of the saints.
+149:002 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them.  Let the children
+        of Zion be joyful in their King.
+149:003 Let them praise his name in the dance!  Let them sing praises
+        to him with tambourine and harp!
+149:004 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people.  He crowns
+        the humble with salvation.
+149:005 Let the saints rejoice in honor.  Let them sing for joy
+        on their beds.
+149:006 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged
+        sword in their hand;
+149:007 To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
+149:008 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with
+        fetters of iron;
+149:009 to execute on them the written judgment.  All his saints
+        have this honor.  Praise Yah!
+150:001 Praise Yah!  Praise God in his sanctuary!  Praise him in his
+        heavens for his acts of power!
+150:002 Praise him for his mighty acts!  Praise him according to
+        his excellent greatness!
+150:003 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet!  Praise him
+        with harp and lyre!
+150:004 Praise him with tambourine and dancing!  Praise him with stringed
+        instruments and flute!
+150:005 Praise him with loud cymbals!  Praise him with resounding cymbals!
+150:006 Let everything that has breath praise Yah!  Praise Yah!
+Book 20 Proverbs
+001:001 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
+001:002 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
+001:003 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness,
+        justice, and equity;
+001:004 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion
+        to the young man:
+001:005 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
+        that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
+001:006 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles
+        of the wise.
+001:007 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish
+        despise wisdom and instruction.
+001:008 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake
+        your mother's teaching:
+001:009 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains
+        around your neck.
+001:010 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
+001:011 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood;
+        let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
+001:012 let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those
+        who go down into the pit.
+001:013 We'll find all valuable wealth.  We'll fill our houses with spoil.
+001:014 You shall cast your lot among us.  We'll all have one purse."
+001:015 My son, don't walk in the way with them.  Keep your foot
+        from their path,
+001:016 for their feet run to evil.  They hurry to shed blood.
+001:017 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
+001:018 but these lay wait for their own blood.  They lurk secretly
+        for their own lives.
+001:019 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain.
+        It takes away the life of its owners.
+001:020 Wisdom calls aloud in the street.  She utters her voice
+        in the public squares.
+001:021 She calls at the head of noisy places.  At the entrance
+        of the city gates, she utters her words:
+001:022 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
+        How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery,
+        and fools hate knowledge?
+001:023 Turn at my reproof.  Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you.
+        I will make known my words to you.
+001:024 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched
+        out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
+001:025 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
+001:026 I also will laugh at your disaster.  I will mock when
+        calamity overtakes you;
+001:027 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes
+        on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
+001:028 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer.
+        They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
+001:029 because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
+001:030 They wanted none of my counsel.  They despised all my reproof.
+001:031 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way,
+        and be filled with their own schemes.
+001:032 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them.
+        The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
+001:033 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease,
+        without fear of harm."
+002:001 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my
+        commandments within you;
+002:002 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your
+        heart to understanding;
+002:003 Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your
+        voice for understanding;
+002:004 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as
+        for hidden treasures:
+002:005 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find
+        the knowledge of God.
+002:006 For Yahweh gives wisdom.  Out of his mouth comes
+        knowledge and understanding.
+002:007 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.  He is a shield
+        to those who walk in integrity;
+002:008 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way
+        of his saints.
+002:009 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and
+        every good path.
+002:010 For wisdom will enter into your heart.  Knowledge will be
+        pleasant to your soul.
+002:011 Discretion will watch over you.  Understanding will keep you,
+002:012 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who
+        speak perverse things;
+002:013 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
+002:014 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;
+002:015 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
+002:016 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner
+        who flatters with her words;
+002:017 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant
+        of her God:
+002:018 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
+002:019 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain
+        to the paths of life:
+002:020 that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths
+        of the righteous.
+002:021 For the upright will dwell in the land.  The perfect will
+        remain in it.
+002:022 But the wicked will be cut off from the land.  The treacherous
+        will be rooted out of it.
+003:001 My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart
+        keep my commandments:
+003:002 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they
+        add to you.
+003:003 Don't let kindness and truth forsake you.  Bind them around
+        your neck.  Write them on the tablet of your heart.
+003:004 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight
+        of God and man.
+003:005 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on
+        your own understanding.
+003:006 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make
+        your paths straight.
+003:007 Don't be wise in your own eyes.  Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
+003:008 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
+003:009 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits
+        of all your increase:
+003:010 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will
+        overflow with new wine.
+003:011 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary
+        of his reproof:
+003:012 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves
+        the son in whom he delights.
+003:013 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
+003:014 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her
+        return is better than fine gold.
+003:015 She is more precious than rubies.  None of the things you can
+        desire are to be compared to her.
+003:016 Length of days is in her right hand.  In her left hand are
+        riches and honor.
+003:017 Her ways are ways of pleasantness.  All her paths are peace.
+003:018 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
+        Happy is everyone who retains her.
+003:019 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth.  By understanding,
+        he established the heavens.
+003:020 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies
+        drop down the dew.
+003:021 My son, let them not depart from your eyes.  Keep sound
+        wisdom and discretion:
+003:022 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
+003:023 Then you shall walk in your way securely.  Your foot won't stumble.
+003:024 When you lie down, you will not be afraid.  Yes, you will lie down,
+        and your sleep will be sweet.
+003:025 Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation
+        of the wicked, when it comes:
+003:026 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot
+        from being taken.
+003:027 Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it
+        is in the power of your hand to do it.
+003:028 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I
+        will give it to you," when you have it by you.
+003:029 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells
+        securely by you.
+003:030 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
+003:031 Don't envy the man of violence.  Choose none of his ways.
+003:032 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship
+        is with the upright.
+003:033 Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses
+        the habitation of the righteous.
+003:034 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
+003:035 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion
+        of fools.
+004:001 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction.  Pay attention
+        and know understanding;
+004:002 for I give you sound learning.  Don't forsake my law.
+004:003 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child
+        in the sight of my mother.
+004:004 He taught me, and said to me:  "Let your heart retain my words.
+        Keep my commandments, and live.
+004:005 Get wisdom.  Get understanding.  Don't forget, neither swerve
+        from the words of my mouth.
+004:006 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you.  Love her,
+        and she will keep you.
+004:007 Wisdom is supreme.  Get wisdom.  Yes, though it costs all
+        your possessions, get understanding.
+004:008 Esteem her, and she will exalt you.  She will bring you to honor,
+        when you embrace her.
+004:009 She will give to your head a garland of grace.  She will deliver
+        a crown of splendor to you."
+004:010 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings.  The years of your life
+        will be many.
+004:011 I have taught you in the way of wisdom.  I have led you
+        in straight paths.
+004:012 When you go, your steps will not be hampered.  When you run,
+        you will not stumble.
+004:013 Take firm hold of instruction.  Don't let her go.
+        Keep her, for she is your life.
+004:014 Don't enter into the path of the wicked.  Don't walk in the way
+        of evil men.
+004:015 Avoid it, and don't pass by it.  Turn from it, and pass on.
+004:016 For they don't sleep, unless they do evil.  Their sleep is
+        taken away, unless they make someone fall.
+004:017 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
+004:018 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light,
+        that shines more and more until the perfect day.
+004:019 The way of the wicked is like darkness.  They don't know
+        what they stumble over.
+004:020 My son, attend to my words.  Turn your ear to my sayings.
+004:021 Let them not depart from your eyes.  Keep them in the midst
+        of your heart.
+004:022 For they are life to those who find them, and health to
+        their whole body.
+004:023 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the
+        wellspring of life.
+004:024 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.  Put corrupt lips
+        far from you.
+004:025 Let your eyes look straight ahead.  Fix your gaze
+        directly before you.
+004:026 Make the path of your feet level.  Let all of your
+        ways be established.
+004:027 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left.  Remove your
+        foot from evil.
+005:001 My son, pay attention to my wisdom.  Turn your ear
+        to my understanding:
+005:002 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips
+        may preserve knowledge.
+005:003 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.  Her mouth is
+        smoother than oil,
+005:004 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp
+        as a two-edged sword.
+005:005 Her feet go down to death.  Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
+005:006 She gives no thought to the way of life.  Her ways are crooked,
+        and she doesn't know it.
+005:007 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.  Don't depart from
+        the words of my mouth.
+005:008 Remove your way far from her.  Don't come near the door
+        of her house,
+005:009 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
+005:010 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich
+        another man's house.
+005:011 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your
+        body are consumed,
+005:012 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
+005:013 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned
+        my ear to those who instructed me!
+005:014 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of
+        the gathered assembly."
+005:015 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of
+        your own well.
+005:016 Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water
+        in the public squares?
+005:017 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
+005:018 Let your spring be blessed.  Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
+005:019 A loving doe and a graceful deer--let her breasts satisfy you
+        at all times.  Be captivated always with her love.
+005:020 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?
+        Why embrace the bosom of another?
+005:021 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh.
+        He examines all his paths.
+005:022 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.  The cords of his sin
+        hold him firmly.
+005:023 He will die for lack of instruction.  In the greatness of his folly,
+        he will go astray.
+006:001 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
+        if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
+006:002 You are trapped by the words of your mouth.  You are ensnared
+        with the words of your mouth.
+006:003 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have
+        come into the hand of your neighbor.  Go, humble yourself.
+        Press your plea with your neighbor.
+006:004 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
+006:005 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
+        like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
+006:006 Go to the ant, you sluggard.  Consider her ways, and be wise;
+006:007 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
+006:008 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food
+        in the harvest.
+006:009 How long will you sleep, sluggard?  When will you arise out
+        of your sleep?
+006:010 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
+        hands to sleep:
+006:011 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity
+        as an armed man.
+006:012 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with
+        a perverse mouth;
+006:013 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions
+        with his fingers;
+006:014 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually,
+        who always sows discord.
+006:015 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.  He will be
+        broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
+006:016 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are
+        an abomination to him:
+006:017 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
+006:018 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift
+        in running to mischief,
+006:019 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows
+        discord among brothers.
+006:020 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake
+        your mother's teaching.
+006:021 Bind them continually on your heart.  Tie them around your neck.
+006:022 When you walk, it will lead you.  When you sleep, it will watch
+        over you.  When you awake, it will talk with you.
+006:023 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.
+        Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
+006:024 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of
+        the wayward wife's tongue.
+006:025 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her
+        captivate you with her eyelids.
+006:026 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
+        The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
+006:027 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
+006:028 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
+006:029 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife.  Whoever touches
+        her will not be unpunished.
+006:030 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself
+        when he is hungry:
+006:031 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
+        He shall give all the wealth of his house.
+006:032 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
+        He who does it destroys his own soul.
+006:033 He will get wounds and dishonor.  His reproach will not
+        be wiped away.
+006:034 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.  He won't spare
+        in the day of vengeance.
+006:035 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content,
+        though you give many gifts.
+007:001 My son, keep my words.  Lay up my commandments within you.
+007:002 Keep my commandments and live!  Guard my teaching as the apple
+        of your eye.
+007:003 Bind them on your fingers.  Write them on the tablet of your heart.
+007:004 Tell wisdom, "You are my sister."  Call understanding your relative,
+007:005 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner
+        who flatters with her words.
+007:006 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
+007:007 I saw among the simple ones.  I discerned among the youths
+        a young man void of understanding,
+007:008 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way
+        to her house,
+007:009 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle
+        of the night and in the darkness.
+007:010 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,
+        and with crafty intent.
+007:011 She is loud and defiant.  Her feet don't stay in her house.
+007:012 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking
+        at every corner.
+007:013 So she caught him, and kissed him.  With an impudent face she
+        said to him:
+007:014 "Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.  This day I have
+        paid my vows.
+007:015 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face,
+        and I have found you.
+007:016 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped
+        cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
+007:017 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
+007:018 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning.
+        Let's solace ourselves with loving.
+007:019 For my husband isn't at home.  He has gone on a long journey.
+007:020 He has taken a bag of money with him.  He will come home
+        at the full moon."
+007:021 With persuasive words, she led him astray.  With the flattering
+        of her lips, she seduced him.
+007:022 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
+        as a fool stepping into a noose.
+007:023 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries
+        to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
+007:024 Now therefore, sons, listen to me.  Pay attention to the words
+        of my mouth.
+007:025 Don't let your heart turn to her ways.  Don't go astray
+        in her paths,
+007:026 for she has thrown down many wounded.  Yes, all her slain
+        are a mighty army.
+007:027 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
+008:001 Doesn't wisdom cry out?  Doesn't understanding raise her voice?
+008:002 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet,
+        she stands.
+008:003 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors,
+        she cries aloud:
+008:004 "To you men, I call!  I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
+008:005 You simple, understand prudence.  You fools, be of
+        an understanding heart.
+008:006 Hear, for I will speak excellent things.  The opening of my
+        lips is for right things.
+008:007 For my mouth speaks truth.  Wickedness is an abomination
+        to my lips.
+008:008 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness.
+        There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
+008:009 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those
+        who find knowledge.
+008:010 Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather
+        than choice gold.
+008:011 For wisdom is better than rubies.  All the things that may be
+        desired can't be compared to it.
+008:012 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling.  Find out
+        knowledge and discretion.
+008:013 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.  I hate pride, arrogance,
+        the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
+008:014 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine.  I have understanding
+        and power.
+008:015 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
+008:016 By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers
+        of the earth.
+008:017 I love those who love me.  Those who seek me diligently
+        will find me.
+008:018 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
+008:019 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield
+        than choice silver.
+008:020 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the
+        paths of justice;
+008:021 That I may give wealth to those who love me.
+        I fill their treasuries.
+008:022 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his
+        deeds of old.
+008:023 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
+        before the earth existed.
+008:024 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there
+        were no springs abounding with water.
+008:025 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills,
+        I was brought forth;
+008:026 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
+        nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
+008:027 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set
+        a circle on the surface of the deep,
+008:028 when he established the clouds above, when the springs
+        of the deep became strong,
+008:029 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not
+        violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations
+        of the earth;
+008:030 then I was the craftsman by his side.  I was a delight day by day,
+        always rejoicing before him,
+008:031 Rejoicing in his whole world.  My delight was with the sons of men.
+008:032 "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those
+        who keep my ways.
+008:033 Hear instruction, and be wise.  Don't refuse it.
+008:034 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates,
+        waiting at my door posts.
+008:035 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
+008:036 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.
+        All those who hate me love death."
+009:001 Wisdom has built her house.  She has carved out her seven pillars.
+009:002 She has prepared her meat.  She has mixed her wine.
+        She has also set her table.
+009:003 She has sent out her maidens.  She cries from the highest
+        places of the city:
+009:004 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"  As for him who is
+        void of understanding, she says to him,
+009:005 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which
+        I have mixed!
+009:006 Leave your simple ways, and live.  Walk in the way of understanding."
+009:007 He who corrects a mocker invites insult.  He who reproves
+        a wicked man invites abuse.
+009:008 Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.  Reprove a wise man,
+        and he will love you.
+009:009 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser.
+        Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
+009:010 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.  The knowledge
+        of the Holy One is understanding.
+009:011 For by me your days will be multiplied.  The years of your life
+        will be increased.
+009:012 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.  If you mock,
+        you alone will bear it.
+009:013 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
+009:014 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places
+        of the city,
+009:015 To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
+009:016 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."  as for him who is
+        void of understanding, she says to him,
+009:017 "Stolen water is sweet.  Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
+009:018 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests
+        are in the depths of Sheol.
+010:001 The proverbs of Solomon.  A wise son makes a glad father;
+        but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
+010:002 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness
+        delivers from death.
+010:003 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry,
+        but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
+010:004 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand
+        of the diligent brings wealth.
+010:005 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps
+        during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
+010:006 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers
+        the mouth of the wicked.
+010:007 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of
+        the wicked will rot.
+010:008 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering
+        fool will fall.
+010:009 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts
+        his ways will be found out.
+010:010 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering
+        fool will fall.
+010:011 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence
+        covers the mouth of the wicked.
+010:012 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
+010:013 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment,
+        but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
+010:014 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish
+        is near ruin.
+010:015 The rich man's wealth is his strong city.  The destruction
+        of the poor is their poverty.
+010:016 The labor of the righteous leads to life.  The increase
+        of the wicked leads to sin.
+010:017 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes
+        reproof leads others astray.
+010:018 He who hides hatred has lying lips.  He who utters a slander
+        is a fool.
+010:019 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience,
+        but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
+010:020 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
+        The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
+010:021 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die
+        for lack of understanding.
+010:022 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
+010:023 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man
+        of understanding's pleasure.
+010:024 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire
+        of the righteous will be granted.
+010:025 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more;
+        but the righteous stand firm forever.
+010:026 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is
+        the sluggard to those who send him.
+010:027 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked
+        shall be shortened.
+010:028 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the
+        wicked will perish.
+010:029 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it
+        is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
+010:030 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not
+        dwell in the land.
+010:031 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse
+        tongue will be cut off.
+010:032 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth
+        of the wicked is perverse.
+011:001 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate
+        weights are his delight.
+011:002 When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
+011:003 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness
+        of the treacherous shall destroy them.
+011:004 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness
+        delivers from death.
+011:005 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
+        but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
+011:006 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
+        but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
+011:007 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power
+        comes to nothing.
+011:008 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked
+        takes his place.
+011:009 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
+        but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
+011:010 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices.
+        When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
+011:011 By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it
+        is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
+011:012 One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man
+        of understanding holds his peace.
+011:013 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is
+        of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
+011:014 Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in
+        the multitude of counselors there is victory.
+011:015 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
+        but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
+011:016 A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
+011:017 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel
+        troubles his own flesh.
+011:018 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness
+        reaps a sure reward.
+011:019 He who is truly righteous gets life.  He who pursues
+        evil gets death.
+011:020 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh,
+        but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
+011:021 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished,
+        but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
+011:022 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman
+        who lacks discretion.
+011:023 The desire of the righteous is only good.  The expectation
+        of the wicked is wrath.
+011:024 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more.
+        There is one who withholds more than is appropriate,
+        but gains poverty.
+011:025 The liberal soul shall be made fat.  He who waters shall
+        be watered also himself.
+011:026 People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will
+        be on the head of him who sells it.
+011:027 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches
+        after evil, it shall come to him.
+011:028 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall
+        flourish as the green leaf.
+011:029 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.
+        The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
+011:030 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.  He who is
+        wise wins souls.
+011:031 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much
+        more the wicked and the sinner!
+012:001 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates
+        reproof is stupid.
+012:002 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn
+        a man of wicked devices.
+012:003 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root
+        of the righteous shall not be moved.
+012:004 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful
+        wife is as rottenness in his bones.
+012:005 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice
+        of the wicked is deceitful.
+012:006 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood,
+        but the speech of the upright rescues them.
+012:007 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house
+        of the righteous shall stand.
+012:008 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has
+        a warped mind shall be despised.
+012:009 Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant,
+        than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
+012:010 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender
+        mercies of the wicked are cruel.
+012:011 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who
+        chases fantasies is void of understanding.
+012:012 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root
+        of the righteous flourishes.
+012:013 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous
+        shall come out of trouble.
+012:014 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth.
+        The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.
+012:015 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise
+        listens to counsel.
+012:016 A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks
+        an insult is prudent.
+012:017 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
+012:018 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword,
+        but the tongue of the wise heals.
+012:019 Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue
+        is only momentary.
+012:020 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes
+        to the promoters of peace.
+012:021 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked
+        shall be filled with evil.
+012:022 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do
+        the truth are his delight.
+012:023 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of
+        fools proclaim foolishness.
+012:024 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends
+        in slave labor.
+012:025 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word
+        makes it glad.
+012:026 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way
+        of the wicked leads them astray.
+012:027 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions
+        of diligent men are prized.
+012:028 In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there
+        is no death.
+013:001 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer
+        doesn't listen to rebuke.
+013:002 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things;
+        but the unfaithful crave violence.
+013:003 He who guards his mouth guards his soul.  One who opens wide
+        his lips comes to ruin.
+013:004 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire
+        of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
+013:005 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings
+        shame and disgrace.
+013:006 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness
+        overthrows the sinner.
+013:007 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing.
+        There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
+013:008 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor
+        hear no threats.
+013:009 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp
+        of the wicked is snuffed out.
+013:010 Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.
+013:011 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers
+        by hand makes it grow.
+013:012 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled,
+        it is a tree of life.
+013:013 Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects
+        a command will be rewarded.
+013:014 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from
+        the snares of death.
+013:015 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
+013:016 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
+013:017 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy
+        envoy gains healing.
+013:018 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline,
+        but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
+013:019 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest
+        turning from evil.
+013:020 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion
+        of fools suffers harm.
+013:021 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
+013:022 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
+        but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
+013:023 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice
+        sweeps it away.
+013:024 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him
+        is careful to discipline him.
+013:025 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul,
+        but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
+014:001 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears
+        it down with her own hands.
+014:002 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is
+        perverse in his ways despises him.
+014:003 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips
+        of the wise protect them.
+014:004 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is
+        by the strength of the ox.
+014:005 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness
+        pours out lies.
+014:006 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge
+        comes easily to a discerning person.
+014:007 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge
+        on his lips.
+014:008 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way,
+        but the folly of fools is deceit.
+014:009 Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright
+        there is good will.
+014:010 The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share
+        these with a stranger.
+014:011 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent
+        of the upright will flourish.
+014:012 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it
+        leads to death.
+014:013 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may
+        end in heaviness.
+014:014 The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good
+        man will be rewarded for his ways.
+014:015 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully
+        considers his ways.
+014:016 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is
+        hotheaded and reckless.
+014:017 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty
+        man is hated.
+014:018 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
+014:019 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates
+        of the righteous.
+014:020 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
+        but the rich person has many friends.
+014:021 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has
+        pity on the poor.
+014:022 Don't they go astray who plot evil?  But love and faithfulness
+        belong to those who plan good.
+014:023 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips
+        leads only to poverty.
+014:024 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools
+        crowns them with folly.
+014:025 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
+014:026 In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be
+        a refuge for his children.
+014:027 The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people
+        from the snares of death.
+014:028 In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack
+        of people is the destruction of the prince.
+014:029 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has
+        a quick temper displays folly.
+014:030 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
+014:031 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker,
+        but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
+014:032 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death,
+        the righteous has a refuge.
+014:033 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
+        and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
+014:034 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
+014:035 The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely,
+        but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
+015:001 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
+015:002 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth
+        of fools gush out folly.
+015:003 Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil
+        and the good.
+015:004 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it
+        crushes the spirit.
+015:005 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds
+        reproof shows prudence.
+015:006 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income
+        of the wicked brings trouble.
+015:007 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the
+        heart of fools.
+015:008 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh,
+        but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
+015:009 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves
+        him who follows after righteousness.
+015:010 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way:
+        whoever hates reproof shall die.
+015:011 Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh--how much more then
+        the hearts of the children of men!
+015:012 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
+015:013 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart
+        breaks the spirit.
+015:014 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
+        but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
+015:015 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has
+        a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
+015:016 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great
+        treasure with trouble.
+015:017 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened
+        calf with hatred.
+015:018 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow
+        to anger appeases strife.
+015:019 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path
+        of the upright is a highway.
+015:020 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man
+        despises his mother.
+015:021 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of
+        understanding keeps his way straight.
+015:022 Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude
+        of counselors they are established.
+015:023 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.
+        How good is a word at the right time!
+015:024 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from
+        going downward to Sheol.
+015:025 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep
+        the widow's borders intact.
+015:026 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts
+        of the pure are pleasing.
+015:027 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who
+        hates bribes will live.
+015:028 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth
+        of the wicked gushes out evil.
+015:029 Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer
+        of the righteous.
+015:030 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart.  Good news gives
+        health to the bones.
+015:031 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home
+        among the wise.
+015:032 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who
+        listens to reproof gets understanding.
+015:033 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.  Before honor is humility.
+016:001 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue
+        is from Yahweh.
+016:002 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh
+        weighs the motives.
+016:003 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
+016:004 Yahweh has made everything for its own end--yes, even the wicked
+        for the day of evil.
+016:005 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
+        they shall certainly not be unpunished.
+016:006 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.  By the fear
+        of Yahweh men depart from evil.
+016:007 When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies
+        to be at peace with him.
+016:008 Better is a little with righteousness, than great
+        revenues with injustice.
+016:009 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
+016:010 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king.
+        He shall not betray his mouth.
+016:011 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; all the weights
+        in the bag are his work.
+016:012 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne
+        is established by righteousness.
+016:013 Righteous lips are the delight of kings.  They value one who
+        speaks the truth.
+016:014 The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man
+        will pacify it.
+016:015 In the light of the king's face is life.  His favor is like
+        a cloud of the spring rain.
+016:016 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!  Yes, to get
+        understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
+016:017 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.
+        He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
+016:018 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
+016:019 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to
+        divide the plunder with the proud.
+016:020 He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.  Whoever trusts
+        in Yahweh is blessed.
+016:021 The wise in heart shall be called prudent.  Pleasantness of
+        the lips promotes instruction.
+016:022 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it,
+        but the punishment of fools is their folly.
+016:023 The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning
+        to his lips.
+016:024 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health
+        to the bones.
+016:025 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it
+        leads to death.
+016:026 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth
+        urges him on.
+016:027 A worthless man devises mischief.  His speech is like
+        a scorching fire.
+016:028 A perverse man stirs up strife.  A whisperer separates close friends.
+016:029 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way
+        that is not good.
+016:030 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses
+        his lips, is bent on evil.
+016:031 Gray hair is a crown of glory.  It is attained by a
+        life of righteousness.
+016:032 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
+        one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
+016:033 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision
+        is from Yahweh.
+017:001 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full
+        of feasting with strife.
+017:002 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
+        and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
+017:003 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
+        but Yahweh tests the hearts.
+017:004 An evil-doer heeds wicked lips.  A liar gives ear to
+        a mischievous tongue.
+017:005 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.  He who is glad
+        at calamity shall not be unpunished.
+017:006 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory
+        of children are their parents.
+017:007 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying
+        lips fit a prince.
+017:008 A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it;
+        wherever he turns, he prospers.
+017:009 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats
+        a matter separates best friends.
+017:010 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than
+        a hundred lashes into a fool.
+017:011 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger
+        shall be sent against him.
+017:012 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool
+        in his folly.
+017:013 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart
+        from his house.
+017:014 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop
+        contention before quarreling breaks out.
+017:015 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous,
+        both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
+017:016 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
+        seeing he has no understanding?
+017:017 A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
+017:018 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral
+        in the presence of his neighbor.
+017:019 He who loves disobedience loves strife.  One who builds a high
+        gate seeks destruction.
+017:020 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity,
+        and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
+017:021 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.  The father
+        of a fool has no joy.
+017:022 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit
+        dries up the bones.
+017:023 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert
+        the ways of justice.
+017:024 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding,
+        but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
+017:025 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness
+        to her who bore him.
+017:026 Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials
+        for their integrity.
+017:027 He who spares his words has knowledge.  He who is even tempered
+        is a man of understanding.
+017:028 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise.
+        When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
+018:001 An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
+018:002 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing
+        his own opinion.
+018:003 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with
+        shame comes disgrace.
+018:004 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters.
+        The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
+018:005 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,
+        nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
+018:006 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
+018:007 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare
+        to his soul.
+018:008 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:  they go down
+        into a person's innermost parts.
+018:009 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a
+        master of destruction.
+018:010 The name of Yahweh is a strong tower:  the righteous run to him,
+        and are safe.
+018:011 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable
+        wall in his own imagination.
+018:012 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before
+        honor is humility.
+018:013 He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and
+        shame to him.
+018:014 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit,
+        who can bear?
+018:015 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.  The ear of
+        the wise seeks knowledge.
+018:016 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
+018:017 He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes
+        and questions him.
+018:018 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
+018:019 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city;
+        and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
+018:020 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
+        With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
+018:021 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love
+        it will eat its fruit.
+018:022 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains
+        favor of Yahweh.
+018:023 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
+018:024 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend
+        who sticks closer than a brother.
+019:001 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is
+        perverse in his lips and is a fool.
+019:002 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty
+        with one's feet and missing the way.
+019:003 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart
+        rages against Yahweh.
+019:004 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
+019:005 A false witness shall not be unpunished.  He who pours out lies
+        shall not go free.
+019:006 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend
+        to a man who gives gifts.
+019:007 All the relatives of the poor shun him:  how much more
+        do his friends avoid him!  He pursues them with pleas,
+        but they are gone.
+019:008 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.  He who keeps understanding
+        shall find good.
+019:009 A false witness shall not be unpunished.  He who utters
+        lies shall perish.
+019:010 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less
+        for a servant to have rule over princes.
+019:011 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
+        It is his glory to overlook an offense.
+019:012 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor
+        is like dew on the grass.
+019:013 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.  A wife's quarrels
+        are a continual dripping.
+019:014 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent
+        wife is from Yahweh.
+019:015 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.  The idle soul
+        shall suffer hunger.
+019:016 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is
+        contemptuous in his ways shall die.
+019:017 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
+019:018 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing
+        party to his death.
+019:019 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him,
+        you must do it again.
+019:020 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise
+        in your latter end.
+019:021 There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's
+        counsel will prevail.
+019:022 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
+        A poor man is better than a liar.
+019:023 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests
+        and will not be touched by trouble.
+019:024 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much
+        as bring it to his mouth again.
+019:025 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
+        rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
+019:026 He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son
+        who causes shame and brings reproach.
+019:027 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray
+        from the words of knowledge.
+019:028 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked
+        gulps down iniquity.
+019:029 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the
+        backs of fools.
+020:001 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler.  Whoever is led astray
+        by them is not wise.
+020:002 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
+        He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
+020:003 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every
+        fool will be quarreling.
+020:004 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
+        therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
+020:005 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man
+        of understanding will draw it out.
+020:006 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find
+        a faithful man?
+020:007 A righteous man walks in integrity.  Blessed are his
+        children after him.
+020:008 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all
+        evil with his eyes.
+020:009 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure.  I am clean
+        and without sin?"
+020:010 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike
+        are an abomination to Yahweh.
+020:011 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his
+        work is pure, and whether it is right.
+020:012 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even
+        both of them.
+020:013 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty.  Open your eyes,
+        and you shall be satisfied with bread.
+020:014 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is
+        gone his way, then he boasts.
+020:015 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge
+        are a rare jewel.
+020:016 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
+        and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
+020:017 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth
+        is filled with gravel.
+020:018 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
+020:019 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
+        therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
+020:020 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put
+        out in blackness of darkness.
+020:021 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed
+        in the end.
+020:022 Don't say, "I will pay back evil."  Wait for Yahweh,
+        and he will save you.
+020:023 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales
+        are not pleasing.
+020:024 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
+020:025 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later
+        to consider his vows.
+020:026 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing
+        wheel over them.
+020:027 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all
+        his innermost parts.
+020:028 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.  His throne is
+        sustained by love.
+020:029 The glory of young men is their strength.  The splendor of old
+        men is their gray hair.
+020:030 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge
+        the innermost parts.
+021:001 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses.
+        He turns it wherever he desires.
+021:002 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh
+        weighs the hearts.
+021:003 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to
+        Yahweh than sacrifice.
+021:004 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
+021:005 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone
+        who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
+021:006 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor
+        for those who seek death.
+021:007 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they
+        refuse to do what is right.
+021:008 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the
+        innocent is upright.
+021:009 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
+        than to share a house with a contentious woman.
+021:010 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy
+        in his eyes.
+021:011 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.
+        When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
+021:012 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings
+        the wicked to ruin.
+021:013 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out,
+        but shall not be heard.
+021:014 A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak,
+        strong wrath.
+021:015 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction
+        to the workers of iniquity.
+021:016 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest
+        in the assembly of the dead.
+021:017 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man.  He who loves wine
+        and oil shall not be rich.
+021:018 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous
+        for the upright.
+021:019 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious
+        and fretful woman.
+021:020 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
+        but a foolish man swallows it up.
+021:021 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life,
+        righteousness, and honor.
+021:022 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down
+        the strength of its confidence.
+021:023 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
+021:024 The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works
+        in the arrogance of pride.
+021:025 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
+021:026 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous
+        give and don't withhold.
+021:027 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:  how much more,
+        when he brings it with a wicked mind!
+021:028 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens
+        speaks to eternity.
+021:029 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright,
+        he establishes his ways.
+021:030 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
+021:031 The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory
+        is with Yahweh.
+022:001 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving
+        favor is better than silver and gold.
+022:002 The rich and the poor have this in common:  Yahweh is the maker
+        of them all.
+022:003 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple
+        pass on, and suffer for it.
+022:004 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth,
+        honor, and life.
+022:005 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:
+        whoever guards his soul stays from them.
+022:006 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
+        he will not depart from it.
+022:007 The rich rule over the poor.  The borrower is servant
+        to the lender.
+022:008 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury
+        will be destroyed.
+022:009 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his
+        food with the poor.
+022:010 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and
+        insults will stop.
+022:011 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is
+        the king's friend.
+022:012 The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates
+        the words of the unfaithful.
+022:013 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!  I will be killed
+        in the streets!"
+022:014 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit:  he who is under
+        Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
+022:015 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:  the rod of discipline
+        drives it far from him.
+022:016 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever
+        gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
+022:017 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
+        Apply your heart to my teaching.
+022:018 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
+        if all of them are ready on your lips.
+022:019 That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.
+022:020 Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of
+        counsel and knowledge,
+022:021 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers
+        to the ones who sent you?
+022:022 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush
+        the needy in court;
+022:023 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life
+        of those who plunder them.
+022:024 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one
+        who harbors anger:
+022:025 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
+022:026 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are
+        collateral for debts.
+022:027 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your
+        bed from under you?
+022:028 Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers
+        have set up.
+022:029 Do you see a man skilled in his work?  He will serve kings.
+        He won't serve obscure men.
+023:001 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
+        is before you;
+023:002 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
+023:003 Don't be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
+023:004 Don't weary yourself to be rich.  In your wisdom, show restraint.
+023:005 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?  For it certainly
+        sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
+023:006 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't
+        crave his delicacies:
+023:007 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.  "Eat and drink!"
+        he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
+023:008 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose
+        your good words.
+023:009 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom
+        of your words.
+023:010 Don't move the ancient boundary stone.  Don't encroach on
+        the fields of the fatherless:
+023:011 for their Defender is strong.  He will plead their case against you.
+023:012 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the
+        words of knowledge.
+023:013 Don't withhold correction from a child.  If you punish him
+        with the rod, he will not die.
+023:014 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
+023:015 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
+023:016 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
+023:017 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh
+        all the day long.
+023:018 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not
+        be cut off.
+023:019 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
+023:020 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge
+        themselves on meat:
+023:021 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
+        and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
+023:022 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise
+        your mother when she is old.
+023:023 Buy the truth, and don't sell it.  Get wisdom, discipline,
+        and understanding.
+023:024 The father of the righteous has great joy.  Whoever fathers
+        a wise child delights in him.
+023:025 Let your father and your mother be glad!  Let her who
+        bore you rejoice!
+023:026 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
+023:027 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is
+        a narrow well.
+023:028 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the
+        unfaithful among men.
+023:029 Who has woe?  Who has sorrow?  Who has strife?  Who has complaints?
+        Who has needless bruises?  Who has bloodshot eyes?
+023:030 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek
+        out mixed wine.
+023:031 Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup,
+        when it goes down smoothly.
+023:032 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
+023:033 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will
+        imagine confusing things.
+023:034 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,
+        or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
+023:035 "They hit me, and I was not hurt!  They beat me, and I
+        don't feel it!  When will I wake up?  I can do it again.
+        I can find another."
+024:001 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
+024:002 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.
+024:003 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
+024:004 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare
+        and beautiful treasure.
+024:005 A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable
+        man increases strength;
+024:006 for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is
+        in many advisors.
+024:007 Wisdom is too high for a fool:  he doesn't open his mouth
+        in the gate.
+024:008 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
+024:009 The schemes of folly are sin.  The mocker is detested by men.
+024:010 If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
+024:011 Rescue those who are being led away to death!  Indeed, hold back
+        those who are staggering to the slaughter!
+024:012 If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs
+        the hearts consider it?  He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it?
+        Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
+024:013 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb,
+        which are sweet to your taste:
+024:014 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it,
+        then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.
+024:015 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of
+        the righteous.  Don't destroy his resting place:
+024:016 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;
+        but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
+024:017 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls.  Don't let your heart
+        be glad when he is overthrown;
+024:018 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away
+        his wrath from him.
+024:019 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious
+        of the wicked:
+024:020 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp
+        of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
+024:021 My son, fear Yahweh and the king.  Don't join those
+        who are rebellious:
+024:022 for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from
+        them both--who knows?
+024:023 These also are sayings of the wise.  To show partiality
+        in judgment is not good.
+024:024 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall
+        curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
+024:025 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
+        and a rich blessing will come on them.
+024:026 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
+024:027 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready.
+        Afterwards, build your house.
+024:028 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
+        Don't deceive with your lips.
+024:029 Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render
+        to the man according to his work."
+024:030 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man
+        void of understanding;
+024:031 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.  Its surface was
+        covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
+024:032 Then I saw, and considered well.  I saw, and received instruction:
+024:033 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
+        hands to sleep;
+024:034 so shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as
+        an armed man.
+025:001 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah
+        king of Judah copied out.
+025:002 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory
+        of kings is to search out a matter.
+025:003 As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts
+        of kings are unsearchable.
+025:004 Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out
+        for the refiner;
+025:005 Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne
+        will be established in righteousness.
+025:006 Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim
+        a place among great men;
+025:007 for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here,"
+        than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
+        whom your eyes have seen.
+025:008 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court.  What will you
+        do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
+025:009 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray
+        the confidence of another;
+025:010 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad
+        reputation never depart.
+025:011 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
+025:012 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
+        so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
+025:013 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful
+        messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul
+        of his masters.
+025:014 As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts
+        of gifts deceptively.
+025:015 By patience a ruler is persuaded.  A soft tongue breaks the bone.
+025:016 Have you found honey?  Eat as much as is sufficient for you,
+        lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
+025:017 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be
+        weary of you, and hate you.
+025:018 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club,
+        a sword, or a sharp arrow.
+025:019 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like
+        a bad tooth, or a lame foot.
+025:020 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar
+        on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
+025:021 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.  If he is thirsty,
+        give him water to drink:
+025:022 for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh
+        will reward you.
+025:023 The north wind brings forth rain:  so a backbiting tongue
+        brings an angry face.
+025:024 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
+        than to share a house with a contentious woman.
+025:025 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from
+        a far country.
+025:026 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous
+        man who gives way before the wicked.
+025:027 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek
+        one's own honor.
+025:028 Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man
+        whose spirit is without restraint.
+026:001 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not
+        fitting for a fool.
+026:002 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow,
+        so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
+026:003 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod
+        for the back of fools!
+026:004 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also
+        be like him.
+026:005 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
+        his own eyes.
+026:006 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off
+        feet and drinking violence.
+026:007 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose:  so is a parable
+        in the mouth of fools.
+026:008 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor
+        to a fool.
+026:009 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
+        so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
+026:010 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool
+        or he who hires those who pass by.
+026:011 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who
+        repeats his folly.
+026:012 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?  There is more hope
+        for a fool than for him.
+026:013 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road!
+        A fierce lion roams the streets!"
+026:014 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
+026:015 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.  He is too lazy
+        to bring it back to his mouth.
+026:016 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who
+        answer with discretion.
+026:017 Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles
+        in a quarrel not his own.
+026:018 Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
+026:019 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
+026:020 For lack of wood a fire goes out.  Without gossip,
+        a quarrel dies down.
+026:021 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious
+        man to kindling strife.
+026:022 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down
+        into the innermost parts.
+026:023 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent
+        one with an evil heart.
+026:024 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors
+        evil in his heart.
+026:025 When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there
+        are seven abominations in his heart.
+026:026 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness
+        will be exposed in the assembly.
+026:027 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.  Whoever rolls a stone,
+        it will come back on him.
+026:028 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering
+        mouth works ruin.
+027:001 Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day
+        may bring forth.
+027:002 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger,
+        and not your own lips.
+027:003 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation
+        is heavier than both.
+027:004 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able
+        to stand before jealousy?
+027:005 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
+027:006 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses
+        of an enemy are profuse.
+027:007 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul,
+        every bitter thing is sweet.
+027:008 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders
+        from his home.
+027:009 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest
+        counsel from a man's friend.
+027:010 Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend.
+        Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster:
+        better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
+027:011 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can
+        answer my tormentor.
+027:012 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple
+        pass on, and suffer for it.
+027:013 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
+        Hold it for a wayward woman!
+027:014 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
+        it will be taken as a curse by him.
+027:015 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious
+        wife are alike:
+027:016 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping
+        oil in his right hand.
+027:017 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
+027:018 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
+        He who looks after his master shall be honored.
+027:019 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
+027:020 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes
+        are never satisfied.
+027:021 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
+        but man is refined by his praise.
+027:022 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
+        yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
+027:023 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention
+        to your herds:
+027:024 for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure
+        to all generations.
+027:025 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses
+        of the hills are gathered in.
+027:026 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price
+        of a field.
+027:027 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your
+        family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
+028:001 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are
+        as bold as a lion.
+028:002 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained
+        by a man of understanding and knowledge.
+028:003 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain
+        which leaves no crops.
+028:004 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep
+        the law contend with them.
+028:005 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh
+        understand it fully.
+028:006 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is
+        perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
+028:007 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion
+        of gluttons shames his father.
+028:008 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it
+        for one who has pity on the poor.
+028:009 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer
+        is an abomination.
+028:010 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will
+        fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
+028:011 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has
+        understanding sees through him.
+028:012 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when
+        the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
+028:013 He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses
+        and renounces them finds mercy.
+028:014 Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his
+        heart falls into trouble.
+028:015 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler
+        over helpless people.
+028:016 A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment.  One who hates ill-gotten
+        gain will have long days.
+028:017 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death;
+        no one will support him.
+028:018 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse
+        ways will fall suddenly.
+028:019 One who works his land will have an abundance of food;
+        but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
+028:020 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager
+        to be rich will not go unpunished.
+028:021 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong
+        for a piece of bread.
+028:022 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty
+        waits for him.
+028:023 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one
+        who flatters with the tongue.
+028:024 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong."
+        He is a partner with a destroyer.
+028:025 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in
+        Yahweh will prosper.
+028:026 One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom
+        is kept safe.
+028:027 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes
+        his eyes will have many curses.
+028:028 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish,
+        the righteous thrive.
+029:001 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be
+        destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
+029:002 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when
+        the wicked rule, the people groan.
+029:003 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion
+        of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
+029:004 The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes
+        bribes tears it down.
+029:005 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
+029:006 An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing
+        and be glad.
+029:007 The righteous care about justice for the poor.  The wicked
+        aren't concerned about knowledge.
+029:008 Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
+029:009 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages
+        or scoffs, and there is no peace.
+029:010 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life
+        of the upright.
+029:011 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings
+        himself under control.
+029:012 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
+029:013 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
+        Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
+029:014 The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall
+        be established forever.
+029:015 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself
+        causes shame to his mother.
+029:016 When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous
+        will see their downfall.
+029:017 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring
+        delight to your soul.
+029:018 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
+        but one who keeps the law is blessed.
+029:019 A servant can't be corrected by words.  Though he understands,
+        yet he will not respond.
+029:020 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?  There is more hope
+        for a fool than for him.
+029:021 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become
+        a son in the end.
+029:022 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
+029:023 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
+029:024 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul.
+        He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
+029:025 The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust
+        in Yahweh is kept safe.
+029:026 Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
+029:027 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their
+        ways detest the wicked.
+030:001 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle:
+        the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
+030:002 "Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have
+        a man's understanding.
+030:003 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge
+        of the Holy One.
+030:004 Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended?  Who has
+        gathered the wind in his fists?  Who has bound the waters
+        in his garment?  Who has established all the ends of the earth?
+        What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
+030:005 "Every word of God is flawless.  He is a shield to those who take
+        refuge in him.
+030:006 Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you
+        be found a liar.
+030:007 "Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die:
+030:008 Remove far from me falsehood and lies.  Give me neither poverty
+        nor riches.  Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
+030:009 lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest
+        I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
+030:010 "Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you,
+        and you be held guilty.
+030:011 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't
+        bless their mother.
+030:012 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
+        yet are not washed from their filthiness.
+030:013 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
+        Their eyelids are lifted up.
+030:014 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their
+        jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth,
+        and the needy from among men.
+030:015 "The leach has two daughters:  'Give, give.'  "There are three
+        things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'
+030:016 Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water;
+        and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
+030:017 "The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience
+        to his mother:  the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
+        the young eagles shall eat it.
+030:018 "There are three things which are too amazing for me,
+        four which I don't understand:
+030:019 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock;
+        the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
+        with a maiden.
+030:020 "So is the way of an adulterous woman:  she eats and wipes
+        her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
+030:021 "For three things the earth tremble, and under four,
+        it can't bear up:
+030:022 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
+030:023 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid
+        who is heir to her mistress.
+030:024 "There are four things which are little on the earth,
+        but they are exceedingly wise:
+030:025 the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food
+        in the summer.
+030:026 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses
+        in the rocks.
+030:027 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
+030:028 You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
+030:029 "There are three things which are stately in their march,
+        four which are stately in going:
+030:030 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn't turn
+        away for any;
+030:031 the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom
+        there is no rising up.
+030:032 "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you
+        have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
+030:033 For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing
+        of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath
+        brings forth strife."
+031:001 The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.
+031:002 "Oh, my son!  Oh, son of my womb!  Oh, son of my vows!
+031:003 Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that
+        which destroys kings.
+031:004 It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine;
+        nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
+031:005 lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice
+        due to anyone who is afflicted.
+031:006 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine
+        to the bitter in soul:
+031:007 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his
+        misery no more.
+031:008 Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who
+        are left desolate.
+031:009 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to
+        the poor and needy."
+031:010 {Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting
+        with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.}Who can
+        find a worthy woman?  For her price is far above rubies.
+031:011 The heart of her husband trusts in her.  He shall have no
+        lack of gain.
+031:012 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
+031:013 She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
+031:014 She is like the merchant ships.  She brings her bread from afar.
+031:015 She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household,
+        and portions for her servant girls.
+031:016 She considers a field, and buys it.  With the fruit of her hands,
+        she plants a vineyard.
+031:017 She girds her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
+031:018 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
+        Her lamp doesn't go out by night.
+031:019 She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
+031:020 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands
+        to the needy.
+031:021 She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her
+        household are clothed with scarlet.
+031:022 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry.  Her clothing
+        is fine linen and purple.
+031:023 Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among
+        the elders of the land.
+031:024 She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes
+        to the merchant.
+031:025 Strength and dignity are her clothing.  She laughs at
+        the time to come.
+031:026 She opens her mouth with wisdom.  Faithful instruction is
+        on her tongue.
+031:027 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat
+        the bread of idleness.
+031:028 Her children rise up and call her blessed.  Her husband
+        also praises her:
+031:029 "Many women do noble things, but you excel them all."
+031:030 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh,
+        she shall be praised.
+031:031 Give her of the fruit of her hands!  Let her works praise
+        her in the gates!
+Book 21 Ecclesiastes
+001:001 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
+001:002 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities,
+        all is vanity."
+001:003 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors
+        under the sun?
+001:004 One generation goes, and another generation comes;
+        but the earth remains forever.
+001:005 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its
+        place where it rises.
+001:006 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north.
+        It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns
+        again to its courses.
+001:007 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.
+        To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
+001:008 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering.  The eye is
+        not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
+001:009 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has
+        been done is that which shall be done:  and there is no new
+        thing under the sun.
+001:010 Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?"
+        It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
+001:011 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any
+        memory of the latter that are to come, among those that
+        shall come after.
+001:012 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
+001:013 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning
+        all that is done under the sky.  It is a heavy burden that God
+        has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
+001:014 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun;
+        and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
+001:015 That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is
+        lacking can't be counted.
+001:016 I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself
+        great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
+        Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
+001:017 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly.
+        I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
+001:018 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases
+        knowledge increases sorrow.
+002:001 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth:
+        therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
+002:002 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth,
+        "What does it accomplish?"
+002:003 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart
+        yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly,
+        until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they
+        should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
+002:004 I made myself great works.  I built myself houses.
+        I planted myself vineyards.
+002:005 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them
+        of all kinds of fruit.
+002:006 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest
+        where trees were reared.
+002:007 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born
+        in my house.  I also had great possessions of herds and flocks,
+        above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
+002:008 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings
+        and of the provinces.  I got myself male and female singers,
+        and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments,
+        and that of all sorts.
+002:009 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me
+        in Jerusalem.  My wisdom also remained with me.
+002:010 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them.
+        I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart
+        rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion
+        from all my labor.
+002:011 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked,
+        and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold,
+        all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no
+        profit under the sun.
+002:012 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly:
+        for what can the king's successor do?  Just that which has
+        been done long ago.
+002:013 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
+002:014 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--
+        and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
+002:015 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool,
+        so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?"
+        Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
+002:016 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory
+        for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have
+        been long forgotten.  Indeed, the wise man must die just
+        like the fool!
+002:017 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun
+        was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
+002:018 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun,
+        seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
+002:019 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?
+        Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored,
+        and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun.
+        This also is vanity.
+002:020 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning
+        all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
+002:021 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge,
+        and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion
+        to a man who has not labored for it.  This also is vanity
+        and a great evil.
+002:022 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving
+        of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
+002:023 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief;
+        yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest.
+        This also is vanity.
+002:024 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat
+        and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor.
+        This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
+002:025 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
+002:026 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge,
+        and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather
+        and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God.
+        This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
+003:001 For everything there is a season, and a time for every
+        purpose under heaven:
+003:002 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,
+        and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
+003:003 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down,
+        and a time to build up;
+003:004 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,
+        and a time to dance;
+003:005 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
+        a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
+003:006 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
+        to cast away;
+003:007 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence,
+        and a time to speak;
+003:008 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war,
+        and a time for peace.
+003:009 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
+003:010 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men
+        to be afflicted with.
+003:011 He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set
+        eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work
+        that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
+003:012 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice,
+        and to do good as long as they live.
+003:013 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all
+        his labor, is the gift of God.
+003:014 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever.
+        Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it;
+        and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
+003:015 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has
+        been long ago:  and God seeks again that which is passed away.
+003:016 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice,
+        that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness,
+        that wickedness was there.
+003:017 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked;
+        for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
+003:018 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them,
+        so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
+003:019 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals.
+        Even one thing happens to them.  As the one dies,
+        so the other dies.  Yes, they have all one breath; and man
+        has no advantage over the animals:  for all is vanity.
+003:020 All go to one place.  All are from the dust, and all turn
+        to dust again.
+003:021 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward,
+        and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward
+        to the earth?"
+003:022 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man
+        should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion:
+        for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
+004:001 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under
+        the sun:  and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed,
+        and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors
+        there was power; but they had no comforter.
+004:002 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than
+        the living who are yet alive.
+004:003 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been,
+        who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
+004:004 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a
+        man's neighbor.  This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
+004:005 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
+004:006 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor
+        and chasing after wind.
+004:007 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
+004:008 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother.
+        There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes
+        satisfied with wealth.  For whom then, do I labor, and deprive
+        my soul of enjoyment?  This also is vanity, yes, it is
+        a miserable business.
+004:009 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward
+        for their labor.
+004:010 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe
+        to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another
+        to lift him up.
+004:011 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can
+        one keep warm alone?
+004:012 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him;
+        and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
+004:013 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king
+        who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
+004:014 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his
+        kingdom he was born poor.
+004:015 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were
+        with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
+004:016 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom
+        he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him.
+        Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
+005:001 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near
+        to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools,
+        for they don't know that they do evil.
+005:002 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be
+        hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven,
+        and you on earth.  Therefore let your words be few.
+005:003 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's
+        speech with a multitude of words.
+005:004 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has
+        no pleasure in fools.  Pay that which you vow.
+005:005 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow
+        and not pay.
+005:006 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin.
+        Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake.
+        Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work
+        of your hands?
+005:007 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well
+        as in many words:  but you must fear God.
+005:008 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking
+        away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel
+        at the matter:  for one official is eyed by a higher one;
+        and there are officials over them.
+005:009 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all.  The king profits
+        from the field.
+005:010 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver;
+        nor he who loves abundance, with increase:  this also is vanity.
+005:011 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased;
+        and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast
+        on them with his eyes?
+005:012 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much;
+        but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
+005:013 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun:
+        wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
+005:014 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son,
+        there is nothing in his hand.
+005:015 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go
+        again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor,
+        which he may carry away in his hand.
+005:016 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came,
+        so shall he go.  And what profit does he have who labors
+        for the wind?
+005:017 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated,
+        and has sickness and wrath.
+005:018 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for
+        one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor,
+        in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life
+        which God has given him; for this is his portion.
+005:019 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth,
+        and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion,
+        and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
+005:020 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life;
+        because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
+006:001 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it
+        is heavy on men:
+006:002 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor,
+        so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires,
+        yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it.
+        This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
+006:003 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years,
+        so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not
+        filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say,
+        that an untimely birth is better than he:
+006:004 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name
+        is covered with darkness.
+006:005 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it.  This has rest
+        rather than the other.
+006:006 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails
+        to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
+006:007 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite
+        is not filled.
+006:008 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool?
+        What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
+006:009 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire.
+        This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
+006:010 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is
+        known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is
+        mightier than he.
+006:011 For there are many words that create vanity.  What does
+        that profit man?
+006:012 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days
+        of his vain life which he spends like a shadow?
+        For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
+007:001 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death
+        better than the day of one's birth.
+007:002 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go
+        to the house of feasting:  for that is the end of all men,
+        and the living should take this to heart.
+007:003 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face
+        the heart is made good.
+007:004 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart
+        of fools is in the house of mirth.
+007:005 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man
+        to hear the song of fools.
+007:006 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter
+        of the fool.  This also is vanity.
+007:007 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe
+        destroys the understanding.
+007:008 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
+        The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
+007:009 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests
+        in the bosom of fools.
+007:010 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?"
+        For you do not ask wisely about this.
+007:011 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance.  Yes, it is more excellent
+        for those who see the sun.
+007:012 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense;
+        but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves
+        the life of him who has it.
+007:013 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight,
+        which he has made crooked?
+007:014 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of
+        adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side
+        with the other, to the end that man should not find out
+        anything after him.
+007:015 All this have I seen in my days of vanity:  there is a righteous
+        man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked
+        man who lives long in his evil-doing.
+007:016 Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise.
+        Why should you destroy yourself?
+007:017 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish.  Why should you die
+        before your time?
+007:018 It is good that you should take hold of this.  Yes, also from
+        that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come
+        forth from them all.
+007:019 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers
+        who are in a city.
+007:020 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good
+        and doesn't sin.
+007:021 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you
+        hear your servant curse you;
+007:022 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have
+        likewise cursed others.
+007:023 All this have I proved in wisdom.  I said, "I will be wise;"
+        but it was far from me.
+007:024 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep.
+        Who can find it out?
+007:025 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out,
+        and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know
+        that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
+007:026 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares
+        and traps, whose hands are chains.  Whoever pleases God shall
+        escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
+007:027 Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another,
+        to find out the scheme;
+007:028 which my soul still seeks; but I have not found:
+        one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among
+        all those have I not found.
+007:029 Behold, this only have I found:  that God made man upright;
+        but they search for many schemes.
+008:001 Who is like the wise man?  And who knows the interpretation of
+        a thing?  A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness
+        of his face is changed.
+008:002 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.
+008:003 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence.  Don't persist
+        in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
+008:004 for the king's word is supreme.  Who can say to him,
+        "What are you doing?"
+008:005 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm,
+        and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
+008:006 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose,
+        although the misery of man is heavy on him.
+008:007 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him
+        how it will be?
+008:008 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain
+        the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death.
+        There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver
+        those who practice it.
+008:009 All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is
+        done under the sun.  There is a time in which one man has
+        power over another to his hurt.
+008:010 So I saw the wicked buried.  Indeed they came also from holiness.
+        They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this.
+        This also is vanity.
+008:011 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
+        therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them
+        to do evil.
+008:012 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long,
+        yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God,
+        who are reverent before him.
+008:013 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall
+        he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
+008:014 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there
+        are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work
+        of the wicked.  Again, there are wicked men to whom
+        it happens according to the work of the righteous.
+        I said that this also is vanity.
+008:015 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing
+        under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful:
+        for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his
+        life which God has given him under the sun.
+008:016 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business
+        that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither
+        day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
+008:017 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out
+        the work that is done under the sun, because however
+        much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it.
+        Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it,
+        he won't be able to find it.
+009:001 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this:
+        that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand
+        of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it;
+        all is before them.
+009:002 All things come alike to all.  There is one event to the righteous
+        and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean,
+        to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice.
+        As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath,
+        as he who fears an oath.
+009:003 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there
+        is one event to all:  yes also, the heart of the sons of men
+        is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,
+        and after that they go to the dead.
+009:004 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope;
+        for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
+009:005 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't
+        know anything, neither do they have any more a reward;
+        for the memory of them is forgotten.
+009:006 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago;
+        neither have they any more a portion forever in anything
+        that is done under the sun.
+009:007 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine
+        with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
+009:008 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your
+        head lack oil.
+009:009 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of
+        your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun,
+        all your days of vanity:  for that is your portion in life,
+        and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
+009:010 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might;
+        for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom,
+        in Sheol, where you are going.
+009:011 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,
+        nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,
+        nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men
+        of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
+009:012 For man also doesn't know his time.  As the fish that are taken
+        in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare,
+        even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it
+        falls suddenly on them.
+009:013 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it
+        seemed great to me.
+009:014 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king
+        came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
+009:015 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom
+        delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
+009:016 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength.  Nevertheless the poor
+        man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
+009:017 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry
+        of him who rules among fools.
+009:018 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner
+        destroys much good.
+010:001 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;
+        so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
+010:002 A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart
+        at his left.
+010:003 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding
+        fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
+010:004 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave
+        your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
+010:005 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort
+        of error which proceeds from the ruler.
+010:006 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
+010:007 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants
+        on the earth.
+010:008 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through
+        a wall may be bitten by a snake.
+010:009 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them.
+        Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.
+010:010 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge,
+        then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
+010:011 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit
+        for the charmer's tongue.
+010:012 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool
+        is swallowed by his own lips.
+010:013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness;
+        and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
+010:014 A fool also multiplies words.  Man doesn't know what will be;
+        and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
+010:015 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't
+        know how to go to the city.
+010:016 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes
+        eat in the morning!
+010:017 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles,
+        and your princes eat in due season, for strength,
+        and not for drunkenness!
+010:018 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness
+        of the hands the house leaks.
+010:019 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad;
+        and money is the answer for all things.
+010:020 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse
+        the rich in your bedchamber:  for a bird of the sky may carry
+        your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
+011:001 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it
+        after many days.
+011:002 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't
+        know what evil will be on the earth.
+011:003 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;
+        and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north,
+        in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
+011:004 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards
+        the clouds won't reap.
+011:005 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones
+        grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't
+        know the work of God who does all.
+011:006 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold
+        your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this
+        or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
+011:007 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes
+        to see the sun.
+011:008 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all;
+        but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many.
+        All that comes is vanity.
+011:009 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you
+        in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart,
+        and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these
+        things God will bring you into judgment.
+011:010 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil
+        from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
+012:001 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth,
+        before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you
+        will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"
+012:002 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened,
+        and the clouds return after the rain;
+012:003 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble,
+        and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders
+        cease because they are few, and those who look out of the
+        windows are darkened,
+012:004 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound
+        of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice
+        of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
+012:005 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way;
+        and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall
+        be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his
+        everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
+012:006 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken,
+        or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken
+        at the cistern,
+012:007 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit
+        returns to God who gave it.
+012:008 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher.  All is vanity!
+012:009 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught
+        the people knowledge.  Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set
+        in order many proverbs.
+012:010 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that
+        which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
+012:011 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails
+        well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies,
+        which are given from one shepherd.
+012:012 Furthermore, my son, be admonished:  of making many books there
+        is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
+012:013 This is the end of the matter.  All has been heard.
+        Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole
+        duty of man.
+012:014 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every
+        hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
+Book 22 Song of Solomon
+001:001 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Beloved
+001:002 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love
+        is better than wine.
+001:003 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance.  Your name is oil poured forth,
+        therefore the virgins love you.
+001:004 Take me away with you.  Let us hurry.  The king has brought me
+        into his chambers.  Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you.
+        We will praise your love more than wine!  Beloved They are
+        right to love you.
+001:005 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem,
+        like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.
+001:006 Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me.
+        My mother's sons were angry with me.  They made me keeper
+        of the vineyards.  I haven't kept my own vineyard.
+001:007 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock,
+        where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is
+        veiled beside the flocks of your companions?  Lover
+001:008 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks
+        of the sheep.  Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
+001:009 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
+001:010 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with
+        strings of jewels.
+001:011 We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
+        Beloved
+001:012 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
+001:013 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
+001:014 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards
+        of En Gedi.  Lover
+001:015 Behold, you are beautiful, my love.  Behold, you are beautiful.
+        Your eyes are doves.  Beloved
+001:016 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our
+        couch is verdant.  Lover
+001:017 The beams of our house are cedars.  Our rafters are firs.
+        Beloved
+002:001 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.  Lover
+002:002 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
+        Beloved
+002:003 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved
+        among the sons.  I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
+        his fruit was sweet to my taste.
+002:004 He brought me to the banquet hall.  His banner over me is love.
+002:005 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am
+        faint with love.
+002:006 His left hand is under my head.  His right hand embraces me.
+002:007 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by
+        the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
+        until it so desires.
+002:008 The voice of my beloved!  Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains,
+        skipping on the hills.
+002:009 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart.  Behold, he stands
+        behind our wall!  He looks in at the windows.  He glances
+        through the lattice.
+002:010 My beloved spoke, and said to me, "Rise up, my love,
+        my beautiful one, and come away.
+002:011 For, behold, the winter is past.  The rain is over and gone.
+002:012 The flowers appear on the earth.  The time of the singing has come,
+        and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
+002:013 The fig tree ripens her green figs.  The vines are in blossom.
+        They give forth their fragrance.  Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
+        and come away."  Lover
+002:014 My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of
+        the mountainside, Let me see your face.  Let me hear your voice;
+        for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
+002:015 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards;
+        for our vineyards are in blossom.  Beloved
+002:016 My beloved is mine, and I am his.  He browses among the lilies.
+002:017 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,
+        and be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
+003:001 By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves.
+        I sought him, but I didn't find him.
+003:002 I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets
+        and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves.
+        I sought him, but I didn't find him.
+003:003 The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen
+        him whom my soul loves?"
+003:004 I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves.
+        I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him
+        into my mother's house, into the chamber of her who conceived me.
+003:005 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by
+        the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
+        until it so desires.
+003:006 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars
+        of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices
+        of the merchant?
+003:007 Behold, it is Solomon's carriage!  Sixty mighty men are around it,
+        of the mighty men of Israel.
+003:008 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war.
+        Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear
+        in the night.
+003:009 King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
+003:010 He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold,
+        its seat of purple, its midst being paved with love,
+        from the daughters of Jerusalem.
+003:011 Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon,
+        with the crown with which his mother has crowned him,
+        in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness
+        of his heart.  Lover
+004:001 Behold, you are beautiful, my love.  Behold, you are beautiful.
+        Your eyes are doves behind your veil.  Your hair is as a flock
+        of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
+004:002 Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come
+        up from the washing, where every one of them has twins.
+        None is bereaved among them.
+004:003 Your lips are like scarlet thread.  Your mouth is lovely.
+        Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
+004:004 Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a
+        thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
+004:005 Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe,
+        which feed among the lilies.
+004:006 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go
+        to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.
+004:007 You are all beautiful, my love.  There is no spot in you.
+004:008 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon.
+        Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon,
+        from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
+004:009 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride.
+        You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one
+        chain of your neck.
+004:010 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
+        How much better is your love than wine!  The fragrance of your
+        perfumes than all manner of spices!
+004:011 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb.  Honey and milk
+        are under your tongue.  The smell of your garments is like
+        the smell of Lebanon.
+004:012 A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring,
+        a sealed fountain.
+004:013 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits:
+        henna with spikenard plants,
+004:014 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind
+        of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
+004:015 a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams
+        from Lebanon.  Beloved
+004:016 Awake, north wind; and come, you south!  Blow on my garden,
+        that its spices may flow out.  Let my beloved come into his garden,
+        and taste his precious fruits.  Lover
+005:001 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride.
+        I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my
+        honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.
+        Friends Eat, friends!  Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
+        Beloved
+005:002 I was asleep, but my heart was awake.  It is the voice
+        of my beloved who knocks:  "Open to me, my sister, my love,
+        my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew,
+        and my hair with the dampness of the night."
+005:003 I have taken off my robe.  Indeed, must I put it on?
+        I have washed my feet.  Indeed, must I soil them?
+005:004 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.
+        My heart pounded for him.
+005:005 I rose up to open for my beloved.  My hands dripped with myrrh,
+        my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
+005:006 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away.
+        My heart went out when he spoke.  I looked for him, but I
+        didn't find him.  I called him, but he didn't answer.
+005:007 The watchmen who go about the city found me.  They beat me.
+        They bruised me.  The keepers of the walls took my cloak
+        away from me.
+005:008 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved,
+        that you tell him that I am faint with love.  Friends
+005:009 How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest
+        among women?  How is your beloved better than another beloved,
+        that you do so adjure us?  Beloved
+005:010 My beloved is white and ruddy.  The best among ten thousand.
+005:011 His head is like the purest gold.  His hair is bushy,
+        black as a raven.
+005:012 His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk,
+        mounted like jewels.
+005:013 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.
+        His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
+005:014 His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl.
+        His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
+005:015 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold.
+        His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
+005:016 His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely.
+        This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
+        Friends
+006:001 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women?
+        Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
+        Beloved
+006:002 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices,
+        to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
+006:003 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine.  He browses
+        among the lilies,
+006:004 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem,
+        awesome as an army with banners.
+006:005 Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me.
+        Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along
+        the side of Gilead.
+006:006 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up
+        from the washing; of which every one has twins; none is
+        bereaved among them.
+006:007 Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
+006:008 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins
+        without number.
+006:009 My dove, my perfect one, is unique.  She is her mother's
+        only daughter.  She is the favorite one of her who bore her.
+        The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens
+        and the concubines, and they praised her.
+006:010 Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon,
+        clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
+006:011 I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green
+        plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded,
+        and the pomegranates were in flower.
+006:012 Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal
+        people's chariots.  Friends
+006:013 Return, return, Shulammite!  Return, return, that we may gaze
+        at you.  Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,
+        as at the dance of Mahanaim?
+007:001 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter!
+        Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands
+        of a skillful workman.
+007:002 Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting.
+        Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
+007:003 Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.
+007:004 Your neck is like an ivory tower.  Your eyes are like the pools
+        in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim.  Your nose is like
+        the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
+007:005 Your head on you is like Carmel.  The hair of your head like purple.
+        The king is held captive in its tresses.
+007:006 How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!
+007:007 This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts
+        like its fruit.
+007:008 I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree.  I will take hold
+        of its fruit."  Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
+        the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved
+007:009 Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for
+        my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
+007:010 I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
+007:011 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field.
+        Let us lodge in the villages.
+007:012 Let's go early up to the vineyards.  Let's see whether the vine
+        has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower.
+        There I will give you my love.
+007:013 The mandrakes give forth fragrance.  At our doors are all
+        kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored
+        up for you, my beloved.
+008:001 Oh that you were like my brother, who sucked the breasts
+        of my mother!  If I found you outside, I would kiss you;
+        yes, and no one would despise me.
+008:002 I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house,
+        who would instruct me.  I would have you drink spiced wine,
+        of the juice of my pomegranate.
+008:003 His left hand would be under my head.  His right hand
+        would embrace me.
+008:004 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up,
+        nor awaken love, until it so desires.  Friends
+008:005 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on
+        her beloved?  Under the apple tree I aroused you.
+        There your mother conceived you.  There she was in labor
+        and bore you.
+008:006 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm;
+        for love is strong as death.  Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.
+        Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
+008:007 Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it.
+        If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,
+        he would be utterly scorned.  Friends
+008:008 We have a little sister.  She has no breasts.  What shall we
+        do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?
+008:009 If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver.
+        if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
+        Beloved
+008:010 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes
+        like one who found peace.
+008:011 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.  He leased out the vineyard
+        to keepers.  Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver
+        for its fruit.
+008:012 My own vineyard is before me.  The thousand are for you, Solomon;
+        two hundred for those who tend its fruit.  Lover
+008:013 You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance,
+        let me hear your voice!  Beloved
+008:014 Come away, my beloved!  Be like a gazelle or a young stag
+        on the mountains of spices!
+Book 23 Isaiah
+001:001 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
+        and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
+        kings of Judah.
+001:002 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken:
+        I have nourished and brought up children, and they have
+        rebelled against me.
+001:003 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib;
+        but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider.
+001:004 Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed
+        of evil-doers, children who deal corruptly!  They have
+        forsaken Yahweh.  They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
+        They are estranged and backward.
+001:005 Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more?
+        The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
+001:006 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness
+        in it:  wounds, welts, and open sores.  They haven't been closed,
+        neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.
+001:007 Your country is desolate.  Your cities are burned with fire.
+        Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate,
+        as overthrown by strangers.
+001:008 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
+        like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
+001:009 Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant,
+        we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
+001:010 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom!  Listen to the law
+        of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
+001:011 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh.
+        "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat
+        of fed animals.  I don't delight in the blood of bulls,
+        or of lambs, or of male goats.
+001:012 When you come to appear before me, who has required this
+        at your hand, to trample my courts?
+001:013 Bring no more vain offerings.  Incense is an abomination to me;
+        new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations:  I can't bear
+        with evil assemblies.
+001:014 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts.
+        They are a burden to me.  I am weary of bearing them.
+001:015 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
+        Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear.
+        Your hands are full of blood.
+001:016 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean.  Put away the evil
+        of your doings from before my eyes.  Cease to do evil.
+001:017 Learn to do well.  Seek justice.  Relieve the oppressed.
+        Judge the fatherless.  Plead for the widow."
+001:018 "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh:  "Though your
+        sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
+        Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
+001:019 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good
+        of the land;
+001:020 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword;
+        for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
+001:021 How the faithful city has become a prostitute!  She was full
+        of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
+001:022 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
+001:023 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
+        Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards.
+        They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause
+        of the widow come to them.
+001:024 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One
+        of Israel, says:  "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries,
+        and avenge myself of my enemies;
+001:025 and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross,
+        and will take away all your tin.
+001:026 I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors
+        as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called 'The city
+        of righteousness, a faithful town.'
+001:027 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts
+        with righteousness.
+001:028 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together,
+        and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
+001:029 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
+        and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
+001:030 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden
+        that has no water.
+001:031 The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark.
+        They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."
+002:001 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning
+        Judah and Jerusalem.
+002:002 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's
+        house shall be established on the top of the mountains,
+        and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall
+        flow to it.
+002:003 Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to
+        the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob;
+        and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths."
+        For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of
+        Yahweh from Jerusalem.
+002:004 He will judge between the nations, and will decide
+        concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords
+        into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.
+        Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall
+        they learn war any more.
+002:005 House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
+002:006 For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob,
+        because they are filled from the east, with those who practice
+        divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with
+        the children of foreigners.
+002:007 Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any
+        end of their treasures.  Their land also is full of horses,
+        neither is there any end of their chariots.
+002:008 Their land also is full of idols.  They worship the work
+        of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
+002:009 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't
+        forgive them.
+002:010 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror
+        of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
+002:011 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness
+        of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted
+        in that day.
+002:012 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that
+        is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up;
+        and it shall be brought low:
+002:013 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,
+        for all the oaks of Bashan,
+002:014 For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,
+002:015 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,
+002:016 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
+002:017 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness
+        of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted
+        in that day.
+002:018 The idols shall utterly pass away.
+002:019 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes
+        of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory
+        of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
+002:020 In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver,
+        and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves
+        to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
+002:021 To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts
+        of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh,
+        and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake
+        the earth mightily.
+002:022 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils;
+        for of what account is he?
+003:001 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem
+        and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread,
+        and the whole supply of water;
+003:002 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet,
+        the diviner, the elder,
+003:003 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor,
+        the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
+003:004 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall
+        rule over them.
+003:005 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone
+        by his neighbor.  The child will behave himself proudly
+        against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
+003:006 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house
+        of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler,
+        and let this ruin be under your hand."
+003:007 In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer;
+        for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.
+        You shall not make me ruler of the people.
+003:008 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their
+        tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes
+        of his glory.
+003:009 The look of their faces testify against them.  They parade
+        their sin like Sodom.  They don't hide it.  Woe to their soul!
+        For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
+003:010 Tell the righteous "Good!"  For they shall eat the fruit
+        of their deeds.
+003:011 Woe to the wicked!  Disaster is upon them; for the deeds
+        of his hands will be paid back to him.
+003:012 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule
+        over them.  My people, those who lead you cause you to err,
+        and destroy the way of your paths.
+003:013 Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
+003:014 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people,
+        and their leaders:  "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
+        The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
+003:015 What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face
+        of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
+003:016 Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
+        and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes,
+        walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
+003:017 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head
+        of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald."
+003:018 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets,
+        the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
+003:019 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,
+003:020 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume
+        bottles, the charms,
+003:021 the signet rings, the nose rings,
+003:022 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,
+003:023 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras,
+        and the shawls.
+003:024 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall
+        be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well
+        set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth;
+        and branding instead of beauty.
+003:025 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
+003:026 Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate
+        and sit on the ground.
+004:001 Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying,
+        "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing:
+        only let us be called by your name.  Take away our reproach."
+004:002 In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious,
+        and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory
+        of the survivors of Israel.
+004:003 It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains
+        in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is
+        written among the living in Jerusalem;
+004:004 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters
+        of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst,
+        by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
+004:005 Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion,
+        and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day,
+        and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all
+        the glory will be a canopy.
+004:006 There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat,
+        and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
+005:001 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about
+        his vineyard.  My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
+005:002 He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with
+        the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut
+        out a winepress therein.  He looked for it to yield grapes,
+        but it yielded wild grapes.
+005:003 "Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge
+        between me and my vineyard.
+005:004 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have
+        not done in it?  Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes,
+        did it yield wild grapes?
+005:005 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.
+        I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up.
+        I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
+005:006 I will lay it a wasteland.  It won't be pruned nor hoed,
+        but it will grow briers and thorns.  I will also command
+        the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
+005:007 For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel,
+        and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:  and he looked
+        for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness,
+        but, behold, a cry of distress.
+005:008 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field,
+        until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone
+        in the midst of the land!
+005:009 In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says:  "Surely many houses will
+        be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
+005:010 For ten acres{literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land
+        that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10
+        acres or 4 hectares.} of vineyard shall yield one bath,{1
+        bath is about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8 imperial
+        gallons} and a homer{1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels}
+        of seed shall yield an ephah.{1 ephah is about 22 litres or 0.6
+        bushels or about 2 pecks)--only one tenth of what was sown.}"
+005:011 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they
+        may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night,
+        until wine inflames them!
+005:012 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at
+        their feasts; but they don't regard the work of Yahweh,
+        neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
+005:013 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge.
+        Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are
+        parched with thirst.
+005:014 Therefore Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.} has enlarged
+        its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory,
+        their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them,
+        descend into it.
+005:015 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes
+        of the arrogant ones are humbled;
+005:016 but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One
+        is sanctified in righteousness.
+005:017 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers
+        will eat the ruins of the rich.
+005:018 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
+        and wickedness as with cart rope;
+005:019 Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work,
+        that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One
+        of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!"
+005:020 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness
+        for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet,
+        and sweet for bitter!
+005:021 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent
+        in their own sight!
+005:022 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions
+        at mixing strong drink;
+005:023 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice
+        for the innocent!
+005:024 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
+        and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root
+        shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust;
+        because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies,
+        and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
+005:025 Therefore Yahweh's anger burns against his people, and he has
+        stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them.
+        The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse
+        in the midst of the streets.  For all this, his anger is not
+        turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
+005:026 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far,
+        and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth.
+        Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
+005:027 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber
+        nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied,
+        nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
+005:028 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent.  Their horses'
+        hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
+005:029 Their roaring will be like a lioness.  They will roar like
+        young lions.  Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey
+        and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
+005:030 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea.
+        If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress.
+        The light is darkened in its clouds.
+006:001 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on
+        a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
+006:002 Above him stood the seraphim.  Each one had six wings.
+        With two he covered his face.  With two he covered his feet.
+        With two he flew.
+006:003 One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh
+        of Armies!  The whole earth is full of his glory!"
+006:004 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him
+        who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
+006:005 Then I said, "Woe is me!  For I am undone, because I am a man of
+        unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:
+        for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
+006:006 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand,
+        which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
+006:007 He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has
+        touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away,
+        and your sin forgiven."
+006:008 I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send,
+        and who will go for us?"  Then I said, "Here I am.  Send me!"
+006:009 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed,
+        but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
+006:010 Make the heart of this people fat.  Make their ears heavy,
+        and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes,
+        and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart,
+        and turn again, and be healed."
+006:011 Then I said, "Lord, how long?"  He answered, "Until cities
+        are waste without inhabitant, and houses without man,
+        and the land becomes utterly waste,
+006:012 And Yahweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places
+        are many in the midst of the land.
+006:013 If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed:
+        as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they
+        are felled; so the holy seed is its stock."
+007:001 It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son
+        of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria,
+        and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to
+        Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
+007:002 It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied
+        with Ephraim."  His heart trembled, and the heart of his people,
+        as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
+007:003 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz,
+        you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit
+        of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.
+007:004 Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm.  Don't be afraid,
+        neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails
+        of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria,
+        and of the son of Remaliah.
+007:005 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted
+        evil against you, saying,
+007:006 "Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide
+        it among ourselves, and set up a king in the midst of it,
+        even the son of Tabeel."
+007:007 This is what the Lord Yahweh says:  "It shall not stand,
+        neither shall it happen."
+007:008 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
+        and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces,
+        so that it shall not be a people;
+007:009 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria
+        is Remaliah's son.  If you will not believe, surely you shall
+        not be established.'"
+007:010 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
+007:011 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth,
+        or in the height above."
+007:012 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh."
+007:013 He said, "Listen now, house of David:  Is it not enough for you
+        to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience
+        of my God also?
+007:014 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
+        Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall
+        call his name Immanuel.{"Immanuel" means "God with us."}
+007:015 He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil,
+        and choose the good.
+007:016 For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good,
+        the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
+007:017 Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house,
+        days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed
+        from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
+007:018 It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly
+        that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt,
+        and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
+007:019 They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys,
+        in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges,
+        and on all pastures.
+007:020 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired
+        in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria,
+        the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also
+        consume the beard.
+007:021 It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow,
+        and two sheep;
+007:022 and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk
+        which they shall give he shall eat butter:  for everyone will
+        eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
+007:023 It will happen in that day that every place where there
+        were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be
+        for briers and thorns.
+007:024 People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all
+        the land will be briers and thorns.
+007:025 All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall
+        not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be
+        for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."
+008:001 Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a
+        man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;{"Maher Shalal Hash Baz"
+        means "quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil."}'
+008:002 and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify:
+        Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
+008:003 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son.
+        Then said Yahweh to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.'
+008:004 For before the child knows how to say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,'
+        the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried
+        away by the king of Assyria."
+008:005 Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,
+008:006 "Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah
+        that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
+008:007 now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood
+        waters of the River:  the king of Assyria and all his glory.
+        It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
+008:008 It will sweep onward into Judah.  It will overflow and pass through;
+        it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its
+        wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
+008:009 Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces!  Listen, all you
+        from far countries:  dress for battle, and be shattered!
+        Dress for battle, and be shattered!
+008:010 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing;
+        speak the word, and it will not stand:  for God is with us."
+008:011 For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed
+        me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
+008:012 "Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this
+        people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats,
+        nor be terrorized.
+008:013 Yahweh of Armies is who you must regard as holy.
+        He is the one you must fear.  He is the one you must dread.
+008:014 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel,
+        he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+008:015 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared,
+        and be captured."
+008:016 Wrap up the testimony.  Seal the law among my disciples.
+008:017 I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob,
+        and I will look for him.
+008:018 Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are
+        for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies,
+        who dwells in Mount Zion.
+008:019 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar
+        spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:"
+        shouldn't a people consult with their God?  Should they
+        consult the dead on behalf of the living?
+008:020 Turn to the law and to the testimony!  If they don't speak
+        according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
+008:021 They will pass through it, sore distressed and hungry;
+        and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry,
+        and curse by their king and by their God.  They will turn
+        their faces upward,
+008:022 and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom
+        of anguish.  They will be driven into thick darkness.
+009:001 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish.
+        In the former time, he brought into contempt the land
+        of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter
+        time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea,
+        beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
+009:002 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.
+        Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them
+        the light has shined.
+009:003 You have multiplied the nation.  You have increased their joy.
+        They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest,
+        as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
+009:004 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder,
+        the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
+009:005 For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle,
+        and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning,
+        fuel for the fire.
+009:006 For to us a child is born.  To us a son is given;
+        and the government will be on his shoulders.  His name will be
+        called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
+        Prince of Peace.
+009:007 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall
+        be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom,
+        to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and
+        with righteousness from that time on, even forever.
+        The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
+009:008 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it falls on Israel.
+009:009 All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants
+        of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,
+009:010 "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with hewn stone.
+        The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put
+        cedars in their place."
+009:011 Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries
+        of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
+009:012 The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they
+        will devour Israel with open mouth.  For all this, his anger
+        is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+009:013 Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them,
+        neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies.
+009:014 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail,
+        palm branch and reed, in one day.
+009:015 The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet
+        who teaches lies is the tail.
+009:016 For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those
+        who are led by them are destroyed.
+009:017 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men,
+        neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows;
+        for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth
+        speaks folly.  For all this his anger is not turned away,
+        but his hand is stretched out still.
+009:018 For wickedness burns like a fire.  It devours the briers
+        and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,
+        and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
+009:019 Through the wrath of Yahweh of Armies, the land is
+        burnt up; and the people are the fuel for the fire.
+        No one spares his brother.
+009:020 One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will
+        eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied.
+        Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
+009:021 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall
+        be against Judah.  For all this his anger is not turned away,
+        but his hand is stretched out still.
+010:001 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers
+        who write oppressive decrees;
+010:002 to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among
+        my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil,
+        and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
+010:003 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
+        which will come from afar?  To whom will you flee for help?
+        Where will you leave your wealth?
+010:004 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall
+        under the slain.  For all this his anger is not turned away,
+        but his hand is stretched out still.
+010:005 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand
+        is my indignation!
+010:006 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people
+        who anger me will I give him a charge to take the spoil
+        and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire
+        of the streets.
+010:007 However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so;
+        but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not
+        a few nations.
+010:008 For he says, "Aren't all of my princes kings?
+010:009 Isn't Calno like Carchemish?  Isn't Hamath like Arpad?
+        Isn't Samaria like Damascus?"
+010:010 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved
+        images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
+010:011 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols,
+        so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
+010:012 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed
+        his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish
+        the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria,
+        and the insolence of his haughty looks.
+010:013 For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it,
+        and by my wisdom; for I have understanding:  and I have removed
+        the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures.
+        Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
+010:014 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest,
+        and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered
+        all the earth.  There was no one who moved their wing,
+        or that opened their mouth, or chirped."
+010:015 Should an axe brag against him who chops with it?
+        Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it?
+        As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff
+        should lift up someone who is not wood.
+010:016 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat
+        ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled
+        like the burning of fire.
+010:017 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One
+        for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his
+        briers in one day.
+010:018 He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,
+        both soul and body.  It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
+010:019 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few,
+        so that a child could write their number.
+010:020 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel,
+        and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more
+        again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh,
+        the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
+010:021 A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob,
+        to the mighty God.
+010:022 For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea,
+        only a remnant of them will return.  A destruction is determined,
+        overflowing with righteousness.
+010:023 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end,
+        and that determined, in the midst of all the earth.
+010:024 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says "My people who dwell
+        in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike
+        you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you,
+        as Egypt did.
+010:025 For yet a very little while, and the indignation against
+        you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed
+        to his destruction."
+010:026 Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him,
+        as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb.
+        His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like
+        he did against Egypt.
+010:027 It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart
+        from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck,
+        and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
+010:028 He has come to Aiath.  He has passed through Migron.
+        At Michmash he stores his baggage.
+010:029 They have gone over the pass.  They have taken up their lodging
+        at Geba.  Ramah trembles.  Gibeah of Saul has fled.
+010:030 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim!  Listen, Laishah!
+        You poor Anathoth!
+010:031 Madmenah is a fugitive.  The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
+010:032 This very day he will halt at Nob.  He shakes his hand at
+        the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
+010:033 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror.
+        The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
+010:034 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
+        and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
+011:001 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch
+        out of his roots will bear fruit.
+011:002 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him:  the spirit of wisdom
+        and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit
+        of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
+011:003 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh.  He will not judge
+        by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing
+        of his ears;
+011:004 but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide
+        with equity for the humble of the earth.  He will strike
+        the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath
+        of his lips he will kill the wicked.
+011:005 Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness
+        the belt of his waist.
+011:006 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down
+        with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened
+        calf together; and a little child will lead them.
+011:007 The cow and the bear will graze.  Their young ones will lie
+        down together.  The lion will eat straw like the ox.
+011:008 The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned
+        child will put his hand on the viper's den.
+011:009 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;
+        for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh,
+        as the waters cover the sea.
+011:010 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek
+        the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples;
+        and his resting place will be glorious.
+011:011 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand
+        again the second time to recover the remnant that is left
+        of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,
+        from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands
+        of the sea.
+011:012 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble
+        the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed
+        of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
+011:013 The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute
+        Judah will be cut off.  Ephraim won't envy Judah, and Judah
+        won't persecute Ephraim.
+011:014 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west.
+        Together they will plunder the children of the east.
+        They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children
+        of Ammon will obey them.
+011:015 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
+        and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River,
+        and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march
+        over in sandals.
+011:016 There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his
+        people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day
+        that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
+012:001 In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh;
+        for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away
+        and you comfort me.
+012:002 Behold, God is my salvation.  I will trust, and will not
+        be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song;
+        and he has become my salvation."
+012:003 Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
+012:004 In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh!  Call on his name.
+        Declare his doings among the peoples.  Proclaim that his
+        name is exalted!
+012:005 Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things!
+        Let this be known in all the earth!
+012:006 Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One
+        of Israel is great in the midst of you!"
+013:001 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
+013:002 Set up a banner on the bare mountain!  Lift up your voice to them!
+        Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
+013:003 I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called
+        my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
+013:004 The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people;
+        the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations
+        gathered together!  Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army
+        for the battle.
+013:005 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven,
+        even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy
+        the whole land.
+013:006 Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand!  It will come as
+        destruction from the Almighty.
+013:007 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt.
+013:008 They will be dismayed.  Pangs and sorrows will seize them.
+        They will be in pain like a woman in labor.  They will look
+        in amazement one at another.  Their faces will be faces of flame.
+013:009 Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger;
+        to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners
+        out of it.
+013:010 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give
+        their light.  The sun will be darkened in its going forth,
+        and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
+013:011 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked
+        for their iniquity.  I will cause the arrogance of the proud
+        to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
+013:012 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person
+        than the pure gold of Ophir.
+013:013 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will
+        be shaken out of its place in the wrath of Yahweh of Armies,
+        and in the day of his fierce anger.
+013:014 It will happen that like a a hunted gazelle, and like sheep
+        that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people,
+        and will each flee to their own land.
+013:015 Everyone who is found will be thrust through.  Everyone who is
+        captured will fall by the sword.
+013:016 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes.
+        Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
+013:017 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not
+        value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
+013:018 Their bows will dash the young men in pieces;
+        and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb.
+        Their eyes will not spare children.
+013:019 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans'
+        pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
+013:020 It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from
+        generation to generation.  The Arabian will not pitch a tent there,
+        neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
+013:021 But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their
+        houses will be full of jackals.  Ostriches will dwell there,
+        and wild goats will frolic there.
+013:022 Wolves will cry in their castles, and jackals in the
+        pleasant palaces.  Her time is near to come, and her days
+        will not be prolonged.
+014:001 For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will
+        yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land.
+        The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite
+        with the house of Jacob.
+014:002 The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place.
+        The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh's land for servants
+        and for handmaids.  They will take as captives those whose
+        captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
+014:003 It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from
+        your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service
+        in which you were made to serve,
+014:004 that you will take up this parable against the king
+        of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased!
+        The golden city has ceased!"
+014:005 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter
+        of the rulers,
+014:006 who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled
+        the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
+014:007 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet.  They break out song.
+014:008 Yes, the fir trees rejoice with you, with the cedars
+        of Lebanon, saying, "Since you are humbled, no lumberjack
+        has come up against us."
+014:009 Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming.
+        It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth.
+        It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
+014:010 They all will answer and ask you, "Have you also become as weak
+        as we are?  Have you become like us?"
+014:011 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your
+        stringed instruments.  Maggots are spread out under you,
+        and worms cover you.
+014:012 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!
+        How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
+014:013 You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven!
+        I will exalt my throne above the stars of God!  I will sit
+        on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
+014:014 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds!  I will make
+        myself like the Most High!"
+014:015 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.
+014:016 Those who see you will stare at you.  They will ponder you,
+        saying, "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble,
+        who shook kingdoms;
+014:017 who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities;
+        who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"
+014:018 All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in
+        his own house.
+014:019 But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch,
+        clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword,
+        who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body
+        trodden under foot.
+014:020 You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed
+        your land.  You have killed your people.  The seed of evil-doers
+        will not be named forever.
+014:021 Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity
+        of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth,
+        and fill the surface of the world with cities.
+014:022 "I will rise up against them," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and
+        son's son," says Yahweh.
+014:023 "I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools
+        of water.  I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,"
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+014:024 Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought,
+        so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
+014:025 that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him
+        under foot on my mountains.  Then his yoke will leave them,
+        and his burden leave their shoulders.
+014:026 This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth.
+        This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
+014:027 For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it?
+        His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
+014:028 This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died.
+014:029 Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that
+        struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder
+        will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
+014:030 The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie
+        down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine,
+        and your remnant will be killed.
+014:031 Howl, gate!  Cry, city!  You are melted away, Philistia, all of you;
+        for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler
+        in his ranks.
+014:032 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
+        That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his
+        people will take refuge.
+015:001 The burden of Moab:  for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste,
+        and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste,
+        and brought to nothing.
+015:002 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places,
+        to weep.  Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba.
+        Baldness is on all of their heads.  Every beard is cut off.
+015:003 In their streets, they dress themselves in sackcloth.
+        In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails,
+        weeping abundantly.
+015:004 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh.  Their voice is heard even
+        to Jahaz.  Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud.
+        Their souls tremble within them.
+015:005 My heart cries out for Moab!  Her nobles flee to Zoar,
+        to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith
+        with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up
+        a cry of destruction.
+015:006 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has
+        withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
+015:007 Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten,
+        and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
+015:008 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing
+        to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
+015:009 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring
+        yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape,
+        and on the remnant of the land.
+016:001 Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness,
+        to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
+016:002 For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest,
+        so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
+016:003 Give counsel!  Execute justice!  Make your shade like
+        the night in the midst of the noonday!  Hide the outcasts!
+        Don't betray the fugitive!
+016:004 Let my outcasts dwell with you!  As for Moab, be a
+        hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer.
+        For the extortioner is brought to nothing.  Destruction ceases.
+        The oppressors are consumed out of the land.
+016:005 A throne will be established in loving kindness.  One will sit
+        on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice,
+        and swift to do righteousness.
+016:006 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud;
+        even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath.
+        His boastings are nothing.
+016:007 Therefore Moab will wail for Moab.  Everyone will wail.
+        You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth,
+        utterly stricken.
+016:008 For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah.
+        The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches,
+        which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness.
+        Its shoots were spread abroad.  They passed over the sea.
+016:009 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine
+        of Sibmah.  I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh:
+        for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle
+        shout has fallen.
+016:010 Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field;
+        and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither
+        joyful noise.  Nobody will tread out wine in the presses.
+        I have made the shouting stop.
+016:011 Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward
+        parts for Kir Heres.
+016:012 It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies
+        himself on the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray,
+        that he will not prevail.
+016:013 This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
+016:014 But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, "Within three years,
+        as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab
+        shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude;
+        and the remnant will be very small and feeble."
+017:001 The burden of Damascus:  "Behold, Damascus is taken away
+        from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
+017:002 The cities of Aroer are forsaken.  They will be for flocks,
+        which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
+017:003 The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom
+        from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria.  They will be as
+        the glory of the children of Israel," says Yahweh of Armies.
+017:004 "It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be
+        made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
+017:005 It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his
+        arm reaps the grain.  Yes, it will be like when one gleans
+        grain in the valley of Rephaim.
+017:006 Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree,
+        two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough,
+        four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,"
+        says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+017:007 In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes
+        will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
+017:008 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands;
+        neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made,
+        either the Asherim, or the incense altars.
+017:009 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places
+        in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from
+        before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.
+017:010 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not
+        remembered the rock of your strength.  Therefore you plant
+        pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
+017:011 In the day of your planting, you hedge it in.  In the morning,
+        you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away
+        in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
+017:012 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas;
+        and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing
+        of mighty waters!
+017:013 The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters:
+        but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will
+        be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
+        and like the whirling dust before the storm.
+017:014 At evening, behold, terror!  Before the morning, they are no more.
+        This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot
+        of those who rob us.
+018:001 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond
+        the rivers of Ethiopia;
+018:002 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
+        papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers,
+        to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their
+        beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down,
+        whose land the rivers divide!"
+018:003 All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth,
+        when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look!
+        When the trumpet is blown, listen!
+018:004 For Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will see in my
+        dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud
+        of dew in the heat of harvest."
+018:005 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
+        and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off
+        the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take
+        away the spreading branches.
+018:006 They will be left together for the ravenous birds
+        of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth.
+        The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals
+        of the earth will winter on them.
+018:007 In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies
+        from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome
+        from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out
+        and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place
+        of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.
+019:001 The burden of Egypt:  "Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud,
+        and comes to Egypt.  The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence;
+        and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
+019:002 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they
+        will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against
+        his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
+019:003 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst.  I will destroy
+        its counsel.  They will seek the idols, the charmers,
+        those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
+019:004 I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord.
+        A fierce king will rule over them," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
+019:005 The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted
+        and become dry.
+019:006 The rivers will become foul.  The streams of Egypt will be
+        diminished and dried up.  The reeds and flags will wither away.
+019:007 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all
+        the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away,
+        and be no more.
+019:008 The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile
+        will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
+019:009 Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave
+        white cloth, will be confounded.
+019:010 The pillars will be broken in pieces.  All those who work
+        for hire will be grieved in soul.
+019:011 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish.  The counsel
+        of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid.
+        How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise,
+        the son of ancient kings?"
+019:012 Where then are your wise men?  Let them tell you now; and let
+        them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.
+019:013 The princes of Zoan have become fools.  The princes of Memphis
+        are deceived.  They have caused Egypt to go astray, who are
+        the cornerstone of her tribes.
+019:014 Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her;
+        and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works,
+        like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
+019:015 Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail,
+        palm branch or rush, may do.
+019:016 In that day the Egyptians will be like women.  They will tremble
+        and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies,
+        which he shakes over them.
+019:017 The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt.  Everyone to whom
+        mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans
+        of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it.
+019:018 In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that
+        speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies.
+        One will be called "The city of destruction."
+019:019 In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst
+        of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border.
+019:020 It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies
+        in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because
+        of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender,
+        and he will deliver them.
+019:021 Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh
+        in that day.  Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering,
+        and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it.
+019:022 Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing.
+        They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them,
+        and will heal them.
+019:023 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,
+        and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian
+        into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
+019:024 In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
+        a blessing in the midst of the earth;
+019:025 because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying,
+        "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands,
+        and Israel my inheritance."
+020:001 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king
+        of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
+020:002 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
+        saying, "Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist,
+        and take your shoes from off your feet."  He did so,
+        walking naked and barefoot.
+020:003 Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and
+        barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt
+        and concerning Ethiopia,
+020:004 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt
+        and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot,
+        and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
+020:005 They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia
+        their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
+020:006 The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold,
+        this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered
+        from the king of Assyria.  And we, how will we escape?'"
+021:001 The burden of the wilderness of the sea.  As whirlwinds
+        in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness,
+        from an awesome land.
+021:002 A grievous vision is declared to me.  The treacherous
+        man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
+        Go up, Elam; attack!  I have stopped all of Media's sighing.
+021:003 Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish.  Pains have
+        taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor.
+        I am in so much pain that I can't hear.  I so am dismayed
+        that I can't see.
+021:004 My heart flutters.  Horror has frightened me.  The twilight
+        that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
+021:005 They prepare the table.  They set the watch.  They eat.
+        They drink.  Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
+021:006 For the Lord said to me, "Go, set a watchman.  Let him declare
+        what he sees.
+021:007 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop
+        of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness."
+021:008 He cried like a lion:  "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower
+        in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
+021:009 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs."
+        He answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved
+        images of her gods are broken to the ground.
+021:010 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!"
+        That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God
+        of Israel, I have declared to you.
+021:011 The burden of Dumah.  One calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman,
+        what of the night?  Watchman, what of the night?"
+021:012 The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night.
+        If you will inquire, inquire.  Come back again."
+021:013 The burden on Arabia.  In the forest in Arabia you will lodge,
+        you caravans of Dedanites.
+021:014 They brought water to him who was thirsty.  The inhabitants
+        of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
+021:015 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword,
+        from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
+021:016 For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound
+        by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
+021:017 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty
+        men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, has spoken it."
+022:001 The burden of the valley of vision.  What ails you now,
+        that you have all gone up to the housetops?
+022:002 You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town;
+        your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they
+        dead in battle.
+022:003 All your rulers fled away together.  They were bound by
+        the archers.  All who were found by you were bound together.
+        They fled far away.
+022:004 Therefore I said, "Look away from me.  I will weep bitterly.
+        Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter
+        of my people.
+022:005 For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity,
+        from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision;
+        a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains."
+022:006 Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen;
+        and Kir uncovered the shield.
+022:007 It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
+        and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
+022:008 He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day
+        to the armor in the house of the forest.
+022:009 You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many;
+        and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
+022:010 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down
+        the houses to fortify the wall.
+022:011 You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water
+        of the old pool.  But you didn't look to him who had done this,
+        neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.
+022:012 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping,
+        and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:
+022:013 and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep,
+        eating flesh and drinking wine:  "Let us eat and drink,
+        for tomorrow we will die."
+022:014 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, "Surely this
+        iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,"
+        says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
+022:015 Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, "Go, get yourself to
+        this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
+022:016 'What are you doing here?  Who has you here, that you have
+        dug out a tomb here?'  Cutting himself out a tomb on high,
+        chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
+022:017 Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently.
+        Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
+022:018 He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you
+        like a ball into a large country.  There you will die,
+        and there the chariots of your glory will be, you shame
+        of your lord's house.
+022:019 I will thrust you from your office.  You will be pulled down
+        from your station.
+022:020 It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim
+        the son of Hilkiah,
+022:021 and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him
+        with your belt.  I will commit your government into his hand;
+        and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+        and to the house of Judah.
+022:022 I will lay the key of the house of David on his shoulder.
+        He will open, and no one will shut.  He will shut, and no
+        one will open.
+022:023 I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place.
+        He will be for a throne of glory to his father's house.
+022:024 They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house,
+        the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups
+        even to all the pitchers.
+022:025 "In that day," says Yahweh of Armies, "the nail that was fastened
+        in a sure place will give way.  It will be cut down, and fall.
+        The burden that was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh
+        has spoken it."
+023:001 The burden of Tyre.  Howl, you ships of Tarshish!  For it
+        is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in.
+        From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
+023:002 Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants
+        of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
+023:003 On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile,
+        was her revenue.  She was the market of nations.
+023:004 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold
+        of the sea, saying, "I have not travailed, nor brought forth,
+        neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins."
+023:005 When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at
+        the report of Tyre.
+023:006 Pass over to Tarshish!  Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
+023:007 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days,
+        whose feet carried her far away to travel?
+023:008 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns,
+        whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable
+        of the earth?
+023:009 Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory,
+        to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
+023:010 Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish.
+        There is no restraint any more.
+023:011 He has stretched out his hand over the sea.  He has
+        shaken the kingdoms.  Yahweh has ordered the destruction
+        of Canaan's strongholds.
+023:012 He said, "You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed
+        virgin daughter of Sidon.  Arise, pass over to Kittim.
+        Even there you will have no rest."
+023:013 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans.  This people was not.
+        The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness.
+        They set up their towers.  They overthrew its palaces.
+        They made it a ruin.
+023:014 Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
+023:015 It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten
+        seventy years, according to the days of one king.
+        After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in
+        the song of the prostitute.
+023:016 Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has
+        been forgotten.  Make sweet melody.  Sing many songs,
+        that you may be remembered.
+023:017 It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh
+        will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages,
+        and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world
+        on the surface of the earth.
+023:018 Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh.
+        It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise
+        will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently,
+        and for durable clothing.
+024:001 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste,
+        turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
+024:002 It will be as with the people, so with the priest;
+        as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid,
+        so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller;
+        as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker
+        of interest, so with the giver of interest.
+024:003 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste;
+        for Yahweh has spoken this word.
+024:004 The earth mourns and fades away.  The world languishes and
+        fades away.  The lofty people of the earth languish.
+024:005 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they
+        have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken
+        the everlasting covenant.
+024:006 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who
+        dwell therein are found guilty.  Therefore the inhabitants
+        of the earth are burned, and few men left.
+024:007 The new wine mourns.  The vine languishes.
+        All the merry-hearted sigh.
+024:008 The mirth of tambourines ceases.  The sound of those who
+        rejoice ends.  The joy of the harp ceases.
+024:009 They will not drink wine with a song.  Strong drink will be
+        bitter to those who drink it.
+024:010 The confused city is broken down.  Every house is shut up,
+        that no man may come in.
+024:011 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine.
+        All joy is darkened.  The mirth of the land is gone.
+024:012 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is
+        struck with destruction.
+024:013 For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
+        as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when
+        the vintage is done.
+024:014 These shall lift up their voice.  They will shout for the majesty
+        of Yahweh.  They cry aloud from the sea.
+024:015 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
+024:016 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs.
+        Glory to the righteous!  But I said, "I pine away!
+        I pine away! woe is me!"  The treacherous have dealt treacherously.
+        Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
+024:017 Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.
+024:018 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear
+        will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst
+        of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high
+        are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
+024:019 The earth is utterly broken.  The earth is torn apart.
+        The earth is shaken violently.
+024:020 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back
+        and forth like a hammock.  Its disobedience will be heavy on it,
+        and it will fall and not rise again.
+024:021 It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army
+        of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth
+        on the earth.
+024:022 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered
+        in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after
+        many days shall they be visited.
+024:023 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed;
+        for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem;
+        and before his elders will be glory.
+025:001 Yahweh, you are my God.  I will exalt you!  I will praise your name,
+        for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago,
+        in complete faithfulness and truth.
+025:002 For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city
+        into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city.
+        It will never be built.
+025:003 Therefore a strong people will glorify you.  A city of awesome
+        nations will fear you.
+025:004 For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold
+        to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,
+        a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones
+        is like a storm against the wall.
+025:005 As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise
+        of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song
+        of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
+025:006 In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast
+        of fat things, a feast of choice wines, of fat things full
+        of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
+025:007 He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering
+        that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread
+        over all nations.
+025:008 He has swallowed up death forever!  The Lord Yahweh will wipe
+        away tears from off all faces.  He will take the reproach
+        of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh
+        has spoken it.
+025:009 It shall be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God!  We have
+        waited for him, and he will save us!  This is Yahweh!  We have
+        waited for him.  We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!"
+025:010 For in this mountain the hand of Yahweh will rest.
+        Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw
+        is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
+025:011 He will spread out his hands in its midst, like one who swims
+        spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled
+        together with the craft of his hands.
+025:012 He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low,
+        and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
+026:001 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:  "We have
+        a strong city.  God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
+026:002 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter:
+        the one which keeps faith.
+026:003 You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace,
+        because he trusts in you.
+026:004 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
+026:005 For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city.
+        He lays it low.  He lays it low even to the ground.
+        He brings it even to the dust.
+026:006 The foot shall tread it down; Even the feet of the poor,
+        and the steps of the needy."
+026:007 The way of the just is uprightness.  You who are upright make
+        the path of the righteous level.
+026:008 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you.
+        Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
+026:009 With my soul have I desired you in the night.
+        Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly;
+        for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants
+        of the world learn righteousness.
+026:010 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not
+        learn righteousness.  In the land of uprightness he will
+        deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh's majesty.
+026:011 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see; but they
+        will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed.
+        Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
+026:012 Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also worked
+        all our works for us.
+026:013 Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us,
+        but by you only will we make mention of your name.
+026:014 The dead shall not live.  The deceased shall not rise.
+        Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused
+        all memory of them to perish.
+026:015 You have increased the nation, O Yahweh.  You have increased
+        the nation!  You are glorified!  You have enlarged all
+        the borders of the land.
+026:016 Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you.  They poured out
+        a prayer when your chastening was on them.
+026:017 Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time
+        of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs;
+        so we have been before you, Yahweh.
+026:018 We have been with child.  We have been in pain.  We gave birth,
+        it seems, only to wind.  We have not worked any deliverance
+        in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
+026:019 Your dead shall live.  My dead bodies shall arise.
+        Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is
+        like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
+026:020 Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your
+        doors behind you.  Hide yourself for a little moment,
+        until the indignation is past.
+026:021 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish
+        the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
+        The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer
+        cover her slain.
+027:001 In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword
+        will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan
+        the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is
+        in the sea.
+027:002 In that day, sing to her, "A pleasant vineyard!
+027:003 I, Yahweh, am its keeper.  I will water it every moment.
+        Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
+027:004 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns,
+        I would do battle!  I would march on them and I would
+        burn them together.
+027:005 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make
+        peace with me.  Let him make peace with me."
+027:006 In days to come, Jacob will take root.  Israel will blossom and bud.
+        They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
+027:007 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them?
+        Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
+027:008 In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them.
+        He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of
+        the east wind.
+027:009 Therefore, by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven,
+        and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
+        that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones
+        that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the incense
+        altars shall rise no more.
+027:010 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted
+        and forsaken, like the wilderness.  The calf will feed there,
+        and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
+027:011 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off.
+        The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people
+        of no understanding.  Therefore he who made them will not
+        have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show
+        them no favor.
+027:012 It will happen in that day, that Yahweh will thresh from
+        the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt;
+        and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.
+027:013 It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown;
+        and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria,
+        and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come;
+        and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
+028:001 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to
+        the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head
+        of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
+028:002 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one.  Like a storm of hail,
+        a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing,
+        he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.
+028:003 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be
+        trodden under foot.
+028:004 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head
+        of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig
+        before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon
+        as he sees it.
+028:005 In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory,
+        and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;
+028:006 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
+        and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
+028:007 They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink.
+        The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink.
+        They are swallowed up by wine.  They stagger with strong drink.
+        They err in vision.  They stumble in judgment.
+028:008 For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
+028:009 Whom will he teach knowledge?  To whom will he explain the message?
+        Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
+028:010 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line,
+        line on line; here a little, there a little.
+028:011 But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and
+        in another language;
+028:012 to whom he said, "This is the resting place.  Give rest to weary;"
+        and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.
+028:013 Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept,
+        precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little,
+        there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken,
+        be snared, and be taken.
+028:014 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule
+        this people in Jerusalem:
+028:015 "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death,
+        and with Sheol are we in agreement.  When the overflowing scourge
+        passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies
+        our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"
+028:016 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion
+        for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone
+        of a sure foundation.  He who believes shall not act hastily.
+028:017 I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness
+        the plumb line.  The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
+        and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
+028:018 Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement
+        with Sheol shall not stand.  When the overflowing scourge
+        passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.
+028:019 As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning
+        by morning it will pass through, by day and by night;
+        and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message."
+028:020 For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket
+        is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
+028:021 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim.
+        He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may
+        do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act,
+        his extraordinary act.
+028:022 Now therefore don't be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong;
+        for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh
+        of Armies, on the whole earth.
+028:023 Give ear, and hear my voice!  Listen, and hear my speech!
+028:024 Does he who plows to sow plow continually?  Does he keep
+        turning the soil and breaking the clods?
+028:025 When he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the dill,
+        and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows,
+        the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
+028:026 For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
+028:027 For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument,
+        neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill
+        is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
+028:028 Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it.
+        Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it,
+        his horses don't grind it.
+028:029 This also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful
+        in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
+029:001 Woe to Ariel!  Ariel, the city where David encamped!
+        Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
+029:002 then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning
+        and lamentation.  She shall be to me as an altar hearth{or, Ariel}.
+029:003 I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay
+        siege against you with posted troops.  I will raise siege
+        works against you.
+029:004 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground.
+        Your speech will mumble out of the dust.  Your voice will
+        be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground,
+        and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
+029:005 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust,
+        and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away.
+        Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
+029:006 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder,
+        with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm,
+        and with the flame of a devouring fire.
+029:007 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
+        even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who
+        distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
+029:008 It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold,
+        he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't satisfied;
+        or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks;
+        but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty.
+        The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion
+        will be like that.
+029:009 Pause and wonder!  Blind yourselves and be blind!
+        They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not
+        with strong drink.
+029:010 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep,
+        and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered
+        your heads, the seers.
+029:011 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that
+        is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying,
+        "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:"
+029:012 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying,
+        "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't read."
+029:013 The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth
+        and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their
+        heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment
+        of men which has been taught;
+029:014 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work
+        among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder;
+        and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding
+        of their prudent men will be hidden."
+029:015 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh,
+        and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?"
+        and "Who knows us?"
+029:016 You turn things upside down!  Should the potter be thought
+        to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him
+        who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say
+        of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"
+029:017 Isn't it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned
+        into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded
+        as a forest?
+029:018 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book,
+        and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and
+        out of darkness.
+029:019 The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor
+        among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
+029:020 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases,
+        and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--
+029:021 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare
+        for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent
+        of justice with false testimony.
+029:022 Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning
+        the house of Jacob:  "Jacob shall no longer be ashamed,
+        neither shall his face grow pale.
+029:023 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands,
+        in the midst of him, they will sanctify my name.
+        Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand
+        in awe of the God of Israel.
+029:024 They also who err in spirit will come to understanding,
+        and those who grumble will receive instruction."
+030:001 "Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel,
+        but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit,
+        that they may add sin to sin,
+030:002 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice;
+        to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
+        and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
+030:003 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame,
+        and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
+030:004 For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have
+        come to Hanes.
+030:005 They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't
+        profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame,
+        and also a reproach."
+030:006 The burden of the animals of the South.  Through the land
+        of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper
+        and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders
+        of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels,
+        to an unprofitable people.
+030:007 For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I
+        called her Rahab who sits still.
+030:008 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book,
+        that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
+030:009 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who
+        will not hear the law of Yahweh;
+030:010 who tell the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets,
+        "Don't prophesy to us right things.  Tell us pleasant things.
+        Prophesy deceits.
+030:011 Get out of the way.  Turn aside from the path.
+        Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
+030:012 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you
+        despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness,
+        and rely on it;
+030:013 therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready
+        to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes
+        suddenly in an instant.
+030:014 He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it
+        in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among
+        the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth,
+        or to dip up water out of the cistern."
+030:015 For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, "You will
+        be saved in returning and rest.  Your strength will be in
+        quietness and in confidence."  You refused,
+030:016 but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;"
+        therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;"
+        therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
+030:017 One thousand will flee at the threat of one.  At the threat
+        of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon
+        on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
+030:018 Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you;
+        and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you,
+        for Yahweh is a God of justice.  Blessed are all those who
+        wait for him.
+030:019 For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem.  You will weep
+        no more.  He will surely be gracious to you at the voice
+        of your cry.  When he hears you, he will answer you.
+030:020 Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water
+        of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore,
+        but your eyes will see your teachers;
+030:021 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left,
+        your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way.
+        Walk in it."
+030:022 You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images
+        of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold.
+        You shall cast them away as an unclean thing.  You shall
+        tell it, "Go away!"
+030:023 He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow
+        the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be
+        rich and plentiful.  In that day, your livestock will feed
+        in large pastures.
+030:024 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will
+        eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel
+        and with the fork.
+030:025 There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain
+        and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter,
+        when the towers fall.
+030:026 Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun,
+        and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter,
+        like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds
+        up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they
+        were struck with.
+030:027 Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far away, burning with
+        his anger, and in thick rising smoke.  His lips are full
+        of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.
+030:028 His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to
+        the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction;
+        and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws
+        of the peoples.
+030:029 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept;
+        and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come
+        to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock.
+030:030 Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show
+        the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger,
+        and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast,
+        storm, and hailstones.
+030:031 For through the voice of Yahweh the Assyrian will be dismayed.
+        He will strike him with his rod.
+030:032 Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay
+        on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps.
+        He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.
+030:033 For his burning place has long been ready.  Yes, for the king
+        it is made ready.  He has made its pyre deep and large
+        with fire and much wood.  Yahweh's breath, like a stream
+        of sulfur, kindles it.
+031:001 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses,
+        and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen
+        because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One
+        of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!
+031:002 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back
+        his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers,
+        and against the help of those who work iniquity.
+031:003 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,
+        and not spirit.  When Yahweh stretches out his hand,
+        both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall,
+        and they all shall be consumed together.
+031:004 For thus says Yahweh to me, "As the lion and the young lion
+        growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called
+        together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice,
+        nor abase himself for the noise of them, so Yahweh of Armies
+        will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
+031:005 As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem.
+        He will protect and deliver it.  He will pass over
+        and preserve it."
+031:006 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted,
+        children of Israel.
+031:007 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and
+        his idols of gold--sin which your own hands have made for you.
+031:008 "The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword,
+        not of mankind, shall devour him.  He will flee from the sword,
+        and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
+031:009 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will
+        be afraid of the banner," says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion,
+        and his furnace in Jerusalem.
+032:001 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall
+        rule in justice.
+032:002 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert
+        from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place,
+        as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
+032:003 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears
+        of those who hear will listen.
+032:004 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue
+        of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
+032:005 The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel
+        be highly respected.
+032:006 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity,
+        to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make
+        empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of
+        the thirsty to fail.
+032:007 The ways of the scoundrel are evil.  He devises wicked
+        devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when
+        the needy speaks right.
+032:008 But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue
+        in noble things.
+032:009 Rise up, you women who are at ease!  Hear my voice!
+        You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
+032:010 For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women;
+        for the vintage shall fail.  The harvest won't come.
+032:011 Tremble, you women who are at ease!  Be troubled, you careless ones!
+        Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth
+        on your waist.
+032:012 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
+032:013 Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all
+        the houses of joy in the joyous city.
+032:014 For the palace will be forsaken.  The populous city will be deserted.
+        The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever,
+        a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
+032:015 Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the
+        wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field
+        is considered a forest.
+032:016 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness
+        will remain in the fruitful field.
+032:017 The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect
+        of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
+032:018 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings,
+        and in quiet resting places.
+032:019 Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
+032:020 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet
+        of the ox and the donkey.
+033:001 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray,
+        but nobody betrayed you!  When you have finished destroying,
+        you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal,
+        you will be betrayed.
+033:002 Yahweh, be gracious to us.  We have waited for you.
+        Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the
+        time of trouble.
+033:003 At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled.
+        When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
+033:004 Your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers.
+        Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
+033:005 Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high.  He has filled Zion
+        with justice and righteousness.
+033:006 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation,
+        wisdom, and knowledge.  The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
+033:007 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors
+        of peace weep bitterly.
+033:008 The highways are desolate.  The traveling man ceases.
+        The covenant is broken.  He has despised the cities.
+        He doesn't regard man.
+033:009 The land mourns and languishes.  Lebanon is confounded and
+        withers away.  Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel
+        are stripped bare.
+033:010 "Now I will arise," says Yahweh; "Now I will lift myself up.
+        Now I will be exalted.
+033:011 You will conceive chaff.  You will bring forth stubble.
+        Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
+033:012 The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns
+        that are cut down and burned in the fire.
+033:013 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near,
+        acknowledge my might."
+033:014 The sinners in Zion are afraid.  Trembling has seized the
+        godless ones.  Who among us can live with the devouring fire?
+        Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
+033:015 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who
+        despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands,
+        refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing
+        of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil--
+033:016 he will dwell on high.  His place of defense will be
+        the fortress of rocks.  His bread will be supplied.
+        His waters will be sure.
+033:017 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty.  They will see
+        a distant land.
+033:018 Your heart will meditate on the terror.  Where is he who counted?
+        Where is he who weighed?  Where is he who counted the towers?
+033:019 You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep
+        speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language
+        that you can't understand.
+033:020 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals.
+        Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent
+        that won't be removed.  Its stakes will never be plucked up,
+        nor will any of its cords be broken.
+033:021 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad
+        rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go,
+        neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
+033:022 For Yahweh is our judge.  Yahweh is our lawgiver.
+        Yahweh is our king.  He will save us.
+033:023 Your rigging is untied.  They couldn't strengthen the foot
+        of their mast.  They couldn't spread the sail.  Then the prey
+        of a great spoil was divided.  The lame took the prey.
+033:024 The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick."  The people who dwell
+        therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
+034:001 Come near, you nations, to hear!  Listen, you peoples.
+        Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world,
+        and everything that comes from it.
+034:002 For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry
+        with all their armies.  He has utterly destroyed them.
+        He has given them over for slaughter.
+034:003 Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead
+        bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their blood.
+034:004 All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.  The sky will be
+        rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away,
+        as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
+034:005 For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky.  Behold, it will come
+        down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
+034:006 Yahweh's sword is filled with blood.  It is covered with fat,
+        with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys
+        of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great
+        slaughter in the land of Edom.
+034:007 The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls
+        with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood,
+        and their dust made greasy with fat.
+034:008 For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense
+        for the cause of Zion.
+034:009 Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur,
+        And its land will become burning pitch.
+034:010 It won't be quenched night nor day.  Its smoke will go up forever.
+        From generation to generation, it will lie waste.
+        No one will pass through it forever and ever.
+034:011 But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it.
+        The owl and the raven will dwell in it.  He will stretch
+        the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.
+034:012 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there;
+        and all its princes shall be nothing.
+034:013 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles
+        in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals,
+        a court for ostriches.
+034:014 The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves,
+        and the wild goat will cry to his fellow.  Yes, the night
+        creature{literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon
+        or night monster} shall settle there, and shall find herself
+        a place of rest.
+034:015 The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather
+        under her shade.  Yes, the kites will be gathered there,
+        every one with her mate.
+034:016 Search in the book of Yahweh, and read:  not one of these will
+        be missing.  none will lack her mate.  For my mouth has commanded,
+        and his Spirit has gathered them.
+034:017 He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it
+        to them with a measuring line.  They shall possess it forever.
+        From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
+035:001 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad.  The desert
+        will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
+035:002 It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing.
+        Lebanon's glory Lebanon will be given to it, the excellence
+        of Carmel and Sharon.  They will see Yahweh's glory,
+        the excellence of our God.
+035:003 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
+035:004 Tell those who have a fearful heart, "Be strong.  Don't be afraid.
+        Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God's retribution.
+        He will come and save you.
+035:005 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears
+        of the deaf will be unstopped.
+035:006 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of
+        the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness,
+        and streams in the desert.
+035:007 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground
+        springs of water.  Grass with reeds and rushes will be in
+        the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
+035:008 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way.
+        The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those
+        who walk in the Way.  Wicked fools will not go there.
+035:009 No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it.
+        They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
+035:010 The Yahweh's ransomed ones will return, and come with singing
+        to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads.
+        They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing
+        will flee away."
+036:001 Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah,
+        that Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified
+        cities of Judah, and captured them.
+036:002 The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem
+        to king Hezekiah with a large army.  He stood by the aqueduct
+        from the upper pool in the fuller's field highway.
+036:003 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
+        and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder
+        came out to him.
+036:004 Rabshakeh said to them, "Now tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says
+        the great king, the king of Assyria, "What confidence is this
+        in which you trust?
+036:005 I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words.
+        Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
+036:006 Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt,
+        which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it.
+        So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
+036:007 But if you tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God,' isn't that
+        he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away,
+        and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship
+        before this altar?'"
+036:008 Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king
+        of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you
+        are able on your part to set riders on them.
+036:009 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least
+        of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots
+        and for horsemen?
+036:010 Have I come up now without Yahweh against this land to destroy it?
+        Yahweh said to me, "Go up against this land, and destroy it."'"
+036:011 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak
+        to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it;
+        and don't speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing
+        of the people who are on the wall."
+036:012 But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master
+        and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit
+        on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own
+        urine with you?"
+036:013 Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in
+        the Jews' language, and said, "Hear the words of the great king,
+        the king of Assyria!
+036:014 Thus says the king, 'Don't let Hezekiah deceive you;
+        for he will not be able to deliver you.
+036:015 Don't let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will
+        surely deliver us.  This city won't be given into the hand
+        of the king of Assyria."'
+036:016 Don't listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king
+        of Assyria, 'Make your peace with me, and come out to me;
+        and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree,
+        and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
+036:017 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
+        a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
+036:018 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us."
+        Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands
+        from the hand of the king of Assyria?
+036:019 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?  Where are the gods
+        of Sepharvaim?  Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
+036:020 Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have
+        delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should
+        deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
+036:021 But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply,
+        for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."
+036:022 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
+        and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder,
+        came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him
+        the words of Rabshakeh.
+037:001 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes,
+        covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh's house.
+037:002 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
+        and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,
+        to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
+037:003 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble,
+        and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come
+        to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
+037:004 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh,
+        whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God,
+        and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard.
+        Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
+037:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
+037:006 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Don't be
+        afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants
+        of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
+037:007 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news,
+        and will return to his own land.  I will cause him to fall
+        by the sword in his own land."'"
+037:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
+        against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
+037:009 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has
+        come out to fight against you."  When he heard it, he sent
+        messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
+037:010 "Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, 'Don't let
+        your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem won't
+        be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
+037:011 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria
+        have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly.
+        Shall you be delivered?
+037:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers
+        have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden
+        who were in Telassar?
+037:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king
+        of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'"
+037:014 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers
+        and read it.  Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh's house,
+        and spread it before Yahweh.
+037:015 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
+037:016 "Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among
+        the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms
+        of the earth.  You have made heaven and earth.
+037:017 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear.  Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold.
+        Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy
+        the living God.
+037:018 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all
+        the countries and their land,
+037:019 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods,
+        but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they
+        have destroyed them.
+037:020 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand,
+        that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh,
+        even you only."
+037:021 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus
+        says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed
+        to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
+037:022 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him.
+        The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you.
+        The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
+037:023 Whom have you defied and blasphemed?  Against whom have
+        you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high?
+        Against the Holy One of Israel.
+037:024 By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said,
+        "With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height
+        of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon.
+        I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees.
+        I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of
+        its fruitful field.
+037:025 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I
+        will dry up all the rivers of Egypt."
+037:026 Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it
+        in ancient times?  Now I have brought it to pass, that it
+        should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them
+        into ruinous heaps.
+037:027 Therefore their inhabitants had little power.  They were dismayed
+        and confounded.  They were like the grass of the field,
+        and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops,
+        and like a field before its crop has grown.
+037:028 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in,
+        and your raging against me.
+037:029 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance
+        has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook
+        in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you
+        back by the way by which you came.
+037:030 This shall be the sign to you.  You will eat this year that
+        which grows of itself, and in the second year that which
+        springs from the same; and in the third year sow and reap
+        and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
+037:031 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again
+        take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
+037:032 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth, and survivors
+        will escape from Mount Zion.  The zeal of Yahweh of Armies
+        will perform this.'
+037:033 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will
+        not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will
+        he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
+037:034 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return,
+        and he shall not come to this city,' says Yahweh.
+037:035 'For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake,
+        and for my servant David's sake.'"
+037:036 The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and
+        eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians.
+        When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were
+        all dead bodies.
+037:037 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away,
+        returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
+037:038 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
+        his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him
+        with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat.
+        Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
+038:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death.
+        Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him,
+        "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order, for you will die,
+        and not live.'"
+038:002 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,
+038:003 and said, "Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked
+        before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done
+        that which is good in your sight."  Hezekiah wept bitterly.
+038:004 Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying,
+038:005 "Go, and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David
+        your father, "I have heard your prayer.  I have seen your tears.
+        Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
+038:006 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king
+        of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
+038:007 This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will
+        do this thing that he has spoken.
+038:008 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down
+        on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.
+        So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it
+        had gone down."'"
+038:009 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick,
+        and had recovered of his sickness.
+038:010 I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol.
+        I am deprived of the residue of my years."
+038:011 I said, "I won't see Yah, Yah in the land of the living.
+        I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
+038:012 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a
+        shepherd's tent.  I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life.
+        He will cut me off from the loom.  From day even to night
+        you will make an end of me.
+038:013 I waited patiently until morning.  He breaks all my bones like
+        a lion.  From day even to night you will make an end of me.
+038:014 I chattered like a swallow or a crane.  I moaned like a dove.
+        My eyes weaken looking upward.  Lord, I am oppressed.
+        Be my security."
+038:015 What will I say?  He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it.
+        I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish
+        of my soul.
+038:016 Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life
+        in all of them:  you restore me, and cause me to live.
+038:017 Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love
+        for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption;
+        for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
+038:018 For Sheol can't praise you.  Death can't celebrate you.
+        Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
+038:019 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day.
+        The father shall make known your truth to the children.
+038:020 Yahweh will save me.  Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed
+        instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
+038:021 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs, and lay
+        it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover."
+038:022 Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I will go up
+        to the house of Yahweh?"
+039:001 At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan,
+        king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah;
+        for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
+039:002 Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house
+        of his precious things, the silver, and the gold,
+        the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house
+        of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures.
+        There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,
+        that Hezekiah didn't show them.
+039:003 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him,
+        "What did these men say?  Where did they come from to you?"
+        Hezekiah said, "They have come from a country far from me,
+        even from Babylon."
+039:004 Then he asked, "What have they seen in your house?"
+        Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house.
+        There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."
+039:005 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:
+039:006 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house,
+        and that which your fathers have stored up until this day,
+        will be carried to Babylon.  Nothing will be left,' says Yahweh.
+039:007 'They will take away your sons who will issue from you,
+        whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king
+        of Babylon's palace.'"
+039:008 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Yahweh's word which you have
+        spoken is good."  He said moreover, "For there will be peace
+        and truth in my days."
+040:001 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
+040:002 "Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her
+        warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned,
+        that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins."
+040:003 The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh
+        in the wilderness!  Make a level highway in the desert
+        for our God.
+040:004 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall
+        be made low.  The uneven shall be made level, and the rough
+        places a plain.
+040:005 The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
+        see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
+040:006 The voice of one saying, "Cry!"  One said, "What shall I cry?"
+        "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower
+        of the field.
+040:007 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh's breath
+        blows on it.  Surely the people are like grass.
+040:008 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our
+        God stands forever."
+040:009 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
+        You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your
+        voice with strength.  Lift it up.  Don't be afraid.
+        Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold, your God!"
+040:010 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his
+        arm will rule for him.  Behold, his reward is with him,
+        and his recompense before him.
+040:011 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.  He will gather
+        the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom.
+        He will gently lead those who have their young.
+040:012 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
+        and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust
+        of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales,
+        and the hills in a balance?
+040:013 Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him
+        as his counselor?
+040:014 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him,
+        and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge,
+        and showed him the way of understanding?
+040:015 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are
+        regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.  Behold, he lifts
+        up the islands like a very little thing.
+040:016 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient
+        for a burnt offering.
+040:017 All the nations are like nothing before him.  They are regarded
+        by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
+040:018 To whom then will you liken God?  Or what likeness will you
+        compare to him?
+040:019 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it
+        with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
+040:020 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree
+        that will not rot.  He seeks a skillful workman to set up
+        an engraved image for him that will not be moved.
+040:021 Haven't you known?  Haven't you heard, yet?  Haven't you
+        been told from the beginning?  Haven't you understood from
+        the foundations of the earth?
+040:022 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its
+        inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens
+        like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
+040:023 who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the
+        earth like meaningless.
+040:024 They are planted scarcely.  They are sown scarcely.
+        Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground.
+        He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind
+        takes them away as stubble.
+040:025 "To whom then will you liken me?  Who is my equal?"
+        says the Holy One.
+040:026 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these,
+        who brings out their army by number.  He calls them all by name.
+        by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power,
+        Not one is lacking.
+040:027 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, "My way is hidden
+        from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?"
+040:028 Haven't you known?  Haven't you heard?  The everlasting
+        God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint.
+        He isn't weary.  His understanding is unsearchable.
+040:029 He gives power to the weak.  He increases the strength of him
+        who has no might.
+040:030 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
+040:031 But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
+        They will mount up with wings like eagles.  They will run,
+        and not be weary.  They will walk, and not faint.
+041:001 "Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew
+        their strength.  Let them come near, then let them speak.
+        Let's meet together for judgment.
+041:002 Who has raised up one from the east?  Whom called him to his foot
+        in righteousness?  He hands over nations to him, and makes him
+        rule over kings.  He gives them like the dust to his sword,
+        like the driven stubble to his bow.
+041:003 He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had
+        not gone with his feet.
+041:004 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from
+        the beginning?  I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last,
+        I am he."
+041:005 The islands have seen, and fear.  The ends of the earth tremble.
+        They approach, and come.
+041:006 Everyone helps his neighbor.  They say to their brothers,
+        "Be strong!"
+041:007 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.  He who smoothes
+        with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
+        saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it
+        with nails, that it might not totter.
+041:008 "But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
+        the seed of Abraham my friend,
+041:009 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
+        and called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant,
+        I have chosen you and not cast you away;'
+041:010 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you.  Don't be dismayed,
+        for I am your God.  I will strengthen you.  Yes, I will help you.
+        Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
+041:011 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed
+        and confounded.  Those who strive with you will be like nothing,
+        and shall perish.
+041:012 You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend
+        with you.  Those who war against you will be as nothing,
+        as a non-existent thing.
+041:013 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you,
+        'Don't be afraid.  I will help you.'
+041:014 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel.
+        I will help you," says Yahweh, "and your Redeemer is
+        the Holy One of Israel.
+041:015 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument
+        with teeth.  You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small,
+        and will make the hills like chaff.
+041:016 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
+        and the whirlwind will scatter them.  You will rejoice in Yahweh.
+        You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
+041:017 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
+        Their tongue fails for thirst.  I, Yahweh, will answer them.
+        I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
+041:018 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst
+        of the valleys.  I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
+        and the dry land springs of water.
+041:019 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
+        I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
+041:020 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together,
+        that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One
+        of Israel has created it.
+041:021 Produce your cause," says Yahweh.  "Bring forth your strong reasons,"
+        says the King of Jacob.
+041:022 "Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen.
+        Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them,
+        and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
+041:023 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we
+        may know that you are gods.  Yes, do good, or do evil,
+        that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
+041:024 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing.
+        He who chooses you is an abomination.
+041:025 "I have raised up one from the north, and he has come;
+        from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall
+        come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
+041:026 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
+        And before, that we may say, 'He is right?'  Surely, there is
+        no one who declares.  Surely, there is no one who shows.
+        Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
+041:027 I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;'
+        and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
+041:028 When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no
+        counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
+041:029 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing.
+        Their molten images are wind and confusion.
+042:001 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen,
+        in whom my soul delights--I have put my Spirit on him.
+        He will bring justice to the nations.
+042:002 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard
+        in the street.
+042:003 He won't break a bruised reed.  He won't quench a dimly burning wick.
+        He will faithfully bring justice.
+042:004 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice
+        in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."
+042:005 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched
+        them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes
+        out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit
+        to those who walk in it.
+042:006 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand,
+        and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people,
+        as a light for the nations;
+042:007 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
+        and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
+042:008 "I am Yahweh.  That is my name.  I will not give my glory
+        to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
+042:009 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things.
+        I tell you about them before they come up."
+042:010 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of
+        the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein,
+        the islands and their inhabitants.
+042:011 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the
+        villages that Kedar inhabits.  Let the inhabitants of Sela sing.
+        Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
+042:012 Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise
+        in the islands.
+042:013 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.  He will stir up zeal like a
+        man of war.  He will raise a war cry.  Yes, he will shout aloud.
+        He will triumph over his enemies.
+042:014 "I have been silent a long time.  I have been quiet and
+        restrained myself.  Now I will cry out like a travailing woman.
+        I will both gasp and pant.
+042:015 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs.
+        I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
+042:016 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know.
+        I will lead them in paths that they don't know.  I will make
+        darkness light before them, and crooked places straight.
+        I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
+042:017 "Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images,
+        'You are our gods' will be turned back.  They will
+        be utterly disappointed.
+042:018 "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
+042:019 Who is blind, but my servant?  Or who is as deaf as my
+        messenger whom I send?  Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
+        and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
+042:020 You see many things, but don't observe.  His ears are open,
+        but he doesn't listen.
+042:021 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify
+        the law, and make it honorable.
+042:022 But this is a robbed and plundered people.  All of them
+        are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons.
+        They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil,
+        and no one says, 'Restore them!'
+042:023 Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
+        Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
+042:024 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
+        Didn't Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned?  For they
+        would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
+042:025 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
+        and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around,
+        but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take
+        it to heart."
+043:001 But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who
+        formed you, Israel:  "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
+        I have called you by your name.  You are mine.
+043:002 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
+        and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
+        When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
+        and flame will not scorch you.
+043:003 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
+        I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba
+        in your place.
+043:004 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I
+        have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place,
+        and nations instead of your life.
+043:005 Don't be afraid; for I am with you.  I will bring your seed
+        from the east, and gather you from the west.
+043:006 I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south,
+        'Don't hold them back!  Bring my sons from far, and my daughters
+        from the ends of the earth--
+043:007 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created
+        for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"
+043:008 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf
+        who have ears.
+043:009 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples
+        be assembled.  Who among them can declare this, and show us
+        former things?  Let them bring their witnesses, that they
+        may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true."
+043:010 "You are my witnesses," says Yahweh, "With my servant
+        whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me,
+        and understand that I am he.  Before me there was no God formed,
+        neither will there be after me.
+043:011 I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
+043:012 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was
+        no strange god among you.  Therefore you are my witnesses,"
+        says Yahweh, "and I am God.
+043:013 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can
+        deliver out of my hand.  I will work, and who can hinder it?"
+043:014 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
+        "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all
+        of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships
+        of their rejoicing.
+043:015 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."
+043:016 Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path
+        in the mighty waters;
+043:017 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man
+        (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct,
+        they are quenched like a wick):
+043:018 "Don't remember the former things, and don't consider
+        the things of old.
+043:019 Behold, I will do a new thing.  It springs forth now.
+        Don't you know it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness,
+        and rivers in the desert.
+043:020 The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and
+        the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers
+        in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
+043:021 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set
+        forth my praise.
+043:022 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary
+        of me, Israel.
+043:023 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings;
+        neither have you honored me with your sacrifices.
+        I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied
+        you with frankincense.
+043:024 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled
+        me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me
+        with your sins.  You have wearied me with your iniquities.
+043:025 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;
+        and I will not remember your sins.
+043:026 Put me in remembrance.  Let us plead together.  Set forth
+        your case, that you may be justified.
+043:027 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed
+        against me.
+043:028 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
+        and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling."
+044:001 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
+044:002 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb,
+        who will help you says:  "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant;
+        and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
+044:003 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams
+        on the dry ground.  I will pour my Spirit on your seed,
+        and my blessing on your offspring:
+044:004 and they will spring up among the grass, as willows
+        by the watercourses.
+044:005 One will say, 'I am Yahweh's;' and another will be called by the name
+        of Jacob; and another will write with his hand 'to Yahweh,'
+        and honor the name of Israel."
+044:006 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh
+        of Armies, says:  "I am the first, and I am the last;
+        and besides me there is no God.
+044:007 Who is like me?  Who will call, and will declare it, and set
+        it in order for me, since I established the ancient people?
+        Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
+044:008 Don't fear, neither be afraid.  Haven't I declared it
+        to you long ago, and shown it?  You are my witnesses.
+        Is there a God besides me?  Indeed, there is not.
+        I don't know any other Rock."
+044:009 Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain.  The things that they
+        delight in will not profit.  Their own witnesses don't see,
+        nor know, that they may be disappointed.
+044:010 Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is
+        profitable for nothing?
+044:011 Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are
+        mere men.  Let them all be gathered together.  Let them stand up.
+        They will fear.  They will be put to shame together.
+044:012 The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals,
+        fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm.
+        He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water,
+        and is faint.
+044:013 The carpenter stretches out a line.  He marks it out with a pencil.
+        He shapes it with planes.  He marks it out with compasses,
+        and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man,
+        to reside in a house.
+044:014 He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak,
+        and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
+        He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.
+044:015 Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it,
+        and warms himself.  Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
+        Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image,
+        and falls down to it.
+044:016 He burns part of it in the fire.  With part of it, he eats meat.
+        He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.  Yes, he warms himself,
+        and says, "Aha!  I am warm.  I have seen the fire."
+044:017 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image.
+        He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says,
+        "Deliver me; for you are my god!"
+044:018 They don't know, neither do they consider:  for he has
+        shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts,
+        that they can't understand.
+044:019 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
+        "I have burned part of it in the fire.  Yes, I have also baked
+        bread on its coals.  I have roasted meat and eaten it.
+        Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?
+        Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"
+044:020 He feeds on ashes.  A deceived heart has turned him aside;
+        and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie
+        in my right hand?"
+044:021 Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant.
+        I have formed you.  You are my servant.  Israel, you will
+        not be forgotten by me.
+044:022 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and,
+        as a cloud, your sins.  Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
+044:023 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it!  Shout, you lower
+        parts of the earth!  Break out into singing, you mountains,
+        O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,
+        and will glorify himself in Israel.
+044:024 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb:
+        "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out
+        the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
+044:025 who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad;
+        who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
+044:026 who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel
+        of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;'
+        and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built,' and I
+        will raise up its waste places;'
+044:027 who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'
+044:028 Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and shall perform all
+        my pleasure,' even saying of Jerusalem, 'She will be built;'
+        and of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.'"
+045:001 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand
+        I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings
+        of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates
+        shall not be shut:
+045:002 "I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth.
+        I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart
+        the bars of iron.
+045:003 I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches
+        of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh,
+        who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
+045:004 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have
+        called you by your name.  I have surnamed you, though you
+        have not known me.
+045:005 I am Yahweh, and there is none else.  Besides me, there is no God.
+        I will strengthen{or, equip} you, though you have not known me;
+045:006 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,
+        that there is none besides me.  I am Yahweh, and there is
+        no one else.
+045:007 I form the light, and create darkness.  I make peace,
+        and create calamity.  I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
+045:008 Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour
+        down righteousness.  Let the earth open, that it may bring
+        forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up
+        with it.  I, Yahweh, have created it.
+045:009 Woe to him who strives with his Maker--a clay pot among the clay
+        pots of the earth!  Shall the clay ask him who fashions it,
+        'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
+045:010 Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you become the father of?'
+        or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'"
+045:011 Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:  "You ask
+        me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons,
+        and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
+045:012 I have made the earth, and created man on it:  I, even my hands,
+        have stretched out the heavens; and all their army
+        have I commanded.
+045:013 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight
+        all his ways:  he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles
+        go free, not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of Armies.
+045:014 Thus says Yahweh:  "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise
+        of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over
+        to you, and they shall be yours.  They shall go after you.
+        In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you.
+        They shall make supplication to you:  'Surely God is in you;
+        and there is none else, there is no other god.
+045:015 Most certainly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel,
+        the Savior.'"
+045:016 They shall be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them;
+        they shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols.
+045:017 [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation:
+        you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.
+045:018 For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God
+        who formed the earth and made it, who established it and
+        didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited:
+        I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
+045:019 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness;
+        I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain:
+        I, Yahweh, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
+045:020 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who
+        have escaped from the nations:  they have no knowledge
+        who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god
+        that can't save.
+045:021 Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take
+        counsel together:  who has shown this from ancient time?
+        who has declared it of old?  Haven't I, Yahweh? and there
+        is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior;
+        there is no one besides me.
+045:022 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth;
+        for I am God, and there is none else.
+045:023 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth
+        [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every
+        knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
+045:024 Only in Yahweh, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength;
+        even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed
+        against him shall be disappointed.
+045:025 In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified,
+        and shall glory.
+046:001 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals,
+        and on the livestock:  the things that you carried about are
+        made a load, a burden to the weary [animal].
+046:002 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver
+        the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
+046:003 Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house
+        of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth,
+        that have been carried from the womb;
+046:004 and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I
+        carry you.  I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry,
+        and will deliver.
+046:005 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me,
+        that we may be like?
+046:006 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance.
+        They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god.
+        They fall down--yes, they worship.
+046:007 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in
+        its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move:
+        yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him
+        out of his trouble.
+046:008 Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again
+        to mind, you transgressors.
+046:009 Remember the former things of old:  for I am God, and there
+        is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
+046:010 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
+        things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand,
+        and I will do all my pleasure;
+046:011 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from
+        a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass;
+        I have purposed, I will also do it.
+046:012 Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
+046:013 I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off,
+        and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation
+        in Zion for Israel my glory.
+047:001 Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon;
+        sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans:
+        for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
+047:002 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil,
+        strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
+047:003 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen:
+        I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
+047:004 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
+047:005 Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
+        for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
+047:006 I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance,
+        and gave them into your hand:  you did show them no mercy;
+        on the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke.
+047:007 You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay
+        these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter
+        end of it.
+047:008 Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures,
+        who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there
+        is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow,
+        neither shall I know the loss of children:
+047:009 but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day,
+        the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure
+        shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries,
+        and the great abundance of your enchantments.
+047:010 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me;
+        your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you,
+        and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none
+        else besides me.
+047:011 Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning
+        of it:  and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able
+        to put it away:  and desolation shall come on you suddenly,
+        which you don't know.
+047:012 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude
+        of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth;
+        if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
+047:013 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels:  let now
+        the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators,
+        stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
+047:014 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them;
+        they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame:
+        it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
+047:015 Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored:
+        those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander
+        everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.
+048:001 Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name
+        of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah;
+        who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God
+        of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
+048:002 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves
+        on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
+048:003 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went
+        forth out of my mouth, and I shown them:  suddenly I did them,
+        and they happened.
+048:004 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an
+        iron sinew, and your brow brass;
+048:005 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it
+        came to pass I shown it you; lest you should say, My idol
+        has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image,
+        has commanded them.
+048:006 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it?
+        I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things,
+        which you have not known.
+048:007 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day
+        you didn't hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
+048:008 Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old
+        your ear was not opened:  for I knew that you did deal
+        very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
+048:009 For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise
+        will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.
+048:010 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen
+        you in the furnace of affliction.
+048:011 For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [my
+        name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.
+048:012 Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called:  I am he;
+        I am the first, I also am the last.
+048:013 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my
+        right hand has spread out the heavens:  when I call to them,
+        they stand up together.
+048:014 Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has
+        declared these things?  He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his
+        pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
+048:015 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him,
+        and he shall make his way prosperous.
+048:016 Come you near to me, hear you this; from the beginning I have
+        not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I:
+        and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
+048:017 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:  I am
+        Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you
+        by the way that you should go.
+048:018 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then had your
+        peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves
+        of the sea:
+048:019 your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your
+        body like the grains of it:  his name would not be cut off
+        nor destroyed from before me.
+048:020 Go you forth from Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans;
+        with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it
+        even to the end of the earth:  say you, Yahweh has redeemed
+        his servant Jacob.
+048:021 They didn't thirst when he led them through the deserts;
+        he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them;
+        he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
+048:022 There is no peace, says Yahweh, to the wicked.
+049:001 Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far:
+        Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
+        mother has he made mention of my name:
+049:002 and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow
+        of his hand has he hid me:  and he has made me a polished shaft;
+        in his quiver has he kept me close:
+049:003 and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I
+        will be glorified.
+049:004 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength
+        for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me
+        is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.
+049:005 Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
+        to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him
+        (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is
+        become my strength);
+049:006 yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
+        to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved
+        of Israel:  I will also give you for a light to the nations,
+        that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
+049:007 Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One,
+        to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors,
+        to a servant of rulers:  Kings shall see and arise; princes,
+        and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful,
+        [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
+049:008 Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you,
+        and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you,
+        and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land,
+        to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
+049:009 saying to those who are bound, Go forth; to those who are
+        in darkness, Show yourselves.  They shall feed in the ways,
+        and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
+049:010 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor
+        sun strike them:  for he who has mercy on them will lead them,
+        even by springs of water he will guide them.
+049:011 I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways
+        shall be exalted.
+049:012 Behold, these shall come from far; and behold, these from
+        the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
+049:013 Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth
+        into singing, mountains:  for Yahweh has comforted his people,
+        and will have compassion on his afflicted.
+049:014 But Zion said, Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord
+        has forgotten me.
+049:015 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
+        compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget,
+        yet I will not forget you.
+049:016 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
+        your walls are continually before me.
+049:017 Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made
+        you waste shall go forth from you.
+049:018 Lift up your eyes round about, and see:  all these gather
+        themselves together, and come to you.  As I live, says Yahweh,
+        you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament,
+        and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
+049:019 For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land
+        that has been destroyed, surely now shall you be too small
+        for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall
+        be far away.
+049:020 The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears,
+        The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
+049:021 Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me,
+        seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary,
+        an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought
+        up these?  Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
+049:022 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand
+        to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples;
+        and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your
+        daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
+049:023 Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens
+        your nursing mothers:  they shall bow down to you with
+        their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me
+        shall not be disappointed.
+049:024 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
+        captives be delivered?
+049:025 But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall
+        be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered;
+        for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I
+        will save your children.
+049:026 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they
+        shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine:
+        and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
+        and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
+050:001 Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce,
+        with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it
+        to whom I have sold you?  Behold, for your iniquities were you sold,
+        and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
+050:002 Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there
+        none to answer?  Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't
+        redeem? or have I no power to deliver?  Behold, at my
+        rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness:
+        their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
+050:003 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth
+        their covering.
+050:004 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
+        that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary:
+        he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear
+        as those who are taught.
+050:005 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious,
+        neither turned away backward.
+050:006 I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked
+        off the hair; I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.
+050:007 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not
+        been confounded:  therefore have I set my face like a flint,
+        and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
+050:008 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me?
+        Let us stand up together:  who is my adversary?
+        Let him come near to me.
+050:009 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall
+        condemn me?  Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment,
+        the moth shall eat them up.
+050:010 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice
+        of his servant?  He who walks in darkness, and has no light,
+        let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
+050:011 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves
+        about with firebrands; walk you in the flame of your fire,
+        and among the brands that you have kindled.  This shall you
+        have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
+051:001 Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness,
+        you who seek Yahweh:  look to the rock whence you were hewn,
+        and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.
+051:002 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you;
+        for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him,
+        and made him many.
+051:003 For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her
+        waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden,
+        and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness
+        shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
+051:004 Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation:
+        for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my
+        justice for a light of the peoples.
+051:005 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my
+        arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me,
+        and on my arm shall they trust.
+051:006 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath;
+        for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth
+        shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein
+        shall die in like manner:  but my salvation shall be forever,
+        and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
+051:007 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose
+        heart is my law; don't you fear the reproach of men,
+        neither be you dismayed at their insults.
+051:008 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall
+        eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever,
+        and my salvation to all generations.
+051:009 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in
+        the days of old, the generations of ancient times.
+        Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
+051:010 Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep;
+        who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed
+        to pass over?
+051:011 The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing
+        to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads:
+        they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and sighing
+        shall flee away.
+051:012 I, even I, am he who comforts you:  who are you, that you are
+        afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall
+        be made as grass;
+051:013 and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth
+        the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear
+        continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor,
+        when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury
+        of the oppressor?
+051:014 The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die
+        [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
+051:015 For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves
+        of it roar:  Yahweh of Armies is his name.
+051:016 I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in
+        the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay
+        the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.
+051:017 Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand
+        of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl
+        of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
+051:018 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has
+        brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand
+        among all the sons who she has brought up.
+051:019 These two things have happened to you.  Who will bemoan you?
+        Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword;
+        how shall I comfort you?
+051:020 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets,
+        as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh,
+        the rebuke of your God.
+051:021 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken,
+        but now with wine:
+051:022 Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause
+        of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup
+        of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath;
+        you shall no more drink it again:
+051:023 and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
+        who have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over;
+        and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street,
+        to those who go over.
+052:001 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful
+        garments, Jerusalem, the holy city:  for henceforth there shall
+        no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
+052:002 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [on your throne], Jerusalem:
+        loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter
+        of Zion.
+052:003 For thus says Yahweh, You were sold for nothing; and you shall
+        be redeemed without money.
+052:004 For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people went down at the first
+        into Egypt to sojourn there:  and the Assyrian has oppressed
+        them without cause.
+052:005 Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people
+        is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl,
+        says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
+052:006 Therefore my people shall know my name:  therefore [they shall
+        know] in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I.
+052:007 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings
+        good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good,
+        who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
+052:008 The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice,
+        together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye,
+        when Yahweh returns to Zion.
+052:009 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem;
+        for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
+052:010 Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;
+        and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation
+        of our God.
+052:011 Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing;
+        go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves,
+        you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
+052:012 For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight:
+        for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will
+        be your rearward.
+052:013 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted
+        and lifted up, and shall be very high.
+052:014 Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred
+        more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
+052:015 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths
+        at him:  for that which had not been told them shall they see;
+        and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
+053:001 Who has believed our message?  To whom has the arm of
+        Yahweh been revealed?
+053:002 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root
+        out of dry ground.  He has no form nor comeliness.
+        When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
+053:003 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering,
+        and acquainted with disease.  He was despised as one from whom
+        men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.
+053:004 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering;
+        yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
+053:005 But he was pierced for our transgressions.  He was crushed
+        for our iniquities.  The punishment that brought our peace
+        was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
+053:006 All we like sheep have gone astray.  Everyone has turned to his
+        own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
+053:007 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth.
+        As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that
+        before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
+053:008 He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for
+        his generation, who considered that he was cut off out
+        of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience
+        of my people?
+053:009 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man
+        in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was
+        any deceit in his mouth.
+053:010 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him.  He has caused him to suffer.
+        When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed.
+        He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall
+        prosper in his hand.
+053:011 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the
+        light{So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint.
+        Masoretic Text omits "the light".} and be satisfied.
+        My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself;
+        and he will bear their iniquities.
+053:012 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
+        and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured
+        out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors;
+        yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession
+        for the transgressors.
+054:001 Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing,
+        and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child:
+        for more are the children of the desolate than the children
+        of the married wife, says Yahweh.
+054:002 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch
+        forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare:
+        lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
+054:003 For you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left;
+        and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate
+        cities to be inhabited.
+054:004 Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed:
+        neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed:
+        for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach
+        of your widowhood shall you remember no more.
+054:005 For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
+        and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole
+        earth shall he be called.
+054:006 For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved
+        in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,
+        says your God.
+054:007 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies
+        will I gather you.
+054:008 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment;
+        but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you,
+        says Yahweh your Redeemer.
+054:009 For this is [as] the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn
+        that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth,
+        so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
+        nor rebuke you.
+054:010 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed;
+        but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
+        neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, says Yahweh
+        who has mercy on you.
+054:011 You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold,
+        I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your
+        foundations with sapphires.
+054:012 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of
+        sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
+054:013 All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall
+        be the peace of your children.
+054:014 In righteousness shall you be established:  you shall be far
+        from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror,
+        for it shall not come near you.
+054:015 Behold, they may gather together, but not by me:  whoever shall
+        gather together against you shall fall because of you.
+054:016 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals,
+        and brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created
+        the waster to destroy.
+054:017 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every
+        tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn.
+        This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their
+        righteousness which is of me, says Yahweh.
+055:001 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has
+        no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk
+        without money and without price.
+055:002 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your
+        labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me,
+        and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight
+        itself in fatness.
+055:003 Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live:
+        and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
+        mercies of David.
+055:004 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,
+        a leader and commander to the peoples.
+055:005 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know;
+        and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you,
+        because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel;
+        for he has glorified you.
+055:006 Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while
+        he is near:
+055:007 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
+        and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him;
+        and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
+055:008 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
+        my ways, says Yahweh.
+055:009 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
+        higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
+055:010 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky,
+        and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it
+        bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread
+        to the eater;
+055:011 so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth:
+        it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish
+        that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent
+        it to do.
+055:012 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
+        the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you
+        into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall
+        clap their hands.
+055:013 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree;
+        and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
+        and it shall be to Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign
+        that shall not be cut off.
+056:001 Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness;
+        for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness
+        to be revealed.
+056:002 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds
+        it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps
+        his hand from doing any evil.
+056:003 Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh,
+        speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;
+        neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
+056:004 For thus says Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
+        and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
+056:005 To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial
+        and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give
+        them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
+056:006 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister
+        to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants,
+        everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds
+        fast my covenant;
+056:007 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
+        joyful in my house of prayer:  their burnt offerings and their
+        sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall
+        be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
+056:008 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will
+        I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered.
+056:009 All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you
+        animals in the forest.
+056:010 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge;
+        they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down,
+        loving to slumber.
+056:011 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough;
+        and these are shepherds who can't understand:
+        they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain,
+        from every quarter.
+056:012 Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill
+        ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day,
+        [a day] great beyond measure.
+057:001 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful
+        men are taken away, none considering that the righteous
+        is taken away from the evil [to come].
+057:002 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks
+        in his uprightness.
+057:003 But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed
+        of the adulterer and the prostitute.
+057:004 Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you
+        a wide mouth, and put out the tongue?  Aren't you children
+        of disobedience, a seed of falsehood,
+057:005 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree;
+        who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts
+        of the rocks?
+057:006 Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion;
+        they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured
+        a drink offering, you have offered an offering.
+        Shall I be appeased for these things?
+057:007 On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed;
+        there also you went up to offer sacrifice.
+057:008 Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial:
+        for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me,
+        and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you
+        a covenant with them:  you loved their bed where you saw it.
+057:009 You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes,
+        and did send your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself
+        even to Sheol.
+057:010 You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say,
+        It is in vain:  you found a reviving of your strength;
+        therefore you weren't faint.
+057:011 Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie,
+        and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart?
+        Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?
+057:012 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works,
+        they shall not profit you.
+057:013 When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you;
+        but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away:
+        but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land,
+        and shall inherit my holy mountain.
+057:014 He will say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up
+        the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
+057:015 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
+        whose name is Holy:  I dwell in the high and holy place,
+        with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
+        to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
+        of the contrite.
+057:016 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry;
+        for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who
+        I have made.
+057:017 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him;
+        I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding
+        in the way of his heart.
+057:018 I have seen his ways, and will heal him:  I will lead him also,
+        and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
+057:019 I create the fruit of the lips:  Peace, peace, to him who is far
+        off and to him who is near, says Yahweh; and I will heal him.
+057:020 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest,
+        and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
+057:021 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
+058:001 Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet,
+        and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house
+        of Jacob their sins.
+058:002 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways:
+        as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake
+        the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments;
+        they delight to draw near to God.
+058:003 Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don't see? [why]
+        have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?
+        Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure,
+        and exact all your labors.
+058:004 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike
+        with the fist of wickedness:  you don't fast this day so as
+        to make your voice to be heard on high.
+058:005 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man
+        to afflict his soul?  Is it to bow down his head as a rush,
+        and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call
+        this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
+058:006 Isn't this the fast that I have chosen:  to loose the bonds
+        of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let
+        the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
+058:007 Isn't it to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring
+        the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked,
+        that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from
+        your own flesh?
+058:008 Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your healing
+        shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go
+        before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.
+058:009 Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry,
+        and he will say, Here I am.  If you take away from
+        the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger,
+        and speaking wickedly;
+058:010 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy
+        the afflicted soul:  then shall your light rise in darkness,
+        and your obscurity be as the noonday;
+058:011 and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul
+        in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall
+        be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
+        whose waters don't fail.
+058:012 Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places;
+        you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
+        and you shall be called The repairer of the breach,
+        The restorer of paths to dwell in.
+058:013 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your
+        pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight,
+        [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it,
+        not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure,
+        nor speaking [your own] words:
+058:014 then shall you delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will
+        make you to ride on the high places of the earth;
+        and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:
+        for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
+059:001 Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save;
+        neither his ear heavy, that it can't hear:
+059:002 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
+        and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he
+        will not hear.
+059:003 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
+        your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
+059:004 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth:
+        they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief,
+        and bring forth iniquity.
+059:005 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web:
+        he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed
+        breaks out into a viper.
+059:006 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover
+        themselves with their works:  their works are works of iniquity,
+        and the act of violence is in their hands.
+059:007 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood:
+        their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and
+        destruction are in their paths.
+059:008 The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice
+        in their goings:  they have made them crooked paths;
+        whoever goes therein does not know peace.
+059:009 Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness
+        overtake us:  we look for light, but, behold, darkness;
+        for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
+059:010 We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those
+        who have no eyes:  we stumble at noonday as in the twilight;
+        among those who are lusty we are as dead men.
+059:011 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves:
+        we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation,
+        but it is far off from us.
+059:012 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins
+        testify against us; for our transgressions are with us,
+        and as for our iniquities, we know them:
+059:013 transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following
+        our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering
+        from the heart words of falsehood.
+059:014 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off;
+        for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
+059:015 Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself
+        a prey.  Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there
+        was no justice.
+059:016 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was
+        no intercessor:  therefore his own arm brought salvation to him;
+        and his righteousness, it upheld him.
+059:017 He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation
+        on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
+        and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
+059:018 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay,
+        wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies;
+        to the islands he will repay recompense.
+059:019 So shall they fear the name of Yahweh from the west,
+        and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come
+        as a rushing stream, which the breath of Yahweh drives.
+059:020 A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from
+        disobedience in Jacob, says Yahweh.
+059:021 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh:
+        my Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth,
+        shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth
+        of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed,
+        says Yahweh, from henceforth and forever.
+060:001 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh
+        is risen on you.
+060:002 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness
+        the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory
+        shall be seen on you.
+060:003 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness
+        of your rising.
+060:004 Lift up your eyes round about, and see:  they all gather
+        themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come
+        from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
+060:005 Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill
+        and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be
+        turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
+060:006 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries
+        of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come;
+        they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim
+        the praises of Yahweh.
+060:007 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you,
+        the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come
+        up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house
+        of my glory.
+060:008 Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
+060:009 Surely the islands shall wait for me, and the ships of
+        Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver
+        and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God,
+        and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
+060:010 Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall
+        minister to you:  for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor
+        have I had mercy on you.
+060:011 Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be
+        shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the wealth
+        of the nations, and their kings led captive.
+060:012 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish;
+        yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
+060:013 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the fir tree, the pine,
+        and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary;
+        and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
+060:014 The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you;
+        and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at
+        the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city
+        of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
+060:015 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man
+        passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency,
+        a joy of many generations.
+060:016 You shall also suck the milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast
+        of kings; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
+        and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
+060:017 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver,
+        and for wood brass, and for stones iron.  I will also make
+        your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
+060:018 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor
+        destruction within your borders; but you shall call your
+        walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
+060:019 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness
+        shall the moon give light to you:  but Yahweh will be to you
+        an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
+060:020 Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon
+        withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
+        and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
+060:021 Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit
+        the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
+        that I may be glorified.
+060:022 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one
+        a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.
+061:001 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed
+        me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind
+        up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,
+        and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
+061:002 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance
+        of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
+061:003 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them
+        a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment
+        of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be
+        called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh,
+        that he may be glorified.
+061:004 They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the
+        former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities,
+        the desolations of many generations.
+061:005 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners
+        shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
+061:006 But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call
+        you the ministers of our God:  you shall eat the wealth
+        of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
+061:007 Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead
+        of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion:
+        therefore in their land they shall possess double;
+        everlasting joy shall be to them.
+061:008 For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity;
+        and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will
+        make an everlasting covenant with them.
+061:009 Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring
+        among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them,
+        that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed.
+061:010 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
+        for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has
+        covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom
+        decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself
+        with her jewels.
+061:011 For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden
+        causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
+        so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise
+        to spring forth before all the nations.
+062:001 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake
+        I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness,
+        and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
+062:002 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory,
+        and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth
+        of Yahweh shall name.
+062:003 You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh,
+        and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
+062:004 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land
+        any more be termed Desolate:  but you shall be called Hephzibah,
+        and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your
+        land shall be married.
+062:005 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you;
+        and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall
+        your God rejoice over you.
+062:006 I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall
+        never hold their peace day nor night:  you who call on Yahweh,
+        take no rest,
+062:007 and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes
+        Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
+062:008 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
+        Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies;
+        and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which
+        you have labored:
+062:009 but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh;
+        and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts
+        of my sanctuary.
+062:010 Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people;
+        cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones;
+        lift up a banner for the peoples.
+062:011 Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
+        Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes;
+        behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
+062:012 They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh:
+        and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
+063:001 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from
+        Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in
+        the greatness of his strength?  I who speak in righteousness,
+        mighty to save.
+063:002 Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him
+        who treads in the wine vat?
+063:003 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was
+        no man with me:  yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them
+        in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments,
+        and I have stained all my clothing.
+063:004 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my
+        redeemed is come.
+063:005 I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there
+        was none to uphold:  therefore my own arm brought salvation to me;
+        and my wrath, it upheld me.
+063:006 I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk
+        in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
+063:007 I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh,
+        [and] the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has
+        bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
+        which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies,
+        and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
+063:008 For he said, Surely, they are my people, children who will
+        not deal falsely:  so he was their Savior.
+063:009 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his
+        presence saved them:  in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
+        and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
+063:010 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit:
+        therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] himself
+        fought against them.
+063:011 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people,
+        [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
+        with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy
+        Spirit in the midst of them?
+063:012 who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses?
+        who divided the waters before them, to make himself
+        an everlasting name?
+063:013 who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness,
+        so that they didn't stumble?
+063:014 As the livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit
+        of Yahweh caused them to rest; so did you lead your people,
+        to make yourself a glorious name.
+063:015 Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your
+        holiness and of your glory:  where are your zeal and your
+        mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion
+        is restrained toward me.
+063:016 For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us,
+        and Israel does not acknowledge us:  you, Yahweh, are our Father;
+        our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
+063:017 O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways,
+        and harden our heart from your fear?  Return for your servants'
+        sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
+063:018 Your holy people possessed [it] but a little while:
+        our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
+063:019 We are become as they over whom you never bear rule,
+        as those who were not called by your name.
+064:001 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down,
+        that the mountains might quake at your presence,
+064:002 as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes
+        the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries,
+        that the nations may tremble at your presence!
+064:003 When you did terrible things which we didn't look for,
+        you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
+064:004 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
+        neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him
+        who waits for him.
+064:005 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember
+        you in your ways:  behold, you were angry, and we sinned:
+        in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
+064:006 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our
+        righteousness is as a polluted garment:  and we all fade as a leaf;
+        and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
+064:007 There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself
+        to take hold of you; for you have hid your face from us,
+        and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
+064:008 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you
+        our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
+064:009 Don't be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever:
+        see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
+064:010 Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become
+        a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
+064:011 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you,
+        is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
+064:012 Will you refrain yourself for these things, Yahweh? will you
+        hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?
+065:001 I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those
+        who didn't seek me:  I said, See me, see me, to a nation
+        that was not called by my name.
+065:002 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people,
+        who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
+065:003 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing
+        in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
+065:004 who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places;
+        who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is
+        in their vessels;
+065:005 who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me,
+        for I am holier than you.  These are a smoke in my nose,
+        a fire that burns all the day.
+065:006 Behold, it is written before me:  I will not keep silence,
+        but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,
+065:007 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,
+        says Yahweh, who have burned incense on the mountains,
+        and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure
+        their work into their bosom.
+065:008 Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster,
+        and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:
+        so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not
+        destroy them all.
+065:009 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah
+        an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it,
+        and my servants shall dwell there.
+065:010 Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place
+        for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
+065:011 But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain,
+        who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed
+        wine to Destiny;
+065:012 I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down
+        to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer;
+        when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was
+        evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
+065:013 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat,
+        but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink,
+        but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice,
+        but you shall be disappointed;
+065:014 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall
+        cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
+065:015 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen;
+        and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants
+        by another name:
+065:016 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself
+        in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear
+        by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten,
+        and because they are hid from my eyes.
+065:017 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former
+        things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
+065:018 But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;
+        for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
+065:019 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people;
+        and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping
+        and the voice of crying.
+065:020 There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old
+        man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die
+        one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years
+        old shall be accursed.
+065:021 They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall
+        plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
+065:022 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,
+        and another eat:  for as the days of a tree shall be the days
+        of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work
+        of their hands.
+065:023 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity;
+        for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their
+        offspring with them.
+065:024 It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer;
+        and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
+065:025 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall
+        eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food.
+        They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
+        says Yahweh.
+066:001 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:
+        what manner of house will you build to me? and what place
+        shall be my rest?
+066:002 For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things
+        came to be, says Yahweh:  but to this man will I look,
+        even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who
+        trembles at my word.
+066:003 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices
+        a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering,
+        [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense,
+        as he who blesses an idol.  Yes, they have chosen their own ways,
+        and their soul delights in their abominations:
+066:004 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears
+        on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke,
+        they did not hear:  but they did that which was evil in my eyes,
+        and chose that in which I didn't delight.
+066:005 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word:
+        Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake,
+        have said, Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;
+        but it is those who shall be disappointed.
+066:006 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple,
+        a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies.
+066:007 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,
+        she was delivered of a boy.
+066:008 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things?
+        Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought
+        forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought
+        forth her children.
+066:009 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?
+        says Yahweh:  shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the
+        womb]? says your God.
+066:010 Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who
+        love her:  rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
+066:011 that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of
+        her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted
+        with the abundance of her glory.
+066:012 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
+        and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream:
+        and you shall suck [of it]; you shall be borne on the side,
+        and shall be dandled on the knees.
+066:013 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you;
+        and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
+066:014 You shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice,
+        and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass:
+        and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants;
+        and he will have indignation against his enemies.
+066:015 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall
+        be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness,
+        and his rebuke with flames of fire.
+066:016 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword,
+        on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.
+066:017 Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go]
+        to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh,
+        and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an
+        end together, says Yahweh.
+066:018 For I [know] their works and their thoughts:  [the time] comes,
+        that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come,
+        and shall see my glory.
+066:019 I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape
+        of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw
+        the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off,
+        who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory;
+        and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
+066:020 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an
+        offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters,
+        and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,
+        says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering
+        in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
+066:021 Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites, says Yahweh.
+066:022 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
+        shall remain before me, says Yahweh, so shall your seed
+        and your name remain.
+066:023 It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from
+        one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship
+        before me, says Yahweh.
+066:024 They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men
+        who have transgressed against me:  for their worm shall not die,
+        neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be
+        an abhorring to all flesh.
+Book 24 Jeremiah
+001:001 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests
+        who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
+001:002 to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son
+        of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
+001:003 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah,
+        the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away
+        of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
+001:004 Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+001:005 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you
+        came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed
+        you a prophet to the nations.
+001:006 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak;
+        for I am a child.
+001:007 But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever I
+        shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you,
+        you shall speak.
+001:008 Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to
+        deliver you, says Yahweh.
+001:009 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh
+        said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth:
+001:010 behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over
+        the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy
+        and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
+001:011 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, Jeremiah,
+        what see you?  I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
+001:012 Then said Yahweh to me, You have well seen:  for I watch
+        over my word to perform it.
+001:013 The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying, What see you?
+        I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face of it is
+        from the north.
+001:014 Then Yahweh said to me, Out of the north evil shall break
+        forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
+001:015 For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms
+        of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they
+        shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates
+        of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about,
+        and against all the cities of Judah.
+001:016 I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness,
+        in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense
+        to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
+001:017 You therefore gird up your waist, and arise, and speak
+        to them all that I command you:  don't be dismayed at them,
+        lest I dismay you before them.
+001:018 For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city,
+        and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land,
+        against the kings of Judah, against the princes of it,
+        against the priests of it, and against the people of the land.
+001:019 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you:
+        for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.
+002:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+002:002 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says
+        Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love
+        of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness,
+        in a land that was not sown.
+002:003 Israel [was] holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase:
+        all who devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come
+        on them, says Yahweh.
+002:004 Hear you the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families
+        of the house of Israel:
+002:005 thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me,
+        that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity,
+        and are become vain?
+002:006 Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out
+        of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness,
+        through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of
+        drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none
+        passed through, and where no man lived?
+002:007 I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and
+        the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land,
+        and made my heritage an abomination.
+002:008 The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle
+        the law didn't know me:  the rulers also transgressed against me,
+        and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things
+        that do not profit.
+002:009 Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with
+        your children's children will I contend.
+002:010 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send
+        to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been
+        such a thing.
+002:011 Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my
+        people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
+002:012 Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid,
+        be you very desolate, says Yahweh.
+002:013 For my people have committed two evils:  they have forsaken me,
+        the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns,
+        broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
+002:014 Is Israel a servant? is he a native-born [slave]? why is
+        he become a prey?
+002:015 The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made
+        his land waste:  his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
+002:016 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown
+        of your head.
+002:017 Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken
+        Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
+002:018 Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters
+        of the Shihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria,
+        to drink the waters of the River?
+002:019 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding
+        shall reprove you:  know therefore and see that it is an evil
+        thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God,
+        and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
+002:020 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds;
+        and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under
+        every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.
+002:021 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed:
+        how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a
+        foreign vine to me?
+002:022 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
+        yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.
+002:023 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after
+        the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done:
+        [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
+002:024 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind
+        in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all
+        those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month
+        they shall find her.
+002:025 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst:
+        but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers,
+        and after them will I go.
+002:026 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house
+        of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes,
+        and their priests, and their prophets;
+002:027 who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have
+        brought me forth:  for they have turned their back to me,
+        and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they
+        will say, Arise, and save us.
+002:028 But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise,
+        if they can save you in the time of your trouble:
+        for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.
+002:029 Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed
+        against me, says Yahweh.
+002:030 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction:
+        your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
+002:031 Generation, see the word of Yahweh.  Have I been a wilderness
+        to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people,
+        We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?
+002:032 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet
+        my people have forgotten me days without number.
+002:033 How trimmest you your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked
+        women have you taught your ways.
+002:034 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls
+        of the innocent poor:  you did not find them breaking in;
+        but it is because of all these things.
+002:035 Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away
+        from me.  Behold, I will enter into judgment with you,
+        because you say, I have not sinned.
+002:036 Why go you about so much to change your way? you shall be
+        ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
+002:037 From there also shall you go forth, with your hands on your head:
+        for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you
+        shall not prosper with them.
+003:001 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him,
+        and become another man's, will he return to her again?
+        Won't that land be greatly polluted?  But you have played
+        the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again
+        to me, says Yahweh.
+003:002 Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have
+        you not been lain with?  By the ways have you sat for them,
+        as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land
+        with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
+003:003 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has
+        been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead,
+        you refused to be ashamed.
+003:004 Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are
+        the guide of my youth?
+003:005 Will he retain [his anger] forever? will he keep it to the end?
+        Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have
+        had your way.
+003:006 Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king,
+        Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she
+        is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree,
+        and there has played the prostitute.
+003:007 I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me;
+        but she didn't return:  and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
+003:008 I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had
+        committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill
+        of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear;
+        but she also went and played the prostitute.
+003:009 It happened through the lightness of her prostitution,
+        that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery
+        with stones and with stocks.
+003:010 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned
+        to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense, says Yahweh.
+003:011 Yahweh said to me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more
+        righteous than treacherous Judah.
+003:012 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
+        Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look
+        in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not
+        keep [anger] forever.
+003:013 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed
+        against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to
+        the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed
+        my voice, says Yahweh.
+003:014 Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you:
+        and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,
+        and I will bring you to Zion:
+003:015 and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall
+        feed you with knowledge and understanding.
+003:016 It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased
+        in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more,
+        The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind;
+        neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it;
+        neither shall it be made any more.
+003:017 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh;
+        and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name
+        of Yahweh, to Jerusalem:  neither shall they walk any more
+        after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
+003:018 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house
+        of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land
+        of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance
+        to your fathers.
+003:019 But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give
+        you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies
+        of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father,
+        and shall not turn away from following me.
+003:020 Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have
+        you dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel, says Yahweh.
+003:021 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and]
+        the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have
+        perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
+003:022 Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding.
+        Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
+003:023 Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills,
+        the tumult on the mountains:  truly in Yahweh our God is
+        the salvation of Israel.
+003:024 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers
+        from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons
+        and their daughters.
+003:025 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us;
+        for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers,
+        from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed
+        the voice of Yahweh our God.
+004:001 If you will return, Israel, says Yahweh, if you will return to me,
+        and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight;
+        then you shall not be removed;
+004:002 and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice,
+        and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves
+        in him, and in him shall they glory.
+004:003 For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up
+        your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
+004:004 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins
+        of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
+        lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can
+        quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
+004:005 Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say,
+        Blow you the trumpet in the land:  cry aloud and say,
+        Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
+004:006 Set up a standard toward Zion:  flee for safety, don't stay;
+        for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
+004:007 A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations;
+        he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your
+        land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
+004:008 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail;
+        for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.
+004:009 It shall happen at that day, says Yahweh, that the heart
+        of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes;
+        and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
+004:010 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! surely you have greatly deceived
+        this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace;
+        whereas the sword reaches to the life.
+004:011 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot
+        wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter
+        of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
+004:012 a full wind from these shall come for me:  now will I also utter
+        judgments against them.
+004:013 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall
+        be] as the whirlwind:  his horses are swifter than eagles.
+        Woe to us! for we are ruined.
+004:014 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved.
+        How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
+004:015 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from
+        the hills of Ephraim:
+004:016 make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem,
+        [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their
+        voice against the cities of Judah.
+004:017 As keepers of a field are they against her round about,
+        because she has been rebellious against me, says Yahweh.
+004:018 Your way and your doings have procured these things to you;
+        this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches
+        to your heart.
+004:019 My anguish, my anguish!  I am pained at my very heart;
+        my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace;
+        because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet,
+        the alarm of war.
+004:020 Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is
+        laid waste:  suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains
+        in a moment.
+004:021 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound
+        of the trumpet?
+004:022 For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are
+        foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are
+        wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
+004:023 I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void;
+        and the heavens, and they had no light.
+004:024 I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills
+        moved back and forth.
+004:025 I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds
+        of the sky were fled.
+004:026 I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all
+        the cities of it were broken down at the presence of Yahweh,
+        [and] before his fierce anger.
+004:027 For thus says Yahweh, The whole land shall be a desolation;
+        yet will I not make a full end.
+004:028 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;
+        because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have
+        not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
+004:029 Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers;
+        they go into the thickets, and climb up on the rocks:
+        every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
+004:030 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do?
+        Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you
+        with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
+        in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you,
+        they seek your life.
+004:031 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail,
+        the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
+        the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath,
+        who spreads her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul
+        faints before the murderers.
+005:001 Run you back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem,
+        and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it,
+        if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly,
+        who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
+005:002 Though they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear falsely.
+005:003 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them,
+        but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they
+        have refused to receive correction:  they have made their faces
+        harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
+005:004 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they
+        don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God:
+005:005 I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them;
+        for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.
+        But these with one accord have broken the yoke,
+        and burst the bonds.
+005:006 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf
+        of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch
+        against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall
+        be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many,
+        [and] their backsliding is increased.
+005:007 How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn
+        by them that are no gods:  when I had fed them to the full,
+        they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops
+        at the prostitutes' houses.
+005:008 They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed
+        after his neighbor's wife.
+005:009 Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; and shall
+        not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+005:010 Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end:
+        take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
+005:011 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
+        very treacherously against me, says Yahweh.
+005:012 They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall
+        evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
+005:013 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:
+        thus shall it be done to them.
+005:014 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, Because you speak
+        this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire,
+        and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
+005:015 Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,
+        says Yahweh:  it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation,
+        a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand
+        what they say.
+005:016 Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
+005:017 They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, [which] your sons
+        and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks
+        and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
+        they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust,
+        with the sword.
+005:018 But even in those days, says Yahweh, I will not make a full
+        end with you.
+005:019 It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God
+        done all these things to us? then shall you say to them,
+        Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land,
+        so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
+005:020 Declare you this in the house of Jacob, and publish it
+        in Judah, saying,
+005:021 Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding;
+        who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
+005:022 Don't you fear me? says Yahweh:  won't you tremble at my presence,
+        who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea,
+        by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though
+        the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail;
+        though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.
+005:023 But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart;
+        they are revolted and gone.
+005:024 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God,
+        who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season;
+        who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
+005:025 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
+        have withheld good from you.
+005:026 For among my people are found wicked men:  they watch,
+        as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
+005:027 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
+        therefore they are become great, and grew rich.
+005:028 They are grew fat, they shine:  yes, they overpass in deeds
+        of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause
+        of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right
+        of the needy they don't judge.
+005:029 Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my
+        soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+005:030 A wonderful and horrible thing is happen in the land:
+005:031 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule
+        by their means; and my people love to have it so:
+        and what will you do in the end of it?
+006:001 Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst
+        of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up
+        a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north,
+        and a great destruction.
+006:002 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
+006:003 Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall
+        pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed
+        everyone in his place.
+006:004 Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.
+        Woe to us! for the day declines, for the shadows of the evening
+        are stretched out.
+006:005 Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
+006:006 For thus has Yahweh of Armies said, Hew you down trees, and cast
+        up a mound against Jerusalem:  this is the city to be visited;
+        she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
+006:007 As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness:
+        violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually
+        is sickness and wounds.
+006:008 Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you;
+        lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
+006:009 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, They shall thoroughly glean
+        the remnant of Israel as a vine:  turn again your hand
+        as a grape gatherer into the baskets.
+006:010 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold,
+        their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen:
+        behold, the word of Yahweh is become to them a reproach;
+        they have no delight in it.
+006:011 Therefore I am full of the wrath of Yahweh; I am weary
+        with holding in:  pour it out on the children in the street,
+        and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband
+        with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is
+        full of days.
+006:012 Their houses shall be turned to others, their fields and their
+        wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants
+        of the land, says Yahweh.
+006:013 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them
+        everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet
+        even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
+006:014 They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly,
+        saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
+006:015 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,
+        they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
+        therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time
+        that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
+006:016 Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask
+        for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein,
+        and you shall find rest for your souls:  but they said,
+        We will not walk [therein].
+006:017 I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet;
+        but they said, We will not listen.
+006:018 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation,
+        what is among them.
+006:019 Hear, earth:  behold, I will bring evil on this people,
+        even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened
+        to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
+006:020 To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba,
+        and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings
+        are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
+006:021 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks
+        before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall
+        stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
+006:022 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, a people comes from the north country;
+        and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost
+        parts of the earth.
+006:023 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy;
+        their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses,
+        everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you,
+        daughter of Zion.
+006:024 We have heard the report of it; our hands wax feeble:
+        anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
+006:025 Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way;
+        for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
+006:026 Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow
+        yourself in ashes:  make you mourning, as for an only son,
+        most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly
+        come on us.
+006:027 I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people;
+        that you may know and try their way.
+006:028 They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders;
+        they are brass and iron:  they all of them deal corruptly.
+006:029 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire:
+        in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are
+        not plucked away.
+006:030 Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected them.
+007:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+007:002 Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there
+        this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah,
+        who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
+007:003 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways
+        and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
+007:004 Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh,
+        the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.
+007:005 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings;
+        if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
+007:006 if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless,
+        and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place,
+        neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
+007:007 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land
+        that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.
+007:008 Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
+007:009 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely,
+        and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you
+        have not known,
+007:010 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called
+        by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do
+        all these abominations?
+007:011 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers
+        in your eyes?  Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
+007:012 But go you now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused
+        my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it
+        for the wickedness of my people Israel.
+007:013 Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I
+        spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear;
+        and I called you, but you didn't answer:
+007:014 therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name,
+        in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you
+        and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
+007:015 I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all
+        your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
+007:016 Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up
+        a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me;
+        for I will not hear you.
+007:017 Don't you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in
+        the streets of Jerusalem?
+007:018 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire,
+        and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen
+        of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods,
+        that they may provoke me to anger.
+007:019 Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not
+        [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
+007:020 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, my anger and my
+        wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal,
+        and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground;
+        and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
+007:021 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Add your burnt
+        offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.
+007:022 For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day
+        that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt
+        offerings or sacrifices:
+007:023 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice,
+        and I will be your God, and you shall be my people;
+        and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may
+        be well with you.
+007:024 But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their
+        own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart,
+        and went backward, and not forward.
+007:025 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
+        to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets,
+        daily rising up early and sending them:
+007:026 yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made
+        their neck stiff:  they did worse than their fathers.
+007:027 You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not
+        listen to you:  you shall also call to them; but they will
+        not answer you.
+007:028 You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened
+        to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction:
+        truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
+007:029 Cut off your hair, [Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up
+        a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected
+        and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
+007:030 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight,
+        says Yahweh:  they have set their abominations in the house
+        which is called by my name, to defile it.
+007:031 They have built the high places of Topheth, which is
+        in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons
+        and their daughters in the fire; which I didn't command,
+        nor did it come into my mind.
+007:032 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall
+        no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom,
+        but The valley of Slaughter:  for they shall bury in Topheth,
+        until there be no place [to bury].
+007:033 The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds
+        of the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall
+        frighten them away.
+007:034 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from
+        the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice
+        of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride;
+        for the land shall become a waste.
+008:001 At that time, says Yahweh, they shall bring out the bones
+        of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes,
+        and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets,
+        and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
+008:002 and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon,
+        and all the army of the sky, which they have loved,
+        and which they have served, and after which they have walked,
+        and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped:
+        they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be
+        for dung on the surface of the earth.
+008:003 Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue
+        that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places
+        where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.
+008:004 Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh:  Shall men fall,
+        and not rise up again?  Shall one turn away, and not return?
+008:005 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual
+        backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
+008:006 I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright:
+        no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I
+        done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes
+        headlong in the battle.
+008:007 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times;
+        and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time
+        of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
+008:008 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us?
+        But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
+008:009 The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken:
+        behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner
+        of wisdom is in them?
+008:010 Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their
+        fields to those who shall possess them:  for everyone from
+        the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
+        from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
+008:011 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
+        saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
+008:012 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,
+        they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
+        therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time
+        of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
+008:013 I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh:  there shall be no
+        grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf
+        shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall
+        pass away from them.
+008:014 Why do we sit still?  Assemble yourselves, and let us enter
+        into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there;
+        for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water
+        of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
+008:015 We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing,
+        and behold, dismay!
+008:016 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan:  at the sound
+        of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles;
+        for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it;
+        the city and those who dwell therein.
+008:017 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will
+        not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
+008:018 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow!  My heart
+        is faint within me.
+008:019 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land
+        that is very far off:  isn't Yahweh in Zion?  Isn't her King in her?
+        Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images,
+        and with foreign vanities?
+008:020 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
+008:021 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt:
+        I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
+008:022 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why
+        then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
+009:001 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears,
+        that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter
+        of my people!
+009:002 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men;
+        that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they
+        are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
+009:003 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood;
+        and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth:
+        for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't
+        know me, says Yahweh.
+009:004 Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust
+        in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant,
+        and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
+009:005 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak
+        the truth:  they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
+        they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
+009:006 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they
+        refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
+009:007 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them,
+        and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter
+        of my people?
+009:008 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit:
+        one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
+        but in his heart he lays wait for him.
+009:009 Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh;
+        shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
+009:010 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing,
+        and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation,
+        because they are burned up, so that none passes through;
+        neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds
+        of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
+009:011 I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I
+        will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
+009:012 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is]
+        he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare
+        it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness,
+        so that none passes through?
+009:013 Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
+        before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
+009:014 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart,
+        and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
+009:015 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I
+        will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give
+        them water of gall to drink.
+009:016 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor
+        their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them,
+        until I have consumed them.
+009:017 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider you, and call for the mourning
+        women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women,
+        that they may come:
+009:018 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us,
+        that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush
+        out with waters.
+009:019 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined!
+        we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land,
+        because they have cast down our dwellings.
+009:020 Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive
+        the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing,
+        and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
+009:021 For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces;
+        to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men
+        from the streets.
+009:022 Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung
+        on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester;
+        and none shall gather [them].
+009:023 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom,
+        neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let
+        the rich man glory in his riches;
+009:024 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding,
+        and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving
+        kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth:
+        for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
+009:025 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all
+        those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
+009:026 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab,
+        and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off, who dwell
+        in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised,
+        and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
+010:001 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
+010:002 Thus says Yahweh, "Don't learn the way of the nations,
+        and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations
+        are dismayed at them.
+010:003 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree
+        out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman
+        with the axe.
+010:004 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails
+        and with hammers, that it not move.
+010:005 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak:
+        they must be carried, because they can't go.  Don't be afraid
+        of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them
+        to do good."
+010:006 There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name
+        is great in might.
+010:007 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? for to you does
+        it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations,
+        and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
+010:008 But they are together brutish and foolish:  the instruction
+        of idols! it is but a stock.
+010:009 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish,
+        and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands
+        of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing;
+        they are all the work of skillful men.
+010:010 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God,
+        and an everlasting King:  at his wrath the earth trembles,
+        and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
+010:011 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made
+        the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth,
+        and from under the heavens.
+010:012 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world
+        by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched
+        out the heavens:
+010:013 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
+        and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
+        he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind
+        out of his treasuries.
+010:014 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge;
+        every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image;
+        for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
+010:015 They are vanity, a work of delusion:  in the time of their
+        visitation they shall perish.
+010:016 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former
+        of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance:
+        Yahweh of Armies is his name.
+010:017 Gather up your wares out of the land, you who abide in the siege.
+010:018 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants
+        of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they
+        may feel [it].
+010:019 Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous:
+        but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
+010:020 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken:
+        my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more:
+        there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set
+        up my curtains.
+010:021 For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired
+        of Yahweh:  therefore they have not prospered, and all their
+        flocks are scattered.
+010:022 The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out
+        of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
+        a dwelling place of jackals.
+010:023 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself:
+        it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
+010:024 Yahweh, correct me, but in measure:  not in your anger,
+        lest you bring me to nothing.
+010:025 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you,
+        and on the families that don't call on your name:
+        for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him
+        and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
+011:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+011:002 Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah,
+        and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
+011:003 and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  Cursed be
+        the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant,
+011:004 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them
+        forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying,
+        Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you:
+        so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
+011:005 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers,
+        to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.
+        Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.
+011:006 Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah,
+        and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words
+        of this covenant, and do them.
+011:007 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I
+        brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day,
+        rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
+011:008 Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked
+        everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart:
+        therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant,
+        which I commanded them to do, but they didn't do them.
+011:009 Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah,
+        and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+011:010 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,
+        who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods
+        to serve them:  the house of Israel and the house of Judah
+        have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
+011:011 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them,
+        which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me,
+        but I will not listen to them.
+011:012 Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
+        go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense:
+        but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
+011:013 For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah;
+        and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have
+        you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn
+        incense to Baal.
+011:014 Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up cry
+        nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time
+        that they cry to me because of their trouble.
+011:015 What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked
+        lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you?
+        when you do evil, then you rejoice.
+011:016 Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with
+        goodly fruit:  with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled
+        fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.
+011:017 For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil
+        against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and
+        of the house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves
+        in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
+011:018 Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it:  then you shown
+        me their doings.
+011:019 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter;
+        and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me,
+        [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it,
+        and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his
+        name may be no more remembered.
+011:020 But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests
+        the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them;
+        for to you have I revealed my cause.
+011:021 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth,
+        who seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name
+        of Yahweh, that you not die by our hand;
+011:022 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will punish them:
+        the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their
+        daughters shall die by famine;
+011:023 and there shall be no remnant to them:  for I will bring evil
+        on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
+012:001 Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would
+        I reason the cause with you:  why does the way of the wicked
+        prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
+012:002 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow,
+        yes, they bring forth fruit:  you are near in their mouth,
+        and far from their heart.
+012:003 But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you:
+        pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them
+        for the day of slaughter.
+012:004 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole
+        country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein,
+        the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said,
+        He shall not see our latter end.
+012:005 If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
+        then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land
+        of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride
+        of the Jordan?
+012:006 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they
+        have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud
+        after you:  don't believe them, though they speak beautiful
+        words to you.
+012:007 I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage;
+        I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand
+        of her enemies.
+012:008 My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest:
+        she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
+012:009 Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds
+        of prey against her round about? go you, assemble all the animals
+        of the field, bring them to devour.
+012:010 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden
+        my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion
+        a desolate wilderness.
+012:011 They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate;
+        the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.
+012:012 Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness;
+        for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land
+        even to the other end of the land:  no flesh has peace.
+012:013 They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns;
+        they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing:
+        and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce
+        anger of Yahweh.
+012:014 Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch
+        the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit:
+        behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will
+        pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
+012:015 It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return
+        and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again,
+        every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
+012:016 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways
+        of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives;
+        even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall
+        they be built up in the midst of my people.
+012:017 But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation,
+        plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
+013:001 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy you a linen belt, and put
+        it on your waist, and don't put it in water.
+013:002 So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put
+        it on my waist.
+013:003 The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,
+013:004 Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist,
+        and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft
+        of the rock.
+013:005 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
+013:006 It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise,
+        go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I
+        commanded you to hide there.
+013:007 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from
+        the place where I had hid it; and behold, the belt was marred,
+        it was profitable for nothing.
+013:008 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+013:009 Thus says Yahweh, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah,
+        and the great pride of Jerusalem.
+013:010 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in
+        the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods
+        to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt,
+        which is profitable for nothing.
+013:011 For as the belt cleaves to the waist of a man, so have I caused
+        to cleave to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house
+        of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people,
+        and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory:
+        but they would not hear.
+013:012 Therefore you shall speak to them this word:  Thus says Yahweh,
+        the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine:
+        and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every
+        bottle shall be filled with wine?
+013:013 Then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill
+        all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit
+        on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets,
+        and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
+013:014 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and
+        the sons together, says Yahweh:  I will not pity, nor spare,
+        nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
+013:015 Hear you, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
+013:016 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness,
+        and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and,
+        while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death,
+        and make it gross darkness.
+013:017 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret
+        for [your] pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down
+        with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive.
+013:018 Say you to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves,
+        sit down; for your headdresses are come down, even the crown
+        of your glory.
+013:019 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them:
+        Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly
+        carried away captive.
+013:020 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north:
+        where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
+013:021 What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those
+        whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall
+        not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
+013:022 If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me?
+        for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered,
+        and your heels suffer violence.
+013:023 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
+        then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
+013:024 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away,
+        by the wind of the wilderness.
+013:025 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh;
+        because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
+013:026 Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face,
+        and your shame shall appear.
+013:027 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries,
+        and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution,
+        on the hills in the field.  Woe to you, Jerusalem! you will
+        not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
+014:001 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
+014:002 Judah mourns, and the gates of it languish, they sit in black
+        on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
+014:003 Their nobles send their little ones to the waters:
+        they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return
+        with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded,
+        and cover their heads.
+014:004 Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain
+        has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed,
+        they cover their heads.
+014:005 Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young],
+        because there is no grass.
+014:006 The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air
+        like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
+014:007 Though our iniquities testify against us, work you for
+        your name's sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many;
+        we have sinned against you.
+014:008 You hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble,
+        why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring
+        man who turns aside to stay for a night?
+014:009 Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't
+        save? yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are
+        called by your name; don't leave us.
+014:010 Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander;
+        they have not refrained their feet:  therefore Yahweh does
+        not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity,
+        and visit their sins.
+014:011 Yahweh said to me, Don't pray for this people for [their] good.
+014:012 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer
+        burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them;
+        but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine,
+        and by the pestilence.
+014:013 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them,
+        You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine;
+        but I will give you assured peace in this place.
+014:014 Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name;
+        I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke
+        I to them:  they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination,
+        and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
+014:015 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets
+        who prophesy in my name, and I didn't send them,
+        yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land:
+        By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
+014:016 The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the
+        streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword;
+        and they shall have none to bury them--them, their wives,
+        nor their sons, nor their daughters:  for I will pour their
+        wickedness on them.
+014:017 You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with
+        tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin
+        daughter of my people is broken with a great breach,
+        with a very grievous wound.
+014:018 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with
+        the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who
+        are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go
+        about in the land, and have no knowledge.
+014:019 Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion?
+        why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us?
+        We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing,
+        and behold, dismay!
+014:020 We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity
+        of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
+014:021 Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne
+        of your glory:  remember, don't break your covenant with us.
+014:022 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can
+        cause rain? or can the sky give showers?  Aren't you he,
+        Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you
+        have made all these things.
+015:001 Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood
+        before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people:
+        cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
+015:002 It shall happen, when they tell you, Where shall we go
+        forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh:  Such as
+        are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword,
+        to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine;
+        and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
+015:003 I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh:
+        the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky,
+        and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
+015:004 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms
+        of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah,
+        king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
+015:005 For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan
+        you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
+015:006 You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you are gone backward:
+        therefore have I stretched out my hand against you,
+        and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
+015:007 I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land;
+        I have bereaved [them] of children, I have destroyed my people;
+        they didn't return from their ways.
+015:008 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas;
+        I have brought on them against the mother of the young men
+        a destroyer at noonday:  I have caused anguish and terrors
+        to fall on her suddenly.
+015:009 She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit;
+        her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been
+        disappointed and confounded:  and the residue of them will I
+        deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Yahweh.
+015:010 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man
+        of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth!
+        I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] everyone
+        of them does curse me.
+015:011 Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good;
+        most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication
+        to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
+015:012 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
+015:013 Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil
+        without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
+015:014 I will make [them] to pass with your enemies into a land
+        which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger,
+        which shall burn on you.
+015:015 Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me
+        of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering:
+        know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
+015:016 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were
+        to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart:  for I am called
+        by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
+015:017 I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced;
+        I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled
+        me with indignation.
+015:018 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses
+        to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook],
+        as waters that fail?
+015:019 Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring
+        you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take
+        forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth:
+        they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
+015:020 I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they
+        shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you;
+        for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh.
+015:021 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
+        redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
+016:001 The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying,
+016:002 You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters,
+        in this place.
+016:003 For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning
+        the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning
+        their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers
+        who became the father of them in this land:
+016:004 They shall die grievous deaths:  they shall not be lamented,
+        neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface
+        of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword,
+        and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds
+        of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
+016:005 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning,
+        neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken
+        away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving
+        kindness and tender mercies.
+016:006 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not
+        be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves,
+        nor make themselves bald for them;
+016:007 neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning,
+        to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup
+        of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
+016:008 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them,
+        to eat and to drink.
+016:009 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Behold, I will
+        cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in
+        your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness,
+        the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
+016:010 It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words,
+        and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this
+        great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is
+        our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?
+016:011 Then shall you tell them, Because your fathers have forsaken me,
+        says Yahweh, and have walked after other gods, and have
+        served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me,
+        and have not kept my law;
+016:012 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold,
+        you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart,
+        so that you don't listen to me:
+016:013 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land
+        that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers;
+        and there shall you serve other gods day and night;
+        for I will show you no favor.
+016:014 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall
+        no more be said, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children
+        of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
+016:015 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel
+        from the land of the north, and from all the countries where
+        he had driven them.  I will bring them again into their land
+        that I gave to their fathers.
+016:016 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they
+        shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters,
+        and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill,
+        and out of the clefts of the rocks.
+016:017 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from
+        my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
+016:018 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double,
+        because they have polluted my land with the carcasses
+        of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance
+        with their abominations.
+016:019 Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day
+        of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends
+        of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited
+        nothing but lies, [even] vanity and things in which there
+        is no profit.
+016:020 Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
+016:021 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I
+        cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know
+        that my name is Yahweh.
+017:001 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point
+        of a diamond:  it is engraved on the tablet of their heart,
+        and on the horns of your altars;
+017:002 while their children remember their altars and their Asherim
+        by the green trees on the high hills.
+017:003 My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your
+        treasures for a spoil, [and] your high places, because of sin,
+        throughout all your borders.
+017:004 You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage
+        that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies
+        in the land which you don't know:  for you have kindled a fire
+        in my anger which shall burn forever.
+017:005 Thus says Yahweh:  Cursed is the man who trusts in man,
+        and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
+017:006 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not
+        see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places
+        in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
+017:007 Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.
+017:008 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads
+        out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes,
+        but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year
+        of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
+017:009 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is
+        exceedingly corrupt:  who can know it?
+017:010 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give
+        every man according to his ways, according to the fruit
+        of his doings.
+017:011 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid,
+        so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst
+        of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall
+        be a fool.
+017:012 A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning,
+        is the place of our sanctuary.
+017:013 Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall
+        be disappointed.  Those who depart from me shall be written
+        in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring
+        of living waters.
+017:014 Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall
+        be saved:  for you are my praise.
+017:015 Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of Yahweh? let
+        it come now.
+017:016 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you;
+        neither have I desired the woeful day; you know:
+        that which came out of my lips was before your face.
+017:017 Don't be a terror to me:  you are my refuge in the day of evil.
+017:018 Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me
+        be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me
+        be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them
+        with double destruction.
+017:019 Thus said Yahweh to me:  Go, and stand in the gate of the children
+        of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in,
+        and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
+017:020 and tell them, Hear you the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah,
+        and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+        that enter in by these gates:
+017:021 Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden
+        on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
+017:022 neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath
+        day holy, neither do any work:  but make the Sabbath day,
+        as I commanded your fathers.
+017:023 But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made
+        their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might
+        not receive instruction.
+017:024 It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh,
+        to bring in no burden through the gates of this city
+        on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy,
+        to do no work therein;
+017:025 then shall there enter in by the gates of this city
+        kings and princes sitting on the throne of David,
+        riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes,
+        the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
+        and this city shall remain forever.
+017:026 They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places
+        round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from
+        the lowland, and from the hill country, and from the South,
+        bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings,
+        and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving,
+        to the house of Yahweh.
+017:027 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy,
+        and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem
+        on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates of it,
+        and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall
+        not be quenched.
+018:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+018:002 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause
+        you to hear my words.
+018:003 Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was
+        making a work on the wheels.
+018:004 When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand
+        of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed
+        good to the potter to make it.
+018:005 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+018:006 House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh.
+        Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand,
+        house of Israel.
+018:007 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning
+        a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
+018:008 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil,
+        I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
+018:009 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning
+        a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
+018:010 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey
+        my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said
+        I would benefit them.
+018:011 Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I frame
+        evil against you, and devise a device against you:
+        return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways
+        and your doings.
+018:012 But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our
+        own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness
+        of his evil heart.
+018:013 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  Ask you now among the nations,
+        who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done
+        a very horrible thing.
+018:014 Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or]
+        shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
+018:015 For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to
+        false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways,
+        in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;
+018:016 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing;
+        everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished,
+        and shake his head.
+018:017 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy;
+        I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day
+        of their calamity.
+018:018 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;
+        for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel
+        from the wise, nor the word from the prophet.  Come, and let
+        us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed
+        to any of his words.
+018:019 Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who
+        contend with me.
+018:020 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit
+        for my soul.  Remember how I stood before you to speak good
+        for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
+018:021 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give
+        them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives
+        become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death,
+        [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.
+018:022 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring
+        a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me,
+        and hid snares for my feet.
+018:023 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me;
+        don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin
+        from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you;
+        deal you with them in the time of your anger.
+019:001 Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle,
+        and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders
+        of the priests;
+019:002 and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by
+        the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words
+        that I shall tell you;
+019:003 and say, Hear you the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah,
+        and inhabitants of Jerusalem:  thus says Yahweh of Armies,
+        the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil on this place,
+        which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
+019:004 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place,
+        and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they
+        didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah;
+        and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
+019:005 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons
+        in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command,
+        nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
+019:006 therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place
+        shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son
+        of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
+019:007 I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place;
+        and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies,
+        and by the hand of those who seek their life:  and their dead
+        bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky,
+        and for the animals of the earth.
+019:008 I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing;
+        everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss
+        because of all the plagues of it.
+019:009 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and
+        the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone
+        the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress,
+        with which their enemies, and those who seek their life,
+        shall distress them.
+019:010 Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men
+        who go with you,
+019:011 and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Even so will I
+        break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel,
+        that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth,
+        until there be no place to bury.
+019:012 Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to the inhabitants
+        of it, even making this city as Topheth:
+019:013 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings
+        of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth,
+        even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense
+        to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings
+        to other gods.
+019:014 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him
+        to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house,
+        and said to all the people:
+019:015 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will
+        bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have
+        pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff,
+        that they may not hear my words.
+020:001 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer
+        in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
+020:002 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him
+        in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin,
+        which was in the house of Yahweh.
+020:003 It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth
+        Jeremiah out of the stocks.  Then said Jeremiah to him,
+        Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
+020:004 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror
+        to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall
+        by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it;
+        and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon,
+        and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill
+        them with the sword.
+020:005 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains
+        of it, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures
+        of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies;
+        and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry
+        them to Babylon.
+020:006 You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity;
+        and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die,
+        and there shall you be buried, you, and all your friends,
+        to whom you have prophesied falsely.
+020:007 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded;
+        you are stronger than I, and have prevailed:  I am become
+        a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me.
+020:008 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and
+        destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me,
+        and a derision, all the day.
+020:009 If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more
+        in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning
+        fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing,
+        and I can't [contain].
+020:010 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side.
+        Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends,
+        those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded,
+        and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our
+        revenge on him.
+020:011 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one:  therefore my
+        persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail;
+        they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not
+        dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall
+        never be forgotten.
+020:012 But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees
+        the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them;
+        for to you have I revealed my cause.
+020:013 Sing to Yahweh, praise you Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul
+        of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.
+020:014 Cursed be the day in which I was born:  don't let the day
+        in which my mother bore me be blessed.
+020:015 Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy
+        is born to you; making him very glad.
+020:016 Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew,
+        and didn't repent:  and let him hear a cry in the morning,
+        and shouting at noontime;
+020:017 because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother
+        would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
+020:018 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,
+        that my days should be consumed with shame?
+021:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah
+        sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah
+        the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
+021:002 Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king
+        of Babylon makes war against us:  peradventure Yahweh
+        will deal with us according to all his wondrous works,
+        that he may go up from us.
+021:003 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you tell Zedekiah:
+021:004 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back
+        the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you
+        fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans
+        who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them
+        into the midst of this city.
+021:005 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand
+        and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath,
+        and in great indignation.
+021:006 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal:
+        they shall die of a great pestilence.
+021:007 Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah,
+        and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this
+        city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine,
+        into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
+        of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life:
+        and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword;
+        he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
+021:008 To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I set
+        before you the way of life and the way of death.
+021:009 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword,
+        and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out,
+        and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live,
+        and his life shall be to him for a prey.
+021:010 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,
+        says Yahweh:  it shall be given into the hand of the king
+        of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
+021:011 Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear you the word of Yahweh:
+021:012 House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning,
+        and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,
+        lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can
+        quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
+021:013 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
+        [and] of the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say,
+        Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter
+        into our habitations?
+021:014 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,
+        says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it
+        shall devour all that is round about her.
+022:001 Thus said Yahweh:  Go down to the house of the king of Judah,
+        and speak there this word,
+022:002 Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on
+        the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people
+        who enter in by these gates.
+022:003 Thus says Yahweh:  Execute you justice and righteousness,
+        and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor:
+        and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless,
+        nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
+022:004 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by
+        the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David,
+        riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants,
+        and his people.
+022:005 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,
+        says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
+022:006 For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king
+        of Judah:  You are Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon;
+        [yet] surely I will make you a wilderness, [and] cities
+        which are not inhabited.
+022:007 I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons;
+        and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them
+        into the fire.
+022:008 Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man
+        to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
+022:009 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant
+        of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
+022:010 Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep
+        sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more,
+        nor see his native country.
+022:011 For thus says Yahweh touching Shallum the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father,
+        [and] who went forth out of this place:  He shall not return
+        there any more.
+022:012 But in the place where they have led him captive, there shall
+        he die, and he shall see this land no more.
+022:013 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers
+        by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages,
+        and doesn't give him his hire;
+022:014 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers,
+        and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar,
+        and painted with vermilion.
+022:015 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar?
+        Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness?
+        then it was well with him.
+022:016 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.
+        Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
+022:017 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness,
+        and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression,
+        and for violence, to do it.
+022:018 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah:  they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my
+        brother! or, Ah sister!  They shall not lament for him,
+        [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
+022:019 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast
+        forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
+022:020 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan,
+        and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.
+022:021 I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear.
+        This has been your manner from your youth, that you didn't
+        obey my voice.
+022:022 The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers
+        shall go into captivity:  surely then shall you be ashamed
+        and confounded for all your wickedness.
+022:023 Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars,
+        how greatly to be pitied shall you be when pangs come on you,
+        the pain as of a woman in travail!
+022:024 As I live, says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim
+        king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I
+        pluck you there;
+022:025 and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life,
+        and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into
+        the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
+        of the Chaldeans.
+022:026 I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you,
+        into another country, where you were not born; and there
+        shall you die.
+022:027 But to the land whereunto their soul longs to return,
+        there shall they not return.
+022:028 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel
+        in which none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed,
+        and are cast into the land which they don't know?
+022:029 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yahweh.
+022:030 Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man
+        who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man
+        of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David,
+        and ruling in Judah.
+023:001 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my
+        pasture! says Yahweh.
+023:002 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the
+        shepherds who feed my people:  You have scattered my flock,
+        and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will
+        visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
+023:003 I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries
+        where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;
+        and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
+023:004 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them;
+        and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall
+        any be lacking, says Yahweh.
+023:005 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David
+        a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely,
+        and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
+023:006 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely;
+        and this is his name by which he shall be called:
+        Yahweh our righteousness.
+023:007 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they shall
+        no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children
+        of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
+023:008 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed
+        of the house of Israel out of the north country,
+        and from all the countries where I had driven them.
+        They shall dwell in their own land.
+023:009 Concerning the prophets.  My heart within me is broken,
+        all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man
+        whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of
+        his holy words.
+023:010 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing
+        the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
+        Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
+023:011 for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house
+        have I found their wickedness, says Yahweh.
+023:012 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places
+        in the darkness:  they shall be driven on, and fall therein;
+        for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their
+        visitation, says Yahweh.
+023:013 I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied
+        by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
+023:014 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing:
+        they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands
+        of evil-doers, so that none does return from his wickedness:
+        they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants
+        of it as Gomorrah.
+023:015 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the prophets:
+        Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink
+        the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is
+        ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
+023:016 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Don't listen to the words of
+        the prophets who prophesy to you:  they teach you vanity;
+        they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of
+        the mouth of Yahweh.
+023:017 They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said,
+        You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness
+        of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.
+023:018 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should
+        perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word,
+        and heard it?
+023:019 Behold, the storm of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes,
+        a whirling storm:  it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
+023:020 The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed,
+        and until he have performed the intents of his heart:
+        in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
+023:021 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran:  I didn't speak to them,
+        yet they prophesied.
+023:022 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people
+        to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way,
+        and from the evil of their doings.
+023:023 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?
+023:024 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see
+        him? says Yahweh.  Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
+023:025 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies
+        in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
+023:026 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies,
+        even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
+023:027 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams
+        which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers
+        forgot my name for Baal.
+023:028 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
+        and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully.
+        What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
+023:029 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer
+        that breaks the rock in pieces?
+023:030 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh,
+        who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
+023:031 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use
+        their tongues, and say, He says.
+023:032 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh,
+        and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies,
+        and by their vain boasting:  yet I didn't send them,
+        nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people
+        at all, says Yahweh.
+023:033 When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you,
+        saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? then shall you tell them,
+        What burden!  I will cast you off, says Yahweh.
+023:034 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say,
+        The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.
+023:035 Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to
+        his brother, What has Yahweh answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
+023:036 The burden of Yahweh shall you mention no more:  for every
+        man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted
+        the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies our God.
+023:037 Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered
+        you? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
+023:038 But if you say, The burden of Yahweh; therefore thus
+        says Yahweh:  Because you say this word, The burden of Yahweh,
+        and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say,
+        The burden of Yahweh;
+023:039 therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast
+        you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers,
+        away from my presence:
+023:040 and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a
+        perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
+024:001 Yahweh shown me, and behold, two baskets of figs set before
+        the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
+        had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
+        king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen
+        and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
+024:002 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe;
+        and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten,
+        they were so bad.
+024:003 Then said Yahweh to me, What see you, Jeremiah?  I said, Figs;
+        the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that can't
+        be eaten, they are so bad.
+024:004 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+024:005 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  Like these good figs,
+        so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent
+        out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
+024:006 For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again
+        to this land:  and I will build them, and not pull them down;
+        and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
+024:007 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh:
+        and they shall be my people, and I will be their God;
+        for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
+024:008 As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad,
+        surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king
+        of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem,
+        who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
+024:009 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among
+        all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach
+        and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I
+        shall drive them.
+024:010 I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,
+        among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I
+        gave to them and to their fathers.
+025:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah,
+        in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah
+        (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
+025:002 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah,
+        and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
+025:003 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon,
+        king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years,
+        the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you,
+        rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
+025:004 Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets,
+        rising up early and sending them, (but you have not listened,
+        nor inclined your ear to hear),
+025:005 saying, Return you now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil
+        of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given
+        to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;
+025:006 and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them,
+        and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands;
+        and I will do you no harm.
+025:007 Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke
+        me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
+025:008 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Because you have not
+        heard my words,
+025:009 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,
+        says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar the king
+        of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land,
+        and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations
+        round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them
+        an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
+025:010 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice
+        of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice
+        of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light
+        of the lamp.
+025:011 This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment;
+        and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
+025:012 It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished,
+        that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,
+        says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans;
+        and I will make it desolate forever.
+025:013 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced
+        against it, even all that is written in this book,
+        which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
+025:014 For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them,
+        even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds,
+        and according to the work of their hands.
+025:015 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me:  take this cup
+        of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations,
+        to whom I send you, to drink it.
+025:016 They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad,
+        because of the sword that I will send among them.
+025:017 Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations
+        to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
+025:018 [to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings
+        of it, and the princes of it, to make them a desolation,
+        an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
+025:019 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes,
+        and all his people;
+025:020 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz,
+        and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza,
+        and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
+025:021 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
+025:022 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon,
+        and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
+025:023 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners [of
+        their hair] cut off;
+025:024 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed
+        people who dwell in the wilderness;
+025:025 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam,
+        and all the kings of the Medes;
+025:026 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another;
+        and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface
+        of the earth:  and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
+025:027 You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
+        of Israel:  Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall,
+        and rise no more, because of the sword which I will
+        send among you.
+025:028 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand
+        to drink, then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh
+        of Armies:  You shall surely drink.
+025:029 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is
+        called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished?
+        You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword
+        on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.
+025:030 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them,
+        Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his
+        holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold;
+        he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes],
+        against all the inhabitants of the earth.
+025:031 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh
+        has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into
+        judgment with all flesh:  as for the wicked, he will give
+        them to the sword, says Yahweh.
+025:032 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth
+        from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up
+        from the uttermost parts of the earth.
+025:033 The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end
+        of the earth even to the other end of the earth:
+        they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried;
+        they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
+025:034 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes],
+        you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter
+        and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall
+        like a goodly vessel.
+025:035 The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal
+        of the flock to escape.
+025:036 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the
+        principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.
+025:037 The peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce
+        anger of Yahweh.
+025:038 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an
+        astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword],
+        and because of his fierce anger.
+026:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying,
+026:002 Thus says Yahweh:  Stand in the court of Yahweh's house,
+        and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship
+        in Yahweh's house, all the words that I command you to speak
+        to them; don't diminish a word.
+026:003 It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way;
+        that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them
+        because of the evil of their doings.
+026:004 You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh:  If you will not listen
+        to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
+026:005 to listen to the words of my servants the prophets,
+        whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them,
+        but you have not listened;
+026:006 then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this
+        city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
+026:007 The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
+        speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.
+026:008 It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all
+        that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people,
+        that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid
+        hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.
+026:009 Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house
+        shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate,
+        without inhabitant?  All the people were gathered to Jeremiah
+        in the house of Yahweh.
+026:010 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up
+        from the king's house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat
+        in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's [house].
+026:011 Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes
+        and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death;
+        for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard
+        with your ears.
+026:012 Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people,
+        saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and
+        against this city all the words that you have heard.
+026:013 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice
+        of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil
+        that he has pronounced against you.
+026:014 But as for me, behold, I am in your hand:  do with me as is
+        good and right in your eyes.
+026:015 Only know for certain that, if you put me to death,
+        you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city,
+        and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent
+        me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
+026:016 Then said the princes and all the people to the priests
+        and to the prophets:  This man is not worthy of death;
+        for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.
+026:017 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke
+        to all the assembly of the people, saying,
+026:018 Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king
+        of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
+        Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Zion shall be plowed as a field,
+        and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house
+        as the high places of a forest.
+026:019 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?
+        Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh
+        repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?
+        Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
+026:020 There was also a man who prophesied in the name
+        of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim;
+        and he prophesied against this city and against this land
+        according to all the words of Jeremiah:
+026:021 and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men,
+        and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put
+        him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled,
+        and went into Egypt:
+026:022 and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan
+        the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
+026:023 and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him
+        to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword,
+        and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
+026:024 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah,
+        that they should not give him into the hand of the people
+        to put him to death.
+027:001 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+027:002 Thus says Yahweh to me:  Make you bonds and bars, and put them
+        on your neck;
+027:003 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
+        and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre,
+        and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers
+        who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;
+027:004 and give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh
+        of Armies, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell your masters:
+027:005 I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface
+        of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm;
+        and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
+027:006 Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
+        the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field
+        also have I given him to serve him.
+027:007 All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son,
+        until the time of his own land come:  and then many nations
+        and great kings shall make him their bondservant.
+027:008 It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not
+        serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will
+        not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
+        that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword,
+        and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have
+        consumed them by his hand.
+027:009 But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to
+        your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers,
+        nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall
+        not serve the king of Babylon:
+027:010 for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land,
+        and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
+027:011 But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke
+        of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [nation] will I let
+        remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it,
+        and dwell therein.
+027:012 I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,
+        saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,
+        and serve him and his people, and live.
+027:013 Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine,
+        and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning
+        the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
+027:014 Don't listen to the words of the prophets who speak
+        to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon;
+        for they prophesy a lie to you.
+027:015 For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy
+        falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you
+        may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.
+027:016 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying,
+        Thus says Yahweh:  Don't listen to the words of your prophets
+        who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Yahweh's
+        house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon;
+        for they prophesy a lie to you.
+027:017 Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
+        why should this city become a desolation?
+027:018 But if they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be with them,
+        let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies,
+        that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh,
+        and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem,
+        don't go to Babylon.
+027:019 For thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the pillars,
+        and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning
+        the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,
+027:020 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn't take,
+        when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
+        king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles
+        of Judah and Jerusalem;
+027:021 yes, thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
+        concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh,
+        and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:
+027:022 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be,
+        until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then will I
+        bring them up, and restore them to this place.
+028:001 It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
+        Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month,
+        that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon,
+        spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests
+        and of all the people, saying,
+028:002 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, I have
+        broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
+028:003 Within two full years will I bring again into this place
+        all the vessels of Yahweh's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king
+        of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:
+028:004 and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son
+        of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah,
+        who went to Babylon, says Yahweh; for I will break the yoke
+        of the king of Babylon.
+028:005 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah
+        in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all
+        the people who stood in the house of Yahweh,
+028:006 even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen:  Yahweh do so;
+        Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied,
+        to bring again the vessels of Yahweh's house, and all them
+        of the captivity, from Babylon to this place.
+028:007 Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears,
+        and in the ears of all the people:
+028:008 The prophets who have been before me and before you of old
+        prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms,
+        of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
+028:009 The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet
+        shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh
+        has truly sent him.
+028:010 Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet
+        Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
+028:011 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
+        says Yahweh:  Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
+        king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck
+        of all the nations.  The prophet Jeremiah went his way.
+028:012 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah
+        the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the
+        prophet Jeremiah, saying,
+028:013 Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh:  You have
+        broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place
+        bars of iron.
+028:014 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  I have put
+        a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may
+        serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him:
+        and I have given him the animals of the field also.
+028:015 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet,
+        Hear now, Hananiah:  Yahweh has not sent you; but you make
+        this people to trust in a lie.
+028:016 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away
+        from off the surface of the earth:  this year you shall die,
+        because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
+028:017 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
+029:001 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah
+        the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders
+        of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets,
+        and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away
+        captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
+029:002 (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen mother, and the eunuchs,
+        [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen,
+        and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),
+029:003 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son
+        of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon
+        to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,
+029:004 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all
+        the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive
+        from Jerusalem to Babylon:
+029:005 Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens,
+        and eat the fruit of them.
+029:006 Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives
+        for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands,
+        that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there,
+        and don't be diminished.
+029:007 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried
+        away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in the peace
+        of it shall you have peace.
+029:008 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Don't let
+        your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners,
+        deceive you; neither listen you to your dreams which you
+        cause to be dreamed.
+029:009 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name:  I have not
+        sent them, says Yahweh.
+029:010 For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished
+        for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word
+        toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
+029:011 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh,
+        thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in
+        your latter end.
+029:012 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me,
+        and I will listen to you.
+029:013 You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me
+        with all your heart.
+029:014 I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again
+        your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations,
+        and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh;
+        and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused
+        you to be carried away captive.
+029:015 Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;
+029:016 thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne
+        of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city,
+        your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;
+029:017 thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword,
+        the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs,
+        that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
+029:018 I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine,
+        and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back
+        and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object
+        of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach,
+        among all the nations where I have driven them;
+029:019 because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh,
+        with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up
+        early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh.
+029:020 Hear you therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity,
+        whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
+029:021 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab
+        the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah,
+        who prophesy a lie to you in my name:  Behold, I will deliver
+        them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
+        and he shall kill them before your eyes;
+029:022 and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah
+        who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah
+        and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
+029:023 because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed
+        adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken
+        words in my name falsely, which I didn't command them;
+        and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.
+029:024 Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
+029:025 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying,
+        Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people
+        who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
+        the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
+029:026 Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest,
+        that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh,
+        for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet,
+        that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
+029:027 Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth,
+        who makes himself a prophet to you,
+029:028 because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity]
+        is long:  build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens,
+        and eat the fruit of them?
+029:029 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of
+        Jeremiah the prophet.
+029:030 Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
+029:031 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh
+        concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite:  Because Shemaiah has
+        prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused
+        you to trust in a lie;
+029:032 therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah
+        the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell
+        among this people, neither shall he see the good that I
+        will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken
+        rebellion against Yahweh.
+030:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+030:002 Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write you all
+        the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
+030:003 For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again
+        the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh;
+        and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave
+        to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
+030:004 These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel
+        and concerning Judah.
+030:005 For thus says Yahweh:  We have heard a voice of trembling,
+        of fear, and not of peace.
+030:006 Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child:
+        why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman
+        in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
+030:007 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
+        it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved
+        out of it.
+030:008 It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I
+        will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds;
+        and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;
+030:009 but they shall serve Yahweh their God, and David their king,
+        whom I will raise up to them.
+030:010 Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh;
+        neither be dismayed, Israel:  for, behold, I will save you
+        from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity;
+        and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease,
+        and none shall make him afraid.
+030:011 For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you:  for I will make
+        a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you,
+        but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct
+        you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
+030:012 For thus says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable,
+        and your wound grievous.
+030:013 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up:
+        you have no healing medicines.
+030:014 All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you:
+        for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the
+        chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity,
+        because your sins were increased.
+030:015 Why cry you for your hurt? your pain is incurable:
+        for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins
+        were increased, I have done these things to you.
+030:016 Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all
+        your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity;
+        and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey
+        on you will I give for a prey.
+030:017 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you
+        of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you
+        an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
+030:018 Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I will turn again the captivity
+        of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places;
+        and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace
+        shall be inhabited after its own manner.
+030:019 Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who
+        make merry:  and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
+        I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
+030:020 Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation
+        shall be established before me; and I will punish all
+        who oppress them.
+030:021 Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed
+        from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near,
+        and he shall approach to me:  for who is he who has had boldness
+        to approach to me? says Yahweh.
+030:022 You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+030:023 Behold, the storm of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth,
+        a sweeping storm:  it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
+030:024 The fierce anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed,
+        and until he have performed the intents of his heart:
+        in the latter days you shall understand it.
+031:001 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families
+        of Israel, and they shall be my people.
+031:002 Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found
+        favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause
+        him to rest.
+031:003 Yahweh appeared of old to me, [saying], Yes, I have loved you
+        with an everlasting love:  therefore with loving kindness
+        have I drawn you.
+031:004 Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel:
+        again shall you be adorned with your tambourines, and shall
+        go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
+031:005 Again shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria;
+        the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy [the fruit of it].
+031:006 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills
+        of Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion
+        to Yahweh our God.
+031:007 For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout
+        for the chief of the nations:  publish you, praise you,
+        and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
+031:008 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
+        and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth,
+        [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman
+        with child and her who travails with child together:
+        a great company shall they return here.
+031:009 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them:
+        I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way
+        in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel,
+        and Ephraim is my firstborn.
+031:010 Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands
+        afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him,
+        and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.
+031:011 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand
+        of him who was stronger than he.
+031:012 They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow
+        to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine,
+        and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd:
+        and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall
+        not sorrow any more at all.
+031:013 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men
+        and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy,
+        and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
+031:014 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my
+        people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.
+031:015 Thus says Yahweh:  A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation,
+        and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children;
+        she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they
+        are no more.
+031:016 Thus says Yahweh:  Refrain your voice from weeping, and your
+        eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh;
+        and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
+031:017 There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and [your]
+        children shall come again to their own border.
+031:018 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus],
+        You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf
+        unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn you me, and I shall be turned;
+        for you are Yahweh my God.
+031:019 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I
+        was instructed, I struck on my thigh:  I was ashamed, yes,
+        even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
+031:020 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often
+        as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
+        therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy
+        on him, says Yahweh.
+031:021 Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward
+        the highway, even the way by which you went:  turn again,
+        virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
+031:022 How long will you go here and there, you backsliding
+        daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth:
+        a woman shall encompass a man.
+031:023 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they
+        use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities of it,
+        when I shall bring again their captivity:  Yahweh bless you,
+        habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.
+031:024 Judah and all the cities of it shall dwell therein together,
+        the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
+031:025 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul
+        have I replenished.
+031:026 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
+031:027 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house
+        of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man,
+        and with the seed of animal.
+031:028 It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up
+        and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict,
+        so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.
+031:029 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten
+        sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
+031:030 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity:  every man who eats
+        the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
+031:031 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new
+        covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
+031:032 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
+        in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them
+        out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke,
+        although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.
+031:033 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house
+        of Israel after those days, says Yahweh:  I will put my law
+        in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it;
+        and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
+031:034 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man
+        his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me,
+        from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh:
+        for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I
+        remember no more.
+031:035 Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day,
+        and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light
+        by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves of it roar;
+        Yahweh of Armies is his name:
+031:036 If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh,
+        then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
+        before me forever.
+031:037 Thus says Yahweh:  If heaven above can be measured,
+        and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
+        then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all
+        that they have done, says Yahweh.
+031:038 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built
+        to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
+031:039 The measuring line shall go out further straight onward
+        to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.
+031:040 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes,
+        and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner
+        of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh;
+        it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.
+032:001 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth
+        year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth
+        year of Nebuchadnezzar.
+032:002 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem;
+        and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard,
+        which was in the king of Judah's house.
+032:003 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do
+        you prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
+        give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,
+        and he shall take it;
+032:004 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand
+        of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand
+        of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth,
+        and his eyes shall see his eyes;
+032:005 and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until
+        I visit him, says Yahweh:  though you fight with the Chaldeans,
+        you shall not prosper?
+032:006 Jeremiah said, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+032:007 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come
+        to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth;
+        for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
+032:008 So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard
+        according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy
+        my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin;
+        for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption
+        is yours; buy it for yourself.  Then I knew that this was
+        the word of Yahweh.
+032:009 I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son,
+        and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
+032:010 I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses,
+        and weighed him the money in the balances.
+032:011 So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed,
+        containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;
+032:012 and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah,
+        the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son,
+        and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed
+        of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court
+        of the guard.
+032:013 I charged Baruch before them, saying,
+032:014 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Take these deeds,
+        this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed
+        which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they
+        may continue many days.
+032:015 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Houses and
+        fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.
+032:016 Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch
+        the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
+032:017 Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and
+        the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm;
+        there is nothing too hard for you,
+032:018 who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity
+        of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them;
+        the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;
+032:019 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on
+        all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according
+        to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
+032:020 who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
+        even to this day, both in Israel and among [other] men;
+        and made you a name, as in this day;
+032:021 and brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt
+        with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand,
+        and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
+032:022 and gave them this land, which you did swear to their fathers
+        to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
+032:023 and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn't
+        obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have
+        done nothing of all that you commanded them to do:
+        therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.
+032:024 Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it;
+        and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who
+        fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine,
+        and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened;
+        and behold, you see it.
+032:025 You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy you the field for money,
+        and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand
+        of the Chaldeans.
+032:026 Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
+032:027 Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh:  is there anything
+        too hard for me?
+032:028 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I will give this city into
+        the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
+        king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
+032:029 and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come
+        and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses,
+        on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured
+        out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
+032:030 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have
+        done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth;
+        for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger
+        with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.
+032:031 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of
+        my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day;
+        that I should remove it from before my face,
+032:032 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children
+        of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they,
+        their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
+        and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+032:033 They have turned to me the back, and not the face:
+        and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them,
+        yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
+032:034 But they set their abominations in the house which is called
+        by my name, to defile it.
+032:035 They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley
+        of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters
+        to pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I didn't
+        command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they
+        should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
+032:036 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into
+        the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine,
+        and by the pestilence:
+032:037 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries,
+        where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in
+        great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place,
+        and I will cause them to dwell safely:
+032:038 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
+032:039 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they
+        may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their
+        children after them:
+032:040 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I
+        will not turn away from following them, to do them good;
+        and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not
+        depart from me.
+032:041 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant
+        them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with
+        my whole soul.
+032:042 For thus says Yahweh:  Like as I have brought all this great evil
+        on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I
+        have promised them.
+032:043 Fields shall be bought in this land, about which you say,
+        It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand
+        of the Chaldeans.
+032:044 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds,
+        and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin,
+        and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
+        and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities
+        of the lowland, and in the cities of the South:
+        for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
+033:001 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time,
+        while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
+033:002 Thus says Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it;
+        Yahweh is his name:
+033:003 Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things,
+        and difficult, which you don't know.
+033:004 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses
+        of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah,
+        which are broken down [to make a defense] against the mounds
+        and against the sword;
+033:005 while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them
+        with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger
+        and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid
+        my face from this city:
+033:006 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them;
+        and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
+033:007 I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel
+        to return, and will build them, as at the first.
+033:008 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they
+        have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities,
+        by which they have sinned against me, and by which they
+        have transgressed against me.
+033:009 [This city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise
+        and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth,
+        which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall
+        fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I
+        procure to it.
+033:010 Thus says Yahweh:  Yet again there shall be heard in this place,
+        about which you say, It is waste, without man and without animal,
+        even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
+        that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant
+        and without animal,
+033:011 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of
+        the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those
+        who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good,
+        for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who
+        bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh.
+        For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at
+        the first, says Yahweh.
+033:012 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Yet again shall there be in
+        this place, which is waste, without man and without animal,
+        and in all the cities of it, a habitation of shepherds causing
+        their flocks to lie down.
+033:013 In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland,
+        and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin,
+        and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah,
+        shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who
+        numbers them, says Yahweh.
+033:014 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that
+        good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel
+        and concerning the house of Judah.
+033:015 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch
+        of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute
+        justice and righteousness in the land.
+033:016 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely;
+        and this is [the name] by which she shall be called:
+        Yahweh our righteousness.
+033:017 For thus says Yahweh:  David shall never want a man to sit
+        on the throne of the house of Israel;
+033:018 neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me
+        to offer burnt offerings, and to burn meal offerings,
+        and to do sacrifice continually.
+033:019 The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
+033:020 Thus says Yahweh:  If you can break my covenant of the day,
+        and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day
+        and night in their season;
+033:021 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,
+        that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne;
+        and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
+033:022 As the army of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand
+        of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David
+        my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.
+033:023 The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,
+033:024 Don't you consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two
+        families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off?
+        thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more
+        a nation before them.
+033:025 Thus says Yahweh:  If my covenant of day and night fails,
+        if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
+033:026 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David
+        my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be
+        rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
+        for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have
+        mercy on them.
+034:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar
+        king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of
+        the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples,
+        were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities
+        of it, saying:
+034:002 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah
+        king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
+        give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,
+        and he shall burn it with fire:
+034:003 and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely
+        be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see
+        the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you
+        mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.
+034:004 Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah:
+        thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword;
+034:005 you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers,
+        the former kings who were before you, so shall they make
+        a burning for you; and they shall lament you, [saying], Ah Lord!
+        for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.
+034:006 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah
+        king of Judah in Jerusalem,
+034:007 when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem,
+        and against all the cities of Judah that were left,
+        against Lachish and against Azekah; for these [alone] remained
+        of the cities of Judah [as] fortified cities.
+034:008 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king
+        Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were
+        at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
+034:009 that every man should let his male servant, and every man
+        his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free;
+        that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit],
+        of a Jew his brother.
+034:010 All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered
+        into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant,
+        and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make
+        bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
+034:011 but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids,
+        whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into
+        subjection for servants and for handmaids.
+034:012 Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+034:013 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:  I made a covenant
+        with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out
+        of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
+034:014 At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his
+        brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has
+        served you six years, you shall let him go free from you:
+        but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
+034:015 You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes,
+        in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you
+        had made a covenant before me in the house which is called
+        by my name:
+034:016 but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man
+        his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let
+        go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them
+        into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
+034:017 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  you have not listened to me,
+        to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every
+        man to his neighbor:  behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,
+        says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine;
+        and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all
+        the kingdoms of the earth.
+034:018 I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant,
+        who have not performed the words of the covenant which they
+        made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed
+        between the parts of it;
+034:019 the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,
+        and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed
+        between the parts of the calf;
+034:020 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies,
+        and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their
+        dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky,
+        and to the animals of the earth.
+034:021 Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into
+        the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek
+        their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
+        who have gone away from you.
+034:022 Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return
+        to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it,
+        and burn it with fire:  and I will make the cities of Judah
+        a desolation, without inhabitant.
+035:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days
+        of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
+035:002 Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring
+        them into the house of Yahweh, into one of the chambers,
+        and give them wine to drink.
+035:003 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah,
+        and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house
+        of the Rechabites;
+035:004 and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber
+        of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God,
+        which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above
+        the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper
+        of the threshold.
+035:005 I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls
+        full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink you wine.
+035:006 But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab,
+        our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine,
+        neither you, nor your sons, forever:
+035:007 neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard,
+        nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents;
+        that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
+035:008 We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab,
+        our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all
+        our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
+035:009 nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard,
+        nor field, nor seed:
+035:010 but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according
+        to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
+035:011 But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
+        into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem
+        for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army
+        of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
+035:012 Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
+035:013 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Go, and tell
+        the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you
+        not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Yahweh.
+035:014 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded
+        his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day
+        they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment:
+        but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking;
+        and you have not listened to me.
+035:015 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets,
+        rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you
+        now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings,
+        and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell
+        in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers:
+        but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
+035:016 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed
+        the commandment of their father which he commanded them,
+        but this people has not listened to me;
+035:017 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God
+        of Israel:  Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them;
+        because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard;
+        and I have called to them, but they have not answered.
+035:018 Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh
+        of Armies, the God of Israel:  Because you have obeyed the
+        commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts,
+        and done according to all that he commanded you;
+035:019 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Jonadab the
+        son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.
+036:001 It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
+036:002 Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words
+        that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah,
+        and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you,
+        from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
+036:003 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil
+        which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every
+        man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity
+        and their sin.
+036:004 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch
+        wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh,
+        which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
+036:005 Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can't go
+        into the house of Yahweh:
+036:006 therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written
+        from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people
+        in Yahweh's house on the fast day; and also you shall read
+        them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
+036:007 It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh,
+        and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger
+        and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
+036:008 Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah
+        the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words
+        of Yahweh in Yahweh's house.
+036:009 Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people
+        in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities
+        of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.
+036:010 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house
+        of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan,
+        the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate
+        of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people.
+036:011 When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan,
+        had heard out of the book all the words of Yahweh,
+036:012 he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber:
+        and behold, all the princes were sitting there, [to wit],
+        Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah,
+        and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan,
+        and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
+036:013 Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard,
+        when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
+036:014 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
+        the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,
+        Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears
+        of the people, and come.  So Baruch the son of Neriah took
+        the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
+036:015 They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.
+        So Baruch read it in their ears.
+036:016 Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned
+        in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely
+        tell the king of all these words.
+036:017 They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write
+        all these words at his mouth?
+036:018 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me
+        with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
+036:019 Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah;
+        and let no man know where you are.
+036:020 They went in to the king into the court; but they had laid
+        up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe;
+        and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
+036:021 So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it
+        out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe.  Jehudi read it
+        in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes
+        who stood beside the king.
+036:022 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month:
+        and [there was a fire in] the brazier burning before him.
+036:023 It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves,
+        that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into
+        the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was
+        consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
+036:024 They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king,
+        nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
+036:025 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made
+        intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll;
+        but he would not hear them.
+036:026 The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son
+        of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch
+        the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
+036:027 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that the king
+        had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote
+        at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
+036:028 Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former
+        words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king
+        of Judah has burned.
+036:029 Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say,
+        Thus says Yahweh:  You have burned this scroll, saying,
+        Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon
+        shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause
+        to cease from there man and animal?
+036:030 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim king
+        of Judah:  He shall have none to sit on the throne of David;
+        and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat,
+        and in the night to the frost.
+036:031 I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity;
+        and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+        and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced
+        against them, but they didn't listen.
+036:032 Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch
+        the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth
+        of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king
+        of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides
+        to them many like words.
+037:001 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah
+        the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
+        made king in the land of Judah.
+037:002 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
+        did listen to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by
+        the prophet Jeremiah.
+037:003 Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah
+        the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah,
+        saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.
+037:004 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they
+        had not put him into prison.
+037:005 Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the
+        Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them,
+        they broke up from Jerusalem.
+037:006 Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
+037:007 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell
+        the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me:
+        Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you,
+        shall return to Egypt into their own land.
+037:008 The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city;
+        and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
+037:009 Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
+        shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
+037:010 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans
+        who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men
+        among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent,
+        and burn this city with fire.
+037:011 It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken
+        up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
+037:012 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land
+        of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst
+        of the people.
+037:013 When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard
+        was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah,
+        the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet,
+        saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
+037:014 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to
+        the Chaldeans.  But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid
+        hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
+037:015 The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him,
+        and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
+        for they had made that the prison.
+037:016 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells,
+        and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
+037:017 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him:
+        and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said,
+        Is there any word from Yahweh?  Jeremiah said, There is.
+        He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the
+        king of Babylon.
+037:018 Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned
+        against you, or against your servants, or against this people,
+        that you have put me in prison?
+037:019 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king
+        of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
+037:020 Now please hear, my lord the king:  please let my supplication
+        be presented before you, that you not cause me to return
+        to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
+037:021 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah
+        into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf
+        of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread
+        in the city was spent.  Thus Jeremiah remained in the court
+        of the guard.
+038:001 Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur,
+        and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah,
+        heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
+038:002 Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die
+        by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
+        but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his
+        life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
+038:003 Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand
+        of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
+038:004 Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you,
+        be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war
+        who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people,
+        in speaking such words to them:  for this man doesn't seek
+        the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
+038:005 Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand;
+        for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
+038:006 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of
+        Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard:
+        and they let down Jeremiah with cords.  In the dungeon there
+        was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
+038:007 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the
+        king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon
+        (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
+038:008 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke
+        to the king, saying,
+038:009 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they
+        have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into
+        the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is,
+        because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
+038:010 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying,
+        Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah
+        the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.
+038:011 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house
+        of the king under the treasury, and took there rags
+        and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into
+        the dungeon to Jeremiah.
+038:012 Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags
+        and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords.
+        Jeremiah did so.
+038:013 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up
+        out of the dungeon:  and Jeremiah remained in the court
+        of the guard.
+038:014 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet
+        to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh:
+        and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing;
+        hide nothing from me.
+038:015 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you,
+        will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel,
+        you will not listen to me.
+038:016 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying,
+        As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you
+        to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men
+        who seek your life.
+038:017 Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God
+        of Armies, the God of Israel:  If you will go forth to the king
+        of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this
+        city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live,
+        and your house.
+038:018 But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
+        then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans,
+        and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape
+        out of their hand.
+038:019 Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews
+        who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me
+        into their hand, and they mock me.
+038:020 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you.  Obey, I beg you,
+        the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you:
+        so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
+038:021 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh
+        has shown me:
+038:022 behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house
+        shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
+        and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on,
+        and have prevailed over you:  [now that] your feet are sunk
+        in the mire, they are turned away back.
+038:023 They shall bring out all your wives and your children to
+        the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand,
+        but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon:
+        and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
+038:024 Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words,
+        and you shall not die.
+038:025 But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they
+        come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said
+        to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you
+        to death; also what the king said to you:
+038:026 then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king,
+        that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house,
+        to die there.
+038:027 Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him;
+        and he told them according to all these words that the king
+        had commanded.  So they left off speaking with him;
+        for the matter was not perceived.
+038:028 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day
+        that Jerusalem was taken.
+039:001 It happened when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of
+        Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar
+        king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem,
+        and besieged it;
+039:002 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month,
+        the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),
+039:003 that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in,
+        and sat in the middle gate, [to wit], Nergal Sharezer,
+        Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag,
+        with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
+039:004 It happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all
+        the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth
+        out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden,
+        through the gate between the two walls; and he went out
+        toward the Arabah.
+039:005 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook
+        Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho:  and when they had taken him,
+        they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah
+        in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
+039:006 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah
+        before his eyes:  also the king of Babylon killed all
+        the nobles of Judah.
+039:007 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters,
+        to carry him to Babylon.
+039:008 The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people,
+        with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
+039:009 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
+        into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city,
+        the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue
+        of the people who remained.
+039:010 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor
+        of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah,
+        and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
+039:011 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning
+        Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
+039:012 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm;
+        but do to him even as he shall tell you.
+039:013 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent,
+        and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all
+        the chief officers of the king of Babylon;
+039:014 they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard,
+        and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
+        the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home:
+        so he lived among the people.
+039:015 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up
+        in the court of the guard, saying,
+039:016 Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says
+        Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Behold, I will bring
+        my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they
+        shall be accomplished before you in that day.
+039:017 But I will deliver you in that day, says Yahweh; and you shall
+        not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
+039:018 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword,
+        but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put
+        your trust in me, says Yahweh.
+040:001 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that
+        Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah,
+        when he had taken him being bound in chains among all
+        the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away
+        captive to Babylon.
+040:002 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him,
+        Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
+040:003 and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke:
+        because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed
+        his voice, therefore this thing is come on you.
+040:004 Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are
+        on your hand.  If it seems good to you to come with me
+        into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it
+        seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold,
+        all the land is before you; where it seems good and right
+        to you to go, there go.
+040:005 Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he],
+        to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king
+        of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah,
+        and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems
+        right to you to go.  So the captain of the guard gave him
+        food and a present, and let him go.
+040:006 Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah,
+        and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
+040:007 Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields,
+        even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon
+        had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land,
+        and had committed to him men, and women, and children,
+        and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried
+        away captive to Babylon;
+040:008 then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, [to wit], Ishmael the son
+        of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah,
+        and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai
+        the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite,
+        they and their men.
+040:009 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and
+        to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans:
+        dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it
+        shall be well with you.
+040:010 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before
+        the Chaldeans who shall come to us:  but you, gather you wine
+        and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels,
+        and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
+040:011 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children
+        of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries,
+        heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
+        and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
+        the son of Shaphan;
+040:012 then all the Jews returned out of all places where they
+        were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah,
+        to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
+040:013 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
+        the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
+040:014 and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children
+        of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?
+        But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn't believe them.
+040:015 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in
+        Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill
+        Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it:
+        why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered
+        to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?
+040:016 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son
+        of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak
+        falsely of Ishmael.
+041:001 Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
+        of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one
+        of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him,
+        came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they
+        ate bread together in Mizpah.
+041:002 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who
+        were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son
+        of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king
+        of Babylon had made governor over the land.
+041:003 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, [to wit],
+        with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,
+        the men of war.
+041:004 It happened the second day after he had killed Gedaliah,
+        and no man knew it,
+041:005 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
+        even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn,
+        and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense
+        in their hand, to bring them to the house of Yahweh.
+041:006 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
+        weeping all along as he went:  and it happened, as he met them,
+        he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
+041:007 It was so, when they came into the midst of the city,
+        that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, [and cast them]
+        into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.
+041:008 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us;
+        for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley,
+        and of oil, and of honey.  So he stopped, and didn't kill
+        them among their brothers.
+041:009 Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies
+        of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah
+        (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of
+        Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled
+        it with those who were killed.
+041:010 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of
+        the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,
+        and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan
+        the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son
+        of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,
+        and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
+041:011 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
+        of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil
+        that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
+041:012 then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael
+        the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters
+        that are in Gibeon.
+041:013 Now it happened that, when all the people who were with Ishmael
+        saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
+        who were with him, then they were glad.
+041:014 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive
+        from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan
+        the son of Kareah.
+041:015 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with
+        eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
+041:016 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
+        of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people
+        whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
+        from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
+        [to wit], the men of war, and the women, and the children,
+        and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:
+041:017 and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is
+        by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
+041:018 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them,
+        because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah
+        the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor
+        over the land.
+042:001 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
+        and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from
+        the least even to the greatest, came near,
+042:002 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray you, our supplication
+        be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God,
+        even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many,
+        as your eyes do see us:
+042:003 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk,
+        and the thing that we should do.
+042:004 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you;
+        behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words;
+        and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you,
+        I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.
+042:005 Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful
+        witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word
+        with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.
+042:006 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice
+        of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well
+        with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.
+042:007 It happened after ten days, that the word of Yahweh
+        came to Jeremiah.
+042:008 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains
+        of the forces who were with him, and all the people from
+        the least even to the greatest,
+042:009 and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:
+042:010 If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you,
+        and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up;
+        for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
+042:011 Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid;
+        don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh:  for I am with you
+        to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
+042:012 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you,
+        and cause you to return to your own land.
+042:013 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you
+        don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
+042:014 saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we
+        shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet,
+        nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
+042:015 now therefore hear you the word of Yahweh, O remnant
+        of Judah:  Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you
+        indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
+042:016 then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear,
+        shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine,
+        about which you are afraid, shall follow hard after you there
+        in Egypt; and there you shall die.
+042:017 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go
+        into Egypt to sojourn there:  they shall die by the sword,
+        by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall
+        remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.
+042:018 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  As my
+        anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you,
+        when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object
+        of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;
+        and you shall see this place no more.
+042:019 Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don't you
+        go into Egypt:  know certainly that I have testified to
+        you this day.
+042:020 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls;
+        for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh
+        our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say,
+        so declare to us, and we will do it:
+042:021 and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed
+        the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has
+        sent me to you.
+042:022 Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword,
+        by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you
+        desire to go to sojourn there.
+043:001 It happened that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
+        to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which
+        Yahweh their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
+043:002 then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
+        and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely:
+        Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go
+        into Egypt to sojourn there;
+043:003 but Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, to deliver us
+        into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death,
+        and carry us away captive to Babylon.
+043:004 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
+        and all the people, didn't obey the voice of Yahweh,
+        to dwell in the land of Judah.
+043:005 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
+        took all the remnant of Judah, who were returned from
+        all the nations where they had been driven, to sojourn
+        in the land of Judah;
+043:006 the men, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters,
+        and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
+        had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;
+        and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
+043:007 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn't obey
+        the voice of Yahweh:  and they came to Tahpanhes.
+043:008 Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
+043:009 Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar
+        in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house
+        in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
+043:010 and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
+        of Israel:  Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar
+        the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne
+        on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his
+        royal pavilion over them.
+043:011 He shall come, and shall strike the land of Egypt;
+        such as are for death [shall be given] to death, and such as
+        are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword
+        to the sword.
+043:012 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt;
+        and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive:
+        and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt,
+        as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth
+        from there in peace.
+043:013 He shall also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in
+        the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall
+        he burn with fire.
+044:001 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived
+        in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,
+        and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
+044:002 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  You have seen
+        all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all
+        the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation,
+        and no man dwells therein,
+044:003 because of their wickedness which they have committed
+        to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense,
+        [and] to serve other gods, that they didn't know, neither they,
+        nor you, nor your fathers.
+044:004 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up
+        early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable
+        thing that I hate.
+044:005 But they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from
+        their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
+044:006 Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured forth, and was
+        kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
+        and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
+044:007 Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God
+        of Israel:  Why commit you [this] great evil against your own souls,
+        to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling,
+        out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;
+044:008 in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands,
+        burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt,
+        where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off,
+        and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations
+        of the earth?
+044:009 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,
+        and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness
+        of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness
+        of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah,
+        and in the streets of Jerusalem?
+044:010 They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared,
+        nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before
+        you and before your fathers.
+044:011 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
+        of Israel:  Behold, I will set my face against you for evil,
+        even to cut off all Judah.
+044:012 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces
+        to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they
+        shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall;
+        they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine;
+        they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword
+        and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror,
+        [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
+044:013 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
+        as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine,
+        and by the pestilence;
+044:014 so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into
+        the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left,
+        to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire
+        to return to dwell there:  for none shall return save such
+        as shall escape.
+044:015 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to
+        other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly,
+        even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros,
+        answered Jeremiah, saying,
+044:016 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh,
+        we will not listen to you.
+044:017 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth
+        out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky,
+        and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done,
+        we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities
+        of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we
+        plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
+044:018 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky,
+        and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things,
+        and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
+044:019 When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out
+        drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her,
+        and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
+044:020 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women,
+        even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
+044:021 The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah,
+        and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers,
+        your kings and your princes, and the people of the land,
+        didn't Yahweh remember them, and didn't it come into his mind?
+044:022 so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil
+        of your doings, and because of the abominations which you
+        have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation,
+        and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant,
+        as it is this day.
+044:023 Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned
+        against Yahweh, and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh,
+        nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies;
+        therefore this evil is happened to you, as it is this day.
+044:024 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women,
+        Hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt:
+044:025 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You and
+        your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your
+        hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform
+        our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen
+        of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her:
+        establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
+044:026 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in
+        the land of Egypt:  Behold, I have sworn by my great name,
+        says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth
+        of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the
+        Lord Yahweh lives.
+044:027 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good;
+        and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall
+        be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there
+        be an end of them.
+044:028 Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt
+        into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant
+        of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
+        shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
+044:029 This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish
+        you in this place, that you may know that my words shall
+        surely stand against you for evil:
+044:030 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king
+        of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of
+        those who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into
+        the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy,
+        and sought his life.
+045:001 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son
+        of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth
+        of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
+        king of Judah, saying,
+045:002 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
+045:003 You did say, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain;
+        I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
+045:004 Thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, that which I
+        have built will I break down, and that which I have planted
+        I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
+045:005 Seek you great things for yourself?  Don't seek them;
+        for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh;
+        but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places
+        where you go.
+046:001 The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet
+        concerning the nations.
+046:002 Of Egypt:  concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king
+        of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish,
+        which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth
+        year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
+046:003 Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
+046:004 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth
+        with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
+046:005 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward;
+        and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace,
+        and don't look back:  terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
+046:006 Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape;
+        in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
+046:007 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss
+        themselves like the rivers?
+046:008 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves
+        like the rivers:  and he says, I will rise up, I will cover
+        the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.
+046:009 Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men
+        go forth:  Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim,
+        who handle and bend the bow.
+046:010 For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day
+        of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries:
+        and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink
+        its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
+        has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
+046:011 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt:
+        in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
+046:012 The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full
+        of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty,
+        they are fallen both of them together.
+046:013 The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet,
+        how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike
+        the land of Egypt.
+046:014 Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis
+        and in Tahpanhes:  say you, Stand forth, and prepare you;
+        for the sword has devoured round about you.
+046:015 Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand,
+        because Yahweh did drive them.
+046:016 He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another:
+        and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people,
+        and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
+046:017 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise;
+        he has let the appointed time pass by.
+046:018 As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies,
+        surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea,
+        so shall he come.
+046:019 You daughter who dwell in Egypt, furnish yourself to go
+        into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation,
+        and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
+046:020 Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of
+        the north is come, it is come.
+046:021 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall;
+        for they also are turned back, they are fled away together,
+        they didn't stand:  for the day of their calamity is come
+        on them, the time of their visitation.
+046:022 The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march
+        with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
+046:023 They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it
+        can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts,
+        and are innumerable.
+046:024 The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be
+        delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
+046:025 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says:  Behold, I will
+        punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods,
+        and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
+046:026 and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives,
+        and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into
+        the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited,
+        as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
+046:027 But don't be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be
+        dismayed, Israel:  for, behold, I will save you from afar,
+        and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob
+        shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall
+        make him afraid.
+046:028 Don't be afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I
+        am with you:  for I will make a full end of all the nations
+        where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you,
+        but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way
+        leave you unpunished.
+047:001 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning
+        the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
+047:002 Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, waters rise up out of the north,
+        and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow
+        the land and all that is therein, the city and those who
+        dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants
+        of the land shall wail.
+047:003 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones,
+        at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels,
+        the fathers don't look back to their children for
+        feebleness of hands;
+047:004 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines,
+        to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains:
+        for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of
+        the isle of Caphtor.
+047:005 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing,
+        the remnant of their valley:  how long will you cut yourself?
+047:006 You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet?
+        put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
+047:007 How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a charge?
+        Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has
+        he appointed it.
+048:001 Of Moab.  Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Woe to
+        Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed,
+        it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
+048:002 The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised
+        evil against her:  Come, and let us cut her off from being
+        a nation.  You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence:
+        the sword shall pursue you.
+048:003 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
+048:004 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
+048:005 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up;
+        for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress
+        of the cry of destruction.
+048:006 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
+048:007 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures,
+        you also shall be taken:  and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
+        his priests and his princes together.
+048:008 The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape;
+        the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed;
+        as Yahweh has spoken.
+048:009 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away:
+        and her cities shall become a desolation, without any
+        to dwell therein.
+048:010 Cursed be he who does the work of Yahweh negligently;
+        and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
+048:011 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled
+        on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
+        neither has he gone into captivity:  therefore his taste
+        remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
+048:012 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send
+        to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they
+        shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
+048:013 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was
+        ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
+048:014 How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
+048:015 Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities,
+        and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter,
+        says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
+048:016 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
+        hurries fast.
+048:017 All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you
+        who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken,
+        the beautiful rod!
+048:018 You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory,
+        and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up
+        against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
+048:019 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch:
+        ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
+048:020 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down:  wail and cry;
+        tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
+048:021 Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah,
+        and on Mephaath,
+048:022 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,
+048:023 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon,
+048:024 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land
+        of Moab, far or near.
+048:025 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
+048:026 Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh:
+        and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall
+        be in derision.
+048:027 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves?
+        for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
+048:028 You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock;
+        and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth
+        of the abyss.
+048:029 We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud;
+        his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the
+        haughtiness of his heart.
+048:030 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings
+        have worked nothing.
+048:031 Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab:
+        for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn.
+048:032 With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you,
+        vine of Sibmah:  your branches passed over the sea,
+        they reached even to the sea of Jazer:  on your summer fruits
+        and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.
+048:033 Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field
+        and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease
+        from the wine presses:  none shall tread with shouting;
+        the shouting shall be no shouting.
+048:034 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz
+        have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim,
+        to Eglath Shelishiyah:  for the waters of Nimrim also
+        shall become desolate.
+048:035 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh,
+        him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense
+        to his gods.
+048:036 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my
+        heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres:
+        therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
+048:037 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped:
+        on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
+048:038 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it there is
+        lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel
+        in which none delights, says Yahweh.
+048:039 How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab
+        turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision
+        and a terror to all who are round about him.
+048:040 For thus says Yahweh:  Behold, he shall fly as an eagle,
+        and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
+048:041 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart
+        of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart
+        of a woman in her pangs.
+048:042 Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has
+        magnified himself against Yahweh.
+048:043 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant
+        of Moab, says Yahweh.
+048:044 He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit;
+        and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare:
+        for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of
+        their visitation, says Yahweh.
+048:045 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon;
+        for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from
+        the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab,
+        and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
+048:046 Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons
+        are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
+048:047 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days,
+        says Yahweh.  Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
+049:001 Of the children of Ammon.  Thus says Yahweh:  Has Israel
+        no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad,
+        and his people well in the cities of it?
+049:002 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause
+        an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon;
+        and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall
+        be burned with fire:  then shall Israel possess those who did
+        possess him, says Yahweh.
+049:003 Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
+        gird you with sackcloth:  lament, and run back and forth
+        among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity,
+        his priests and his princes together.
+049:004 Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding
+        daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall
+        come to me?
+049:005 Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
+        from all who are round about you; and you shall be driven
+        out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather
+        together the fugitives.
+049:006 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children
+        of Ammon, says Yahweh.
+049:007 Of Edom.  Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Is wisdom no more in Teman?
+        is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
+049:008 Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;
+        for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I
+        shall visit him.
+049:009 If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some
+        gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn't they destroy
+        until they had enough?
+049:010 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,
+        and he shall not be able to hide himself:  his seed is destroyed,
+        and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
+049:011 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive;
+        and let your widows trust in me.
+049:012 For thus says Yahweh:  Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain
+        to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who
+        shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished,
+        but you shall surely drink.
+049:013 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall
+        become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse;
+        and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
+049:014 I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent
+        among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together,
+        and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
+049:015 For, behold, I have made you small among the nations,
+        and despised among men.
+049:016 As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you,
+        O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height
+        of the hill:  though you should make your nest as high
+        as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
+049:017 Edom shall become an astonishment:  everyone who passes by it
+        shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues of it.
+049:018 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor
+        cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there,
+        neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
+049:019 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan
+        against the strong habitation:  for I will suddenly make them run
+        away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it:
+        for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is
+        the shepherd who will stand before me?
+049:020 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken
+        against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against
+        the inhabitants of Teman:  Surely they shall drag them away,
+        [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make
+        their habitation desolate over them.
+049:021 The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry,
+        the noise which is heard in the Red Sea{or, Sea of Reeds}.
+049:022 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread
+        out his wings against Bozrah:  and the heart of the mighty
+        men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman
+        in her pangs.
+049:023 Of Damascus.  Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard
+        evil news, they are melted away:  there is sorrow on the sea;
+        it can't be quiet.
+049:024 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee,
+        and trembling has seized on her:  anguish and sorrows have
+        taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
+049:025 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
+049:026 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all
+        the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day,
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+049:027 I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
+        devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
+049:028 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar
+        king of Babylon struck.  Thus says Yahweh:  Arise you,
+        go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
+049:029 Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry
+        away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels,
+        and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
+049:030 Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants
+        of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken
+        counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
+049:031 Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells
+        without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars,
+        that dwell alone.
+049:032 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
+        livestock a spoil:  and I will scatter to all winds those who
+        have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring
+        their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
+049:033 Hazor shall be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever:
+        no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of
+        man sojourn therein.
+049:034 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,
+        in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
+049:035 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
+        the chief of their might.
+049:036 On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters
+        of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds;
+        and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam
+        shall not come.
+049:037 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
+        and before those who seek their life; and I will bring evil
+        on them, even my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will send
+        the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
+049:038 and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there
+        king and princes, says Yahweh.
+049:039 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back
+        the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.
+050:001 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land
+        of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
+050:002 Declare you among the nations and publish, and set up
+        a standard; publish, and don't conceal:  say, Babylon is taken,
+        Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images
+        are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
+050:003 For out of the north there comes up a nation against her,
+        which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein:
+        they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
+050:004 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children
+        of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together;
+        they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek
+        Yahweh their God.
+050:005 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned
+        toward it, [saying], Come you, and join yourselves to Yahweh
+        in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
+050:006 My people have been lost sheep:  their shepherds have caused
+        them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains;
+        they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten
+        their resting place.
+050:007 All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said,
+        We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh,
+        the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope
+        of their fathers.
+050:008 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land
+        of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
+050:009 For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon
+        a company of great nations from the north country; and they
+        shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall
+        be taken:  their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man;
+        none shall return in vain.
+050:010 Chaldea shall be a prey:  all who prey on her shall
+        be satisfied, says Yahweh.
+050:011 Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder
+        my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads
+        out [the grain], and neigh as strong horses;
+050:012 your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall
+        be confounded:  behold, she shall be the least of the nations,
+        a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
+050:013 Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited,
+        but she shall be wholly desolate:  everyone who goes by Babylon
+        shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
+050:014 Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about,
+        all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows:
+        for she has sinned against Yahweh.
+050:015 Shout against her round about:  she has submitted herself;
+        her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down;
+        for it is the vengeance of Yahweh:  take vengeance on her;
+        as she has done, do to her.
+050:016 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle
+        in the time of harvest:  for fear of the oppressing sword
+        they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee
+        everyone to his own land.
+050:017 Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away:
+        first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last
+        Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
+050:018 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  Behold, I
+        will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished
+        the king of Assyria.
+050:019 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed
+        on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on
+        the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
+050:020 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity
+        of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none;
+        and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found:
+        for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
+050:021 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against
+        the inhabitants of Pekod:  kill and utterly destroy after them,
+        says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
+050:022 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
+050:023 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken!
+        how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
+050:024 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon,
+        and you weren't aware:  you are found, and also caught,
+        because you have striven against Yahweh.
+050:025 Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons
+        of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work
+        [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.
+050:026 Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses;
+        cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing
+        of her be left.
+050:027 Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter:
+        woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
+050:028 The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land
+        of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God,
+        the vengeance of his temple.
+050:029 Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend
+        the bow; encamp against her round about; let none of it escape:
+        recompense her according to her work; according to all that she
+        has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh,
+        against the Holy One of Israel.
+050:030 Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men
+        of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
+050:031 Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh
+        of Armies; for your day is come, the time that I will visit you.
+050:032 The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up;
+        and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour
+        all who are round about him.
+050:033 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  The children of Israel and the
+        children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took
+        them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
+050:034 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
+        he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest
+        to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
+050:035 A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants
+        of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
+050:036 A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools;
+        a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
+050:037 A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots,
+        and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her;
+        and they shall become as women:  a sword is on her treasures,
+        and they shall be robbed.
+050:038 A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up;
+        for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
+050:039 Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves
+        shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein:
+        and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it
+        be lived in from generation to generation.
+050:040 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor
+        cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there,
+        neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
+050:041 Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation
+        and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts
+        of the earth.
+050:042 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy;
+        their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses,
+        everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you,
+        daughter of Babylon.
+050:043 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands
+        wax feeble:  anguish has taken hold of him, [and] pangs
+        as of a woman in travail.
+050:044 Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from
+        the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation:
+        for I will suddenly make them run away from it;
+        and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it:
+        for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is
+        the shepherd who can stand before me?
+050:045 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken
+        against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against
+        the land of the Chaldeans:  Surely they shall drag them away,
+        [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make
+        their habitation desolate over them.
+050:046 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles,
+        and the cry is heard among the nations.
+051:001 Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
+        and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
+051:002 I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her;
+        and they shall empty her land:  for in the day of trouble
+        they shall be against her round about.
+051:003 Against [him who] bends let the archer bend his bow,
+        and against [him who] lifts himself up in his coat of mail:
+        and don't you spare her young men; destroy you utterly
+        all her army.
+051:004 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
+        and thrust through in her streets.
+051:005 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh
+        of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against
+        the Holy One of Israel.
+051:006 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life;
+        don't be cut off in her iniquity:  for it is the time
+        of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
+051:007 Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh's hand, who made
+        all the earth drunken:  the nations have drunk of her wine;
+        therefore the nations are mad.
+051:008 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed:  wail for her;
+        take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
+051:009 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed:
+        forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country;
+        for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even
+        to the skies.
+051:010 Yahweh has brought forth our righteousness:  come, and let us
+        declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.
+051:011 Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields:
+        Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes;
+        because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it:
+        for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
+051:012 Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the
+        watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes;
+        for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke
+        concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
+051:013 You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end
+        is come, the measure of your covetousness.
+051:014 Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I
+        will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they
+        shall lift up a shout against you.
+051:015 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world
+        by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched
+        out the heavens:
+051:016 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
+        and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
+        he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind
+        out of his treasuries.
+051:017 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge;
+        every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten
+        image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
+051:018 They are vanity, a work of delusion:  in the time of their
+        visitation they shall perish.
+051:019 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former
+        of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance:
+        Yahweh of Armies is his name.
+051:020 You are my battle axe and weapons of war:  and with you will I
+        break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
+051:021 and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
+051:022 and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who
+        rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman;
+        and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth;
+        and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
+051:023 and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
+        and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his
+        yoke [of oxen]; and with you will I break in pieces
+        governors and deputies.
+051:024 I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
+        all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,
+        says Yahweh.
+051:025 Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh,
+        which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand
+        on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you
+        a burnt mountain.
+051:026 They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone
+        for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.
+051:027 Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among
+        the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together
+        against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz:
+        appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up
+        as the rough canker worm.
+051:028 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes,
+        the governors of it, and all the deputies of it, and all
+        the land of their dominion.
+051:029 The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh
+        against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon
+        a desolation, without inhabitant.
+051:030 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight,
+        they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed;
+        they are become as women:  her dwelling places are set on fire;
+        her bars are broken.
+051:031 One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger
+        to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city
+        is taken on every quarter:
+051:032 and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned
+        with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
+051:033 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:  The daughter
+        of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it
+        is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall
+        come for her.
+051:034 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has
+        crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster,
+        swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies;
+        he has cast me out.
+051:035 The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon,
+        shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on
+        the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
+051:036 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I will plead your cause,
+        and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea,
+        and make her fountain dry.
+051:037 Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals,
+        an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
+051:038 They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl
+        as lions' cubs.
+051:039 When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make
+        them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep,
+        and not wake, says Yahweh.
+051:040 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams
+        with male goats.
+051:041 How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized!
+        how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
+051:042 The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude
+        of the waves of it.
+051:043 Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert,
+        a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of
+        man pass thereby.
+051:044 I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring
+        forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up;
+        and the nations shall not flow any more to him:  yes, the wall
+        of Babylon shall fall.
+051:045 My people, go you out of the midst of her, and save yourselves
+        every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.
+051:046 Don't let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that
+        shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year,
+        and after that in another year [shall come] news, and violence
+        in the land, ruler against ruler.
+051:047 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment
+        on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall
+        be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
+051:048 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein,
+        shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall
+        come to her from the north, says Yahweh.
+051:049 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon
+        shall fall the slain of all the land.
+051:050 You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still;
+        remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
+051:051 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has
+        covered our faces:  for strangers are come into the sanctuaries
+        of Yahweh's house.
+051:052 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will
+        execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her
+        land the wounded shall groan.
+051:053 Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she
+        should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall
+        destroyers come to her, says Yahweh.
+051:054 The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction
+        from the land of the Chaldeans!
+051:055 For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her
+        the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters;
+        the noise of their voice is uttered:
+051:056 for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her
+        mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces;
+        for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
+051:057 I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors
+        and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep
+        a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name
+        is Yahweh of Armies.
+051:058 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  The broad walls of Babylon
+        shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be
+        burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity,
+        and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
+051:059 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son
+        of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah
+        the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
+        Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.
+051:060 Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon,
+        even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
+051:061 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see
+        that you read all these words,
+051:062 and say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut
+        it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal,
+        but that it shall be desolate forever.
+051:063 It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book,
+        that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst
+        of the Euphrates:
+051:064 and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not
+        rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her;
+        and they shall be weary.  Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
+052:001 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign;
+        and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:  and his mother's
+        name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+052:002 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
+        all that Jehoiakim had done.
+052:003 For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem
+        and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.
+        Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
+052:004 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
+        in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king
+        of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem,
+        and encamped against it; and they built forts against
+        it round about.
+052:005 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
+052:006 In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine
+        was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people
+        of the land.
+052:007 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled,
+        and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate
+        between the two walls, which was by the king's garden;
+        (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;)
+        and they went toward the Arabah.
+052:008 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king,
+        and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his
+        army was scattered from him.
+052:009 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king
+        of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave
+        judgment on him.
+052:010 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes:
+        he killed also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
+052:011 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon
+        bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put
+        him in prison until the day of his death.
+052:012 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month,
+        which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar,
+        king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,
+        who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:
+052:013 and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the king's house;
+        and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house,
+        burned he with fire.
+052:014 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of
+        the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
+052:015 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive
+        of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people
+        who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell
+        to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
+052:016 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest
+        of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
+052:017 The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh,
+        and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh,
+        did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass
+        of them to Babylon.
+052:018 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins,
+        and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which
+        they ministered, took they away.
+052:019 The cups, and the fire pans, and the basins, and the pots,
+        and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the bowls--
+        that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver,
+        in silver,--the captain of the guard took away.
+052:020 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls
+        that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made
+        for the house of Yahweh.  The brass of all these vessels
+        was without weight.
+052:021 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was
+        eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it;
+        and the thickness of it was four fingers:  it was hollow.
+052:022 A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital
+        was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital
+        round about, all of brass:  and the second pillar also had
+        like these, and pomegranates.
+052:023 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the
+        pomegranates were one hundred on the network round about.
+052:024 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
+        and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers
+        of the threshold:
+052:025 and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men
+        of war; and seven men of those who saw the king's face,
+        who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain
+        of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty
+        men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst
+        of the city.
+052:026 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought
+        them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
+052:027 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah
+        in the land of Hamath.  So Judah was carried away captive
+        out of his land.
+052:028 This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive:
+        in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews;
+052:029 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away
+        captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
+052:030 in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan
+        the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews
+        seven hundred forty-five persons:  all the persons were four
+        thousand and six hundred.
+052:031 It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
+        of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month,
+        in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach
+        king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up
+        the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth
+        out of prison;
+052:032 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne
+        of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
+052:033 and changed his prison garments.  [Jehoiachin] ate bread
+        before him continually all the days of his life:
+052:034 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given
+        him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day
+        of his death, all the days of his life.
+Book 25 Lamentations
+001:001 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people!
+        She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations!
+        She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
+001:002 She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks;
+        among all her lovers she has none to comfort her:
+        All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
+        they are become her enemies.
+001:003 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of
+        great servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest:
+        all her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
+001:004 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly;
+        all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh:
+        her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
+001:005 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh
+        has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
+        her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
+001:006 From the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed:
+        her princes are become like harts that find no pasture,
+        they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
+001:007 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her
+        miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old:
+        when her people fell into the hand of the adversary,
+        and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock
+        at her desolations.
+001:008 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become
+        as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her,
+        because they have seen her nakedness:  yes, she sighs,
+        and turns backward.
+001:009 Her filthiness was in her skirts; she didn't remember her latter end;
+        therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter:
+        see, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.
+001:010 The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things:
+        for she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary,
+        concerning whom you did command that they should not enter
+        into your assembly.
+001:011 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant
+        things for food to refresh the soul:  look, Yahweh, and see;
+        for I am become abject.
+001:012 Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?  Look, and see
+        if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought
+        on me, With which Yahweh has afflicted [me] in the day
+        of his fierce anger.
+001:013 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails
+        against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned
+        me back:  He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
+001:014 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand;
+        They are knit together, they are come up on my neck;
+        he has made my strength to fail:  The Lord has delivered me
+        into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
+001:015 The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me;
+        He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men:
+        The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
+001:016 For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water;
+        Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me:
+        My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
+001:017 Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her;
+        Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are round
+        about him should be his adversaries:  Jerusalem is among them
+        as an unclean thing.
+001:018 Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:
+        Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow:
+        My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
+001:019 I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me:
+        My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city,
+        While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
+001:020 See, Yahweh; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled;
+        My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled:
+        Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.
+001:021 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me;
+        All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you
+        have done it:  You will bring the day that you have proclaimed,
+        and they shall be like me.
+001:022 Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them,
+        as you have done to me for all my transgressions:
+        For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
+002:001 How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud
+        in his anger!  He has cast down from heaven to the earth
+        the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool
+        in the day of his anger.
+002:002 The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has
+        not pitied:  He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds
+        of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground;
+        he has profaned the kingdom and the princes of it.
+002:003 He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has
+        drawn back his right hand from before the enemy:  He has burned
+        up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.
+002:004 He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand
+        as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye:
+        In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his
+        wrath like fire.
+002:005 The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has
+        swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds;
+        He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
+002:006 He has violently taken away his tent, as if it were of a garden;
+        he has destroyed his place of assembly:  Yahweh has caused solemn
+        assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised
+        in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
+002:007 The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary;
+        He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces:
+        They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh, as in the day
+        of a solemn assembly.
+002:008 Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter
+        of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his
+        hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament;
+        they languish together.
+002:009 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken
+        her bars:  Her king and her princes are among the nations where
+        the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
+002:010 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground,
+        they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads;
+        they have girded themselves with sackcloth:  The virgins
+        of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
+002:011 My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is
+        poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter
+        of my people, Because the young children and the infants
+        swoon in the streets of the city.
+002:012 They tell their mothers, Where is grain and wine?
+        When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city,
+        When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.
+002:013 What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you,
+        daughter of Jerusalem?  What shall I compare to you, that I
+        may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?  For your breach
+        is great like the sea:  who can heal you?
+002:014 Your prophets have seen for you false and foolish visions;
+        They have not uncovered your iniquity, to bring back your captivity,
+        But have seen for you false oracles and causes of banishment.
+002:015 All that pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and wag
+        their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this
+        the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy
+        of the whole earth?
+002:016 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you;
+        They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up;
+        Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found,
+        we have seen it.
+002:017 Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his
+        word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down,
+        and has not pitied:  He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
+        he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
+002:018 Their heart cried to the Lord:  wall of the daughter of Zion,
+        let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself
+        no respite; don't let the apple of your eye cease.
+002:019 Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches;
+        Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord:  Lift up
+        your hands toward him for the life of your young children,
+        that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
+002:020 Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus!  Shall the women
+        eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands?
+        Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary
+        of the Lord?
+002:021 The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets;
+        My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword:
+        You have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered,
+        [and] not pitied.
+002:022 You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors
+        on every side; There was none that escaped or remained
+        in the day of Yahweh's anger:  Those that I have dandled
+        and brought up has my enemy consumed.
+003:001 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
+003:002 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
+003:003 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
+003:004 My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
+003:005 He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
+003:006 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have
+        been long dead.
+003:007 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made
+        my chain heavy.
+003:008 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
+003:009 He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made
+        my paths crooked.
+003:010 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
+003:011 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces;
+        he has made me desolate.
+003:012 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
+003:013 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
+003:014 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song
+        all the day.
+003:015 He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
+003:016 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered
+        me with ashes.
+003:017 You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
+003:018 I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
+003:019 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
+003:020 My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
+003:021 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
+003:022 [It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed,
+        because his compassion doesn't fail.
+003:023 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
+003:024 Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
+003:025 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul
+        that seeks him.
+003:026 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the
+        salvation of Yahweh.
+003:027 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
+003:028 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid
+        it on him.
+003:029 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
+003:030 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled
+        full with reproach.
+003:031 For the Lord will not cast off forever.
+003:032 For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according
+        to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
+003:033 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
+003:034 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
+003:035 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
+003:036 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.
+003:037 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord
+        doesn't command it?
+003:038 Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
+003:039 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment
+        of his sins?
+003:040 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
+003:041 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
+003:042 We have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned.
+003:043 You have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed,
+        you have not pitied.
+003:044 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer
+        can pass through.
+003:045 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst
+        of the peoples.
+003:046 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
+003:047 Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.
+003:048 My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction
+        of the daughter of my people.
+003:049 My eye pours down, and doesn't cease, without any intermission,
+003:050 Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.
+003:051 My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
+003:052 They have chased me sore like a bird, those who are my
+        enemies without cause.
+003:053 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast
+        a stone on me.
+003:054 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
+003:055 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
+003:056 You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing,
+        at my cry.
+003:057 You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said,
+        Don't be afraid.
+003:058 Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have
+        redeemed my life.
+003:059 Yahweh, you have seen my wrong; judge you my cause.
+003:060 You have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
+003:061 You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their
+        devices against me,
+003:062 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device
+        against me all the day.
+003:063 See you their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
+003:064 You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to
+        the work of their hands.
+003:065 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
+003:066 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under
+        the heavens of Yahweh.
+004:001 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed!
+        The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head
+        of every street.
+004:002 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are
+        they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands
+        of the potter!
+004:003 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their
+        young ones:  The daughter of my people is become cruel,
+        like the ostriches in the wilderness.
+004:004 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth
+        for thirst:  The young children ask bread, and no man breaks
+        it to them.
+004:005 Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets:
+        Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
+004:006 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater
+        than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment,
+        and no hands were laid on her.
+004:007 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk;
+        They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing
+        was as of sapphire.
+004:008 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known
+        in the streets:  Their skin cleaves to their bones;
+        it is withered, it is become like a stick.
+004:009 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who
+        are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through,
+        for want of the fruits of the field.
+004:010 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children;
+        They were their food in the destruction of the daughter
+        of my people.
+004:011 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his
+        fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured
+        the foundations of it.
+004:012 The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants
+        of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter
+        into the gates of Jerusalem.
+004:013 [It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities
+        of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in
+        the midst of her.
+004:014 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted
+        with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
+004:015 Depart you, they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch!
+        When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
+        They shall no more sojourn [here].
+004:016 The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them:
+        They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't
+        favor the elders.
+004:017 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help:
+        In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
+004:018 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets:
+        Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
+004:019 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky:
+        They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us
+        in the wilderness.
+004:020 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken
+        in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall
+        live among the nations.
+004:021 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land
+        of Uz:  The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall
+        be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
+004:022 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion;
+        he will no more carry you away into captivity:  He will visit
+        your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
+005:001 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us:  Look, and see our reproach.
+005:002 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
+005:003 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
+005:004 We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
+005:005 Our pursuers are on our necks:  We are weary, and have no rest.
+005:006 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians,
+        to be satisfied with bread.
+005:007 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
+005:008 Servants rule over us:  There is none to deliver us out
+        of their hand.
+005:009 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword
+        of the wilderness.
+005:010 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning
+        heat of famine.
+005:011 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
+005:012 Princes were hanged up by their hand:  The faces of elders
+        were not honored.
+005:013 The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.
+005:014 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men
+        from their music.
+005:015 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
+005:016 The crown is fallen from our head:  Woe to us! for we have sinned.
+005:017 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
+005:018 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate:  The foxes
+        walk on it.
+005:019 You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation
+        to generation.
+005:020 Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?
+005:021 Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall be turned;
+        Renew our days as of old.
+005:022 But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.
+Book 26 Ezekiel
+001:001 Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month],
+        in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives
+        by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw
+        visions of God.
+001:002 In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year
+        of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
+001:003 the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son
+        of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar;
+        and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.
+001:004 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north,
+        a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round
+        about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal,
+        out of the midst of the fire.
+001:005 Out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures.
+        This was their appearance:  they had the likeness of a man.
+001:006 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
+001:007 Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet
+        was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled
+        like burnished brass.
+001:008 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
+        and they four had their faces and their wings [thus]:
+001:009 their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn
+        when they went; each one went straight forward.
+001:010 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man;
+        and they four had the face of a lion on the right side;
+        and they four had the face of an ox on the left side;
+        they four had also the face of an eagle.
+001:011 Their faces and their wings were separate above;
+        two [wings] of each one were joined one to another, and two
+        covered their bodies.
+001:012 Each one went straight forward:  where the spirit was to go,
+        they went; they didn't turn when they went.
+001:013 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
+        was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches:
+        [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures;
+        and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
+001:014 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance
+        of a flash of lightning.
+001:015 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on
+        the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four
+        faces of it.
+001:016 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl:
+        and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their
+        work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
+001:017 When they went, they went in their four directions:
+        they didn't turn when they went.
+001:018 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four
+        had their rims full of eyes round about.
+001:019 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them;
+        and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth,
+        the wheels were lifted up.
+001:020 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go:
+        and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit
+        of the living creature was in the wheels.
+001:021 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;
+        and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
+        were lifted up beside them:  for the spirit of the living
+        creature was in the wheels.
+001:022 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness
+        of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on,
+        stretched forth over their heads above.
+001:023 Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward
+        the other:  each one had two which covered on this side,
+        and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
+001:024 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise
+        of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise
+        of tumult like the noise of an army:  when they stood,
+        they let down their wings.
+001:025 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads:
+        when they stood, they let down their wings.
+001:026 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of
+        a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone;
+        and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance
+        of a man on it above.
+001:027 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within
+        it round about, from the appearance of his waist and upward;
+        and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw
+        as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness
+        round about him.
+001:028 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day
+        of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.
+        This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh.
+        When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice
+        of one that spoke.
+002:001 He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will
+        speak with you.
+002:002 The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me
+        on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.
+002:003 He said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel,
+        to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me:
+        they and their fathers have transgressed against me even
+        to this very day.
+002:004 The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you
+        to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.
+002:005 They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,
+        (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there
+        has been a prophet among them.
+002:006 You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid
+        of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you
+        do dwell among scorpions:  don't be afraid of their words,
+        nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
+002:007 You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear,
+        or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
+002:008 But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you
+        rebellious like that rebellious house:  open your mouth,
+        and eat that which I give you.
+002:009 When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold,
+        a scroll of a book was therein;
+002:010 He spread it before me:  and it was written within and without;
+        and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
+003:001 He said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find;
+        eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
+003:002 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
+003:003 He said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat,
+        and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.
+        Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
+003:004 He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel,
+        and speak with my words to them.
+003:005 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of
+        a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
+003:006 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language,
+        whose words you can not understand.  Surely, if I sent you
+        to them, they would listen to you.
+003:007 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will
+        not listen to me:  for all the house of Israel are of hard
+        forehead and of a stiff heart.
+003:008 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces,
+        and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
+003:009 As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead:
+        don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks,
+        though they are a rebellious house.
+003:010 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall
+        speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
+003:011 Go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people,
+        and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh;
+        whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
+003:012 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice
+        of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh
+        from his place.
+003:013 [I heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they
+        touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them,
+        even the noise of a great rushing.
+003:014 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went
+        in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh
+        was strong on me.
+003:015 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived
+        by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there
+        overwhelmed among them seven days.
+003:016 It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh
+        came to me, saying,
+003:017 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel:
+        therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
+003:018 When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him
+        no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way,
+        to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
+        but his blood will I require at your hand.
+003:019 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness,
+        nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity;
+        but you have delivered your soul.
+003:020 Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness,
+        and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him,
+        he shall die:  because you have not given him warning,
+        he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has
+        done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require
+        at your hand.
+003:021 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous
+        not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live,
+        because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.
+003:022 The hand of Yahweh was there on me; and he said to me, Arise,
+        go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.
+003:023 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain:  and behold,
+        the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw
+        by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
+003:024 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet;
+        and he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself
+        within your house.
+003:025 But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands on you,
+        and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
+003:026 and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth,
+        that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover;
+        for they are a rebellious house.
+003:027 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you
+        shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  He who hears,
+        let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear:
+        for they are a rebellious house.
+004:001 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you,
+        and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:
+004:002 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it,
+        and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it,
+        and plant battering rams against it round about.
+004:003 Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron
+        between you and the city:  and set your face toward it,
+        and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it.
+        This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
+004:004 Moreover lie you on your left side, and lay the iniquity of
+        the house of Israel on it; [according to] the number of the days
+        that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
+004:005 For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be
+        to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days:
+        so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
+004:006 Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your
+        right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah:
+        forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
+004:007 You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem,
+        with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
+004:008 Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from
+        one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days
+        of your siege.
+004:009 Take for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,
+        and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make
+        you bread of it; [according to] the number of the days that
+        you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days,
+        shall you eat of it.
+004:010 Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels
+        a day:  from time to time shall you eat it.
+004:011 You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin:
+        from time to time shall you drink.
+004:012 You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it
+        in their sight with dung that comes out of man.
+004:013 Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
+        bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.
+004:014 Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted;
+        for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten
+        of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals;
+        neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
+004:015 Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung
+        for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.
+004:016 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff
+        of bread in Jerusalem:  and they shall eat bread by weight,
+        and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure,
+        and in dismay:
+004:017 that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another,
+        and pine away in their iniquity.
+005:001 You, son of man, take a sharp sword; [as] a barber's razor
+        shall you take it to you, and shall cause it to pass on
+        your head and on your beard:  then take balances to weigh,
+        and divide the hair.
+005:002 A third part shall you burn in the fire in the midst of the city,
+        when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take
+        a third part, and strike with the sword round about it;
+        and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will
+        draw out a sword after them.
+005:003 You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
+005:004 Of these again shall you take, and cast them into the midst
+        of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire
+        come forth into all the house of Israel.
+005:005 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  This is Jerusalem; I have set her
+        in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
+005:006 She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more
+        than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries
+        that are round about her; for they have rejected my ordinances,
+        and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
+005:007 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you are turbulent
+        more than the nations that are round about you, and have
+        not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances,
+        neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are
+        round about you;
+005:008 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I, even I,
+        am against you; and I will execute judgments in the midst
+        of you in the sight of the nations.
+005:009 I will do in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I
+        will not do any more the like, because of all your abominations.
+005:010 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you,
+        and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute
+        judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter
+        to all the winds.
+005:011 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely, because you
+        have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things,
+        and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish [you];
+        neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
+005:012 A third part of you shall die with the pestilence,
+        and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you;
+        and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you;
+        and a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will
+        draw out a sword after them.
+005:013 Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause
+        my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted;
+        and they shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal,
+        when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
+005:014 Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among
+        the nations that are round about you, in the sight of all
+        that pass by.
+005:015 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and
+        an astonishment, to the nations that are round about you,
+        when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath,
+        and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;)
+005:016 when I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine,
+        that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you:
+        and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your
+        staff of bread;
+005:017 and I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they shall
+        bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you;
+        and I will bring the sword on you:  I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+006:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+006:002 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel,
+        and prophesy to them,
+006:003 and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains
+        and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys:
+        Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will
+        destroy your high places.
+006:004 Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars
+        shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men
+        before your idols.
+006:005 I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel
+        before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round
+        about your altars.
+006:006 In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste,
+        and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars
+        may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be
+        broken and cease, and your incense altars may be hewn down,
+        and your works may be abolished.
+006:007 The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+006:008 Yet will I leave a remnant, in that you shall have some that
+        escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered
+        through the countries.
+006:009 Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations
+        where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been
+        broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me,
+        and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols:
+        and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils
+        which they have committed in all their abominations.
+006:010 They shall know that I am Yahweh:  I have not said in vain
+        that I would do this evil to them.
+006:011 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Smite with your hand, and stamp with
+        your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations
+        of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword,
+        by the famine, and by the pestilence.
+006:012 He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he who is
+        near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is
+        besieged shall die by the famine:  thus will I accomplish
+        my wrath on them.
+006:013 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be
+        among their idols round about their altars, on every high hill,
+        on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree,
+        and under every thick oak, the places where they offered
+        sweet savor to all their idols.
+006:014 I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate
+        and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all
+        their habitations:  and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+007:001 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+007:002 You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land
+        of Israel, An end:  the end is come on the four corners
+        of the land.
+007:003 Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you,
+        and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring
+        on you all your abominations.
+007:004 My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity;
+        but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall
+        be in the midst of you:  and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+007:005 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
+007:006 An end is come, the end is come; it awakes against you;
+        behold, it comes.
+007:007 Your doom is come to you, inhabitant of the land:
+        the time is come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult,
+        and not [of] joyful shouting, on the mountains.
+007:008 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my
+        anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways;
+        and I will bring on you all your abominations.
+007:009 My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity:
+        I will bring on you according to your ways; and your
+        abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know
+        that I, Yahweh, do strike.
+007:010 Behold, the day, behold, it comes:  your doom is gone forth;
+        the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
+007:011 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them
+        [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth:
+        neither shall there be eminency among them.
+007:012 The time is come, the day draws near:  don't let the buyer rejoice,
+        nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude of it.
+007:013 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,
+        although they be yet alive:  for the vision is touching
+        the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall
+        any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
+007:014 They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none
+        goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all the multitude of it.
+007:015 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within:
+        he who is in the field shall die with the sword:
+        and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
+007:016 But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on
+        the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning,
+        every one in his iniquity.
+007:017 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
+007:018 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall
+        cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness
+        on all their heads.
+007:019 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold
+        shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall
+        not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh:
+        they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels;
+        because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
+007:020 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty;
+        but they made the images of their abominations [and] their
+        detestable things therein:  therefore have I made it to them
+        as an unclean thing.
+007:021 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,
+        and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they
+        shall profane it.
+007:022 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane
+        my secret [place]; and robbers shall enter into it,
+        and profane it.
+007:023 Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes,
+        and the city is full of violence.
+007:024 Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall
+        possess their houses:  I will also make the pride of the strong
+        to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
+007:025 Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there
+        shall be none.
+007:026 Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor;
+        and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law
+        shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
+007:027 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
+        and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:
+        I will do to them after their way, and according to their
+        own judgments will I judge them; and they shall know that
+        I am Yahweh.
+008:001 It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth
+        [day] of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders
+        of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell
+        there on me.
+008:002 Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire;
+        from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire; and from
+        his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness,
+        as it were glowing metal.
+008:003 He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head;
+        and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky,
+        and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem,
+        to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looks toward
+        the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy,
+        which provokes to jealousy.
+008:004 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to
+        the appearance that I saw in the plain.
+008:005 Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way
+        toward the north.  So I lifted up my eyes the way toward
+        the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this
+        image of jealousy in the entry.
+008:006 He said to me, Son of man, see you what they do? even the great
+        abominations that the house of Israel do commit here,
+        that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but you shall
+        again see yet other great abominations.
+008:007 He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,
+        behold, a hole in the wall.
+008:008 Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall:
+        and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.
+008:009 He said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that
+        they do here.
+008:010 So I went in and saw; and see, every form of creeping things,
+        and abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel,
+        portrayed on the wall round about.
+008:011 There stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house
+        of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah
+        the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand;
+        and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
+008:012 Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders
+        of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his
+        chambers of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us;
+        Yahweh has forsaken the land.
+008:013 He said also to me, You shall again see yet other great
+        abominations which they do.
+008:014 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house
+        which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women
+        weeping for Tammuz.
+008:015 Then said he to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? you
+        shall again see yet greater abominations than these.
+008:016 He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house; and see,
+        at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch
+        and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs
+        toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east;
+        and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
+008:017 Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], son of man?
+        Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the
+        abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land
+        with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger:
+        and behold, they put the branch to their nose.
+008:018 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare,
+        neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears
+        with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
+009:001 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause you
+        them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man
+        with his destroying weapon in his hand.
+009:002 Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate,
+        which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter
+        weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them
+        clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side.
+        They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
+009:003 The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
+        whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house:
+        and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's
+        inkhorn by his side.
+009:004 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city,
+        through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads
+        of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations
+        that are done in the midst of it.
+009:005 To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through
+        the city after him, and strike:  don't let your eye spare,
+        neither have you pity;
+009:006 kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin,
+        and little children and women; but don't come near any
+        man on whom is the mark:  and begin at my sanctuary.
+        Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
+009:007 He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts
+        with the slain:  go you forth.  They went forth, and struck
+        in the city.
+009:008 It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left,
+        that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh!
+        will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring
+        out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
+009:009 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and
+        Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood,
+        and the city full of perversion:  for they say, Yahweh has
+        forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't see.
+009:010 As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity,
+        but I will bring their way on their head.
+009:011 Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by
+        his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you
+        have commanded me.
+010:001 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head
+        of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire{or,
+        lapis lazuli} stone, as the appearance of the likeness
+        of a throne.
+010:002 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between
+        the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both
+        your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim,
+        and scatter them over the city.  He went in as I watched.
+010:003 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house,
+        when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
+010:004 The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, [and stood]
+        over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled
+        with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness
+        of Yahweh's glory.
+010:005 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to
+        the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
+010:006 It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen,
+        saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between
+        the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
+010:007 The cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim
+        to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took [of it],
+        and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen,
+        who took it and went out.
+010:008 There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand
+        under their wings.
+010:009 I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel
+        beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub;
+        and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
+010:010 As for their appearance, they four had one likeness,
+        as if a wheel have been within a wheel.
+010:011 When they went, they went in their four directions:
+        they didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head
+        looked they followed it; they didn't turn as they went.
+010:012 Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands,
+        and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about,
+        [even] the wheels that they four had.
+010:013 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing,
+        the whirling [wheels].
+010:014 Every one had four faces:  the first face was the face
+        of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man,
+        and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face
+        of an eagle.
+010:015 The cherubim mounted up:  this is the living creature that I
+        saw by the river Chebar.
+010:016 When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when
+        the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth,
+        the wheels also didn't turn from beside them.
+010:017 When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up,
+        these mounted up with them:  for the spirit of the living
+        creature was in them.
+010:018 The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house,
+        and stood over the cherubim.
+010:019 The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth
+        in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them:
+        and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house;
+        and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
+010:020 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel
+        by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
+010:021 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings;
+        and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
+010:022 As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I
+        saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves;
+        they went every one straight forward.
+011:001 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to
+        the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward:
+        and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men;
+        and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur,
+        and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
+011:002 He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity,
+        and who give wicked counsel in this city;
+011:003 who say, [The time] is not near to build houses:
+        this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
+011:004 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
+011:005 The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me,
+        Speak, Thus says Yahweh:  Thus have you said, house of Israel;
+        for I know the things that come into your mind.
+011:006 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled
+        the streets of it with the slain.
+011:007 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Your slain whom you
+        have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this
+        [city] is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out
+        of the midst of it.
+011:008 You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+011:009 I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and deliver you
+        into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
+011:010 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border
+        of Israel; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+011:011 This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh
+        in the midst of it; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
+011:012 and you shall know that I am Yahweh:  for you have not walked
+        in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances,
+        but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are
+        round about you.
+011:013 It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son
+        of Benaiah died.  Then fell I down on my face, and cried
+        with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make
+        a full end of the remnant of Israel?
+011:014 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+011:015 Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men
+        of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them,
+        [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,
+        Get you far from Yahweh; to us is this land given for a possession.
+011:016 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Whereas I have removed
+        them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered
+        them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary
+        for a little while in the countries where they are come.
+011:017 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will gather you
+        from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you
+        have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
+011:018 They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable
+        things of it and all the abominations of it from there.
+011:019 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you;
+        and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
+        give them a heart of flesh;
+011:020 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances,
+        and do them:  and they shall be my people, and I will
+        be their God.
+011:021 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their
+        detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their
+        way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
+011:022 Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels
+        were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was
+        over them above.
+011:023 The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city,
+        and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
+011:024 The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by
+        the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity.
+        So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
+011:025 Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Yahweh
+        had shown me.
+012:001 The word of Yahweh also came to me, saying,
+012:002 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house,
+        who have eyes to see, and don't see, who have ears to hear,
+        and don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.
+012:003 Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing,
+        and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from
+        your place to another place in their sight:  it may be they
+        will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
+012:004 You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight,
+        as stuff for removing; and you shall go forth yourself at
+        even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.
+012:005 Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
+012:006 In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulder,
+        and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face,
+        that you don't see the land:  for I have set you for a sign
+        to the house of Israel.
+012:007 I did so as I was commanded:  I brought forth my stuff by day,
+        as stuff for removing, and in the even I dug through the wall
+        with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it
+        on my shoulder in their sight.
+012:008 In the morning came the word of Yahweh to me, saying,
+012:009 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,
+        said to you, What do you?
+012:010 Say you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  This burden
+        [concerns] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel
+        among whom they are.
+012:011 Say, I am your sign:  like as I have done, so shall it be done
+        to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
+012:012 The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder
+        in the dark, and shall go forth:  they shall dig through
+        the wall to carry out thereby:  he shall cover his face,
+        because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
+012:013 My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare;
+        and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans;
+        yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
+012:014 I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about
+        him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out
+        the sword after them.
+012:015 They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them
+        among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
+012:016 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword,
+        from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare
+        all their abominations among the nations where they come;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+012:017 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+012:018 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water
+        with trembling and with fearfulness;
+012:019 and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Yahweh
+        concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land
+        of Israel:  They shall eat their bread with fearfulness,
+        and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate,
+        [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence
+        of all those who dwell therein.
+012:020 The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
+        shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+012:021 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+012:022 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land
+        of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
+012:023 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will
+        make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it
+        as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand,
+        and the fulfillment of every vision.
+012:024 For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering
+        divination within the house of Israel.
+012:025 For I am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall
+        speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred:
+        for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word,
+        and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.
+012:026 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+012:027 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision
+        that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies
+        of times that are far off.
+012:028 Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  There shall
+        none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I
+        shall speak shall be performed, says the Lord Yahweh.
+013:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+013:002 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy,
+        and say you to those who prophesy out of their own heart,
+        Hear you the word of Yahweh:
+013:003 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets,
+        who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
+013:004 Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
+013:005 You have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up
+        the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle
+        in the day of Yahweh.
+013:006 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say,
+        Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them:  and they have made
+        men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
+013:007 Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken
+        a lying divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but I
+        have not spoken?
+013:008 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you have spoken
+        falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+013:009 My hand shall be against the prophets who see false visions,
+        and who divine lies:  they shall not be in the council of my people,
+        neither shall they be written in the writing of the house
+        of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel;
+        and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
+013:010 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace;
+        and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold,
+        they daub it with whitewash:
+013:011 tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall:
+        there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones,
+        shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.
+013:012 Behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you,
+        Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?
+013:013 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will even tear it with
+        a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing
+        shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
+013:014 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash,
+        and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation of it
+        shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed
+        in the midst of it:  and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+013:015 Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those
+        who have daubed it with whitewash; and I will tell you,
+        The wall is no more, neither those who daubed it;
+013:016 [to wit], the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
+        and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+013:017 You, son of man, set your face against the daughters
+        of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart;
+        and prophesy you against them,
+013:018 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Woe to the women who sew
+        pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head
+        of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls!  Will you hunt
+        the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
+013:019 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley
+        and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die,
+        and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying
+        to my people who listen to lies.
+013:020 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am
+        against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls
+        to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms;
+        and I will let the souls go, even the souls who you hunt
+        to make [them] fly.
+013:021 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of
+        your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+013:022 Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous,
+        whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of
+        the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way,
+        and be saved alive:
+013:023 Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor
+        practice divination.  I will deliver my people out of your hand;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+014:001 Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
+014:002 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+014:003 Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart,
+        and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face:
+        should I be inquired of at all by them?
+014:004 Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Every man of the house of Israel who takes
+        his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block
+        of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet;
+        I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude
+        of his idols;
+014:005 that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart,
+        because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
+014:006 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Return you, and turn yourselves from your idols;
+        and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
+014:007 For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who
+        sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes
+        his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his
+        iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire
+        for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:
+014:008 and I will set my face against that man, and will make him
+        an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut
+        him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+014:009 If the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have
+        deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him,
+        and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
+014:010 They shall bear their iniquity:  the iniquity of the prophet
+        shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks [to him];
+014:011 that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
+        neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions;
+        but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+014:012 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+014:013 Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass,
+        and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of
+        the bread of it, and send famine on it, and cut off from it
+        man and animal;
+014:014 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it,
+        they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+014:015 If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they
+        ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass
+        through because of the animals;
+014:016 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh,
+        they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only
+        should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
+014:017 Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through
+        the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
+014:018 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh,
+        they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they
+        only should be delivered themselves.
+014:019 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath
+        on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
+014:020 though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the
+        Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter;
+        they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
+014:021 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  How much more when I send my
+        four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,
+        and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it
+        man and animal!
+014:022 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be
+        carried forth, both sons and daughters:  behold, they shall come
+        forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings;
+        and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I
+        have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have
+        brought on it.
+014:023 They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings;
+        and you shall know that I have not done without cause all
+        that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.
+015:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+015:002 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree,
+        the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
+015:003 Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take
+        a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
+015:004 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has
+        devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned:
+        is it profitable for any work?
+015:005 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work:
+        how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned,
+        shall it yet be meet for any work!
+015:006 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  As the vine tree among
+        the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,
+        so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+015:007 I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire,
+        but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I
+        am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
+015:008 I will make the land desolate, because they have committed
+        a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.
+016:001 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+016:002 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
+016:003 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem:  Your birth
+        and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite
+        was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
+016:004 As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was
+        not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you;
+        you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
+016:005 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have
+        compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field,
+        for that your person was abhorred, in the day that you were born.
+016:006 When I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood,
+        I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live; yes, I said
+        to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live.
+016:007 I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you
+        increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament;
+        your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown;
+        yet you were naked and bare.
+016:008 Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time
+        was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you,
+        and covered your nakedness:  yes, I swore to you,
+        and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh,
+        and you became mine.
+016:009 Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away
+        your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
+016:010 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you
+        with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen,
+        and covered you with silk.
+016:011 I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands,
+        and a chain on your neck.
+016:012 I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears,
+        and a beautiful crown on your head.
+016:013 Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing
+        was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate
+        fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful,
+        and you prospered to royal estate.
+016:014 Your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty;
+        for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+016:015 But you did trust in your beauty, and played the prostitute
+        because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution
+        on everyone who passed by; his it was.
+016:016 You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places
+        decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them:
+        [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].
+016:017 You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver,
+        which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men,
+        and played the prostitute with them;
+016:018 and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them,
+        and did set my oil and my incense before them.
+016:019 My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey,
+        with which I fed you, you did even set it before them for a
+        sweet savor; and [thus] it was, says the Lord Yahweh.
+016:020 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have
+        borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured.
+        Were your prostitution a small matter,
+016:021 that you have slain my children, and delivered them up,
+        in causing them to pass through [the fire] to them?
+016:022 In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not
+        remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare,
+        and was weltering in your blood.
+016:023 It is happen after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says
+        the Lord Yahweh),
+016:024 that you have built to you a vaulted place, and have made you
+        a lofty place in every street.
+016:025 You have built your lofty place at the head of every way,
+        and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet
+        to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.
+016:026 You have also committed sexual immorality with the Egyptians,
+        your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied
+        your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.
+016:027 See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have
+        diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will
+        of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines,
+        who are ashamed of your lewd way.
+016:028 You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians,
+        because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute
+        with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.
+016:029 You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land
+        of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.
+016:030 How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you
+        do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;
+016:031 in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way,
+        and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been
+        as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.
+016:032 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead
+        of her husband!
+016:033 They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts
+        to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you
+        on every side for your prostitution.
+016:034 You are different from [other] women in your prostitution,
+        in that none follows you to play the prostitute;
+        and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you,
+        therefore you are different.
+016:035 Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:
+016:036 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured out,
+        and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with
+        your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations,
+        and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;
+016:037 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you
+        have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved,
+        with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them
+        against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness
+        to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
+016:038 I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood
+        are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
+016:039 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw
+        down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places;
+        and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your
+        beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.
+016:040 They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall
+        stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
+016:041 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments
+        on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you
+        to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give
+        no hire any more.
+016:042 So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy
+        shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be
+        no more angry.
+016:043 Because you have not remembered the days of your youth,
+        but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold,
+        I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh:
+        and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
+016:044 Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb
+        against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
+016:045 You are the daughter of your mother, who loathes her husband
+        and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters,
+        who loathed their husbands and their children:
+        your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
+016:046 Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand,
+        she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells
+        at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
+016:047 Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after
+        their abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing],
+        you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
+016:048 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, Sodom your sister has not done,
+        she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.
+016:049 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom:
+        pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her
+        and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand
+        of the poor and needy.
+016:050 They were haughty, and committed abomination before me:
+        therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
+016:051 Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have
+        multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified
+        your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.
+016:052 You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment
+        for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed
+        more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you:
+        yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you
+        have justified your sisters.
+016:053 I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and
+        her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters,
+        and the captivity of your captives in the midst of them;
+016:054 that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because
+        of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.
+016:055 Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their
+        former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return
+        to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall
+        return to your former estate.
+016:056 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day
+        of your pride,
+016:057 before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the
+        reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are round
+        about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite
+        to you round about.
+016:058 You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
+016:059 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will also deal with you as you
+        have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
+016:060 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days
+        of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
+016:061 Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed,
+        when you shall receive your sisters, your elder [sisters]
+        and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters,
+        but not by your covenant.
+016:062 I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know
+        that I am Yahweh;
+016:063 that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your
+        mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven
+        you all that you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.
+017:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+017:002 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the
+        house of Israel;
+017:003 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  A great eagle with great wings
+        and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors,
+        came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
+017:004 he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried
+        it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
+017:005 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it
+        in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters;
+        he set it as a willow tree.
+017:006 It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches
+        turned toward him, and the roots of it were under him:
+        so it became a vine, and brought forth branches,
+        and shot forth sprigs.
+017:007 There was also another great eagle with great wings
+        and many feathers:  and behold, this vine did bend its
+        roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him,
+        from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
+017:008 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it
+        might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit,
+        that it might be a goodly vine.
+017:009 Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Shall it prosper? shall
+        he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it,
+        that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves
+        may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it
+        be raised from the roots of it.
+017:010 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not
+        utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither
+        in the beds where it grew.
+017:011 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+017:012 Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things
+        mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem,
+        and took the king of it, and the princes of it, and brought
+        them to him to Babylon:
+017:013 and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him;
+        he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty
+        of the land;
+017:014 that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
+        but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
+017:015 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors
+        into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people.
+        Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall
+        he break the covenant, and yet escape?
+017:016 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where
+        the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised,
+        and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst
+        of Babylon he shall die.
+017:017 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company
+        help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts,
+        to cut off many persons.
+017:018 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold,
+        he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things;
+        he shall not escape.
+017:019 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  As I live, surely my oath
+        that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken,
+        I will even bring it on his own head.
+017:020 I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare,
+        and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment
+        with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
+017:021 All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword,
+        and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind:
+        and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+017:022 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will also take of the lofty top
+        of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost
+        of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high
+        and lofty mountain:
+017:023 in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it
+        shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar:
+        and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade
+        of the branches of it shall they dwell.
+017:024 All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought
+        down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried
+        up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish;
+        I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.
+018:001 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,
+018:002 What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land
+        of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
+        and the children's teeth are set on edge?
+018:003 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have [occasion]
+        any more to use this proverb in Israel.
+018:004 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father,
+        so also the soul of the son is mine:  the soul who sins,
+        he shall die.
+018:005 But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
+018:006 and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up
+        his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has
+        defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman
+        in her impurity,
+018:007 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
+        has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry,
+        and has covered the naked with a garment;
+018:008 he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken
+        any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
+        has executed true justice between man and man,
+018:009 has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly;
+        he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.
+018:010 If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,
+        and who does any one of these things,
+018:011 and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten
+        on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
+018:012 has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not
+        restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols,
+        has committed abomination,
+018:013 has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then
+        live? he shall not live:  he has done all these abominations;
+        he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
+018:014 Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins,
+        which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;
+018:015 who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up
+        his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled
+        his neighbor's wife,
+018:016 neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge,
+        neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread
+        to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
+018:017 who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received
+        interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked
+        in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father,
+        he shall surely live.
+018:018 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother,
+        and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall
+        die in his iniquity.
+018:019 Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity
+        of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful
+        and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them,
+        he shall surely live.
+018:020 The soul who sins, he shall die:  the son shall not bear
+        the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear
+        the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous
+        shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall
+        be on him.
+018:021 But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed,
+        and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right,
+        he shall surely live, he shall not die.
+018:022 None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be
+        remembered against him:  in his righteousness that he has
+        done he shall live.
+018:023 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh;
+        and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
+018:024 But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness,
+        and commits iniquity, and does according to all the
+        abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?
+        None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered:
+        in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin
+        that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
+018:025 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal.
+        Hear now, house of Israel:  Is my way not equal?
+        Aren't your ways unequal?
+018:026 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness,
+        and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity
+        that he has done shall he die.
+018:027 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness
+        that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right,
+        he shall save his soul alive.
+018:028 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions
+        that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
+018:029 Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal.
+        house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
+018:030 Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
+        everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh.
+        Return you, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;
+        so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
+018:031 Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you
+        have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit:
+        for why will you die, house of Israel?
+018:032 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,
+        says the Lord Yahweh:  therefore turn yourselves, and live.
+019:001 Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
+019:002 and say, What was your mother?  A lioness:  she couched among lions,
+        in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
+019:003 She brought up one of her cubs:  he became a young lion,
+        and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
+019:004 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit;
+        and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
+019:005 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost,
+        then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
+019:006 He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion,
+        and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
+019:007 He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land
+        was desolate, and the fullness of it, because of the noise
+        of his roaring.
+019:008 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces;
+        and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
+019:009 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king
+        of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice
+        should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
+019:010 Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters:
+        it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
+019:011 It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule,
+        and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs,
+        and they were seen in their height with the multitude
+        of their branches.
+019:012 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground,
+        and the east wind dried up its fruit:  its strong rods were
+        broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
+019:013 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
+019:014 Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured
+        its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter
+        to rule.  This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
+020:001 It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month],
+        the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders
+        of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
+020:002 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+020:003 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says
+        the Lord Yahweh:  Is it to inquire of me that you have come?
+        As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired
+        of by you.
+020:004 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them?
+        Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
+020:005 and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  In the day when I
+        chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob,
+        and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I
+        swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
+020:006 in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land
+        of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them,
+        flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
+020:007 I said to them, Cast you away every man the abominations
+        of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols
+        of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
+020:008 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me;
+        they did not every man cast away the abominations of
+        their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
+        Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish
+        my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
+020:009 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be
+        profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were,
+        in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them
+        forth out of the land of Egypt.
+020:010 So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt,
+        and brought them into the wilderness.
+020:011 I gave them my statutes, and shown them my ordinances,
+        which if a man do, he shall live in them.
+020:012 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign
+        between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh
+        who sanctifies them.
+020:013 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness:
+        they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances,
+        which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths
+        they greatly profaned.  Then I said I would pour out my wrath
+        on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
+020:014 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned
+        in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
+020:015 Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I
+        would not bring them into the land which I had given them,
+        flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
+020:016 because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in
+        my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths:  for their heart went
+        after their idols.
+020:017 Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them,
+        neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
+020:018 I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in
+        the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances,
+        nor defile yourselves with their idols.
+020:019 I am Yahweh your God:  walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances,
+        and do them;
+020:020 and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me
+        and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
+020:021 But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in
+        my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if
+        a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths.
+        Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish
+        my anger against them in the wilderness.
+020:022 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake,
+        that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations,
+        in whose sight I brought them forth.
+020:023 Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter
+        them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
+020:024 because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected
+        my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes
+        were after their fathers' idols.
+020:025 Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good,
+        and ordinances in which they should not live;
+020:026 and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused
+        to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I
+        might make them desolate, to the end that they might know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+020:027 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel,
+        and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  In this moreover
+        have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed
+        a trespass against me.
+020:028 For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore
+        to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every
+        thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices,
+        and there they presented the provocation of their offering;
+        there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out
+        there their drink offerings.
+020:029 Then I said to them, What means the high place whereunto you go?
+        So the name of it is called Bamah to this day.
+020:030 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Do you
+        pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play
+        you the prostitute after their abominations?
+020:031 and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons
+        to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all
+        your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you,
+        house of Israel?  As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will
+        not be inquired of by you;
+020:032 and that which comes into your mind shall not be at all,
+        in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families
+        of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
+020:033 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand,
+        and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out,
+        will I be king over you:
+020:034 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out
+        of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand,
+        and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
+020:035 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples,
+        and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
+020:036 Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness
+        of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+020:037 I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you
+        into the bond of the covenant;
+020:038 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who
+        disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where
+        they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel:
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+020:039 As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Go you,
+        serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will
+        not listen to me; but my holy name shall you no more profane
+        with your gifts, and with your idols.
+020:040 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
+        says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel,
+        all of them, serve me in the land:  there will I accept them,
+        and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits
+        of your offerings, with all your holy things.
+020:041 As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from
+        the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you
+        have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight
+        of the nations.
+020:042 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into
+        the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give
+        to your fathers.
+020:043 There shall you remember your ways, and all your doings,
+        in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall
+        loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils
+        that you have committed.
+020:044 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you
+        for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways,
+        nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+020:045 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+020:046 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your
+        word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest
+        of the field in the South;
+020:047 and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh:  Thus says
+        the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it
+        shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree:
+        the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from
+        the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
+020:048 All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it;
+        it shall not be quenched.
+020:049 Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a
+        speaker of parables?
+021:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+021:002 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word]
+        toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
+021:003 and tell the land of Israel, Thus says Yahweh:  Behold, I am
+        against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath,
+        and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
+021:004 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and
+        the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath
+        against all flesh from the south to the north:
+021:005 and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth
+        my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
+021:006 Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs
+        and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.
+021:007 It shall be, when they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say,
+        Because of the news, for it comes; and every heart shall melt,
+        and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint,
+        and all knees shall be weak as water:  behold, it comes,
+        and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.
+021:008 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+021:009 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh:  Say, A sword,
+        a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;
+021:010 it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished
+        that it may be as lightning:  shall we then make mirth?
+        the rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
+021:011 It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled:
+        the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it
+        into the hand of the killer.
+021:012 Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on all
+        the princes of Israel:  they are delivered over to the sword
+        with my people; strike therefore on your thigh.
+021:013 For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns
+        shall be no more? says the Lord Yahweh.
+021:014 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together;
+        and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword
+        of the deadly wounded:  it is the sword of the great one
+        who is deadly wounded, which enters into their chambers.
+021:015 I have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
+        that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied:
+        ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
+021:016 Gather you together, go to the right, set yourself in array,
+        go to the left, wherever your face is set.
+021:017 I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath
+        to rest:  I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+021:018 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,
+021:019 Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king
+        of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land:
+        and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way
+        to the city.
+021:020 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of
+        the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
+021:021 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way,
+        at the head of the two ways, to use divination:
+        he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim,
+        he looked in the liver.
+021:022 In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem,
+        to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter,
+        to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams
+        against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
+021:023 It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight,
+        who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory,
+        that they may be taken.
+021:024 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you have made
+        your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions
+        are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear;
+        because you have come to memory, you shall be taken with the hand.
+021:025 You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel,
+        whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
+021:026 thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
+        this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low,
+        and abase that which is high.
+021:027 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it:  this also shall be no more,
+        until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].
+021:028 You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh
+        concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach;
+        and say you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it
+        is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
+021:029 while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you,
+        to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded,
+        whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
+021:030 Cause it to return into its sheath.  In the place where you
+        were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.
+021:031 I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you
+        with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand
+        of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
+021:032 You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in
+        the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered:
+        for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+022:001 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+022:002 You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody
+        city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
+022:003 You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  A city that
+        sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come,
+        and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
+022:004 You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed,
+        and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have
+        caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years:
+        therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations,
+        and a mocking to all the countries.
+022:005 Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you,
+        you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
+022:006 Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power,
+        have been in you to shed blood.
+022:007 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst
+        of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner;
+        in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
+022:008 You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
+022:009 Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you
+        they have eaten on the mountains:  in the midst of you they
+        have committed lewdness.
+022:010 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you
+        have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
+022:011 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife;
+        and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another
+        in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
+022:012 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken
+        interest and increase, and you have greedily gained
+        of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+022:013 Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest
+        gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been
+        in the midst of you.
+022:014 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days
+        that I shall deal with you?  I, Yahweh, have spoken it,
+        and will do it.
+022:015 I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through
+        the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
+022:016 You shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+022:017 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+022:018 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me:
+        all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst
+        of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
+022:019 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you are all
+        become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into
+        the midst of Jerusalem.
+022:020 As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin
+        into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it,
+        to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath,
+        and I will lay you there, and melt you.
+022:021 Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath,
+        and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
+022:022 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall
+        you be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know
+        that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.
+022:023 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+022:024 Son of man, tell her, You are a land that is not cleansed,
+        nor rained on in the day of indignation.
+022:025 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of it,
+        like a roaring lion ravening the prey:  they have devoured souls;
+        they take treasure and precious things; they have made her
+        widows many in the midst of it.
+022:026 Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned
+        my holy things:  they have made no distinction between the holy
+        and the common, neither have they caused men to discern
+        between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes
+        from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
+022:027 Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening
+        the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they
+        may get dishonest gain.
+022:028 Her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing
+        false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says
+        the Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh has not spoken.
+022:029 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery;
+        yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed
+        the foreigner wrongfully.
+022:030 I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall,
+        and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should
+        not destroy it; but I found none.
+022:031 Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them;
+        I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath:  their own
+        way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
+023:001 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
+023:002 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
+023:003 and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the
+        prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed,
+        and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.
+023:004 The names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister:
+        and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters.
+        As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
+023:005 Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted
+        on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,
+023:006 who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them
+        desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
+023:007 She bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria
+        all of them; and on whoever she doted, with all their idols
+        she defiled herself.
+023:008 Neither has she left her prostitution since [the days of] Egypt;
+        for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom
+        of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.
+023:009 Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers,
+        into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
+023:010 These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters;
+        and her they killed with the sword:  and she became a byword
+        among women; for they executed judgments on her.
+023:011 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her
+        doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than
+        the prostitution of her sister.
+023:012 She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, [her] neighbors,
+        clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them
+        desirable young men.
+023:013 I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
+023:014 She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on
+        the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
+023:015 girded with girdles on their waists, with flowing turbans on
+        their heads, all of them princes to look on, after the likeness
+        of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
+023:016 As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers
+        to them into Chaldea.
+023:017 The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled
+        her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them,
+        and her soul was alienated from them.
+023:018 So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness:
+        then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was
+        alienated from her sister.
+023:019 Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days
+        of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in
+        the land of Egypt.
+023:020 She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh
+        of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
+023:021 Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth,
+        in the handling of your bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts
+        of your youth.
+023:022 Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will raise
+        up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated,
+        and I will bring them against you on every side:
+023:023 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa,
+        [and] all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men,
+        governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown,
+        all of them riding on horses.
+023:024 They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons,
+        and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves
+        against you with buckler and shield and helmet round about;
+        and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge
+        you according to their judgments.
+023:025 I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with
+        you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears;
+        and your residue shall fall by the sword:  they shall take
+        your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured
+        by the fire.
+023:026 They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away
+        your beautiful jewels.
+023:027 Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you,
+        and your prostitution [brought] from the land of Egypt;
+        so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember
+        Egypt any more.
+023:028 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will deliver you
+        into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them
+        from whom your soul is alienated;
+023:029 and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take
+        away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare;
+        and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered,
+        both your lewdness and your prostitution.
+023:030 These things shall be done to you, because you have played
+        the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted
+        with their idols.
+023:031 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I
+        give her cup into your hand.
+023:032 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  You will drink of your sister's cup,
+        which is deep and large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision;
+        it contains much.
+023:033 You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of
+        astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.
+023:034 You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall
+        gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts;
+        for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
+023:035 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you have forgotten me,
+        and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your
+        lewdness and your prostitution.
+023:036 Yahweh said moreover to me:  Son of man, will you judge Oholah
+        and Oholibah? then declare to them their abominations.
+023:037 For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands;
+        and with their idols have they committed adultery;
+        and they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me,
+        to pass through [the fire] to them to be devoured.
+023:038 Moreover this they have done to me:  they have defiled my
+        sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
+023:039 For when they had slain their children to their idols,
+        then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it;
+        and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.
+023:040 Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far,
+        to whom a messenger was sent, and behold, they came;
+        for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and deck
+        yourself with ornaments,
+023:041 and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it,
+        whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.
+023:042 The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her:
+        and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards
+        from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands
+        of them [twain], and beautiful crowns on their heads.
+023:043 Then said I of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they
+        play the prostitute with her, and she [with them].
+023:044 They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute:
+        so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
+023:045 Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment
+        of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood;
+        because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
+023:046 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will bring up a company
+        against them, and will give them to be tossed back and
+        forth and robbed.
+023:047 The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with
+        their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters,
+        and burn up their houses with fire.
+023:048 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all
+        women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
+023:049 They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall
+        bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am
+        the Lord Yahweh.
+024:001 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth
+        [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+024:002 Son of man, write you the name of the day, [even] of this same day:
+        the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
+024:003 Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them,
+        Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on,
+        and also pour water into it:
+024:004 gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece,
+        the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
+024:005 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood]
+        for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well;
+        yes, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.
+024:006 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Woe to the bloody city,
+        to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust
+        is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece;
+        No lot is fallen on it.
+024:007 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock;
+        she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.
+024:008 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set
+        her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
+024:009 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Woe to the bloody city!
+        I also will make the pile great.
+024:010 Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh,
+        and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
+024:011 Then set it empty on the coals of it, that it may be hot,
+        and the brass of it may burn, and that the filthiness of it
+        may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.
+024:012 She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't
+        go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.
+024:013 In your filthiness is lewdness:  because I have cleansed you
+        and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your
+        filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward
+        you to rest.
+024:014 I, Yahweh, have spoken it:  it shall happen, and I will do it:
+        I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent;
+        according to your ways, and according to your doings,
+        shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh.
+024:015 Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+024:016 Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your
+        eyes with a stroke:  yet you shall neither mourn nor weep,
+        neither shall your tears run down.
+024:017 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead;
+        bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet,
+        and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.
+024:018 So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died;
+        and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
+024:019 The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things
+        are to us, that you do so?
+024:020 Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+024:021 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I
+        will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power,
+        the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities;
+        and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind
+        shall fall by the sword.
+024:022 You shall do as I have done:  you shall not cover your lips,
+        nor eat the bread of men.
+024:023 Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet:
+        you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away
+        in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
+024:024 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has
+        done shall you do:  when this comes, then shall you know
+        that I am the Lord Yahweh.
+024:025 You, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take
+        from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire
+        of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart,
+        their sons and their daughters,
+024:026 that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause
+        you to hear it with your ears?
+024:027 In that day shall your mouth be opened to him who is escaped,
+        and you shall speak, and be no more mute:  so shall you
+        be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+025:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+025:002 Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon,
+        and prophesy against them:
+025:003 and tell the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because you
+        said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned;
+        and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate;
+        and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:
+025:004 therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east
+        for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you,
+        and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit,
+        and they shall drink your milk.
+025:005 I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children
+        of Ammon a resting place for flocks:  and you shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+025:006 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you have clapped your hands,
+        and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite
+        of your soul against the land of Israel;
+025:007 therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand on you,
+        and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations;
+        and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause
+        you to perish out of the countries:  I will destroy you;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+025:008 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because Moab and Seir say, Behold,
+        the house of Judah is like all the nations;
+025:009 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,
+        from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory
+        of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
+025:010 to the children of the east, [to go] against the children of Ammon;
+        and I will give them for a possession, that the children
+        of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations.
+025:011 and I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+025:012 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because Edom has dealt against
+        the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended,
+        and revenged himself on them;
+025:013 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my
+        hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it;
+        and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall
+        they fall by the sword.
+025:014 I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel;
+        and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and
+        according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+025:015 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because the Philistines have dealt
+        by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul
+        to destroy with perpetual enmity;
+025:016 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will stretch out
+        my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites,
+        and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
+025:017 I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my
+        vengeance on them.
+026:001 It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month,
+        that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+026:002 Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha,
+        she is broken:  the gate of the peoples; she is turned to me;
+        I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:
+026:003 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you,
+        Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you,
+        as the sea causes its waves to come up.
+026:004 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers:
+        I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
+026:005 She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst
+        of the sea; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh;
+        and she shall become a spoil to the nations.
+026:006 Her daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword:
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+026:007 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will bring
+        on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings,
+        from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen,
+        and a company, and much people.
+026:008 He shall kill with the sword your daughters in the field;
+        and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound
+        against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
+026:009 He shall set his battering engines against your walls,
+        and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
+026:010 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you:
+        your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen,
+        and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter
+        into your gates, as men enter into a city in which is
+        made a breach.
+026:011 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets;
+        he shall kill your people with the sword; and the pillars
+        of your strength shall go down to the ground.
+026:012 They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey
+        of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls,
+        and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones
+        and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.
+026:013 I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound
+        of your harps shall be no more heard.
+026:014 I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place
+        for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more:
+        for I Yahweh have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
+026:015 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre:  shall not the islands
+        shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan,
+        when the slaughter is made in the midst of you?
+026:016 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones,
+        and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments:
+        they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall
+        sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be
+        astonished at you.
+026:017 They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you,
+        How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men,
+        the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and
+        her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all
+        who lived there!
+026:018 Now shall the islands tremble in the day of your fall;
+        yes, the islands that are in the sea shall be dismayed
+        at your departure.
+026:019 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  When I shall make you
+        a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited;
+        when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters
+        shall cover you;
+026:020 then will I bring you down with those who descend into the pit,
+        to the people of old time, and will make you to dwell in the lower
+        parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old,
+        with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited;
+        and I will set glory in the land of the living:
+026:021 I will make you a terror, and you shall no more have any being;
+        though you are sought for, yet shall you never be found again,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+027:001 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
+027:002 You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
+027:003 and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea,
+        who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands,
+        thus says the Lord Yahweh:  You, Tyre, have said, I am
+        perfect in beauty.
+027:004 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders
+        have perfected your beauty.
+027:005 They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir;
+        they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
+027:006 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars;
+        they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood,
+        from the islands of Kittim.
+027:007 Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail,
+        that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from
+        the islands of Elishah was your awning.
+027:008 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers:
+        your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
+027:009 The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your
+        repairers of ship seams:  all the ships of the sea with their
+        mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
+027:010 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war:
+        they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set
+        forth your comeliness.
+027:011 The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about,
+        and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields
+        on your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty.
+027:012 Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude
+        of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead,
+        they traded for your wares.
+027:013 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers;
+        they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass
+        for your merchandise.
+027:014 They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses
+        and war horses and mules.
+027:015 The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were
+        the market of your hand:  they brought you in exchange horns
+        of ivory and ebony.
+027:016 Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of
+        your handiworks:  they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple,
+        and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
+027:017 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers:
+        they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections,
+        and honey, and oil, and balm.
+027:018 Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks,
+        by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine
+        of Helbon, and white wool.
+027:019 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares:
+        bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
+027:020 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
+027:021 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants
+        of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were
+        they your merchants.
+027:022 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers;
+        they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices,
+        and with all precious stones, and gold.
+027:023 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur
+        [and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.
+027:024 These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings
+        of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing,
+        bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
+027:025 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise:
+        and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart
+        of the seas.
+027:026 Your rowers have brought you into great waters:
+        the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
+027:027 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners,
+        and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers
+        in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you,
+        with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall
+        into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
+027:028 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
+027:029 All who handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots
+        of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall
+        stand on the land,
+027:030 and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall
+        cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads,
+        they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
+027:031 and they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them
+        with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness
+        of soul with bitter mourning.
+027:032 In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you,
+        and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tyre,
+        like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
+027:033 When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples;
+        you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude
+        of your riches and of your merchandise.
+027:034 In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths
+        of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall
+        in the midst of you.
+027:035 All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you,
+        and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled
+        in their face.
+027:036 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become
+        a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
+028:001 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
+028:002 Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said,
+        I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas;
+        yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart
+        as the heart of God--
+028:003 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is
+        hidden from you;
+028:004 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches,
+        and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
+028:005 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased
+        your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--
+028:006 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because you have set
+        your heart as the heart of God,
+028:007 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible
+        of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty
+        of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
+028:008 They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death
+        of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
+028:009 Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you
+        are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
+028:010 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand
+        of strangers:  for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
+028:011 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+028:012 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre,
+        and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  You seal up the sum,
+        full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
+028:013 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone
+        adorned you:  ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx,
+        jasper, sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}, turquoise, and beryl.
+        Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you.
+        In the day that you were created they were prepared.
+028:014 You were the anointed cherub who covers:  and I set you,
+        [so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked
+        up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
+028:015 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created,
+        until unrighteousness was found in you.
+028:016 By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you
+        with violence, and you have sinned:  therefore I have cast you
+        as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you,
+        covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
+028:017 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have
+        corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness:
+        I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings,
+        that they may see you.
+028:018 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness
+        of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries;
+        therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you;
+        it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth
+        in the sight of all those who see you.
+028:019 All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you:
+        you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
+028:020 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+028:021 Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
+028:022 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against
+        you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed
+        judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
+028:023 For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets;
+        and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword
+        on her on every side; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+028:024 There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel,
+        nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them,
+        that did despite to them; and they shall know that I am
+        the Lord Yahweh.
+028:025 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  When I shall have gathered the house
+        of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered,
+        and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations,
+        then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to
+        my servant Jacob.
+028:026 They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses,
+        and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed
+        judgments on all those who do them despite round about them;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.
+029:001 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day
+        of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+029:002 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
+029:003 Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  "Behold, I am
+        against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies
+        in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own,
+        and I have made it for myself.'
+029:004 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish
+        of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up
+        out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your
+        rivers which stick to your scales.
+029:005 I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all
+        the fish of your rivers.  You'll fall on the open field.
+        You won't be brought together, nor gathered.  I have given
+        you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds
+        of the sky.
+029:006 All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh,
+        because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
+029:007 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore
+        all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke,
+        and paralyzed all of their thighs."
+029:008 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  "Behold, I will bring
+        a sword on you, and will cut off from you man and animal.
+029:009 The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh.  Because he has said,
+        'The river is mine, and I have made it;'
+029:010 therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers,
+        and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation,
+        from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
+029:011 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall
+        pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
+029:012 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst
+        of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among
+        the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years;
+        and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will
+        disperse them through the countries."
+029:013 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  "At the end of forty years will I
+        gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
+029:014 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them
+        to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth;
+        and they shall be there a base kingdom.
+029:015 It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more
+        lift itself up above the nations:  and I will diminish them,
+        that they shall no more rule over the nations.
+029:016 It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel,
+        bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them:
+        and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'"
+029:017 It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month],
+        in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came
+        to me, saying,
+029:018 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to
+        serve a great service against Tyre:  every head was made bald,
+        and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army,
+        from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
+029:019 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will give
+        the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
+        and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil,
+        and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
+029:020 I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which
+        he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.
+029:021 In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel,
+        and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+030:001 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
+030:002 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Wail, Alas
+        for the day!
+030:003 For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near;
+        it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
+030:004 A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
+        when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away
+        her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
+030:005 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub,
+        and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall
+        with them by the sword.
+030:006 Thus says Yahweh:  They also who uphold Egypt shall fall;
+        and the pride of her power shall come down:
+        from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+030:007 They shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that
+        are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities
+        that are wasted.
+030:008 They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt,
+        and all her helpers are destroyed.
+030:009 In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships
+        to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be
+        anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.
+030:010 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will also make the multitude of
+        Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
+030:011 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations,
+        shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw
+        their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
+030:012 I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into
+        the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate,
+        and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers:
+        I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+030:013 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will also destroy the idols,
+        and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis;
+        and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt:
+        and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
+030:014 I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan,
+        and will execute judgments on No.
+030:015 I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt;
+        and I will cut off the multitude of No.
+030:016 I will set a fire in Egypt:  Sin shall be in great anguish,
+        and No shall be broken up; and Memphis [shall have] adversaries
+        in the daytime.
+030:017 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword;
+        and these [cities] shall go into captivity.
+030:018 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall
+        break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power
+        shall cease in her:  as for her, a cloud shall cover her,
+        and her daughters shall go into captivity.
+030:019 Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt; and they shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+030:020 It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [month],
+        in the seventh [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh
+        came to me, saying,
+030:021 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
+        and behold, it has not been bound up, to apply [healing] medicines,
+        to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
+030:022 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against Pharaoh
+        king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm],
+        and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall
+        out of his hand.
+030:023 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse
+        them through the countries.
+030:024 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put
+        my sword in his hand:  but I will break the arms of Pharaoh,
+        and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a
+        deadly wounded man.
+030:025 I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms
+        of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Yahweh,
+        when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon,
+        and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt.
+030:026 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them
+        through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+031:001 It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month],
+        in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came
+        to me, saying,
+031:002 Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude:
+        Whom are you like in your greatness?
+031:003 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful
+        branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature;
+        and its top was among the thick boughs.
+031:004 The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow:
+        the rivers of it ran round about its plantation; and it sent
+        out its channels to all the trees of the field.
+031:005 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field;
+        and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long
+        by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.
+031:006 All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs;
+        and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring
+        forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.
+031:007 Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
+        for its root was by many waters.
+031:008 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir
+        trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were
+        not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God
+        like it in its beauty.
+031:009 I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches,
+        so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden
+        of God, envied it.
+031:010 Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh:  Because you are exalted
+        in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs,
+        and his heart is lifted up in his height;
+031:011 I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of
+        the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven
+        him out for his wickedness.
+031:012 Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off,
+        and have left him:  on the mountains and in all the valleys
+        his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all
+        the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth
+        are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
+031:013 On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all
+        the animals of the field shall be on his branches;
+031:014 to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves
+        in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs,
+        nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height,
+        [even] all who drink water:  for they are all delivered to death,
+        to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children
+        of men, with those who go down to the pit.
+031:015 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  In the day when he went down to
+        Sheol I caused a mourning:  I covered the deep for him, and I
+        restrained the rivers of it; and the great waters were stayed;
+        and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees
+        of the field fainted for him.
+031:016 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I
+        cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit;
+        and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon,
+        all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts
+        of the earth.
+031:017 They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain
+        by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived
+        under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
+031:018 To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees
+        of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden
+        to the lower parts of the earth:  you shall lie in the midst
+        of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
+        This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
+032:001 It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,
+        in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came
+        to me, saying,
+032:002 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt,
+        and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations:
+        yet are you as a monster in the seas; and you did break forth
+        with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet,
+        and fouled their rivers.
+032:003 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I will spread out my net on you
+        with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up
+        in my net.
+032:004 I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field,
+        and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you,
+        and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
+032:005 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys
+        with your height.
+032:006 I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim,
+        even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you.
+032:007 When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make
+        the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud,
+        and the moon shall not give its light.
+032:008 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you,
+        and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.
+032:009 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall
+        bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries
+        which you have not known.
+032:010 Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings
+        shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my
+        sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment,
+        every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
+032:011 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  The sword of the king of Babylon
+        shall come on you.
+032:012 By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall;
+        the terrible of the nations are they all:  and they shall
+        bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude
+        of it shall be destroyed.
+032:013 I will destroy also all the animals of it from beside many waters;
+        neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more,
+        nor the hoofs of animals trouble them.
+032:014 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers
+        to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh.
+032:015 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste,
+        a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall
+        strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+032:016 This is the lamentation with which they shall lament;
+        the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt,
+        and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+032:017 It happened also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [day]
+        of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+032:018 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down,
+        even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower
+        parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.
+032:019 Whom do you pass in beauty?  Go down, and be laid
+        with the uncircumcised.
+032:020 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword:
+        she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
+032:021 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst
+        of Sheol with those who help him:  they are gone down,
+        they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
+032:022 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her;
+        all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
+032:023 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit,
+        and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain,
+        fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
+032:024 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave;
+        all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down
+        uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused
+        their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their
+        shame with those who go down to the pit.
+032:025 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain
+        with all her multitude; her graves are round about her;
+        all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their
+        terror was caused in the land of the living, and they
+        have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit:
+        he is put in the midst of those who are slain.
+032:026 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are
+        round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
+        for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
+032:027 They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of
+        the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their
+        weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads,
+        and their iniquities are on their bones; for [they were]
+        the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
+032:028 But you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised,
+        and shall lie with those who are slain by the sword.
+032:029 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their
+        might are laid with those who are slain by the sword:
+        they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go
+        down to the pit.
+032:030 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all
+        the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror
+        which they caused by their might they are put to shame;
+        and they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword,
+        and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
+032:031 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all
+        his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+032:032 For I have put his terror in the land of the living;
+        and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised,
+        with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all
+        his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
+033:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+033:002 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them,
+        When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land
+        take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
+033:003 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the trumpet,
+        and warn the people;
+033:004 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn't
+        take warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood
+        shall be on his own head.
+033:005 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning;
+        his blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken warning,
+        he would have delivered his soul.
+033:006 But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet,
+        and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take
+        any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity,
+        but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
+033:007 So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house
+        of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them
+        warning from me.
+033:008 When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die,
+        and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way;
+        that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood
+        will I require at your hand.
+033:009 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it,
+        and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity,
+        but you have delivered your soul.
+033:010 You, son of man, tell the house of Israel:  Thus you speak,
+        saying, Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we
+        pine away in them; how then can we live?
+033:011 Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure
+        in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from
+        his way and live:  turn you, turn you from your evil ways;
+        for why will you die, house of Israel?
+033:012 You, son of man, tell the children of your people,
+        The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day
+        of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked,
+        he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from
+        his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able
+        to live thereby in the day that he sins.
+033:013 When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live;
+        if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity,
+        none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his
+        iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.
+033:014 Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die;
+        if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
+033:015 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken
+        by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity;
+        he shall surely live, he shall not die.
+033:016 None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered
+        against him:  he has done that which is lawful and right;
+        he shall surely live.
+033:017 Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord
+        is not equal:  but as for them, their way is not equal.
+033:018 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity,
+        he shall even die therein.
+033:019 When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which
+        is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
+033:020 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal.
+        House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways.
+033:021 It happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the
+        tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, that one
+        who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city
+        has been struck.
+033:022 Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening,
+        before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth,
+        until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened,
+        and I was no more mute.
+033:023 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+033:024 Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of
+        Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land:
+        but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
+033:025 Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  You eat with
+        the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood:
+        and shall you possess the land?
+033:026 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile
+        everyone his neighbor's wife:  and shall you possess the land?
+033:027 Thus shall you tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  As I live,
+        surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword;
+        and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals
+        to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in
+        the caves shall die of the pestilence.
+033:028 I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment;
+        and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains
+        of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
+033:029 Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made
+        the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all
+        their abominations which they have committed.
+033:030 As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk
+        of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak
+        one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come
+        and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
+033:031 They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you
+        as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them;
+        for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart
+        goes after their gain.
+033:032 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has
+        a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument;
+        for they hear your words, but they don't do them.
+033:033 When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then shall they
+        know that a prophet has been among them.
+034:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+034:002 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
+        prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves!
+        Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?
+034:003 You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill
+        the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
+034:004 You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed
+        that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which
+        was broken, neither have you brought back that which was
+        driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost;
+        but with force and with rigor have you ruled over them.
+034:005 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd;
+        and they became food to all the animals of the field,
+        and were scattered.
+034:006 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill:
+        yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth;
+        and there was none who searched or sought.
+034:007 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
+034:008 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became
+        a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field,
+        because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds
+        search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves,
+        and didn't feed my sheep;
+034:009 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
+034:010 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against the shepherds;
+        and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them
+        to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds
+        feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from
+        their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
+034:011 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I myself, even I,
+        will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
+034:012 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among
+        his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep;
+        and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been
+        scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
+034:013 I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from
+        the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I
+        will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses,
+        and in all the inhabited places of the country.
+034:014 I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains
+        of the height of Israel shall their fold be:  there shall
+        they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they
+        feed on the mountains of Israel.
+034:015 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause
+        them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.
+034:016 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back
+        that which was driven away, and will bind up that which
+        was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick:
+        but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed
+        them in justice.
+034:017 As for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I judge
+        between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
+034:018 Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture,
+        but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your
+        pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must
+        foul the residue with your feet?
+034:019 As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet,
+        and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
+034:020 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them:  Behold, I, even I,
+        will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
+034:021 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all
+        the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
+034:022 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey;
+        and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
+034:023 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,
+        even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall
+        be their shepherd.
+034:024 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince
+        among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
+034:025 I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause
+        evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell
+        securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
+034:026 I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing;
+        and I will cause the shower to come down in its season;
+        there shall be showers of blessing.
+034:027 The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall
+        yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken
+        the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand
+        of those who made slaves of them.
+034:028 They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall
+        the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely,
+        and none shall make them afraid.
+034:029 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall
+        be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear
+        the shame of the nations any more.
+034:030 They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them,
+        and that they, the house of Israel, are my people,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+034:031 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+035:001 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+035:002 Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
+035:003 and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against you,
+        Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you,
+        and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.
+035:004 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+035:005 Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over
+        the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time
+        of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
+035:006 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will prepare
+        you to blood, and blood shall pursue you:  since you have
+        not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
+035:007 Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation;
+        and I will cut off from it him who passes through and
+        him who returns.
+035:008 I will fill its mountains with its slain:  in your hills
+        and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they
+        fall who are slain with the sword.
+035:009 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall
+        not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+035:010 Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries
+        shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:
+035:011 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according
+        to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown
+        out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known
+        among them, when I shall judge you.
+035:012 You shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults
+        which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying,
+        They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
+035:013 You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth,
+        and have multiplied your words against me:  I have heard it.
+035:014 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  When the whole earth rejoices,
+        I will make you desolate.
+035:015 As you did rejoice over the inheritance of the house
+        of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you:
+        you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it;
+        and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+036:001 You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say,
+        You mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahweh.
+036:002 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because the enemy has said against you,
+        Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
+036:003 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because, even
+        because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up
+        on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue
+        of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers,
+        and the evil report of the people;
+036:004 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains
+        and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys,
+        to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken,
+        which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations
+        that are round about;
+036:005 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Surely in the fire of my
+        jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations,
+        and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves
+        for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite
+        of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
+036:006 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell
+        the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to
+        the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I have spoken
+        in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne
+        the shame of the nations:
+036:007 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  I have sworn, [saying],
+        Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall
+        bear their shame.
+036:008 But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches,
+        and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at
+        hand to come.
+036:009 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you
+        shall be tilled and sown;
+036:010 and I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel,
+        even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste
+        places shall be built;
+036:011 and I will multiply on you man and animal; and they shall increase
+        and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your
+        former estate, and will do better [to you] than at your beginnings:
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+036:012 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel;
+        and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance,
+        and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.
+036:013 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Because they say to you,
+        You [land] are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver
+        of your nation;
+036:014 therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your
+        nation any more, says the Lord Yahweh;
+036:015 neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations,
+        neither shall you bear the reproach of the peoples any more,
+        neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any more,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+036:016 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+036:017 Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land,
+        they defiled it by their way and by their doings:
+        their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman
+        in her impurity.
+036:018 Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they
+        had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it
+        with their idols;
+036:019 and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed
+        through the countries:  according to their way and according
+        to their doings I judged them.
+036:020 When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned
+        my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people
+        of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.
+036:021 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel
+        had profaned among the nations, where they went.
+036:022 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel,
+        but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations,
+        where you went.
+036:023 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among
+        the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them;
+        and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh,
+        when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
+036:024 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out
+        of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
+036:025 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean:
+        from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
+        will I cleanse you.
+036:026 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
+        within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
+        and I will give you a heart of flesh.
+036:027 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in
+        my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
+036:028 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers;
+        and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+036:029 I will save you from all your uncleanness:  and I will call
+        for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine on you.
+036:030 I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase
+        of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach
+        of famine among the nations.
+036:031 Then shall you remember your evil ways, and your doings that
+        were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own
+        sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
+036:032 Nor for your sake do I [this], says the Lord Yahweh, be it
+        known to you:  be ashamed and confounded for your ways,
+        house of Israel.
+036:033 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  In the day that I cleanse you from
+        all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited,
+        and the waste places shall be built.
+036:034 The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was
+        a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
+036:035 They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like
+        the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined
+        cities are fortified and inhabited.
+036:036 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know
+        that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places, and planted
+        that which was desolate:  I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I
+        will do it.
+036:037 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  For this, moreover, will I
+        be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them:
+        I will increase them with men like a flock.
+036:038 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her
+        appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with
+        flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+037:001 The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit
+        of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley;
+        and it was full of bones.
+037:002 He caused me to pass by them round about:  and behold,
+        there were very many in the open valley; and behold,
+        they were very dry.
+037:003 He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live?  I answered,
+        Lord Yahweh, you know.
+037:004 Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and tell them,
+        you dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.
+037:005 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones:  Behold, I will cause
+        breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
+037:006 I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you,
+        and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live;
+        and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
+037:007 So I prophesied as I was commanded:  and as I prophesied,
+        there was a noise, and behold, an earthquake; and the bones
+        came together, bone to its bone.
+037:008 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up,
+        and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
+037:009 Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man,
+        and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Come from
+        the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain,
+        that they may live.
+037:010 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came
+        into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet,
+        an exceedingly great army.
+037:011 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole
+        house of Israel:  behold, they say, Our bones are dried up,
+        and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
+037:012 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you
+        to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring
+        you into the land of Israel.
+037:013 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves,
+        and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.
+037:014 I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place
+        you in your own land:  and you shall know that I, Yahweh,
+        have spoken it and performed it, says Yahweh.
+037:015 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
+037:016 You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah,
+        and for the children of Israel his companions:  then take
+        another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
+        and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:
+037:017 and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they
+        may become one in your hand.
+037:018 When the children of your people shall speak to you, saying,
+        Will you not show us what you mean by these?
+037:019 tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will take
+        the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
+        and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them
+        with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick,
+        and they shall be one in my hand.
+037:020 The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
+037:021 Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I will take
+        the children of Israel from among the nations, where they
+        are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them
+        into their own land:
+037:022 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains
+        of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they
+        shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided
+        into two kingdoms any more at all;
+037:023 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols,
+        nor with their detestable things, nor with any of
+        their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their
+        dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them:
+        so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
+037:024 My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall
+        have one shepherd:  they shall also walk in my ordinances,
+        and observe my statutes, and do them.
+037:025 They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant,
+        in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they,
+        and their children, and their children's children, forever:
+        and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
+037:026 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall
+        be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them,
+        and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst
+        of them forevermore.
+037:027 My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God,
+        and they shall be my people.
+037:028 The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel,
+        when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
+038:001 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+038:002 Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog,
+        the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
+038:003 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against you,
+        Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
+038:004 and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I
+        will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen,
+        all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler
+        and shield, all of them handling swords;
+038:005 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
+038:006 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in
+        the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes;
+        even many peoples with you.
+038:007 Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies
+        who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
+038:008 After many days you shall be visited:  in the latter years you
+        shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword,
+        that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel,
+        which have been a continual waste; but it is brought
+        forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely,
+        all of them.
+038:009 You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall
+        be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes,
+        and many peoples with you.
+038:010 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  It shall happen in that day,
+        that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise
+        an evil device:
+038:011 and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;
+        I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely,
+        all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither
+        bars nor gates;
+038:012 to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand
+        against the waste places that are [now] inhabited,
+        and against the people who are gathered out of the nations,
+        who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle
+        of the earth.
+038:013 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all
+        the young lions of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take
+        the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey?
+        to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods,
+        to take great spoil?
+038:014 Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the
+        Lord Yahweh:  In that day when my people Israel dwells securely,
+        shall you not know it?
+038:015 You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts
+        of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them
+        riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;
+038:016 and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud
+        to cover the land:  it shall happen in the latter days, that I
+        will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me,
+        when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
+038:017 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Are you he of whom I spoke in old
+        time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in
+        those days for [many] years that I would bring you against them?
+038:018 It shall happen in that day, when Gog shall come against the land
+        of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, that my wrath shall come up
+        into my nostrils.
+038:019 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,
+        Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
+        land of Israel;
+038:020 so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky,
+        and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who
+        creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface
+        of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains
+        shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
+        and every wall shall fall to the ground.
+038:021 I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,
+        says the Lord Yahweh:  every man's sword shall be
+        against his brother.
+038:022 With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment
+        with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on
+        the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower,
+        and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
+038:023 I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make
+        myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know
+        that I am Yahweh.
+039:001 You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says
+        the Lord Yahweh:  Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince
+        of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
+039:002 and I will turn you about, and will lead you on, and will
+        cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north;
+        and I will bring you on the mountains of Israel;
+039:003 and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause
+        your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
+039:004 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all
+        your hordes, and the peoples who are with you:
+        I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort,
+        and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
+039:005 You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+039:006 I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely
+        in the islands; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
+039:007 My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel;
+        neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more:
+        and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.
+039:008 Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh;
+        this is the day about which I have spoken.
+039:009 Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth,
+        and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them,
+        both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows,
+        and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires
+        of them seven years;
+039:010 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut
+        down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of
+        the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them,
+        and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh.
+039:011 It shall happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place
+        for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on
+        the east of the sea; and it shall stop those who pass through:
+        and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude;
+        and they shall call it The valley of Hamon Gog.
+039:012 Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them,
+        that they may cleanse the land.
+039:013 Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall
+        be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+039:014 They shall set apart men of continual employment, who shall pass
+        through the land, and, with those who pass through, those who bury
+        those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it:
+        after the end of seven months shall they search.
+039:015 Those who pass through the land shall pass through;
+        and when any sees a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign
+        by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley
+        of Hamon Gog.
+039:016 Hamonah shall also be the name of a city.  Thus shall they
+        cleanse the land.
+039:017 You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Speak to
+        the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field,
+        Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side
+        to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great
+        sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh
+        and drink blood.
+039:018 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood
+        of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats,
+        of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
+039:019 You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you
+        be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
+039:020 You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots,
+        with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.
+039:021 I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations
+        shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I
+        have laid on them.
+039:022 So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God,
+        from that day and forward.
+039:023 The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into
+        captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me,
+        and I hid my face from them:  so I gave them into the hand
+        of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
+039:024 According to their uncleanness and according to their
+        transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them.
+039:025 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Now will I bring back
+        the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house
+        of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
+039:026 They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by
+        which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell
+        securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;
+039:027 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered
+        them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them
+        in the sight of many nations.
+039:028 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused
+        them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered
+        them to their own land; and I will leave none of them
+        any more there;
+039:029 neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured
+        out my Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
+040:001 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning
+        of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth
+        year after that the city was struck, in the same day,
+        the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.
+040:002 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel,
+        and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it
+        were the frame of a city on the south.
+040:003 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man,
+        whose appearance was like the appearance of brass,
+        with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed;
+        and he stood in the gate.
+040:004 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear
+        with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall
+        show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you,
+        are you brought here:  declare all that you see to the
+        house of Israel.
+040:005 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about,
+        and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long,
+        of a cubit and a handbreadth each:  so he measured the thickness
+        of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
+040:006 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went
+        up the steps of it:  and he measured the threshold of the gate,
+        one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
+040:007 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad;
+        and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits;
+        and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward
+        the house was one reed.
+040:008 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
+040:009 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits;
+        and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate
+        was toward the house.
+040:010 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side,
+        and three on that side; they three were of one measure:
+        and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
+040:011 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits;
+        and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
+040:012 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side],
+        and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges,
+        six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
+040:013 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to
+        the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits;
+        door against door.
+040:014 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached]
+        to the posts, round about the gate.
+040:015 [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront
+        of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
+040:016 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts
+        within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches;
+        and windows were round about inward; and on [each] post
+        were palm trees.
+040:017 Then brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were
+        chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about:
+        thirty chambers were on the pavement.
+040:018 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to
+        the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.
+040:019 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate
+        to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits,
+        [both] on the east and on the north.
+040:020 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north,
+        he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
+040:021 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side;
+        and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure
+        of the first gate:  the length of it was fifty cubits,
+        and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
+040:022 The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees
+        of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect
+        is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps;
+        and the arches of it were before them.
+040:023 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate,
+        [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate
+        to gate one hundred cubits.
+040:024 He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south:
+        and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according
+        to these measures.
+040:025 There were windows in it and in the arches of it round about,
+        like those windows:  the length was fifty cubits,
+        and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
+040:026 There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it
+        were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side,
+        and another on that side, on the posts of it.
+040:027 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south:
+        and he measured from gate to gate toward the south
+        a hundred cubits.
+040:028 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate:
+        and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
+040:029 and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it,
+        according to these measures:  and there were windows in it
+        and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long,
+        and twenty-five cubits broad.
+040:030 There were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long,
+        and five cubits broad.
+040:031 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees
+        were on the posts of it:  and the ascent to it had eight steps.
+040:032 He brought me into the inner court toward the east:
+        and he measured the gate according to these measures;
+040:033 and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it,
+        according to these measures:  and there were windows therein
+        and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long,
+        and twenty-five cubits broad.
+040:034 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees
+        were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side:
+        and the ascent to it had eight steps.
+040:035 He brought me to the north gate:  and he measured [it] according
+        to these measures;
+040:036 the lodges of it, the posts of it, and the arches of it:
+        and there were windows therein round about; the length was
+        fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
+040:037 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees
+        were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side:
+        and the ascent to it had eight steps.
+040:038 A chamber with the door of it was by the posts at the gates;
+        there they washed the burnt offering.
+040:039 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side,
+        and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering
+        and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
+040:040 On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate
+        toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side,
+        which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
+040:041 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side,
+        by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they
+        killed [the sacrifices].
+040:042 There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone,
+        a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad,
+        and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments
+        with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
+040:043 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about:
+        and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
+040:044 Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers
+        in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate;
+        and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side
+        of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
+040:045 He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south,
+        is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;
+040:046 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is
+        for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar:
+        these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi
+        come near to Yahweh to minister to him.
+040:047 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred
+        cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
+040:048 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each
+        post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits
+        on that side:  and the breadth of the gate was three cubits
+        on this side, and three cubits on that side.
+040:049 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth
+        eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it:
+        and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side,
+        and another on that side.
+041:001 He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits
+        broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side,
+        which was the breadth of the tent.
+041:002 The breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides
+        of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five
+        cubits on the other side:  and he measured the length of it,
+        forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.
+041:003 Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance,
+        two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth
+        of the entrance, seven cubits.
+041:004 He measured the length of it, twenty cubits, and the breadth,
+        twenty cubits, before the temple:  and he said to me,
+        This is the most holy place.
+041:005 Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits;
+        and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits,
+        round about the house on every side.
+041:006 The side chambers were in three stories, one over another,
+        and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which
+        belonged to the house for the side chambers round about,
+        that they might have hold [therein], and not have hold
+        in the wall of the house.
+041:007 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed [the
+        house] higher and higher; for the encompassing of
+        the house went higher and higher round about the house:
+        therefore the breadth of the house [continued] upward;
+        and so one went up [from] the lowest [chamber] to the highest
+        by the middle [chamber].
+041:008 I saw also that the house had a raised base round about:
+        the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed
+        of six great cubits.
+041:009 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers,
+        on the outside, was five cubits:  and that which was left was
+        the place of the side chambers that belonged to the house.
+041:010 Between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round
+        about the house on every side.
+041:011 The doors of the side chambers were toward [the place] that was left,
+        one door toward the north, and another door toward the south:
+        and the breadth of the place that was left was five
+        cubits round about.
+041:012 The building that was before the separate place at the side
+        toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of
+        the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length
+        of it ninety cubits.
+041:013 So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long;
+        and the separate place, and the building, with the walls of it,
+        one hundred cubits long;
+041:014 also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate
+        place toward the east, one hundred cubits.
+041:015 He measured the length of the building before the separate
+        place which was at the back of it, and the galleries of it
+        on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits;
+        and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
+041:016 the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round
+        about on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood
+        ceilings round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows,
+        (now the windows were covered),
+041:017 to [the space] above the door, even to the inner house, and outside,
+        and by all the wall round about inside and outside, by measure.
+041:018 It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was
+        between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
+041:019 so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on
+        the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm
+        tree on the other side.  [thus was it] made through all
+        the house round about:
+041:020 from the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made:
+        thus was the wall of the temple.
+041:021 As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and as for the face
+        of the sanctuary, the appearance [of it] was as the appearance
+        [of the temple].
+041:022 The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length of it
+        two cubits; and the corners of it, and the length of it,
+        and the walls of it, were of wood:  and he said to me,
+        This is the table that is before Yahweh.
+041:023 The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
+041:024 The doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves:
+        two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
+041:025 There were made on them, on the doors of the temple,
+        cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls;
+        and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.
+041:026 There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side
+        and on the other side, on the sides of the porch:
+        thus were the side chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
+042:001 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward
+        the north:  and he brought me into the chamber that was
+        over against the separate place, and which was over against
+        the building toward the north.
+042:002 Before the length of one hundred cubits was the north door,
+        and the breadth was fifty cubits.
+042:003 Over against the twenty [cubits] which belonged to the inner court,
+        and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court,
+        was gallery against gallery in the third story.
+042:004 Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward,
+        a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
+042:005 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took
+        away from these, more than from the lower and the middle,
+        in the building.
+042:006 For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars
+        as the pillars of the courts:  therefore [the uppermost] was
+        straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
+042:007 The wall that was outside by the side of the chambers,
+        toward the outer court before the chambers, the length of it
+        was fifty cubits.
+042:008 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court
+        was fifty cubits:  and behold, before the temple were
+        one hundred cubits.
+042:009 From under these chambers was the entry on the east side,
+        as one goes into them from the outer court.
+042:010 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east,
+        before the separate place, and before the building,
+        there were chambers.
+042:011 The way before them was like the appearance of [the way of]
+        the chambers which were toward the north; according to their
+        length so was their breadth:  and all their exits were both
+        according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
+042:012 According to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south
+        was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly
+        before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.
+042:013 Then said he to me, The north chambers and the south chambers,
+        which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers,
+        where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall eat the most
+        holy things:  there shall they lay the most holy things, and the
+        meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering;
+        for the place is holy.
+042:014 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of
+        the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay
+        their garments in which they minister; for they are holy:
+        and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach
+        to that which pertains to the people.
+042:015 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house,
+        he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect
+        is toward the east, and measured it round about.
+042:016 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five
+        hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
+042:017 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring
+        reed round about.
+042:018 He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with
+        the measuring reed.
+042:019 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred
+        reeds with the measuring reed.
+042:020 He measured it on the four sides:  it had a wall round about,
+        the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred,
+        to make a separation between that which was holy and that
+        which was common.
+043:001 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks
+        toward the east.
+043:002 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way
+        of the east:  and his voice was like the sound of many waters;
+        and the earth shined with his glory.
+043:003 It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,
+        even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy
+        the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw
+        by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
+043:004 The glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate
+        whose prospect is toward the east.
+043:005 The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court;
+        and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
+043:006 I heard one speaking to me out of the house; and a man
+        stood by me.
+043:007 He said to me, Son of man, [this is] the place of my throne,
+        and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will
+        dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
+        The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name,
+        neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution,
+        and by the dead bodies of their kings [in] their high places;
+043:008 in their setting of their threshold by my threshold,
+        and their doorpost beside my doorpost, and there was [but]
+        the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy
+        name by their abominations which they have committed:
+        therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
+043:009 Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies
+        of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst
+        of them forever.
+043:010 You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel,
+        that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them
+        measure the pattern.
+043:011 If they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them
+        the form of the house, and the fashion of it, and the exits
+        of it, and the entrances of it, and all the forms of it,
+        and all the ordinances of it, and all the forms of it,
+        and all the laws of it; and write it in their sight; that they
+        may keep the whole form of it, and all the ordinances of it,
+        and do them.
+043:012 This is the law of the house:  on the top of the mountain
+        the whole limit of it round about shall be most holy.
+        Behold, this is the law of the house.
+043:013 These are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit
+        is a cubit and a handbreadth):  the bottom shall be a cubit,
+        and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it
+        round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.
+043:014 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall
+        be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from
+        the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits,
+        and the breadth a cubit.
+043:015 The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth
+        and upward there shall be four horns.
+043:016 The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad,
+        square in the four sides of it.
+043:017 The ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad
+        in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half
+        a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about;
+        and the steps of it shall look toward the east.
+043:018 He said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh:  These are
+        the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it,
+        to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
+043:019 You shall give to the priests the Levites who are of
+        the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,
+        says the Lord Yahweh, a young bull for a sin offering.
+043:020 You shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it,
+        and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border round about:
+        thus shall you cleanse it and make atonement for it.
+043:021 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering,
+        and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house,
+        outside of the sanctuary.
+043:022 On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish
+        for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar,
+        as they did cleanse it with the bull.
+043:023 When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young
+        bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
+043:024 You shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall
+        cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt
+        offering to Yahweh.
+043:025 Seven days shall you prepare every day a goat for a sin offering:
+        they shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of
+        the flock, without blemish.
+043:026 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it;
+        so shall they consecrate it.
+043:027 When they have accomplished the days, it shall be that on
+        the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your
+        burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings;
+        and I will accept you, says the Lord Yahweh.
+044:001 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary,
+        which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
+044:002 Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened,
+        neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God
+        of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
+044:003 As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread
+        before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate,
+        and shall go out by the way of the same.
+044:004 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house;
+        and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house
+        of Yahweh:  and I fell on my face.
+044:005 Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes,
+        and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all
+        the ordinances of the house of Yahweh, and all the laws of it;
+        and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit
+        of the sanctuary.
+044:006 You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says
+        the Lord Yahweh:  you house of Israel, let it suffice you
+        of all your abominations,
+044:007 in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in
+        heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary,
+        to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread,
+        the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant,
+        [to add] to all your abominations.
+044:008 You have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have
+        set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
+044:009 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart
+        and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary,
+        of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.
+044:010 But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray,
+        who went astray from me after their idols, they shall
+        bear their iniquity.
+044:011 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight
+        at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house:
+        they shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people,
+        and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
+044:012 Because they ministered to them before their idols,
+        and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house
+        of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them,
+        says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity.
+044:013 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office
+        of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things,
+        to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame,
+        and their abominations which they have committed.
+044:014 Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all
+        the service of it, and for all that shall be done therein.
+044:015 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept
+        the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went
+        astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me;
+        and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and
+        the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
+044:016 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near
+        to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
+044:017 It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the
+        inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments;
+        and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates
+        of the inner court, and within.
+044:018 They shall have linen tires on their heads, and shall have linen
+        breeches on their waists; they shall not gird themselves
+        with [anything that causes] sweat.
+044:019 When they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer
+        court to the people, they shall put off their garments
+        in which they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers;
+        and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify
+        the people with their garments.
+044:020 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks
+        to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
+044:021 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter
+        into the inner court.
+044:022 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is
+        put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house
+        of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
+044:023 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy
+        and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean
+        and the clean.
+044:024 In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my
+        ordinances shall they judge it:  and they shall keep my laws
+        and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall
+        make my Sabbaths holy.
+044:025 They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves;
+        but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter,
+        for brother, or for sister who has had no husband,
+        they may defile themselves.
+044:026 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
+044:027 In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court,
+        to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+044:028 They shall have an inheritance:  I am their inheritance; and you
+        shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
+044:029 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering,
+        and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel
+        shall be theirs.
+044:030 The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering
+        of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest:
+        you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough,
+        to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
+044:031 The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself,
+        or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.
+045:001 Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance,
+        you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion
+        of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five
+        thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand:
+        it shall be holy in all the border of it round about.
+045:002 Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred [in
+        length] by five hundred [in breadth], square round about;
+        and fifty cubits for the suburbs of it round about.
+045:003 Of this measure shall you measure a length of twenty-five thousand,
+        and a breadth of ten thousand:  and in it shall be the sanctuary,
+        which is most holy.
+045:004 It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests,
+        the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh;
+        and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place
+        for the sanctuary.
+045:005 Twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth,
+        shall be to the Levites, the ministers of the house,
+        for a possession to themselves, [for] twenty chambers.
+045:006 You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad,
+        and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering
+        of the holy portion:  it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
+045:007 [Whatever is] for the prince [shall be] on the one side and on
+        the other side of the holy offering and of the possession
+        of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front
+        of the possession of the city, on the west side westward,
+        and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one
+        of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
+045:008 In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel:
+        and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall
+        give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
+045:009 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  Let it suffice you, princes of Israel:
+        remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness;
+        dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
+045:010 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
+045:011 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath
+        may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth
+        part of a homer:  the measure of it shall be after the homer.
+045:012 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.  Twenty shekels plus
+        twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
+045:013 This is the offering that you shall offer:  the sixth part
+        of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth
+        part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
+045:014 and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part
+        of a bath out of the cor, [which is] ten baths, even a homer;
+        (for ten baths are a homer;)
+045:015 and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered
+        pastures of Israel--for a meal offering, and for a burnt offering,
+        and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+045:016 All the people of the land shall give to this offering for
+        the prince in Israel.
+045:017 It shall be the prince's part to give the burnt offerings,
+        and the meal offerings, and the drink offerings,
+        in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the Sabbaths,
+        in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel:
+        he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meal offering,
+        and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make
+        atonement for the house of Israel.
+045:018 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  In the first [month], in the first
+        [day] of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish;
+        and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.
+045:019 The priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering,
+        and put it on the door posts of the house, and on the four
+        corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate
+        of the inner court.
+045:020 So you shall do on the seventh [day] of the month for everyone
+        who errs, and for him who is simple:  so shall you make
+        atonement for the house.
+045:021 In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month,
+        you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days;
+        unleavened bread shall be eaten.
+045:022 On that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all
+        the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
+045:023 The seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering
+        to Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish daily
+        the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering.
+045:024 He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull,
+        and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
+045:025 In the seventh [month], in the fifteenth day of the month,
+        in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days;
+        according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering,
+        and according to the meal offering, and according to the oil.
+046:001 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  The gate of the inner court that
+        looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days;
+        but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day
+        of the new moon it shall be opened.
+046:002 The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside,
+        and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests
+        shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings,
+        and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate:
+        then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut
+        until the evening.
+046:003 The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate
+        before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
+046:004 The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh
+        shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a
+        ram without blemish;
+046:005 and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram,
+        and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give,
+        and a hin of oil to an ephah.
+046:006 On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish,
+        and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:
+046:007 and he shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull,
+        and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according
+        as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
+046:008 When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch
+        of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way of it.
+046:009 But when the people of the land shall come before Yahweh
+        in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north
+        gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate;
+        and he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go
+        forth by the way of the north gate:  he shall not return
+        by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go
+        forth straight before him.
+046:010 The prince, when they go in, shall go in with of them;
+        and when they go out, he shall go out.
+046:011 In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering
+        shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram,
+        and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil
+        to an ephah.
+046:012 When the prince shall prepare a freewill offering, a burnt
+        offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Yahweh,
+        one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east;
+        and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings,
+        as he does on the Sabbath day:  then he shall go forth;
+        and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
+046:013 You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a
+        burnt offering to Yahweh daily:  morning by morning shall
+        you prepare it.
+046:014 You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning,
+        the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil,
+        to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually
+        by a perpetual ordinance.
+046:015 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal offering,
+        and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.
+046:016 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  If the prince give a gift to any
+        of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons;
+        it is their possession by inheritance.
+046:017 But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants,
+        it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall
+        return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall
+        be for his sons.
+046:018 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance,
+        to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give
+        inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my
+        people not be scattered every man from his possession.
+046:019 Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side
+        of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests,
+        which looked toward the north:  and behold, there was a place
+        on the hinder part westward.
+046:020 He said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil
+        the trespass offering and the sin offering, [and] where they
+        shall bake the meal offering; that they not bring them forth
+        into the outer court, to sanctify the people.
+046:021 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused
+        me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold,
+        in every corner of the court there was a court.
+046:022 In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed,
+        forty [cubits] long and thirty broad:  these four in the corners
+        were of one measure.
+046:023 There was a wall round about in them, round about the four,
+        and boiling places were made under the walls round about.
+046:024 Then said he to me, These are the boiling houses, where the
+        ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
+047:001 He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold,
+        waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward;
+        (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;)
+        and the waters came down from under, from the right side
+        of the house, on the south of the altar.
+047:002 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward,
+        and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate,
+        by the way of [the gate] that looks toward the east;
+        and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
+047:003 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand,
+        he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass
+        through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
+047:004 Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through
+        the waters, waters that were to the knees.  Again he measured
+        one thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters],
+        waters that were to the waist.
+047:005 Afterward he measured one thousand; [and it was] a river
+        that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen,
+        waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
+047:006 He said to me, Son of man, have you seen [this]?
+        Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank
+        of the river.
+047:007 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river
+        were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
+047:008 Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward
+        the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah;
+        and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall
+        the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters
+        shall be healed.
+047:009 It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms,
+        in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there
+        shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters
+        are come there, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed,
+        and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
+047:010 It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it:
+        from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the
+        spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds,
+        as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
+047:011 But the miry places of it, and the marshes of it, shall not
+        be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
+047:012 By the river on the bank of it, on this side and on that side,
+        shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither,
+        neither shall the fruit of it fail:  it shall bring forth
+        new fruit every month, because the waters of it issue out
+        of the sanctuary; and the fruit of it shall be for food,
+        and the leaf of it for healing.
+047:013 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:  This shall be the border, by which you
+        shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve
+        tribes of Israel:  Joseph [shall have two] portions.
+047:014 You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore
+        to give it to your fathers:  and this land shall fall
+        to you for inheritance.
+047:015 This shall be the border of the land:  On the north side,
+        from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;
+047:016 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border
+        of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon,
+        which is by the border of Hauran.
+047:017 The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border
+        of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath.
+        This is the north side.
+047:018 The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead,
+        and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan;
+        from the [north] border to the east sea shall you measure.
+        This is the east side.
+047:019 The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters
+        of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.
+        This is the south side southward.
+047:020 The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south]
+        border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath.
+        This is the west side.
+047:021 So shall you divide this land to you according to the
+        tribes of Israel.
+047:022 It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an
+        inheritance to you and to the strangers who sojourn among you,
+        who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you
+        as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall
+        have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
+047:023 It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger sojourns,
+        there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord Yahweh.
+048:001 Now these are the names of the tribes:  From the north end,
+        beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan
+        at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they
+        shall have their sides east [and] west), Dan, one [portion].
+048:002 By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side,
+        Asher, one [portion].
+048:003 By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side,
+        Naphtali, one [portion].
+048:004 By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side,
+        Manasseh, one [portion].
+048:005 By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side,
+        Ephraim, one [portion].
+048:006 By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the
+        west side, Reuben, one [portion].
+048:007 By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side,
+        Judah, one [portion].
+048:008 By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side,
+        shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand
+        [reeds] in breadth, and in length as one of the portions,
+        from the east side to the west side:  and the sanctuary shall
+        be in the midst of it.
+048:009 The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five
+        thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
+048:010 For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering:
+        toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward
+        the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand
+        in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length:
+        and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
+048:011 [It shall be] for the priests who are sanctified of the sons
+        of Zadok, who have kept my charge, who didn't go astray when
+        the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
+048:012 It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land,
+        a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
+048:013 Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have
+        twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth:
+        all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the
+        breadth ten thousand.
+048:014 They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first
+        fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.
+048:015 The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front
+        of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use,
+        for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city
+        shall be in the midst of it.
+048:016 These shall be the measures of it:  the north side four thousand
+        and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred,
+        and on the east side four thousand and five hundred,
+        and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
+048:017 The city shall have suburbs:  toward the north two hundred fifty,
+        and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east
+        two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
+048:018 The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering,
+        shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward;
+        and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and the increase
+        of it shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
+048:019 Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel,
+        shall cultivate it.
+048:020 All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by
+        twenty-five thousand:  you shall offer the holy offering four-square,
+        with the possession of the city.
+048:021 The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on
+        the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city;
+        in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward
+        the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five
+        thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions,
+        it shall be for the prince:  and the holy offering and
+        the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
+048:022 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession
+        of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's,
+        between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin,
+        it shall be for the prince.
+048:023 As for the rest of the tribes:  from the east side to the
+        west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
+048:024 By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side,
+        Simeon, one [portion].
+048:025 By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side,
+        Issachar, one [portion].
+048:026 By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side,
+        Zebulun, one [portion].
+048:027 By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side,
+        Gad, one [portion].
+048:028 By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border
+        shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh,
+        to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.
+048:029 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes
+        of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions,
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+048:030 These are the exits of the city:  On the north side four
+        thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure;
+048:031 and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes
+        of Israel, three gates northward:  the gate of Reuben, one;
+        the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
+048:032 At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds],
+        and three gates:  even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate
+        of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
+048:033 At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds]
+        by measure, and three gates:  the gate of Simeon, one; the gate
+        of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
+048:034 At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds],
+        with their three gates:  the gate of Gad, one; the gate
+        of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
+048:035 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about:
+        and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
+Book 27 Daniel
+001:001 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
+        Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
+001:002 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand,
+        with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried
+        them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god:
+        and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
+001:003 The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs,
+        that he should bring in [certain] of the children of Israel,
+        even of the seed royal and of the nobles;
+001:004 youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in
+        all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science,
+        and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace;
+        and that he should teach them the learning and the language
+        of the Chaldeans.
+001:005 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties,
+        and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be
+        nourished three years; that at the end of it they should stand
+        before the king.
+001:006 Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel,
+        Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
+001:007 The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them:  to Daniel he gave
+        [the name of] Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, [of] Shadrach;
+        and to Mishael, [of] Meshach; and to Azariah, [of] Abednego.
+001:008 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself
+        with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank:
+        therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that
+        he might not defile himself.
+001:009 Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight
+        of the prince of the eunuchs.
+001:010 The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord
+        the king, who has appointed your food and your drink:
+        for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths
+        who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head
+        with the king.
+001:011 Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs
+        had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
+001:012 Prove your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give
+        us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
+001:013 Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face
+        of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see,
+        deal with your servants.
+001:014 So he listened to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
+001:015 At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer,
+        and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate
+        of the king's dainties.
+001:016 So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they
+        should drink, and gave them pulse.
+001:017 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill
+        in all learning and wisdom:  and Daniel had understanding
+        in all visions and dreams.
+001:018 At the end of the days which the king had appointed for
+        bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them
+        in before Nebuchadnezzar.
+001:019 The king talked with them; and among them all was found
+        none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
+        therefore stood they before the king.
+001:020 In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which
+        the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than
+        all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
+001:021 Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
+002:001 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
+        dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep
+        went from him.
+002:002 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters,
+        and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams.
+        So they came in and stood before the king.
+002:003 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit
+        is troubled to know the dream.
+002:004 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language,
+        O king, live forever:  tell your servants the dream, and we
+        will show the interpretation.
+002:005 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me:
+        if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation
+        of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall
+        be made a dunghill.
+002:006 But if you show the dream and the interpretation of it,
+        you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor:
+        therefore show me the dream and the interpretation of it.
+002:007 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell
+        his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
+002:008 The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time,
+        because you see the thing is gone from me.
+002:009 But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but
+        one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt
+        words to speak before me, until the time be changed:
+        therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can
+        show me the interpretation of it.
+002:010 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is
+        not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter,
+        because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing
+        of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
+002:011 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no
+        other who can show it before the king, except the gods,
+        whose dwelling is not with flesh.
+002:012 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded
+        to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
+002:013 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain;
+        and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
+002:014 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch
+        the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill
+        the wise men of Babylon;
+002:015 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent
+        from the king?  Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
+002:016 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint
+        him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
+002:017 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known
+        to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
+002:018 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning
+        this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish
+        with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
+002:019 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night.
+        Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
+002:020 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever;
+        for wisdom and might are his.
+002:021 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings,
+        and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge
+        to those who have understanding;
+002:022 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in
+        the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
+002:023 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers,
+        who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known
+        to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us
+        the king's matter.
+002:024 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed
+        to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him:
+        Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before
+        the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.
+002:025 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said
+        thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity
+        of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.
+002:026 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you
+        able to make known to me the dream which I have seen,
+        and the interpretation of it?
+002:027 Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king
+        has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians,
+        nor soothsayers, show to the king;
+002:028 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made
+        known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.
+        Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
+002:029 as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on
+        your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals
+        secrets has made known to you what shall happen.
+002:030 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any
+        wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent
+        that the interpretation may be made known to the king,
+        and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
+002:031 You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image.  This image,
+        which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent,
+        stood before you; and the aspect of it was awesome.
+002:032 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast
+        and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
+002:033 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
+002:034 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck
+        the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke
+        them in pieces.
+002:035 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver,
+        and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like
+        the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind
+        carried them away, so that no place was found for them:
+        and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain,
+        and filled the whole earth.
+002:036 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it
+        before the king.
+002:037 You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has
+        given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
+002:038 and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field
+        and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has
+        made you to rule over them all:  you are the head of gold.
+002:039 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you;
+        and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule
+        over all the earth.
+002:040 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks
+        in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes
+        all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
+002:041 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters'
+        clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom;
+        but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
+        because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
+002:042 As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,
+        so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
+002:043 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
+        themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling
+        to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.
+002:044 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom
+        which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty
+        of it be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces
+        and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
+002:045 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain
+        without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron,
+        the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God
+        has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter:
+        and the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.
+002:046 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel,
+        and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet
+        odors to him.
+002:047 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God
+        is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer
+        of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret.
+002:048 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts,
+        and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon,
+        and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
+002:049 Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach,
+        and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon:
+        but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
+003:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height
+        was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits:
+        he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
+003:002 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps,
+        the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers,
+        the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
+        to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar
+        the king had set up.
+003:003 Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges,
+        the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
+        of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication
+        of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up;
+        and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
+003:004 Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded,
+        peoples, nations, and languages,
+003:005 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither,
+        lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down
+        and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king
+        has set up;
+003:006 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour
+        be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
+003:007 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound
+        of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds
+        of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages,
+        fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
+        the king had set up.
+003:008 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought
+        accusation against the Jews.
+003:009 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
+003:010 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear
+        the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all
+        kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
+003:011 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into
+        the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
+003:012 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs
+        of the province of Babylon:  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego;
+        these men, O king, have not regarded you:  they don't serve
+        your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
+003:013 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to
+        bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  Then they brought
+        these men before the king.
+003:014 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach,
+        and Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship
+        the golden image which I have set up?
+003:015 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn,
+        flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music
+        to fall down and worship the image which I have made,
+        [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast
+        the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace;
+        and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
+003:016 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar,
+        we have no need to answer you in this matter.
+003:017 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us
+        from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out
+        of your hand, O king.
+003:018 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve
+        your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
+003:019 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his
+        visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego:
+        [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat
+        the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
+003:020 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to
+        bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast them
+        into the burning fiery furnace.
+003:021 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics,
+        and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast
+        into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
+003:022 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent,
+        and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed
+        those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
+003:023 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down
+        bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
+003:024 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose
+        up in haste:  he spoke and said to his counselors,
+        Didn't we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?
+        They answered the king, True, O king.
+003:025 He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst
+        of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth
+        is like a son of the gods.
+003:026 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning
+        fiery furnace:  he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
+        you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here.
+        Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst
+        of the fire.
+003:027 The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the
+        king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men,
+        that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair
+        of their head singed, neither were their pants changed,
+        nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
+003:028 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God
+        of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel,
+        and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed
+        the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they
+        might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
+003:029 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language,
+        which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
+        and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall
+        be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able
+        to deliver after this sort.
+003:030 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
+        in the province of Babylon.
+004:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages,
+        who dwell in all the earth:  Peace be multiplied to you.
+004:002 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that
+        the Most High God has worked toward me.
+004:003 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his
+        kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from
+        generation to generation.
+004:004 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing
+        in my palace.
+004:005 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed
+        and the visions of my head troubled me.
+004:006 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon
+        before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation
+        of the dream.
+004:007 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans,
+        and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them;
+        but they did not make known to me the interpretation of it.
+004:008 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,
+        according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit
+        of the holy gods:  and I told the dream before him, [saying],
+004:009 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know
+        that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret
+        troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen,
+        and the interpretation of it.
+004:010 Thus were the visions of my head on my bed:  I saw, and behold,
+        a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height of it was great.
+004:011 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached
+        to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth.
+004:012 The leaves of it were beautiful, and the fruit of it much,
+        and in it was food for all:  the animals of the field had shadow
+        under it, and the birds of the sky lived in the branches of it,
+        and all flesh was fed from it.
+004:013 I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold,
+        a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.
+004:014 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off
+        its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit:
+        let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls
+        from its branches.
+004:015 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth,
+        even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass
+        of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky:
+        and let his portion be with the animals in the grass
+        of the earth:
+004:016 let his heart be changed from man's, and let an animal's heart
+        be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
+004:017 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand
+        by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living
+        may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,
+        and gives it to whoever he will, and sets up over it
+        the lowest of men.
+004:018 This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar,
+        declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my
+        kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation;
+        but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
+004:019 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken
+        mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him.
+        The king answered, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream,
+        or the interpretation, trouble you.  Belteshazzar answered,
+        My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and the interpretation
+        of it to your adversaries.
+004:020 The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height
+        reached to the sky, and the sight of it to all the earth;
+004:021 whose leaves were beautiful, and the fruit of it much, and in it
+        was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived,
+        and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation:
+004:022 it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong;
+        for your greatness is grown, and reaches to the sky,
+        and your dominion to the end of the earth.
+004:023 Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down
+        from the sky, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it;
+        nevertheless leave the stump of the roots of it in the earth,
+        even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass
+        of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky:
+        and let his portion be with the animals of the field,
+        until seven times pass over him;
+004:024 this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree
+        of the Most High, which is come on my lord the king:
+004:025 that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall
+        be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat
+        grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky,
+        and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that
+        the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it
+        to whoever he will.
+004:026 Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree;
+        your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall
+        have known that the heavens do rule.
+004:027 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you,
+        and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities
+        by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening
+        of your tranquility.
+004:028 All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar.
+004:029 At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal
+        palace of Babylon.
+004:030 The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I
+        have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my
+        power and for the glory of my majesty?
+004:031 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from
+        the sky, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken:
+        The kingdom is departed from you:
+004:032 and you shall be driven from men; and they dwelling shall
+        be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat
+        grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you;
+        until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,
+        and gives it to whoever he will.
+004:033 The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar:
+        and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body
+        was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown
+        like eagles' [feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].
+004:034 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes
+        to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed
+        the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever;
+        for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom
+        from generation to generation.
+004:035 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
+        and he does according to his will in the army of heaven,
+        and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay
+        his hand, or tell him, What do you?
+004:036 At the same time my understanding returned to me;
+        and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness
+        returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought to me;
+        and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness
+        was added to me.
+004:037 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King
+        of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice;
+        and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
+005:001 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
+        and drank wine before the thousand.
+005:002 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring
+        the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his
+        father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem;
+        that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
+        might drink from them.
+005:003 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out
+        of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem;
+        and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
+        drank from them.
+005:004 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver,
+        of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
+005:005 In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand,
+        and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of
+        the wall of the king's palace:  and the king saw the part
+        of the hand that wrote.
+005:006 Then the king's face was changed in him, and his thoughts
+        troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened,
+        and his knees struck one against another.
+005:007 The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans,
+        and the soothsayers.  The king spoke and said to the wise
+        men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show
+        me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with purple,
+        and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third
+        ruler in the kingdom.
+005:008 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read
+        the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
+005:009 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was
+        changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
+005:010 [Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his
+        lords came into the banquet house:  the queen spoke and said,
+        O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you,
+        nor let your face be changed.
+005:011 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit
+        of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light
+        and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods,
+        were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father,
+        the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians,
+        enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
+005:012 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
+        interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences,
+        and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel,
+        whom the king named Belteshazzar.  Now let Daniel be called,
+        and he will show the interpretation.
+005:013 Then was Daniel brought in before the king.  The king spoke
+        and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children
+        of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought
+        out of Judah?
+005:014 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you,
+        and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are
+        found in you.
+005:015 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me,
+        that they should read this writing, and make known to me the
+        interpretation of it; but they could not show the interpretation
+        of the thing.
+005:016 But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations,
+        and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing,
+        and make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be
+        clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck,
+        and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
+005:017 Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself,
+        and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read
+        the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
+005:018 You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father
+        the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
+005:019 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples,
+        nations, and languages trembled and feared before him:
+        whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive;
+        and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
+005:020 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened
+        so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne,
+        and they took his glory from him:
+005:021 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made
+        like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys;
+        he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with
+        the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God
+        rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it
+        whoever he will.
+005:022 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart,
+        though you knew all this,
+005:023 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven;
+        and they have brought the vessels of his house before you,
+        and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines,
+        have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver
+        and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see,
+        nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is,
+        and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
+005:024 Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this
+        writing was inscribed.
+005:025 This is the writing that was inscribed:  MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
+005:026 This is the interpretation of the thing:  MENE; God has numbered
+        your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
+005:027 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
+005:028 PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
+005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple,
+        and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation
+        concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
+005:030 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
+005:031 Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about
+        sixty-two years old.
+006:001 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps,
+        who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
+006:002 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one;
+        that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king
+        should have no damage.
+006:003 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents
+        and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him;
+        and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
+006:004 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion
+        against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find
+        no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was
+        there any error or fault found in him.
+006:005 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against
+        this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law
+        of his God.
+006:006 Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king,
+        and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.
+006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps,
+        the counselors and the governors, have consulted together
+        to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict,
+        that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days,
+        save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
+006:008 Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing,
+        that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes
+        and Persians, which doesn't alter.
+006:009 Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
+006:010 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house
+        (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem)
+        and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed,
+        and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
+006:011 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making
+        petition and supplication before his God.
+006:012 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning
+        the king's interdict:  Haven't you signed an interdict, that every
+        man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days,
+        save to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?
+        The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law
+        of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.
+006:013 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is
+        of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you,
+        O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but makes
+        his petition three times a day.
+006:014 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased,
+        and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored
+        until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
+006:015 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said
+        to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes
+        and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king
+        establishes may be changed.
+006:016 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel,
+        and cast him into the den of lions.  [Now] the king spoke
+        and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually,
+        he will deliver you.
+006:017 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den;
+        and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet
+        of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
+006:018 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting;
+        neither were instruments of music brought before him:
+        and his sleep fled from him.
+006:019 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste
+        to the den of lions.
+006:020 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a
+        lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel,
+        servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually,
+        able to deliver you from the lions?
+006:021 Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever.
+006:022 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they
+        have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me;
+        and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.
+006:023 Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they
+        should take Daniel up out of the den.  So Daniel was taken
+        up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him,
+        because he had trusted in his God.
+006:024 The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel,
+        and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children,
+        and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them,
+        and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came
+        to the bottom of the den.
+006:025 Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages,
+        who dwell in all the earth:  Peace be multiplied to you.
+006:026 I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble
+        and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God,
+        and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed;
+        and his dominion shall be even to the end.
+006:027 He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in
+        heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power
+        of the lions.
+006:028 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign
+        of Cyrus the Persian.
+007:001 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel
+        had a dream and visions of his head on his bed:
+        then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
+007:002 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,
+        the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
+007:003 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
+007:004 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings:
+        I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted
+        up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man;
+        and a man's heart was given to it.
+007:005 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up
+        on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth:
+        and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
+007:006 After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had
+        on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads;
+        and dominion was given to it.
+007:007 After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth
+        animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly;
+        and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke
+        in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet:
+        and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it;
+        and it had ten horns.
+007:008 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among
+        them another horn, a little one, before which three
+        of the first horns were plucked up by the roots:
+        and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man,
+        and a mouth speaking great things.
+007:009 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat:
+        his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head
+        like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels
+        of it burning fire.
+007:010 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
+        thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand
+        times ten thousand stood before him:  the judgment was set,
+        and the books were opened.
+007:011 I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words
+        which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain,
+        and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
+007:012 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away:
+        yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
+007:013 I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds
+        of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient
+        of days, and they brought him near before him.
+007:014 There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,
+        that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him:
+        his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
+        and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
+007:015 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body,
+        and the visions of my head troubled me.
+007:016 I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him
+        the truth concerning all this.  So he told me, and made me
+        know the interpretation of the things.
+007:017 These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall
+        arise out of the earth.
+007:018 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom,
+        and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
+007:019 Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal,
+        which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible,
+        whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured,
+        broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
+007:020 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head,
+        and the other [horn] which came up, and before which three fell,
+        even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things,
+        whose look was more stout than its fellows.
+007:021 I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints,
+        and prevailed against them;
+007:022 until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to
+        the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints
+        possessed the kingdom.
+007:023 Thus he said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom
+        on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms,
+        and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
+        and break it in pieces.
+007:024 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise:
+        and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse
+        from the former, and he shall put down three kings.
+007:025 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear
+        out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change
+        the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand
+        until a time and times and half a time.
+007:026 But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away
+        his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
+007:027 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms
+        under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints
+        of the Most High:  his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
+        and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
+007:028 Here is the end of the matter.  As for me, Daniel, my thoughts
+        much troubled me, and my face was changed in me:
+        but I kept the matter in my heart.
+008:001 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
+        appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared
+        to me at the first.
+008:002 I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was
+        in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam;
+        and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
+008:003 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold,
+        there stood before the river a ram which had two horns:
+        and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other,
+        and the higher came up last.
+008:004 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward;
+        and no animals could stand before him, neither was there
+        any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according
+        to his will, and magnified himself.
+008:005 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over
+        the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground:
+        and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
+008:006 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing
+        before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
+008:007 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger
+        against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns;
+        and there was no power in the ram to stand before him;
+        but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him;
+        and there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
+008:008 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly:  and when he was strong,
+        the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up
+        four notable [horns] toward the four winds of the sky.
+008:009 Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew
+        exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east,
+        and toward the glorious [land].
+008:010 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and some
+        of the army and of the stars it cast down to the ground,
+        and trampled on them.
+008:011 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army;
+        and it took away from him the continual [burnt offering],
+        and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
+008:012 The army was given over [to it] together with the continual
+        [burnt offering] through disobedience; and it cast down truth
+        to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and prospered.
+008:013 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said
+        to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision
+        [concerning] the continual [burnt offering], and the disobedience
+        that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army
+        to be trodden under foot?
+008:014 He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings
+        [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
+008:015 It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,
+        that I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood
+        before me as the appearance of a man.
+008:016 I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai, which called,
+        and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
+008:017 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened,
+        and fell on my face:  but he said to me, Understand, son of man;
+        for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
+008:018 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my
+        face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
+008:019 He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter
+        time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time
+        of the end.
+008:020 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings
+        of Media and Persia.
+008:021 The rough male goat is the king of Greece:  and the great horn
+        that is between his eyes is the first king.
+008:022 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up,
+        four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not
+        with his power.
+008:023 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors
+        are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding
+        dark sentences, shall stand up.
+008:024 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall
+        destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure];
+        and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
+008:025 Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;
+        and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their]
+        security shall he destroy many:  he shall also stand up against
+        the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
+008:026 The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true:
+        but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come].
+008:027 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up,
+        and did the king's business:  and I wondered at the vision,
+        but none understood it.
+009:001 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed
+        of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
+009:002 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books
+        the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came
+        to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations
+        of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
+009:003 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions,
+        with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
+009:004 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord,
+        the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving
+        kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
+009:005 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly,
+        and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts
+        and from your ordinances;
+009:006 neither have we listened to your servants the prophets,
+        who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers,
+        and to all the people of the land.
+009:007 Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face,
+        as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are
+        far off, through all the countries where you have driven them,
+        because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
+009:008 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes,
+        and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
+009:009 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we
+        have rebelled against him;
+009:010 neither have we obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God, to walk
+        in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
+009:011 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even turning aside,
+        that they should not obey your voice:  therefore has the curse
+        been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law
+        of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.
+009:012 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us,
+        and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us
+        a great evil; for under the whole sky has not been done as has
+        been done on Jerusalem.
+009:013 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come on us:
+        yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God,
+        that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment
+        in your truth.
+009:014 Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us;
+        for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does,
+        and we have not obeyed his voice.
+009:015 Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of
+        the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown,
+        as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
+009:016 Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and
+        please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem,
+        your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities
+        of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach
+        to all who are round about us.
+009:017 Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant,
+        and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your
+        sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
+009:018 My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see
+        our desolations, and the city which is called by your name:
+        for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness,
+        but for your great mercies' sake.
+009:019 Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer,
+        for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people
+        are called by your name.
+009:020 While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and
+        the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
+        before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;
+009:021 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had
+        seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
+        touched me about the time of the evening offering.
+009:022 He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am
+        now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding.
+009:023 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth,
+        and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved:
+        therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
+009:024 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city,
+        to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins,
+        and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
+        everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy,
+        and to anoint the most holy.
+009:025 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth
+        of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the
+        Anointed One,{"Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah"
+        (same as "Christ").} the prince, shall be seven weeks,
+        and sixty-two weeks:  it shall be built again, with street
+        and moat, even in troubled times.
+009:026 After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One{"Anointed One"
+        can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ").} shall be
+        cut off, and shall have nothing:  and the people of the prince
+        who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
+        and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end
+        shall be war; desolations are determined.
+009:027 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week:
+        and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
+        and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations
+        [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end,
+        and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
+010:001 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed
+        to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing
+        was true, even a great warfare:  and he understood the thing,
+        and had understanding of the vision.
+010:002 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
+010:003 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth,
+        neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole
+        weeks were fulfilled.
+010:004 In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was
+        by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
+010:005 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed
+        in linen, whose thighs were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:
+010:006 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance
+        of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms
+        and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words
+        like the voice of a multitude.
+010:007 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me
+        didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them,
+        and they fled to hide themselves.
+010:008 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there
+        remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned
+        in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
+010:009 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice
+        of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face,
+        with my face toward the ground.
+010:010 Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on
+        the palms of my hands.
+010:011 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words
+        that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent.
+        When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
+010:012 Then said he to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from
+        the first day that you did set your heart to understand,
+        and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard:
+        and I am come for your words' sake.
+010:013 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days;
+        but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me:
+        and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
+010:014 Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen
+        to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet
+        for [many] days:
+010:015 and when he had spoken to me according to these words,
+        I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.
+010:016 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips:
+        then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood
+        before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are
+        turned on me, and I retain no strength.
+010:017 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?
+        for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me,
+        neither was there breath left in me.
+010:018 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man,
+        and he strengthened me.
+010:019 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid:
+        peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong."  When he spoke
+        to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak;
+        for you have strengthened me."
+010:020 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you?
+        Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia.
+        When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.
+010:021 But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing
+        of truth:  and there is none who holds with me against these,
+        but Michael your prince."
+011:001 "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up
+        to confirm and strengthen him.
+011:002 Now will I show you the truth.  Behold, there shall stand up
+        yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer
+        than they all:  and when he has grown strong through his riches,
+        he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
+011:003 A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion,
+        and do according to his will.
+011:004 When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken,
+        and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky,
+        but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion
+        with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up,
+        even for others besides these.
+011:005 The king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes;
+        and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion;
+        his dominion shall be a great dominion.
+011:006 At the end of years they shall join themselves together;
+        and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king
+        of the north to make an agreement:  but she shall not retain
+        the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm;
+        but she shall be given up, and those who brought her,
+        and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened
+        her in those times.
+011:007 But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place,
+        who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress
+        of the king of the north, and shall deal against them,
+        and shall prevail.
+011:008 Also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly
+        vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt;
+        and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
+011:009 He shall come into the realm of the king of the south,
+        but he shall return into his own land.
+011:010 His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces,
+        which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through;
+        and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
+011:011 The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come
+        forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north;
+        and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude
+        shall be given into his hand.
+011:012 The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted;
+        and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
+011:013 The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth
+        a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on
+        at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army
+        and with much substance.
+011:014 In those times there shall many stand up against the king
+        of the south:  also the children of the violent among your
+        people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision;
+        but they shall fall.
+011:015 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound,
+        and take a well-fortified city:  and the forces of the south
+        shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall
+        there be any strength to stand.
+011:016 But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will,
+        and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in
+        the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
+011:017 He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom,
+        and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them:
+        and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her;
+        but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
+011:018 After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall
+        take many:  but a prince shall cause the reproach offered
+        by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach
+        to turn on him.
+011:019 Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land;
+        but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
+011:020 Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax
+        collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory;
+        but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger,
+        nor in battle.
+011:021 In his place shall stand up a contemptible person,
+        to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom:
+        but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain
+        the kingdom by flatteries.
+011:022 The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him,
+        and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
+011:023 After the league made with him he shall work deceitfully;
+        for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
+011:024 In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of
+        the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done,
+        nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them prey,
+        and spoil, and substance:  yes, he shall devise his devices
+        against the strongholds, even for a time.
+011:025 He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king
+        of the south with a great army; and the king of the south
+        shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army;
+        but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
+011:026 Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his
+        army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
+011:027 As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief,
+        and they shall speak lies at one table:  but it shall not prosper;
+        for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
+011:028 Then shall he return into his land with great substance;
+        and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant;
+        and he shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land.
+011:029 At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south;
+        but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
+011:030 For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall
+        be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the
+        holy covenant, and shall do [his pleasure]: he shall even return,
+        and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
+011:031 Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary,
+        even the fortress, and shall take away the continual
+        [burnt offering], and they shall set up the abomination
+        that makes desolate.
+011:032 Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert
+        by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong,
+        and do [exploits].
+011:033 Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many;
+        yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity
+        and by spoil, [many] days.
+011:034 Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help;
+        but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.
+011:035 Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them,
+        and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end;
+        because it is yet for the time appointed.
+011:036 The king shall do according to his will; and he shall
+        exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god,
+        and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods;
+        and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished;
+        for that which is determined shall be done.
+011:037 Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the
+        desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify
+        himself above all.
+011:038 But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses;
+        and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he honor with gold,
+        and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
+011:039 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a
+        foreign god:  whoever acknowledges [him] he will increase
+        with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many,
+        and shall divide the land for a price.
+011:040 At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him;
+        and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
+        with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
+        and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow
+        and pass through.
+011:041 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries]
+        shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand:
+        Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
+011:042 He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries;
+        and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
+011:043 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,
+        and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans
+        and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
+011:044 But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him;
+        and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly
+        to sweep away many.
+011:045 He shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and
+        the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
+        and none shall help him.
+012:001 "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands
+        for the children of your people; and there shall be a time
+        of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to
+        that same time:  and at that time your people shall be delivered,
+        everyone who shall be found written in the book.
+012:002 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
+        everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
+012:003 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse;
+        and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars
+        forever and ever.
+012:004 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,
+        even to the time of the end:  many shall run back and forth,
+        and knowledge shall be increased."
+012:005 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two,
+        the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other
+        on the brink of the river on that side.
+012:006 One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters
+        of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
+012:007 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters
+        of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand
+        to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall
+        be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made
+        an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people,
+        all these things shall be finished.
+012:008 I heard, but I didn't understand:  then said I, my lord,
+        what shall be the issue of these things?
+012:009 He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up
+        and sealed until the time of the end.
+012:010 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white,
+        and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly;
+        and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are
+        wise shall understand.
+012:011 From the time that the continual [burnt offering] shall be
+        taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up,
+        there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
+012:012 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three
+        hundred thirty-five days.
+012:013 But go you your way until the end be; for you shall rest,
+        and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days.
+Book 28 Hosea
+001:001 The word of Yahweh that came to Hosea the son of Beeri,
+        in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
+        kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash,
+        king of Israel.
+001:002 When Yahweh spoke at the first by Hosea, Yahweh said
+        to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution
+        and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits
+        great adultery, forsaking Yahweh."
+001:003 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim;
+        and she conceived, and bore him a son.
+001:004 Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while,
+        and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
+        and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
+001:005 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel
+        in the valley of Jezreel."
+001:006 She conceived again, and bore a daughter.  Then he said to him,
+        "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah{Lo-Ruhamah means "not loved."};
+        for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
+        that I should in any way pardon them.
+001:007 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save
+        them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow,
+        sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."
+001:008 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
+001:009 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi{Lo-Ammi means "not my people"};
+        for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
+001:010 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand
+        of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered;
+        and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said
+        to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons
+        of the living God.'
+001:011 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be
+        gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head,
+        and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
+002:001 "Say to your brothers, 'My people!'{'Ammi' in Hebrew} and to
+        your sisters, 'My loved one!'{'Ruhamah' in Hebrew}
+002:002 Contend with your mother!  Contend, for she is not my wife,
+        neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution
+        from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
+002:003 Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day
+        that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set
+        her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
+002:004 Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are
+        children of unfaithfulness;
+002:005 For their mother has played the prostitute.  She who conceived them
+        has done shamefully; for she said, 'I will go after my lovers,
+        who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax,
+        my oil and my drink.'
+002:006 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I
+        will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.
+002:007 She will follow after her lovers, but she won't overtake them;
+        and she will seek them, but won't find them.
+        Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband;
+        for then was it better with me than now.'
+002:008 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine,
+        and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they
+        used for Baal.
+002:009 Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new
+        wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax
+        which should have covered her nakedness.
+002:010 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
+        and no one will deliver her out of my hand.
+002:011 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease:  her feasts,
+        her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
+002:012 I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she
+        has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me;
+        and I will make them a forest,' and the animals of the field
+        shall eat them.
+002:013 I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned
+        incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels,
+        and went after her lovers, and forgot me," says Yahweh.
+002:014 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into
+        the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
+002:015 I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley
+        of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there,
+        as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came
+        up out of the land of Egypt.
+002:016 It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "that you will call me
+        'my husband,' and no longer call me 'my master.'
+002:017 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth,
+        and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
+002:018 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals
+        of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with
+        the creeping things of the ground.  I will break the bow,
+        the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them
+        lie down safely.
+002:019 I will betroth you to me forever.  Yes, I will betroth you
+        to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness,
+        and in compassion.
+002:020 I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you
+        shall know Yahweh.
+002:021 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, "I will
+        respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
+002:022 and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine,
+        and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.
+002:023 I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her
+        who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not
+        my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My God!'"
+003:001 Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another,
+        and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel,
+        though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."
+003:002 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver
+        and a homer and a half of barley.
+003:003 I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days.  You shall not
+        play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man.
+        I will also be so toward you."
+003:004 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king,
+        and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without
+        sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.
+003:005 Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh
+        their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling
+        to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
+004:001 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel;
+        for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land:
+        "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God
+        in the land.
+004:002 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
+        they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
+004:003 Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein
+        will waste away.  all living things in her, even the animals
+        of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of
+        the sea also die.
+004:004 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse;
+        For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
+004:005 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble
+        with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
+004:006 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
+        Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you,
+        that you may be no priest to me.  Because you have forgotten
+        your God's law, I will also forget your children.
+004:007 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me.
+        I will change their glory into shame.
+004:008 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart
+        on their iniquity.
+004:009 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them
+        for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
+004:010 They will eat, and not have enough.  They will play the prostitute,
+        and will not increase; because they have abandoned
+        giving to Yahweh.
+004:011 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
+004:012 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick
+        of wood.  Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray,
+        and they have been unfaithful to their God.
+004:013 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense
+        on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its
+        shade is good.  Therefore your daughters play the prostitute,
+        and your brides commit adultery.
+004:014 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,
+        nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort
+        with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes;
+        so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
+004:015 "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend;
+        and don't come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear,
+        'As Yahweh lives.'
+004:016 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
+        Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
+004:017 Ephraim is joined to idols.  Leave him alone!
+004:018 Their drink has become sour.  They play the prostitute continually.
+        Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
+004:019 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall
+        be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
+005:001 "Listen to this, you priests!  Listen, house of Israel,
+        and give ear, house of the king!  For the judgment is against you;
+        for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
+005:002 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.
+005:003 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me;
+        for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.
+        Israel is defiled.
+005:004 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit
+        of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh.
+005:005 The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
+        Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.
+        Judah also will stumble with them.
+005:006 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh;
+        but they won't find him.  He has withdrawn himself from them.
+005:007 They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne
+        illegitimate children.  Now the new moon will devour them
+        with their fields.
+005:008 "Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah!  Sound a
+        battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
+005:009 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.
+        Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which
+        will surely be.
+005:010 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.
+        I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
+005:011 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is
+        intent in his pursuit of idols.
+005:012 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house
+        of Judah like rottenness.
+005:013 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound,
+        Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb:
+        but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you
+        of your wound.
+005:014 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to
+        the house of Judah.  I myself will tear in pieces and go away.
+        I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
+005:015 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge
+        their offense, and seek my face.  In their affliction they
+        will seek me earnestly."
+006:001 "Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces,
+        and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind
+        up our wounds.
+006:002 After two days he will revive us.  On the third day he will
+        raise us up, and we will live before him.
+006:003 Let us acknowledge Yahweh.  Let us press on to know Yahweh.
+        As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear.
+        He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain
+        that waters the earth."
+006:004 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you?  Judah, what shall I do to you?
+        For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew
+        that disappears early.
+006:005 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
+        I killed them with the words of my mouth.  Your judgments
+        are like a flash of lightning.
+006:006 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God
+        more than burnt offerings.
+006:007 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant.
+        They were unfaithful to me, there.
+006:008 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is
+        stained with blood.
+006:009 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests
+        murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
+006:010 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing.
+        There is prostitution in Ephraim.  Israel is defiled.
+006:011 "Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I
+        restore the fortunes of my people.
+007:001 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
+        also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood,
+        and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
+007:002 They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all
+        their wickedness.  Now their own deeds have engulfed them.
+        They are before my face.
+007:003 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes
+        with their lies.
+007:004 They are all adulterers.  They are burning like an oven that
+        the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough,
+        until it is leavened.
+007:005 On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick
+        with the heat of wine.  He joined his hand with mockers.
+007:006 For they have made ready their heart like an oven,
+        while they lie in wait.  Their baker sleeps all the night.
+        In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
+007:007 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges.
+        All their kings have fallen.  There is no one among them
+        who calls to me.
+007:008 Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations.  Ephraim is
+        a pancake not turned over.
+007:009 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't
+        realize it.  Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him,
+        and he doesn't realize it.
+007:010 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't
+        returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.
+007:011 "Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.
+        They call to Egypt.  They go to Assyria.
+007:012 When they go, I will spread my net on them.  I will bring
+        them down like the birds of the sky.  I will chastise them,
+        as their congregation has heard.
+007:013 Woe to them!  For they have wandered from me.  Destruction to them!
+        For they have trespassed against me.  Though I would redeem them,
+        yet they have spoken lies against me.
+007:014 They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on
+        their beds.  They assemble themselves for grain and new wine.
+        They turn away from me.
+007:015 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they
+        plot evil against me.
+007:016 They return, but not to the Most High.  They are like a faulty bow.
+        Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue.
+        This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
+008:001 "Put the trumpet to your lips!  Something like an eagle is
+        over Yahweh's house, because they have broken my covenant,
+        and rebelled against my law.
+008:002 They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!'
+008:003 Israel has cast off that which is good.  The enemy will pursue him.
+008:004 They have set up kings, but not by me.  They have made princes,
+        and I didn't approve.  Of their silver and their gold they
+        have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
+008:005 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!  My anger burns against them!
+        How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
+008:006 For this is even from Israel!  The workman made it, and it is
+        no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
+008:007 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.
+        He has no standing grain.  The stalk will yield no head.
+        If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
+008:008 Israel is swallowed up.  Now they are among the nations
+        like a worthless thing.
+008:009 For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone.
+        Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
+008:010 But although they sold themselves among the nations,
+        I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because
+        of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
+008:011 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became
+        for him altars for sinning.
+008:012 I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded
+        as a strange thing.
+008:013 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice
+        flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them.
+        Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
+        They will return to Egypt.
+008:014 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
+        and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send
+        a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses."
+009:001 Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations;
+        for you were unfaithful to your God.  You love the wages
+        of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
+009:002 The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them,
+        and the new wine will fail her.
+009:003 They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return
+        to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
+009:004 They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, neither will
+        they be pleasing to him.  Their sacrifices will be to them
+        like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted;
+        for their bread will be for their appetite.  It will not come
+        into the house of Yahweh.
+009:005 What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day
+        of the feast of Yahweh?
+009:006 For, behold, they have gone away from destruction.
+        Egypt will gather them up.  Memphis will bury them.
+        Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver.
+        Thorns will be in their tents.
+009:007 The days of visitation have come.  The days of reckoning have come.
+        Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is
+        inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins,
+        and because your hostility is great.
+009:008 A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God.  A fowler's snare
+        is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.
+009:009 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah.
+        He will remember their iniquity.  He will punish them
+        for their sins.
+009:010 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.  I saw your
+        fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season;
+        but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves
+        to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that
+        which they loved.
+009:011 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird.
+        There will be no birth, none with child, and no conception.
+009:012 Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them,
+        so that not a man shall be left.  Indeed, woe also to them
+        when I depart from them!
+009:013 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place;
+        but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.
+009:014 Give them--Yahweh what will you give?  Give them a miscarrying
+        womb and dry breasts.
+009:015 "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them.
+        Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive
+        them out of my house!  I will love them no more.
+        All their princes are rebels.
+009:016 Ephraim is struck.  Their root has dried up.  They will bear
+        no fruit.  Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill
+        the beloved ones of their womb."
+009:017 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him;
+        and they will be wanderers among the nations.
+010:001 Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit.
+        According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied
+        his altars.  As their land has prospered, they have adorned
+        their sacred stones.
+010:002 Their heart is divided.  Now they will be found guilty.
+        He will demolish their altars.  He will destroy their sacred stones.
+010:003 Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh;
+        and the king, what can he do for us?"
+010:004 They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants.
+        Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows
+        of the field.
+010:005 The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves
+        of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with
+        its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it
+        has departed from it.
+010:006 It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king.
+        Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed
+        of his own counsel.
+010:007 Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.
+010:008 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed.
+        The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars.
+        They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills,
+        "Fall on us!"
+010:009 "Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah.
+        There they remained.  The battle against the children
+        of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah.
+010:010 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations
+        will be gathered against them, when they are bound to
+        their two transgressions.
+010:011 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put
+        a yoke on her beautiful neck.  I will set a rider on Ephraim.
+        Judah will plow.  Jacob will break his clods.
+010:012 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness.
+        Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh,
+        until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
+010:013 You have plowed wickedness.  You have reaped iniquity.
+        You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way,
+        in the multitude of your mighty men.
+010:014 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people,
+        and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed
+        Beth Arbel in the day of battle.  The mother was dashed
+        in pieces with her children.
+010:015 So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness.
+        At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.
+011:001 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son
+        out of Egypt.
+011:002 They called to them, so they went from them.  They sacrificed
+        to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
+011:003 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.  I took them by his arms;
+        but they didn't know that I healed them.
+011:004 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I
+        was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks;
+        and I bent down to him and I fed him.
+011:005 "They won't return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian
+        will be their king, because they refused to repent.
+011:006 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars
+        of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
+011:007 My people are determined to turn from me.  Though they call
+        to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them.
+011:008 "How can I give you up, Ephraim?  How can I hand
+        you over, Israel?  How can I make you like Admah?  How can
+        I make you like Zeboiim?  My heart is turned within me,
+        my compassion is aroused.
+011:009 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.  I will not
+        return to destroy Ephraim:  for I am God, and not man;
+        the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.
+011:010 They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion;
+        for he will roar, and the children will come trembling
+        from the west.
+011:011 They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like
+        a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them
+        in their houses," says Yahweh.
+011:012 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel
+        with deceit.  Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful
+        to the Holy One.
+012:001 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind.
+        He continually multiplies lies and desolation.  They make
+        a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
+012:002 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
+        according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
+012:003 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood
+        he contended with God.
+012:004 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept,
+        and made supplication to him.  He found him at Bethel,
+        and there he spoke with us,
+012:005 even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!
+012:006 Therefore turn to your God.  Keep kindness and justice,
+        and wait continually for your God.
+012:007 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.  He loves to defraud.
+012:008 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth.
+        In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
+012:009 "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.
+        I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days
+        of the solemn feast.
+012:010 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions;
+        and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
+012:011 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless.  In Gilgal
+        they sacrifice bulls.  Indeed, their altars are like heaps
+        in the furrows of the field.
+012:012 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get
+        a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
+012:013 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a
+        prophet he was preserved.
+012:014 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger.  Therefore his blood
+        will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
+013:001 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.  He exalted himself
+        in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.
+013:002 Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten
+        images of their silver, even idols according to their
+        own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen.
+        They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'
+013:003 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew
+        that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with
+        the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke
+        out of the chimney.
+013:004 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall
+        acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
+013:005 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
+013:006 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled,
+        and their heart was exalted.  Therefore they have forgotten me.
+013:007 Therefore I am like a lion to them.  Like a leopard, I will
+        lurk by the path.
+013:008 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs,
+        and will tear the covering of their heart.  There I will devour
+        them like a lioness.  The wild animal will tear them.
+013:009 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me,
+        against your help.
+013:010 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities?
+        And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?'
+013:011 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away
+        in my wrath.
+013:012 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up.  His sin is stored up.
+013:013 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him.
+        He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come
+        to the opening of the womb.
+013:014 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.  I will redeem them
+        from death!  Death, where are your plagues?  Sheol, where is
+        your destruction?  "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
+013:015 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come,
+        the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his
+        spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up.
+        He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
+013:016 Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God.
+        They will fall by the sword.  Their infants will be dashed
+        in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."
+014:001 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because
+        of your sin.
+014:002 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh.  Tell him,
+        "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good:
+        so we offer our lips like bulls.
+014:003 Assyria can't save us.  We won't ride on horses; neither will
+        we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!'
+        for in you the fatherless finds mercy."
+014:004 "I will heal their waywardness.  I will love them freely;
+        for my anger is turned away from him.
+014:005 I will be like the dew to Israel.  He will blossom like the lily,
+        and send down his roots like Lebanon.
+014:006 His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree,
+        and his fragrance like Lebanon.
+014:007 Men will dwell in his shade.  They will revive like the grain,
+        and blossom like the vine.  Their fragrance will be like
+        the wine of Lebanon.
+014:008 Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols?  I answer,
+        and will take care of him.  I am like a green fir tree;
+        from me your fruit is found."
+014:009 Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
+        Who is prudent, that he may know them?  For the ways of Yahweh
+        are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious
+        stumble in them.
+Book 29 Joel
+001:001 The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
+001:002 Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
+        Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days
+        of your fathers?
+001:003 Tell your children about it, and have your children tell
+        their children, and their children, another generation.
+001:004 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
+        What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten.
+        What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
+001:005 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!  Wail, all you drinkers of wine,
+        because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
+001:006 For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number.
+        His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs
+        of a lioness.
+001:007 He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree.
+        He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away.  Its branches
+        are made white.
+001:008 Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband
+        of her youth!
+001:009 The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from
+        Yahweh's house.  The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
+001:010 The field is laid waste.  The land mourns, for the grain
+        is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
+001:011 Be confounded, you farmers!  Wail, you vineyard keepers;
+        for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the
+        field has perished.
+001:012 The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered;
+        the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
+        even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has
+        withered away from the sons of men.
+001:013 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!  Wail, you ministers
+        of the altar.  Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers
+        of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are
+        withheld from your God's house.
+001:014 Sanctify a fast.  Call a solemn assembly.  Gather the elders,
+        and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh,
+        your God, and cry to Yahweh.
+001:015 Alas for the day!  For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it
+        will come as destruction from the Almighty.
+001:016 Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness
+        from the house of our God?
+001:017 The seeds rot under their clods.  The granaries are laid desolate.
+        The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
+001:018 How the animals groan!  The herds of livestock are perplexed,
+        because they have no pasture.  Yes, the flocks of sheep
+        are made desolate.
+001:019 Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures
+        of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees
+        of the field.
+001:020 Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water
+        brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures
+        of the wilderness.
+002:001 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
+        Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day
+        of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
+002:002 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
+        As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people;
+        there has never been the like, neither will there be any more
+        after them, even to the years of many generations.
+002:003 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns.
+        The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them,
+        a desolate wilderness.  Yes, and no one has escaped them.
+002:004 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses,
+        and as horsemen, so do they run.
+002:005 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap,
+        like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
+        as a strong people set in battle array.
+002:006 At their presence the peoples are in anguish.  All faces
+        have grown pale.
+002:007 They run like mighty men.  They climb the wall like warriors.
+        They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course.
+002:008 Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path,
+        and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks.
+002:009 They rush on the city.  They run on the wall.  They climb up
+        into the houses.  They enter in at the windows like thieves.
+002:010 The earth quakes before them.  The heavens tremble.
+        The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars
+        withdraw their shining.
+002:011 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces
+        are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command;
+        for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who
+        can endure it?
+002:012 "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart,
+        and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
+002:013 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh,
+        your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
+        and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
+002:014 Who knows?  He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him,
+        even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
+002:015 Blow the trumpet in Zion!  Sanctify a fast.  Call a solemn assembly.
+002:016 Gather the people.  Sanctify the assembly.  Assemble the elders.
+        Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts.
+        Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride
+        out of her chamber.
+002:017 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch
+        and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh,
+        and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations
+        should rule over them.  Why should they say among the peoples,
+        'Where is their God?'"
+002:018 Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
+002:019 Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain,
+        new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them;
+        and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
+002:020 But I will remove the northern army far away from you,
+        and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front
+        into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea;
+        and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise."
+        Surely he has done great things.
+002:021 Land, don't be afraid.  Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has
+        done great things.
+002:022 Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures
+        of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit.
+        The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
+002:023 "Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh,
+        your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure,
+        and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain
+        and the latter rain, as before.
+002:024 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats
+        will overflow with new wine and oil.
+002:025 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
+        the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar,
+        my great army, which I sent among you.
+002:026 You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise
+        the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you;
+        and my people will never again be disappointed.
+002:027 You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I
+        am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people
+        will never again be disappointed.
+002:028 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on
+        all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
+        Your old men will dream dreams.  Your young men will see visions.
+002:029 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days,
+        I will pour out my Spirit.
+002:030 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
+        blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
+002:031 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
+        before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
+002:032 It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh
+        shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will
+        be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant,
+        those whom Yahweh calls.
+003:001 "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore
+        the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
+003:002 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into
+        the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them
+        there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they
+        have scattered among the nations.  They have divided my land,
+003:003 and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for
+        a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
+003:004 "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon,
+        and all the regions of Philistia?  Will you repay me?
+        And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return
+        your repayment on your own head.
+003:005 Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried
+        my finest treasures into your temples,
+003:006 and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem
+        to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far
+        from their border.
+003:007 Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have
+        sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
+003:008 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands
+        of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men
+        of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it."
+003:009 Proclaim this among the nations:  "Prepare for war!
+        Stir up the mighty men.  Let all the warriors draw near.
+        Let them come up.
+003:010 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears.
+        Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
+003:011 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather
+        yourselves together."  Cause your mighty ones to come
+        down there, Yahweh.
+003:012 "Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley
+        of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all
+        the surrounding nations.
+003:013 Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe.  Come, tread,
+        for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their
+        wickedness is great."
+003:014 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
+        For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
+003:015 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars
+        withdraw their shining.
+003:016 Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem;
+        and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a
+        refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
+003:017 "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion,
+        my holy mountain.  Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers
+        will pass through her any more.
+003:018 It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down
+        sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks
+        of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth
+        from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.
+003:019 Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
+        for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they
+        have shed innocent blood in their land.
+003:020 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from
+        generation to generation.
+003:021 I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed:
+        for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
+Book 30 Amos
+001:001 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa,
+        which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,
+        and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel,
+        two years before the earthquake.
+001:002 He said:  "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice
+        from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,
+        and the top of Carmel will wither."
+001:003 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes,
+        for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they
+        have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
+001:004 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will
+        devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
+001:005 I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant
+        from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter
+        from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go
+        into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.
+001:006 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,
+        I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried
+        away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
+001:007 but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will
+        devour its palaces.
+001:008 I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds
+        the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron;
+        and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,"
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+001:009 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes,
+        for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they
+        delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn't remember
+        the brotherly covenant;
+001:010 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will
+        devour its palaces."
+001:011 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,
+        I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his
+        brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger
+        raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
+001:012 but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour
+        the palaces of Bozrah."
+001:013 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of the children
+        of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment;
+        because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,
+        that they may enlarge their border.
+001:014 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will
+        devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle,
+        with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;
+001:015 and their king will go into captivity, he and his
+        princes together," says Yahweh.
+002:001 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,
+        I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned
+        the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
+002:002 but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces
+        of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting,
+        and with the sound of the trumpet;
+002:003 and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill
+        all its princes with him," says Yahweh.
+002:004 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
+        I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected
+        Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies
+        have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
+002:005 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour
+        the palaces of Jerusalem."
+002:006 Thus says Yahweh:  "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
+        I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold
+        the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
+002:007 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
+        and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father
+        use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
+002:008 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes
+        taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink
+        the wine of those who have been fined.
+002:009 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was
+        like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks;
+        yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
+002:010 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty
+        years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
+002:011 I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your
+        young men for Nazirites.  Isn't this true, you children
+        of Israel?" says Yahweh.
+002:012 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded
+        the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
+002:013 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes
+        that is full of grain.
+002:014 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen
+        his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
+002:015 neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is
+        swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides
+        the horse deliver himself;
+002:016 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked
+        on that day," says Yahweh.
+003:001 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel,
+        against the whole family which I brought up out of the land
+        of Egypt, saying:
+003:002 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth.
+        Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
+003:003 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
+003:004 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey?
+        Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
+003:005 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare
+        is set for him?  Does a snare spring up from the ground,
+        when there is nothing to catch?
+003:006 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people
+        being afraid?  Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh
+        hasn't done it?
+003:007 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals
+        his secret to his servants the prophets.
+003:008 The lion has roared.  Who will not fear?  The Lord Yahweh has spoken.
+        Who can but prophesy?
+003:009 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land
+        of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains
+        of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression
+        is among them."
+003:010 "Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard
+        plunder and loot in their palaces."
+003:011 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:  "An adversary will
+        overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds,
+        and your fortresses will be plundered."
+003:012 Thus says Yahweh:  "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth
+        of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children
+        of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch,
+        and on the silken cushions of a bed."
+003:013 "Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,"
+        says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
+003:014 "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel
+        on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns
+        of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
+003:015 I will strike the winter house with the summer house;
+        and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses
+        will have an end," says Yahweh.
+004:001 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain
+        of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
+        who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"
+004:002 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, "The days
+        shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks,
+        and the last of you with fish hooks.
+004:003 You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight
+        before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon," says Yahweh.
+004:004 "Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more.  Bring your
+        sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
+004:005 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened,
+        and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them:
+        for this pleases you, you children of Israel,"
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+004:006 "I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
+        and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned
+        to me," says Yahweh.
+004:007 "I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet
+        three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city,
+        and caused it not to rain on another city.  One place was
+        rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.
+004:008 So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water,
+        and were not satisfied:  yet you haven't returned to me,"
+        says Yahweh.
+004:009 "I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens
+        and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees
+        have the swarming locust devoured:  yet you haven't returned
+        to me," says Yahweh.
+004:010 "I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt.  I have slain your
+        young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses;
+        and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp,
+        yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
+004:011 "I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom
+        and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out
+        of the fire; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
+004:012 "Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; because I will do
+        this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
+004:013 For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates
+        the wind, and declares to man what is his thought;
+        who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places
+        of the Earth:  Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name."
+005:001 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you,
+        O house of Israel.
+005:002 "The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more.
+        She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up."
+005:003 For thus says the Lord Yahweh:  "The city that went forth
+        a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth
+        one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."
+005:004 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel:  "Seek me,
+        and you will live;
+005:005 but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass
+        to Beersheba:  for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
+        and Bethel shall come to nothing.
+005:006 Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire
+        in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one
+        to quench it in Bethel.
+005:007 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness
+        to the earth:
+005:008 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow
+        of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night;
+        who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on
+        the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
+005:009 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction
+        comes on the fortress.
+005:010 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him
+        who speaks blamelessly.
+005:011 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes
+        from him of wheat:  You have built houses of hewn stone, but you
+        will not dwell in them.  You have planted pleasant vineyards,
+        but you shall not drink their wine.
+005:012 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins--
+        you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn
+        aside the needy in the courts.
+005:013 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
+        for it is an evil time.
+005:014 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh,
+        the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
+005:015 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts.
+        It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious
+        to the remnant of Joseph."
+005:016 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies,
+        the Lord:  "Wailing will be in all the broad ways;
+        and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas!  Alas!' and they
+        will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful
+        in lamentation to wailing.
+005:017 In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through
+        the midst of you," says Yahweh.
+005:018 "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!  Why do you long
+        for the day of Yahweh?  It is darkness, and not light.
+005:019 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him;
+        Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall,
+        and a snake bit him.
+005:020 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light?
+        Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
+005:021 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand
+        your solemn assemblies.
+005:022 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings,
+        I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace
+        offerings of your fat animals.
+005:023 Take away from me the noise of your songs!  I will not listen
+        to the music of your harps.
+005:024 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like
+        a mighty stream.
+005:025 "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness
+        forty years, house of Israel?
+005:026 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images,
+        the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
+005:027 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,"
+        says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
+006:001 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure
+        on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief
+        of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
+006:002 Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great;
+        then go down to Gath of the Philistines.  are they better than
+        these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
+006:003 Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat
+        of violence to come near;
+006:004 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches,
+        and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of
+        the midst of the stall;
+006:005 who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves
+        instruments of music, like David;
+006:006 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils;
+        but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
+006:007 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive;
+        and the feasting and lounging will end.
+006:008 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God
+        of Armies:  "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses.
+        Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
+006:009 It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house,
+        that they shall die.
+006:010 "When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him,
+        to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in
+        the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?'
+        And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush!  Indeed we must
+        not mention the name of Yahweh.'
+006:011 "For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be
+        smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
+006:012 Do horses run on the rocky crags?  Does one plow there with oxen?
+        But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit
+        of righteousness into bitterness;
+006:013 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we
+        taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'
+006:014 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,"
+        says Yahweh, the God of Armies; "and they will afflict you
+        from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."
+007:001 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me:  and behold, he formed locusts
+        in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
+        and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.
+007:002 It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass
+        of the land, then I said, "Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you!
+        How could Jacob stand?  For he is small."
+007:003 Yahweh relented concerning this.  "It shall not be," says Yahweh.
+007:004 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh
+        called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep,
+        and would have devoured the land.
+007:005 Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you!  How could Jacob stand?
+        For he is small."
+007:006 Yahweh relented concerning this.  "This also shall not be,"
+        says the Lord Yahweh.
+007:007 Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall
+        made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
+007:008 Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?"  I said, "A plumb line."
+        Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst
+        of my people Israel.  I will not again pass by them any more.
+007:009 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries
+        of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house
+        of Jeroboam with the sword."
+007:010 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king
+        of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst
+        of the house of Israel.  The land is not able to bear
+        all his words.
+007:011 For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel
+        shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
+007:012 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land
+        of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
+007:013 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is
+        the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
+007:014 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was
+        I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer
+        of sycamore figs;
+007:015 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said
+        to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
+007:016 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh:  'You say,
+        Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against
+        the house of Isaac.'
+007:017 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  'Your wife shall be a prostitute
+        in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall
+        by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line;
+        and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean,
+        and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
+008:001 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me:  behold, a basket of summer fruit.
+008:002 He said, "Amos, what do you see?"  I said, "A basket of
+        summer fruit."  Then Yahweh said to me, "The end has come
+        on my people Israel.  I will not again pass by them any more.
+008:003 The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day,"
+        says the Lord Yahweh.  "The dead bodies will be many.
+        In every place they will throw them out with silence.
+008:004 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause
+        the poor of the land to fail,
+008:005 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?
+        And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small,
+        and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
+008:006 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair
+        of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
+008:007 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never
+        forget any of their works.
+008:008 Won't the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells
+        in it?  Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it
+        will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
+008:009 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I
+        will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken
+        the earth in the clear day.
+008:010 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs
+        into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth
+        on all your bodies, and baldness on every head.
+        I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end
+        of it like a bitter day.
+008:011 Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send
+        a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst
+        for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
+008:012 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east;
+        they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh,
+        and will not find it.
+008:013 In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will
+        faint for thirst.
+008:014 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, 'As your god,
+        Dan, lives;' and, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' they will fall,
+        and never rise up again."
+009:001 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said,
+        "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake;
+        and break them in pieces on the head of all of them;
+        and I will kill the last of them with the sword:
+        there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not
+        one of them escape.
+009:002 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them;
+        and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
+009:003 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search
+        and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight
+        in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent,
+        and it will bite them.
+009:004 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
+        there I will command the sword, and it will kill them.
+        I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
+009:005 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land
+        and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it
+        will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again,
+        like the River of Egypt.
+009:006 It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has
+        founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters
+        of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth;
+        Yahweh is his name.
+009:007 Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me,
+        children of Israel?" says Yahweh.  "Haven't I brought up Israel
+        out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor,
+        and the Syrians from Kir?
+009:008 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
+        and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth;
+        except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,"
+        says Yahweh.
+009:009 "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of
+        Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve,
+        yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
+009:010 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say,
+        'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
+009:011 In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen,
+        and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins,
+        and I will build it as in the days of old;
+009:012 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations
+        who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.
+009:013 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that the plowman
+        shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him
+        who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains,
+        and flow from the hills.
+009:014 I will bring my people Israel back from captivity,
+        and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them;
+        and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them.
+        They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
+009:015 I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be
+        plucked up out of their land which I have given them,"
+        says Yahweh your God.
+Book 31 Obadiah
+001:001 The vision of Obadiah.  This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom.
+        We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent
+        among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against
+        her in battle.
+001:002 Behold, I have made you small among the nations.
+        You are greatly despised.
+001:003 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell
+        in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says
+        in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
+001:004 Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set
+        among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says Yahweh.
+001:005 "If thieves came to you, if robbers by night--oh, what disaster
+        awaits you--wouldn't they only steal until they had enough?
+        If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave
+        some gleaning grapes?
+001:006 How Esau will be ransacked!  How his hidden treasures
+        are sought out!
+001:007 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way,
+        even to the border.  The men who were at peace with
+        you have deceived you, and prevailed against you.
+        Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you.
+        There is no understanding in him."
+001:008 "Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men
+        out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
+001:009 Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone
+        may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
+001:010 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you,
+        and you will be cut off forever.
+001:011 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day
+        that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners
+        entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem,
+        even you were like one of them.
+001:012 But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster,
+        and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of
+        their destruction.  Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.
+001:013 Don't enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity.
+        Don't look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity,
+        neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.
+001:014 Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape.
+        Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
+001:015 For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations!  As you have done,
+        it will be done to you.  Your deeds will return upon
+        your own head.
+001:016 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations
+        drink continually.  Yes, they will drink, swallow down,
+        and will be as though they had not been.
+001:017 But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will
+        be holy.  The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
+001:018 The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame,
+        and the house of Esau for stubble.  They will burn among them,
+        and devour them.  There will not be any remaining to the house
+        of Esau."  Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.
+001:019 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau,
+        and those of the lowland, the Philistines.  They will
+        possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria.
+        Benjamin will possess Gilead.
+001:020 The captives of this army of the children of Israel,
+        who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath;
+        and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad,
+        will possess the cities of the Negev.
+001:021 Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau,
+        and the kingdom will be Yahweh's.
+Book 32 Jonah
+001:001 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
+001:002 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it,
+        for their wickedness has come up before me."
+001:003 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
+        He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish;
+        so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them
+        to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
+001:004 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there
+        was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely
+        to break up.
+001:005 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god.
+        They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea,
+        to lighten it.  But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts
+        of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
+001:006 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do
+        you mean, sleeper?  Arise, call on your God{or, gods}!
+        Maybe your God{or, gods} will notice us, so that we won't perish."
+001:007 They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots,
+        that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us."
+        So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
+001:008 Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil
+        is on us.  What is your occupation?  Where do you come from?
+        What is your country?  Of what people are you?"
+001:009 He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God
+        of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."
+001:010 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is
+        this that you have done?"  For the men knew that he was fleeing
+        from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.
+001:011 Then said they to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea
+        may be calm to us?"  For the sea grew more and more stormy.
+001:012 He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea.
+        Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me
+        this great storm is on you."
+001:013 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land;
+        but they could not, for the sea grew more and more
+        stormy against them.
+001:014 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you,
+        Yahweh, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life,
+        and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done
+        as it pleased you."
+001:015 So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea
+        ceased its raging.
+001:016 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered
+        a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
+001:017 Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah
+        was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
+002:001 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.
+002:002 He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
+        He answered me.  Out of the belly of Sheol I cried.
+        You heard my voice.
+002:003 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas.
+        The flood was all around me.  All your waves and your billows
+        passed over me.
+002:004 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look
+        again toward your holy temple.'
+002:005 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul.  The deep was around me.
+        The weeds were wrapped around my head.
+002:006 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.  The earth barred
+        me in forever:  yet have you brought up my life from the pit,
+        Yahweh my God.
+002:007 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
+        My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
+002:008 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
+002:009 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving.
+        I will pay that which I have vowed.  Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
+002:010 Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
+003:001 The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,
+003:002 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it
+        the message that I give you."
+003:003 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word
+        of Yahweh.  Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,
+        three days' journey across.
+003:004 Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out,
+        and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
+003:005 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast,
+        and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to
+        the least of them.
+003:006 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,
+        and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth,
+        and sat in ashes.
+003:007 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the
+        decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man
+        nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed,
+        nor drink water;
+003:008 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal,
+        and let them cry mightily to God.  Yes, let them turn everyone
+        from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
+003:009 Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away
+        from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"
+003:010 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way.
+        God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them,
+        and he didn't do it.
+004:001 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
+004:002 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I
+        said when I was still in my own country?  Therefore I hurried
+        to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God,
+        and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
+        and you relent of doing harm.
+004:003 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me;
+        for it is better for me to die than to live."
+004:004 Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"
+004:005 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city,
+        and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade,
+        until he might see what would become of the city.
+004:006 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah,
+        that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him
+        from his discomfort.  So Jonah was exceedingly glad because
+        of the vine.
+004:007 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed
+        on the vine, so that it withered.
+004:008 It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry
+        east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted,
+        and requested for himself that he might die, and said,
+        "It is better for me to die than to live."
+004:009 God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?"
+        He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."
+004:010 Yahweh said, "You have been concerned for the vine,
+        for which you have not labored, neither made it grow;
+        which came up in a night, and perished in a night.
+004:011 Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city,
+        in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons
+        who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand;
+        and also much livestock?"
+Book 33 Micah
+001:001 The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days
+        of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw
+        concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
+001:002 Hear, you peoples, all of you.  Listen, O earth, and all that
+        is therein:  and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you,
+        the Lord from his holy temple.
+001:003 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come
+        down and tread on the high places of the earth.
+001:004 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart,
+        like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down
+        a steep place.
+001:005 "All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins
+        of the house of Israel.  What is the disobedience
+        of Jacob?  Isn't it Samaria?  And what are the high places
+        of Judah?  Aren't they Jerusalem?
+001:006 Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field,
+        like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its
+        stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
+001:007 All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts
+        will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy;
+        for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them,
+        and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return."
+001:008 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked;
+        I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
+001:009 For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah.
+        It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
+001:010 Don't tell it in Gath.  Don't weep at all.  At Beth Ophrah{Beth Ophrah
+        means literally "House of Dust."} I have rolled myself
+        in the dust.
+001:011 Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame.
+        The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out.  The wailing
+        of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
+001:012 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good,
+        because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
+001:013 Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish.
+        She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the
+        transgressions of Israel were found in you.
+001:014 Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath.
+        The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the
+        kings of Israel.
+001:015 I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah.
+        He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
+001:016 Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children
+        of your delight.  Enlarge your baldness like the vulture;
+        for they have gone into captivity from you!
+002:001 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds!
+        When the morning is light, they practice it, because it
+        is in the power of their hand.
+002:002 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away:
+        and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
+002:003 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  "Behold, I am planning against these
+        people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks,
+        neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
+002:004 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament
+        with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined!
+        My people's possession is divided up.  Indeed he takes it
+        from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"
+002:005 Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot
+        in the assembly of Yahweh.
+002:006 "Don't prophesy!"  They prophesy.  "Don't prophesy about
+        these things.  Disgrace won't overtake us."
+002:007 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob:  "Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry?
+        Are these his doings?  Don't my words do good to him
+        who walks blamelessly?"
+002:008 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy.  You strip
+        the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care,
+        returning from battle.
+002:009 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses;
+        from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
+002:010 Arise, and depart!  For this is not your resting place, because of
+        uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
+002:011 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies:
+        "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;"
+        he would be the prophet of this people.
+002:012 I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather
+        the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep
+        of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture;
+        they will swarm with people.
+002:013 He who breaks open the way goes up before them.
+        They break through the gate, and go out.  And their king
+        passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.
+003:001 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers
+        of the house of Israel:  Isn't it for you to know justice?
+003:002 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin,
+        and their flesh from off their bones;
+003:003 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from
+        off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces,
+        as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
+003:004 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them.
+        Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they
+        made their deeds evil."
+003:005 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;
+        for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!"
+        and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare
+        war against him:
+003:006 "Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark
+        to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on
+        the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
+003:007 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded.
+        Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no
+        answer from God."
+003:008 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh,
+        and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience,
+        and to Israel his sin.
+003:009 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob,
+        and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice,
+        and pervert all equity.
+003:010 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
+003:011 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price,
+        and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money:  yet they
+        lean on Yahweh, and say, "Isn't Yahweh in the midst of us?
+        No disaster will come on us."
+003:012 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field,
+        and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain
+        of the temple like the high places of a forest.
+004:001 But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of
+        Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains,
+        and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will
+        stream to it.
+004:002 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to
+        the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob;
+        and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths."
+        For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of
+        Yahweh from Jerusalem;
+004:003 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide
+        concerning strong nations afar off.  They will beat their
+        swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.
+        Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will
+        they learn war any more.
+004:004 But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
+        and no one will make them afraid:  For the mouth of Yahweh
+        of Armies has spoken.
+004:005 Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods;
+        but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.
+004:006 "In that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame,
+        and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which
+        I have afflicted;
+004:007 and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which
+        was cast far off a strong nation:  and Yahweh will reign
+        over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever."
+004:008 You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion,
+        to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will come,
+        the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
+004:009 Now why do you cry out aloud?  Is there no king in you?
+        Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you
+        as of a woman in travail?
+004:010 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a
+        woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city,
+        and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon.
+        There you will be rescued.  There Yahweh will redeem you
+        from the hand of your enemies.
+004:011 Now many nations have assembled against you, that say,
+        "Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion."
+004:012 But they don't know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they
+        understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves
+        to the threshing floor.
+004:013 Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron,
+        and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces
+        many peoples:  and I will devote their gain to Yahweh,
+        and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
+005:001 Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops.
+        He has laid siege against us.  They will strike the judge
+        of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
+005:002 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah,
+        out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel;
+        whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
+005:003 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is
+        in labor gives birth.  Then the rest of his brothers will
+        return to the children of Israel.
+005:004 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength
+        of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God:
+        and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends
+        of the earth.
+005:005 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land,
+        and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise
+        against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
+005:006 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land
+        of Nimrod in its gates.  He will deliver us from the Assyrian,
+        when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
+005:007 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples,
+        like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don't
+        wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
+005:008 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst
+        of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest,
+        like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he
+        goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there
+        is no one to deliver.
+005:009 Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let
+        all of your enemies be cut off.
+005:010 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh, "That I will
+        cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will
+        destroy your chariots.
+005:011 I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down
+        all your strongholds.
+005:012 I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall
+        have no soothsayers.
+005:013 I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out
+        of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work
+        of your hands.
+005:014 I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will
+        destroy your cities.
+005:015 I will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations
+        that didn't listen."
+006:001 Listen now to what Yahweh says:  "Arise, plead your case before
+        the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
+006:002 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring
+        foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy
+        with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
+006:003 My people, what have I done to you?  How have I burdened you?
+        Answer me!
+006:004 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed
+        you out of the house of bondage.  I sent before you
+        Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
+006:005 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised,
+        and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim
+        to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
+006:006 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the
+        exalted God?  Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
+        with calves a year old?
+006:007 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams?  With tens of thousands
+        of rivers of oil?  Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?
+        The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
+006:008 He has shown you, O man, what is good.  What does Yahweh require
+        of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
+        with your God?
+006:009 Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name:
+        "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
+006:010 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
+        and a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short
+        ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose
+        of cheating customers.} that is accursed?
+006:011 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag
+        of deceitful weights?
+006:012 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies,
+        and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
+006:013 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound.
+        I have made you desolate because of your sins.
+006:014 You shall eat, but not be satisfied.  Your humiliation
+        will be in your midst.  You will store up, but not save;
+        and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
+006:015 You will sow, but won't reap.  You will tread the olives,
+        but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes,
+        but won't drink the wine.
+006:016 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house
+        of Ahab.  You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin,
+        and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach
+        of my people."
+007:001 Misery is mine!  Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits,
+        as gleanings of the vineyard:  There is no cluster of grapes to eat.
+        My soul desires to eat the early fig.
+007:002 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is
+        no one upright among men.  They all lie in wait for blood;
+        every man hunts his brother with a net.
+007:003 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.
+        The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates
+        the evil desire of his soul.  Thus they conspire together.
+007:004 The best of them is like a brier.  The most upright is worse than
+        a thorn hedge.  The day of your watchmen, even your visitation,
+        has come; now is the time of their confusion.
+007:005 Don't trust in a neighbor.  Don't put confidence in a friend.
+        With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words
+        of your mouth!
+007:006 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against
+        her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
+        a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
+007:007 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.  I will wait for the God
+        of my salvation.  My God will hear me.
+007:008 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy.  When I fall, I will arise.
+        When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
+007:009 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have
+        sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes
+        judgment for me.  He will bring me forth to the light.
+        I will see his righteousness.
+007:010 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me,
+        where is Yahweh your God?  Then my enemy will see me and will
+        cover her shame.  Now she will be trodden down like the mire
+        of the streets.
+007:011 A day to build your walls--In that day, he will extend your boundary.
+007:012 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities
+        of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea,
+        and mountain to mountain.
+007:013 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
+        for the fruit of their doings.
+007:014 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage,
+        who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of
+        fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead,
+        as in the days of old.
+007:015 "As in the days of your coming forth out of the land
+        of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things."
+007:016 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.
+        They will lay their hand on their mouth.  Their ears
+        will be deaf.
+007:017 They will lick the dust like a serpent.  Like crawling things
+        of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens.
+        They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid
+        because of you.
+007:018 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes
+        over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?
+        He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights
+        in loving kindness.
+007:019 He will again have compassion on us.  He will tread our iniquities
+        under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths
+        of the sea.
+007:020 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you
+        have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
+Book 34 Nahum
+001:001 An oracle about Nineveh.  The book of the vision of
+        Nahum the Elkoshite.
+001:002 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges.  Yahweh avenges and is
+        full of wrath.  Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries,
+        and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
+001:003 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no
+        means leave the guilty unpunished.  Yahweh has his way in
+        the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust
+        of his feet.
+001:004 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers.
+        Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
+001:005 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away.
+        The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all
+        who dwell in it.
+001:006 Who can stand before his indignation?  Who can endure the
+        fierceness of his anger?  His wrath is poured out like fire,
+        and the rocks are broken apart by him.
+001:007 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble;
+        and he knows those who take refuge in him.
+001:008 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place,
+        and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
+001:009 What do you plot against Yahweh?  He will make a full end.
+        Affliction won't rise up the second time.
+001:010 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink,
+        they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
+001:011 There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh,
+        who counsels wickedness.
+001:012 Thus says Yahweh:  "Though they be in full strength, and likewise
+        many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away.
+        Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
+001:013 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst
+        your bonds apart."
+001:014 Yahweh has commanded concerning you:  "No more descendants
+        will bear your name.  Out of the house of your gods,
+        will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image.
+        I will make your grave, for you are vile."
+001:015 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news,
+        who publishes peace!  Keep your feasts, Judah!  Perform your vows,
+        for the wicked one will no more pass through you.
+        He is utterly cut off.
+002:001 He who dashes in pieces has come up against you.
+        Keep the fortress!  Watch the way!  Strengthen your waist!
+        Fortify your power mightily!
+002:002 For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency
+        of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined
+        their vine branches.
+002:003 The shield of his mighty men is made red.  The valiant men
+        are in scarlet.  The chariots flash with steel in the day
+        of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
+002:004 The chariots rage in the streets.  They rush back and forth
+        in the broad ways.  Their appearance is like torches.
+        They run like the lightnings.
+002:005 He summons his picked troops.  They stumble on their way.
+        They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
+002:006 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
+002:007 It is decreed:  she is uncovered, she is carried away;
+        and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves,
+        beating on their breasts.
+002:008 But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they
+        flee away.  "Stop!  Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
+002:009 Take the spoil of silver.  Take the spoil of gold, for there
+        is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
+002:010 She is empty, void, and waste.  The heart melts, the knees
+        knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
+002:011 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place
+        of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked,
+        the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
+002:012 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled
+        for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill,
+        and his dens with prey.
+002:013 "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I
+        will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour
+        your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth,
+        and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."
+003:001 Woe to the bloody city!  It is all full of lies and robbery.
+        The prey doesn't depart.
+003:002 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels,
+        prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
+003:003 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear,
+        and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses,
+        and there is no end of the bodies.  They stumble on their bodies,
+003:004 because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring
+        prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations
+        through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.
+003:005 "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I
+        will lift your skirts over your face.  I will show the nations
+        your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
+003:006 I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile,
+        and will set you a spectacle.
+003:007 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you,
+        and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste!  Who will mourn for her?'
+        Where will I seek comforters for you?"
+003:008 Are you better than No-Amon,{or, Thebes} who was situated among
+        the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart
+        was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
+003:009 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength.  Put and Libya
+        were her helpers.
+003:010 Yet was she carried away.  She went into captivity.
+        Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head
+        of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men,
+        and all her great men were bound in chains.
+003:011 You also will be drunken.  You will be hidden.  You also will
+        seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
+003:012 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs:
+        if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
+003:013 Behold, your troops in your midst are women.
+        The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies.
+        The fire has devoured your bars.
+003:014 Draw water for the siege.  Strengthen your fortresses.
+        Go into the clay, and tread the mortar.  Make the brick kiln strong.
+003:015 There the fire will devour you.  The sword will cut you off.  It will
+        devour you like the grasshopper.  Multiply like grasshoppers.
+        Multiply like the locust.
+003:016 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies.
+        The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
+003:017 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like
+        the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day,
+        but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place
+        is not known where they are.
+003:018 Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria.  Your nobles lie down.
+        Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no
+        one to gather them.
+003:019 There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal.
+        All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you;
+        for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?
+Book 35 Habakkuk
+001:001 The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
+001:002 Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear?
+        I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?
+001:003 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity?
+        For destruction and violence are before me.  There is strife,
+        and contention rises up.
+001:004 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth;
+        for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice
+        goes forth perverted.
+001:005 "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously;
+        for I am working a work in your days, which you will not
+        believe though it is told you.
+001:006 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
+        hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth,
+        to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
+001:007 They are feared and dreaded.  Their judgment and their dignity
+        proceed from themselves.
+001:008 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce
+        than the evening wolves.  Their horsemen press proudly on.
+        Yes, their horsemen come from afar.  They fly as an eagle
+        that hurries to devour.
+001:009 All of them come for violence.  Their hordes face the desert.
+        He gathers prisoners like sand.
+001:010 Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him.
+        He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp,
+        and takes it.
+001:011 Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on.  He is indeed guilty,
+        whose strength is his god."
+001:012 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One?  We will
+        not die.  Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment.
+        You, Rock, have established him to punish.
+001:013 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look
+        on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously,
+        and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is
+        more righteous than he,
+001:014 and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things,
+        that have no ruler over them?
+001:015 He takes up all of them with the hook.  He catches them in his net,
+        and gathers them in his dragnet.  Therefore he rejoices
+        and is glad.
+001:016 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense
+        to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious,
+        and his food is good.
+001:017 Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill
+        the nations without mercy?
+002:001 I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts,
+        and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I
+        will answer concerning my complaint.
+002:002 Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain
+        on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
+002:003 For the vision is yet for the appointed time,
+        and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false.
+        Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come.
+        It won't delay.
+002:004 Behold, his soul is puffed up.  It is not upright in him,
+        but the righteous will live by his faith.
+002:005 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous.  A haughty man who doesn't stay
+        at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death,
+        and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations,
+        and heaps to himself all peoples.
+002:006 Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting
+        proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases
+        that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion!
+        How long?'
+002:007 Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make
+        you tremble, and you will be their victim?
+002:008 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant
+        of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood,
+        and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all
+        who dwell in it.
+002:009 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set
+        his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
+002:010 You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples,
+        and have sinned against your soul.
+002:011 For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out
+        of the woodwork will answer it.
+002:012 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes
+        a city by iniquity!
+002:013 Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor
+        for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
+002:014 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory
+        of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
+002:015 "Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your
+        inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze
+        at their naked bodies!
+002:016 You are filled with shame, and not glory.  You will also drink,
+        and be exposed!  The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come
+        around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
+002:017 For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
+        and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid;
+        because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land,
+        to every city and to those who dwell in them.
+002:018 "What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has
+        engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies,
+        that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
+002:019 Woe to him who says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute
+        stone, 'Arise!'  Shall this teach?  Behold, it is overlaid
+        with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in
+        the midst of it.
+002:020 But Yahweh is in his holy temple.  Let all the earth be
+        silent before him!"
+003:001 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
+003:002 Yahweh, I have heard of your fame.  I stand in awe of
+        your deeds, Yahweh.  Renew your work in the midst of the years.
+        In the midst of the years make it known.  In wrath,
+        you remember mercy.
+003:003 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.  Selah.  His glory
+        covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
+003:004 His splendor is like the sunrise.  Rays shine from his hand,
+        where his power is hidden.
+003:005 Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
+003:006 He stood, and shook the earth.  He looked, and made
+        the nations tremble.  The ancient mountains were crumbled.
+        The age-old hills collapsed.  His ways are eternal.
+003:007 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction.  The dwellings
+        of the land of Midian trembled.
+003:008 Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers?  Was your anger against
+        the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode
+        on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
+003:009 You uncovered your bow.  You called for your sworn arrows.
+        Selah.  You split the earth with rivers.
+003:010 The mountains saw you, and were afraid.  The storm of waters
+        passed by.  The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
+003:011 The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your
+        arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
+003:012 You marched through the land in wrath.  You threshed
+        the nations in anger.
+003:013 You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation
+        of your anointed.  You crushed the head of the land of wickedness.
+        You stripped them head to foot.  Selah.
+003:014 You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears.
+        They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour
+        the wretched in secret.
+003:015 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.
+003:016 I heard, and my body trembled.  My lips quivered at the voice.
+        Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place,
+        because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble,
+        for the coming up of the people who invade us.
+003:017 For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines;
+        the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food;
+        the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd
+        in the stalls:
+003:018 yet I will rejoice in Yahweh.  I will be joyful in the God
+        of my salvation!
+003:019 Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength.  He makes my feet
+        like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places.
+        For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
+Book 36 Zephaniah
+001:001 The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi,
+        the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah,
+        in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
+001:002 I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface
+        of the earth, says Yahweh.
+001:003 I will sweep away man and animal.  I will sweep away the birds
+        of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble
+        with the wicked.  I will cut off man from the surface
+        of the earth, says Yahweh.
+001:004 I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all
+        the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  I will cut off the remnant of Baal
+        from this place:  the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
+001:005 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops,
+        those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
+001:006 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those
+        who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
+001:007 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day
+        of Yahweh is at hand.  For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice.
+        He has consecrated his guests.
+001:008 It will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will
+        punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are
+        clothed with foreign clothing.
+001:009 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold,
+        who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
+001:010 In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry
+        from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter,
+        and a great crashing from the hills.
+001:011 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan
+        are undone!  All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
+001:012 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem
+        with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on
+        their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good,
+        neither will he do evil."
+001:013 Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation.
+        Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them.
+        They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
+001:014 The great day of Yahweh is near.  It is near,
+        and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh.
+        The mighty man cries there bitterly.
+001:015 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish,
+        a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom,
+        a day of clouds and blackness,
+001:016 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities,
+        and against the high battlements.
+001:017 I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men,
+        because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood
+        will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
+001:018 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver
+        them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will
+        be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make
+        an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
+002:001 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation
+        that has no shame,
+002:002 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff,
+        before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day
+        of Yahweh's anger comes on you.
+002:003 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept
+        his ordinances.  Seek righteousness.  Seek humility.
+        It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
+002:004 For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation.
+        They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will
+        be rooted up.
+002:005 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation
+        of the Cherethites!  The word of Yahweh is against you,
+        Canaan, the land of the Philistines.  I will destroy you,
+        that there will be no inhabitant.
+002:006 The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds
+        and folds for flocks.
+002:007 The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah.
+        They will find pasture.  In the houses of Ashkelon,
+        they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God,
+        will visit them, and restore them.
+002:008 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the
+        children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people,
+        and magnified themselves against their border.
+002:009 Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
+        surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
+        a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation.
+        The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors
+        of my nation will inherit them.
+002:010 This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached
+        and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.
+002:011 Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods
+        of the land.  Men will worship him, everyone from his place,
+        even all the shores of the nations.
+002:012 You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
+002:013 He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria,
+        and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
+002:014 Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals
+        of the nations.  Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge
+        in its capitals.  Their calls will echo through the windows.
+        Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare
+        the cedar beams.
+002:015 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said
+        in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me."
+        How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in!
+        Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
+003:001 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
+003:002 She didn't obey the voice.  She didn't receive correction.
+        She didn't trust in Yahweh.  She didn't draw near to her God.
+003:003 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions.
+        Her judges are evening wolves.  They leave nothing until
+        the next day.
+003:004 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people.
+        Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.  They have done
+        violence to the law.
+003:005 Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous.  He will do no wrong.
+        Every morning he brings his justice to light.  He doesn't fail,
+        but the unjust know no shame.
+003:006 I have cut off nations.  Their battlements are desolate.
+        I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by.
+        Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man,
+        so that there is no inhabitant.
+003:007 I said, "Just fear me.  Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't
+        be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her."
+        But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
+003:008 "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise
+        up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations,
+        that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation,
+        even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured
+        with the fire of my jealousy.
+003:009 For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all
+        call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
+003:010 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my worshipers, even the daughter
+        of my dispersed people, will bring my offering.
+003:011 In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings,
+        in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will
+        take away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones,
+        and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
+003:012 But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people,
+        and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
+003:013 The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies,
+        neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they
+        will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."
+003:014 Sing, daughter of Zion!  Shout, Israel!  Be glad and rejoice
+        with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
+003:015 Yahweh has taken away your judgments.  He has thrown out your enemy.
+        The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of you.
+        You will not be afraid of evil any more.
+003:016 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion.
+        Don't let your hands be slack."
+003:017 Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save.
+        He will rejoice over you with joy.  He will rest in his love.
+        He will rejoice over you with singing.
+003:018 Those who are sad for the appointed feasts, I will remove from you.
+        They are a burden and a reproach to you.
+003:019 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you,
+        and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were
+        driven away.  I will give them praise and honor, whose shame
+        has been in all the earth.
+003:020 At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I
+        gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all
+        the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity
+        before your eyes, says Yahweh.
+Book 37 Haggai
+001:001 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month,
+        in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came
+        by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
+        governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak,
+        the high priest, saying,
+001:002 "This is what Yahweh of Armies says:  These people say,
+        'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house
+        to be built.'"
+001:003 Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
+001:004 "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses,
+        while this house lies waste?
+001:005 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says:
+        Consider your ways.
+001:006 You have sown much, and bring in little.  You eat, but you don't
+        have enough.  You drink, but you aren't filled with drink.
+        You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns
+        wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."
+001:007 This is what Yahweh of Armies says:  "Consider your ways.
+001:008 Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house.
+        I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.
+001:009 "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little;
+        and when you brought it home, I blew it away.  Why?" says Yahweh
+        of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each
+        of you is busy with his own house.
+001:010 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew,
+        and the earth withholds its fruit.
+001:011 I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain,
+        on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth,
+        on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands."
+001:012 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son
+        of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people,
+        obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and the words
+        of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him;
+        and the people feared Yahweh.
+001:013 Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke in Yahweh's message
+        to the people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.
+001:014 Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
+        governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak,
+        the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people;
+        and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God,
+001:015 in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month,
+        in the second year of Darius the king.
+002:001 In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month,
+        the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
+002:002 "Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
+        and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
+        and to the remnant of the people, saying,
+002:003 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory?
+        How do you see it now?  Isn't it in your eyes as nothing?
+002:004 Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh.
+        'Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
+        Be strong, all you people of the land,' says Yahweh, 'and work,
+        for I am with you,' says Yahweh of Armies.
+002:005 This is the word that I covenanted with you when you
+        came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you.
+        'Don't be afraid.'
+002:006 For this is what Yahweh of Armies says:  'Yet once, it is
+        a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth,
+        the sea, and the dry land;
+002:007 and I will shake all nations.  The precious things of all
+        nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+002:008 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies.
+002:009 'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies; 'and in this place will I give peace,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies."
+002:010 In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year
+        of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
+002:011 "Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  Ask now the priests concerning
+        the law, saying,
+002:012 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment,
+        and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food,
+        will it become holy?'"  The priests answered, "No."
+002:013 Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason
+        of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?"
+        The priests answered, "It will be unclean."
+002:014 Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation
+        before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands.
+        That which they offer there is unclean.
+002:015 Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone
+        was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
+002:016 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures,
+        there were only ten.  When one came to the wine vat to draw
+        out fifty, there were only twenty.
+002:017 I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work
+        of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.
+002:018 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth
+        day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation
+        of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.
+002:019 Is the seed yet in the barn?  Yes, the vine, the fig tree,
+        the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth.
+        From this day will I bless you.'"
+002:020 The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the
+        twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
+002:021 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake
+        the heavens and the earth.
+002:022 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms.  I will
+        destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations.
+        I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them.
+        The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword
+        of his brother.
+002:023 In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you,
+        Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh,
+        'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies."
+Book 38 Zechariah
+001:001 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word
+        of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son
+        of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
+001:002 "Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.
+001:003 Therefore tell them:  Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  'Return to me,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will return to you,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+001:004 Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets
+        proclaimed, saying:  Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'Return now
+        from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they
+        did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
+001:005 Your fathers, where are they?  And the prophets,
+        do they live forever?
+001:006 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants
+        the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers?
+        "Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of Armies
+        determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according
+        to our practices, so he has dealt with us.'"
+001:007 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is
+        the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of
+        Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo,
+        the prophet, saying,
+001:008 "I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse,
+        and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine;
+        and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
+001:009 Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'"  The angel who talked
+        with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."
+001:010 The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are
+        the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."
+001:011 They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees,
+        and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth,
+        and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."
+001:012 Then the angel of Yahweh replied, "O Yahweh of Armies, how long
+        will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah,
+        against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"
+001:013 Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind
+        and comforting words.
+001:014 So the angel who talked with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying,
+        'Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "I am jealous for Jerusalem
+        and for Zion with a great jealousy.
+001:015 I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was
+        but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."
+001:016 Therefore thus says Yahweh:  "I have returned to Jerusalem
+        with mercy.  My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'
+001:017 "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "My cities
+        will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again
+        comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"
+001:018 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.
+001:019 I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these?"
+        He answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered
+        Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
+001:020 Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
+001:021 Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?"  He said,
+        "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man
+        lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them,
+        to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their
+        horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."
+002:001 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring
+        line in his hand.
+002:002 Then I asked, "Where are you going?"  He said to me,
+        "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what
+        is its length."
+002:003 Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another
+        angel went out to meet him,
+002:004 and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying,
+        'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls,
+        because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
+002:005 For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it,
+        and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
+002:006 Come!  Come!  Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh;
+        'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,'
+        says Yahweh.
+002:007 'Come, Zion!  Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
+002:008 For thus says Yahweh of Armies:  'For honor he has sent me
+        to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you
+        touches the apple of his eye.
+002:009 For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be
+        a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh
+        of Armies has sent me.
+002:010 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come,
+        and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Yahweh.
+002:011 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day,
+        and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you,
+        and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
+002:012 Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land,
+        and will again choose Jerusalem.
+002:013 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself
+        from his holy habitation!"
+003:001 He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before
+        the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand
+        to be his adversary.
+003:002 Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan!  Yes, Yahweh who
+        has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you!  Isn't this a burning stick
+        plucked out of the fire?"
+003:003 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing
+        before the angel.
+003:004 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying,
+        "Take the filthy garments off of him."  To him he said,
+        "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you,
+        and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
+003:005 I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head."
+        So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him;
+        and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
+003:006 The angel of Yahweh protested to Joshua, saying,
+003:007 "Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  'If you will walk in my ways,
+        and if you will keep my charge, then you also shall judge
+        my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you
+        a place of access among these who stand by.
+003:008 Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows
+        who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign:
+        for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.
+003:009 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone
+        are seven eyes:  behold, I will engrave the engraving of it,'
+        says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will remove the iniquity
+        of that land in one day.
+003:010 In that day,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'you will invite every
+        man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.'"
+004:001 The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me,
+        as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
+004:002 He said to me, "What do you see?"  I said, "I have seen,
+        and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl on the top
+        of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes
+        to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;
+004:003 and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl,
+        and the other on the left side of it."
+004:004 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying,
+        "What are these, my lord?"
+004:005 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know
+        what these are?"  I said, "No, my lord."
+004:006 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word
+        of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power,
+        but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Armies.
+004:007 Who are you, great mountain?  Before Zerubbabel you are a plain;
+        and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace,
+        grace, to it!'"
+004:008 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+004:009 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house.
+        His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh
+        of Armies has sent me to you.
+004:010 Indeed, who despises the day of small things?
+        For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line
+        in the hand of Zerubbabel.  These are the eyes of Yahweh,
+        which run back and forth through the whole earth."
+004:011 Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right
+        side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"
+004:012 I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches,
+        which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden
+        oil out of themselves?"
+004:013 He answered me, "Don't you know what these are?"
+        I said, "No, my lord."
+004:014 Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand
+        by the Lord of the whole earth."
+005:001 Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold,
+        a flying scroll.
+005:002 He said to me, "What do you see?"  I answered, "I see a flying scroll;
+        its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits."
+005:003 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over
+        the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall
+        be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone
+        who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on
+        the other side.
+005:004 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it
+        will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house
+        of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain
+        in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber
+        and its stones."
+005:005 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me,
+        "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."
+005:006 I said, "What is it?"  He said, "This is the ephah{ An ephah
+        is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons,
+        4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.
+        } basket that is appearing."  He said moreover, "This is
+        their appearance in all the land
+005:007 (and behold, a talent{A talent is a weight of about 34 kilograms
+        or 75 pounds.} of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman
+        sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
+005:008 He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into
+        the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead
+        on its mouth.
+005:009 Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold,
+        there were two women, and the wind was in their wings.
+        Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted
+        up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
+005:010 Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these
+        carrying the ephah basket?"
+005:011 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar.
+        When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."
+006:001 Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots
+        came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were
+        mountains of brass.
+006:002 In the first chariot were red horses; in the second
+        chariot black horses;
+006:003 in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot
+        dappled horses, all of them powerful.
+006:004 Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
+006:005 The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky,
+        which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
+006:006 The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country;
+        and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth
+        toward the south country."
+006:007 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk
+        back and forth through the earth:  and he said, "Go around
+        and through the earth!"  So they walked back and forth
+        through the earth.
+006:008 Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold,
+        those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit
+        in the north country."
+006:009 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
+006:010 "Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah,
+        and of Jedaiah; and come the same day, and go into the house
+        of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.
+006:011 Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on
+        the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
+006:012 and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "Behold,
+        the man whose name is the Branch:  and he shall grow up out
+        of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
+006:013 even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear
+        the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall
+        be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall
+        be between them both.
+006:014 The crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,
+        and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the
+        temple of Yahweh.
+006:015 Those who are far off shall come and build in the temple of Yahweh;
+        and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
+        This will happen, if you will diligently obey the voice
+        of Yahweh your God."'"
+007:001 It happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word
+        of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month,
+        the month of Chislev.
+007:002 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men,
+        to entreat Yahweh's favor,
+007:003 and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies,
+        and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month,
+        separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
+007:004 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
+007:005 "Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
+        'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh
+        month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me,
+        really to me?
+007:006 When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves,
+        and drink for yourselves?
+007:007 Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets,
+        when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities
+        around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
+007:008 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,
+007:009 "Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment,
+        and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
+007:010 Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner,
+        nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his
+        brother in your heart.'
+007:011 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped
+        their ears, that they might not hear.
+007:012 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might
+        hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent
+        by his Spirit by the former prophets.  Therefore great wrath
+        came from Yahweh of Armies.
+007:013 It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused
+        to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,"
+        said Yahweh of Armies;
+007:014 "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations
+        which they have not known.  Thus the land was desolate
+        after them, so that no man passed through nor returned:
+        for they made the pleasant land desolate."
+008:001 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me.
+008:002 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "I am jealous for Zion with
+        great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."
+008:003 Thus says Yahweh:  "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the
+        midst of Jerusalem.  Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;'
+        and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, 'The Holy Mountain.'"
+008:004 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "Old men and old women will again
+        dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff
+        in his hand for very age.
+008:005 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing
+        in its streets."
+008:006 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "If it is marvelous in the eyes
+        of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be
+        marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.
+008:007 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "Behold, I will save my people
+        from the east country, and from the west country;
+008:008 and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem;
+        and they will be my people, and I will be their God,
+        in truth and in righteousness."
+008:009 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "Let your hands be strong,
+        you who hear in these days these words from the mouth
+        of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation
+        of the house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even the temple,
+        that it might be built.
+008:010 For before those days there was no wages for man,
+        nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace
+        to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary.
+        For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.
+008:011 But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in
+        the former days," says Yahweh of Armies.
+008:012 "For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit,
+        and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will
+        give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people
+        to inherit all these things.
+008:013 It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among
+        the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I
+        save you, and you shall be a blessing.  Don't be afraid.
+        Let your hands be strong."
+008:014 For thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "As I thought to do evil to you,
+        when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "and I didn't repent;
+008:015 so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem
+        and to the house of Judah.  Don't be afraid.
+008:016 These are the things that you shall do:  speak every man
+        the truth with his neighbor.  Execute the judgment of truth
+        and peace in your gates,
+008:017 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against
+        his neighbor, and love no false oath:  for all these are things
+        that I hate," says Yahweh.
+008:018 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me.
+008:019 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "The fasts of the fourth fifth,
+        seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah
+        joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts.  Therefore love
+        truth and peace."
+008:020 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "Many peoples, and the inhabitants
+        of many cities will yet come;
+008:021 and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, 'Let us
+        go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh
+        of Armies.  I will go also.'
+008:022 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh
+        of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh."
+008:023 Thus says Yahweh of Armies:  "In those days, ten men will take hold,
+        out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold
+        of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you,
+        for we have heard that God is with you.'"
+009:001 An oracle.  The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach,
+        and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all
+        the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
+009:002 and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon,
+        because they are very wise.
+009:003 Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust,
+        and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
+009:004 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her
+        power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
+009:005 Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
+        as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed;
+        and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will
+        not be inhabited.
+009:006 Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride
+        of the Philistines.
+009:007 I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations
+        from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God;
+        and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
+009:008 I will encamp around my house against the army, that none pass
+        through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more:
+        for now I have seen with my eyes.
+009:009 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!  Shout, daughter
+        of Jerusalem!  Behold, your king comes to you!  He is righteous,
+        and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey,
+        even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
+009:010 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem;
+        and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace
+        to the nations:  and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
+        and from the River to the ends of the earth.
+009:011 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have
+        set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
+009:012 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!  Even today I
+        declare that I will restore double to you.
+009:013 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.  I have filled
+        the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
+        against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword
+        of a mighty man.
+009:014 Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash
+        like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
+        and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
+009:015 Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy
+        and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink,
+        and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls,
+        like the corners of the altar.
+009:016 Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock
+        of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown,
+        lifted on high over his land.
+009:017 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
+        Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
+010:001 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes
+        storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for
+        the plants in the field.
+010:002 For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen
+        a lie; and they have told false dreams.  They comfort in vain.
+        Therefore they go their way like sheep.  They are oppressed,
+        because there is no shepherd.
+010:003 My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish
+        the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock,
+        the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse
+        in the battle.
+010:004 From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail,
+        from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
+010:005 They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in
+        the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them;
+        and the riders on horses will be confounded.
+010:006 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house
+        of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them;
+        and they will be as though I had not cast them off:
+        for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
+010:007 Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice
+        as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice.
+        Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
+010:008 I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them;
+        and they will increase as they have increased.
+010:009 I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me
+        in far countries; and they will live with their children,
+        and will return.
+010:010 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt,
+        and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into
+        the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won't be room
+        enough for them.
+010:011 He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike
+        the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
+        and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter
+        of Egypt will depart.
+010:012 I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up
+        and down in his name," says Yahweh.
+011:001 Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
+011:002 Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately
+        ones are destroyed.  Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong
+        forest has come down.
+011:003 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds!  For their glory
+        is destroyed:  a voice of the roaring of young lions!
+        For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
+011:004 Thus says Yahweh my God:  "Feed the flock of slaughter.
+011:005 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished.
+        Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;'
+        and their own shepherds don't pity them.
+011:006 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,"
+        says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone
+        into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king.
+        They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will
+        not deliver them."
+011:007 So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed
+        of the flock.  I took for myself two staffs.
+        The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union,"
+        and I fed the flock.
+011:008 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was
+        weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
+011:009 Then I said, "I will not feed you.  That which dies, let it die;
+        and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off;
+        and let those who are left eat each other's flesh."
+011:010 I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break
+        my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
+011:011 It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock
+        that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
+011:012 I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages;
+        and if not, keep them."  So they weighed for my wages thirty
+        pieces of silver.
+011:013 Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price
+        that I was valued at by them!"  I took the thirty pieces of silver,
+        and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
+011:014 Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break
+        the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
+011:015 Yahweh said to me, "Take for yourself yet again the equipment
+        of a foolish shepherd.
+011:016 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land,
+        who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek
+        those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken,
+        nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh
+        of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
+011:017 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock!
+        The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye.
+        His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will
+        be totally blinded!"
+012:001 An oracle.  The word of Yahweh concerning Israel.
+        Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation
+        of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
+012:002 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all
+        the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in
+        the siege against Jerusalem.
+012:003 It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome
+        stone for all the peoples.  All who burden themselves with it
+        will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth
+        will be gathered together against it.
+012:004 In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse
+        with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open
+        my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse
+        of the peoples with blindness.
+012:005 The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.'
+012:006 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan
+        of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves;
+        and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right
+        hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell
+        in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
+012:007 Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory
+        of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
+012:008 In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+        He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David,
+        and the house of David will be like God, like the angel
+        of Yahweh before them.
+012:009 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all
+        the nations that come against Jerusalem.
+012:010 I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants
+        of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will
+        look to me{After "me," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav"
+        (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as
+        a word, but as a grammatical marker.} whom they have pierced;
+        and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son,
+        and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
+012:011 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem,
+        like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
+012:012 The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house
+        of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house
+        of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
+012:013 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart;
+        the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
+012:014 all the families who remain, every family apart,
+        and their wives apart.
+013:001 "In that day there will be a spring opened to the house
+        of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin
+        and for uncleanness.
+013:002 It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies,
+        that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land,
+        and they will be remembered no more.  I will also cause
+        the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
+013:003 It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies,
+        then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him,
+        'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of Yahweh;'
+        and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him
+        when he prophesies.
+013:004 It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be
+        ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they
+        wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
+013:005 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground;
+        for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
+013:006 One will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?'
+        Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house
+        of my friends.'
+013:007 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is
+        close to me," says Yahweh of Armies.  "Strike the shepherd,
+        and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand
+        against the little ones.
+013:008 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts
+        in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
+013:009 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them
+        as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested.
+        They will call on my name, and I will hear them.  I will say,
+        'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
+014:001 Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your spoil will be divided
+        in your midst.
+014:002 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the
+        city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished.
+        Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest
+        of the people will not be cut off from the city.
+014:003 Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations,
+        as when he fought in the day of battle.
+014:004 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is
+        before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be
+        split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley.
+        Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half
+        of it toward the south.
+014:005 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley
+        of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee,
+        just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days
+        of Uzziah king of Judah.  Yahweh my God will come, and all
+        the holy ones with you.
+014:006 It will happen in that day, that there will not be light,
+        cold, or frost.
+014:007 It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day,
+        and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time
+        there will be light.
+014:008 It will happen in that day, that living waters will go
+        out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea,
+        and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter
+        will it be.
+014:009 Yahweh will be King over all the earth.  In that day Yahweh
+        will be one, and his name one.
+014:010 All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba
+        to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up,
+        and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place
+        of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower
+        of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
+014:011 Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse;
+        but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
+014:012 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike
+        all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem:
+        their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet,
+        and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their
+        tongue will consume away in their mouth.
+014:013 It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh
+        will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand
+        of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand
+        of his neighbor.
+014:014 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all
+        the surrounding nations will be gathered together:
+        gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
+014:015 So will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
+        and of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in
+        those camps, as that plague.
+014:016 It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that
+        came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship
+        the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
+014:017 It will be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn't
+        go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies,
+        on them there will be no rain.
+014:018 If the family of Egypt doesn't go up, and doesn't come,
+        neither will it rain on them.  This will be the plague
+        with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don't go up
+        to keep the feast of tents.
+014:019 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all
+        the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.
+014:020 In that day there will be on the bells of the horses,
+        "HOLY TO YAHWEH;" and the pots in Yahweh's house will be
+        like the bowls before the altar.
+014:021 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh
+        of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take
+        of them, and cook in them.  In that day there will no longer
+        be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.
+Book 39 Malachi
+001:001 An oracle:  the word of Yahweh to Israel by Malachi.
+001:002 "I have loved you," says Yahweh.  Yet you say,
+        "How have you loved us?"  "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?"
+        says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;
+001:003 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation,
+        and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
+001:004 Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build
+        the waste places;" thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall build,
+        but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,'
+        even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever."
+001:005 Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahweh is great--
+        even beyond the border of Israel!"
+001:006 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master.
+        If I am a father, then where is my honor?
+        And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?
+        Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name.
+        You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
+001:007 You offer polluted bread on my altar.  You say, 'How have we
+        polluted you?'  In that you say, 'Yahweh's table contemptible.'
+001:008 When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil?
+        And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil?
+        Present it now to your governor!  Will he be pleased with you?
+        Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Armies.
+001:009 "Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us.
+        With this, will he accept any of you?" says Yahweh of Armies.
+001:010 "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors,
+        that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain!
+        I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
+001:011 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same,
+        my name is great among the nations, and in every place
+        incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering:
+        for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Armies.
+001:012 "But you profane it, in that you say, 'Yahweh's table is polluted,
+        and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.'
+001:013 You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!'
+        and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies;
+        "and you have brought that which was taken by violence,
+        the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering.
+        Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.
+001:014 "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male,
+        and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing;
+        for I am a great King," says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name
+        is awesome among the nations."
+002:001 "Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
+002:002 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart,
+        to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of Armies, "then will
+        I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings.
+        Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay
+        it to heart.
+002:003 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on
+        your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken
+        away with it.
+002:004 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you,
+        that my covenant may be with Levi," says Yahweh of Armies.
+002:005 "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them
+        to him who he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent
+        toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
+002:006 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not
+        found in his lips.  He walked with me in peace and uprightness,
+        and turned many away from iniquity.
+002:007 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they
+        should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger
+        of Yahweh of Armies.
+002:008 But you have turned aside out of the way.  You have caused many
+        to stumble in the law.  You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,"
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+002:009 "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all
+        the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways,
+        but have had respect for persons in the law.
+002:010 Don't we all have one father?  Hasn't one God created us?
+        Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother,
+        profaning the covenant of our fathers?
+002:011 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed
+        in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness
+        of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter
+        of a foreign god.
+002:012 Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes
+        and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him
+        who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
+002:013 This again you do:  you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears,
+        with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard
+        the offering any more, neither receives it with good will
+        at your hand.
+002:014 Yet you say, 'Why?'  Because Yahweh has been witness
+        between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you
+        have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion,
+        and the wife of your covenant.
+002:015 Did he not make one, although he had the residue
+        of the Spirit?  Why one?  He sought a godly seed.
+        Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal
+        treacherously against the wife of his youth.
+002:016 For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel,
+        "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh
+        of Armies.  "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you
+        don't deal treacherously.
+002:017 You have wearied Yahweh with your words.  Yet you say,
+        'How have we wearied him?'  In that you say, 'Everyone who does
+        evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;'
+        or 'Where is the God of justice?'
+003:001 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me;
+        and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple;
+        and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold,
+        he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.
+003:002 "But who can endure the day of his coming?  And who will
+        stand when he appears?  For he is like a refiner's fire,
+        and like launderer's soap;
+003:003 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will
+        purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver;
+        and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
+003:004 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant
+        to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
+003:005 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift
+        witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers,
+        and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress
+        the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless,
+        and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me,"
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+003:006 "For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob,
+        are not consumed.
+003:007 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from
+        my ordinances, and have not kept them.  Return to me,
+        and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Armies.
+        "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
+003:008 Will a man rob God?  Yet you rob me!  But you say, 'How have we
+        robbed you?'  In tithes and offerings.
+003:009 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me,
+        even this whole nation.
+003:010 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food
+        in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you
+        out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
+003:011 I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall
+        not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall
+        your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,"
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+003:012 "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a
+        delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.
+003:013 "Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh.
+        "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
+003:014 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit
+        is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked
+        mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
+003:015 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness
+        are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
+003:016 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another;
+        and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory
+        was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh,
+        and who honored his name.
+003:017 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession
+        in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares
+        his own son who serves him.
+003:018 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous
+        and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who
+        doesn't serve him.
+004:001 "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all
+        the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble;
+        and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies,
+        "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
+004:002 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness
+        arise with healing in its wings.  You will go out, and leap
+        like calves of the stall.
+004:003 You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes
+        under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,"
+        says Yahweh of Armies.
+004:004 "Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him
+        in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
+004:005 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great
+        and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
+004:006 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
+        and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come
+        and strike the earth with a curse."
+Book 40 Matthew
+001:001 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ{Christ (Greek)
+        and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}, the son of David,
+        the son of Abraham.
+001:002 Abraham became the father of Isaac.  Isaac became the father
+        of Jacob.  Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
+001:003 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
+        Perez became the father of Hezron.  Hezron became the
+        father of Ram.
+001:004 Ram became the father of Amminadab.  Amminadab became the father
+        of Nahshon.  Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
+001:005 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab.  Boaz became
+        the father of Obed by Ruth.  Obed became the father of Jesse.
+001:006 Jesse became the father of David the king.  David became
+        the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
+001:007 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam.  Rehoboam became
+        the father of Abijah.  Abijah became the father of Asa.
+001:008 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat.  Jehoshaphat became
+        the father of Joram.  Joram became the father of Uzziah.
+001:009 Uzziah became the father of Jotham.  Jotham became the father
+        of Ahaz.  Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
+001:010 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.  Manasseh became
+        the father of Amon.  Amon became the father of Josiah.
+001:011 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers,
+        at the time of the exile to Babylon.
+001:012 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel.
+        Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
+001:013 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud.  Abiud became the father
+        of Eliakim.  Eliakim became the father of Azor.
+001:014 Azor became the father of Sadoc.  Sadoc became the father of Achim.
+        Achim became the father of Eliud.
+001:015 Eliud became the father of Eleazar.  Eleazar became the father
+        of Matthan.  Matthan became the father of Jacob.
+001:016 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
+        from whom was born Jesus{"Jesus" means "Salvation."},
+        who is called Christ.
+001:017 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;
+        from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations;
+        and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ,
+        fourteen generations.
+001:018 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother,
+        Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together,
+        she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
+001:019 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing
+        to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
+001:020 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord
+        appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David,
+        don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife,
+        for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
+001:021 She shall bring forth a son.  You shall call his name Jesus,
+        for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
+001:022 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was
+        spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
+001:023 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son.
+        They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted,
+        "God with us."{Isaiah 7:14}
+001:024 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord
+        commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
+001:025 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her
+        firstborn son.  He named him Jesus.
+002:001 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days
+        of Herod the king, behold, wise men{The word for "wise men"
+        (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians,
+        astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.}
+        from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
+002:002 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews?  For we saw his star
+        in the east, and have come to worship him."
+002:003 When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all
+        Jerusalem with him.
+002:004 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people,
+        he asked them where the Christ would be born.
+002:005 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written
+        through the prophet,
+002:006 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among
+        the princes of Judah:  for out of you shall come forth a governor,
+        who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"{Micah 5:2}
+002:007 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them
+        exactly what time the star appeared.
+002:008 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently
+        for the young child.  When you have found him, bring me word,
+        so that I also may come and worship him."
+002:009 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold,
+        the star, which they saw in the east, went before them,
+        until it came and stood over where the young child was.
+002:010 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
+002:011 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary,
+        his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.
+        Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts:
+        gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
+002:012 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod,
+        they went back to their own country another way.
+002:013 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
+        to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child
+        and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I
+        tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
+002:014 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night,
+        and departed into Egypt,
+002:015 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be
+        fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
+        saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."{Hosea 11:1}
+002:016 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men,
+        was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children
+        who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside,
+        from two years old and under, according to the exact time
+        which he had learned from the wise men.
+002:017 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet
+        was fulfilled, saying,
+002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
+        Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted,
+        because they are no more."{Jeremiah 31:15}
+002:019 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
+        in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
+002:020 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into
+        the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's
+        life are dead."
+002:021 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came
+        into the land of Israel.
+002:022 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea
+        in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there.
+        Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
+002:023 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it
+        might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets:
+        "He will be called a Nazarene."
+003:001 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness
+        of Judea, saying,
+003:002 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
+003:003 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
+        "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way
+        of the Lord.  Make his paths straight."{Isaiah 40:3}
+003:004 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair,
+        with a leather belt around his waist.  His food was locusts
+        and wild honey.
+003:005 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region
+        around the Jordan went out to him.
+003:006 They were baptized{or, immersed} by him in the Jordan,
+        confessing their sins.
+003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
+        for his baptism,{or, immersion} he said to them, "You offspring
+        of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
+003:008 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
+003:009 Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,'
+        for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham
+        from these stones.
+003:010 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees.
+        Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit
+        is cut down, and cast into the fire.
+003:011 I indeed baptize{or, immerse} you in water for repentance,
+        but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am
+        not worthy to carry.  He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR
+        and NU add "and with fire"}
+003:012 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse
+        his threshing floor.  He will gather his wheat into the barn,
+        but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
+003:013 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be
+        baptized by him.
+003:014 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized
+        by you, and you come to me?"
+003:015 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this
+        is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness."
+        Then he allowed him.
+003:016 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water:
+        and behold, the heavens were opened to him.  He saw the Spirit
+        of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
+003:017 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son,
+        with whom I am well pleased."
+004:001 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
+        tempted by the devil.
+004:002 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
+        he was hungry afterward.
+004:003 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
+        command that these stones become bread."
+004:004 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by
+        bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth
+        of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3}
+004:005 Then the devil took him into the holy city.  He set him on
+        the pinnacle of the temple,
+004:006 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down,
+        for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.'
+        and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't
+        dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12}
+004:007 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test
+        the Lord, your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16}
+004:008 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain,
+        and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
+004:009 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you
+        will fall down and worship me."
+004:010 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away"
+        instead of "Get behind me"} Satan!  For it is written,
+        'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall
+        you serve.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13}
+004:011 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
+004:012 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up,
+        he withdrew into Galilee.
+004:013 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is
+        by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
+004:014 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
+        the prophet, saying,
+004:015 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea,
+        beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
+004:016 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those
+        who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light
+        has dawned."{Isaiah 9:1-2}
+004:017 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent!  For the
+        Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
+004:018 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he{TR reads "Jesus"
+        instead of "he"} saw two brothers:  Simon, who is called Peter,
+        and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea;
+        for they were fishermen.
+004:019 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you
+        fishers for men."
+004:020 They immediately left their nets and followed him.
+004:021 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son
+        of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee
+        their father, mending their nets.  He called them.
+004:022 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
+004:023 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
+        preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every
+        disease and every sickness among the people.
+004:024 The report about him went out into all Syria.  They brought
+        to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases
+        and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics;
+        and he healed them.
+004:025 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and
+        from beyond the Jordan followed him.
+005:001 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain.
+        When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
+005:002 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
+005:003 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom
+        of Heaven.{Isaiah 57:15; 66:2}
+005:004 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.{Isaiah 61:2;
+        66:10,13}
+005:005 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.{or, land.
+        Psalm 37:11}
+005:006 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
+        for they shall be filled.
+005:007 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
+005:008 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
+005:009 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
+        children of God.
+005:010 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness'
+        sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
+005:011 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you,
+        and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
+005:012 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven.
+        For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
+005:013 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor,
+        with what will it be salted?  It is then good for nothing,
+        but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
+005:014 You are the light of the world.  A city located on a hill
+        can't be hidden.
+005:015 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket,
+        but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
+005:016 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see
+        your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
+005:017 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets.
+        I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
+005:018 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away,
+        not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny
+        pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law,
+        until all things are accomplished.
+005:019 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments,
+        and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom
+        of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called
+        great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
+005:020 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of
+        the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter
+        into the Kingdom of Heaven.
+005:021 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones,
+        'You shall not murder;'{Exodus 20:13} and 'Whoever shall
+        murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
+005:022 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother
+        without a cause{NU omits "without a cause".} shall be in danger
+        of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca"
+        is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty"
+        and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be
+        in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!'
+        shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.{or, Hell}
+005:023 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar,
+        and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
+005:024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way.
+        First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and
+        offer your gift.
+005:025 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him
+        in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you
+        to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer,
+        and you be cast into prison.
+005:026 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there,
+        until you have paid the last penny.{literally, kodrantes.
+        A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta
+        (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}
+005:027 "You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"}
+        'You shall not commit adultery;'{Exodus 20:14}
+005:028 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after
+        her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
+005:029 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and
+        throw it away from you.  For it is more profitable for you
+        that one of your members should perish, than for your whole
+        body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell}
+005:030 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off,
+        and throw it away from you.  For it is more profitable for you
+        that one of your members should perish, than for your whole
+        body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell}
+005:031 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him
+        give her a writing of divorce,'{Deuteronomy 24:1}
+005:032 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for
+        the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress;
+        and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
+005:033 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time,
+        'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the
+        Lord your vows,'
+005:034 but I tell you, don't swear at all:  neither by heaven,
+        for it is the throne of God;
+005:035 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet;
+        nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
+005:036 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one
+        hair white or black.
+005:037 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is
+        more than these is of the evil one.
+005:038 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth
+        for a tooth.'{Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21}
+005:039 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever
+        strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
+005:040 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have
+        your cloak also.
+005:041 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
+005:042 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires
+        to borrow from you.
+005:043 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,
+        and hate your enemy.'{Leviticus 19:18}
+005:044 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you,
+        do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat
+        you and persecute you,
+005:045 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.
+        For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
+        and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
+005:046 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?
+        Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
+005:047 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others?
+        Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
+005:048 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in
+        heaven is perfect.
+006:001 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men,
+        to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father
+        who is in heaven.
+006:002 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet
+        before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
+        and in the streets, that they may get glory from men.
+        Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
+006:003 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know
+        what your right hand does,
+006:004 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father
+        who sees in secret will reward you openly.
+006:005 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites,
+        for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in
+        the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.
+        Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
+006:006 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber,
+        and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret,
+        and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
+006:007 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do;
+        for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
+006:008 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things
+        you need, before you ask him.
+006:009 Pray like this:  'Our Father in heaven, may your name
+        be kept holy.
+006:010 Let your Kingdom come.  Let your will be done, as in heaven,
+        so on earth.
+006:011 Give us today our daily bread.
+006:012 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
+006:013 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
+        For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
+        Amen.{NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power,
+        and the glory forever.  Amen."}'
+006:014 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father
+        will also forgive you.
+006:015 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will
+        your Father forgive your trespasses.
+006:016 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites,
+        with sad faces.  For they disfigure their faces, that they
+        may be seen by men to be fasting.  Most certainly I tell you,
+        they have received their reward.
+006:017 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
+006:018 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your
+        Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret,
+        will reward you.
+006:019 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth
+        and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
+006:020 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
+        moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break
+        through and steal;
+006:021 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
+006:022 "The lamp of the body is the eye.  If therefore your eye is sound,
+        your whole body will be full of light.
+006:023 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness.
+        If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great
+        is the darkness!
+006:024 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one
+        and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and
+        despise the other.  You can't serve both God and Mammon.
+006:025 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life:
+        what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body,
+        what you will wear.  Isn't life more than food, and the body
+        more than clothing?
+006:026 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap,
+        nor gather into barns.  Your heavenly Father feeds them.
+        Aren't you of much more value than they?
+006:027 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment{literally,
+        cubit} to his lifespan?
+006:028 Why are you anxious about clothing?  Consider the lilies of the field,
+        how they grow.  They don't toil, neither do they spin,
+006:029 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not
+        dressed like one of these.
+006:030 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists,
+        and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more
+        clothe you, you of little faith?
+006:031 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?',
+        'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
+006:032 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly
+        Father knows that you need all these things.
+006:033 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness;
+        and all these things will be given to you as well.
+006:034 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
+        anxious for itself.  Each day's own evil is sufficient.
+007:001 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
+007:002 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged;
+        and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
+007:003 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,
+        but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
+007:004 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck
+        from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
+007:005 You hypocrite!  First remove the beam out of your own eye,
+        and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of
+        your brother's eye.
+007:006 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw
+        your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them
+        under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
+007:007 "Ask, and it will be given you.  Seek, and you will find.
+        Knock, and it will be opened for you.
+007:008 For everyone who asks receives.  He who seeks finds.
+        To him who knocks it will be opened.
+007:009 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread,
+        will give him a stone?
+007:010 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
+007:011 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
+        your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven
+        give good things to those who ask him!
+007:012 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall
+        also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
+007:013 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad
+        is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who
+        enter in by it.
+007:014 How{TR reads "Because" instead of "How"} narrow is the gate,
+        and restricted is the way that leads to life!
+        Few are those who find it.
+007:015 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing,
+        but inwardly are ravening wolves.
+007:016 By their fruits you will know them.  Do you gather grapes
+        from thorns, or figs from thistles?
+007:017 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt
+        tree produces evil fruit.
+007:018 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
+        tree produce good fruit.
+007:019 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown
+        into the fire.
+007:020 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
+007:021 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into
+        the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father
+        who is in heaven.
+007:022 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy
+        in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name
+        do many mighty works?'
+007:023 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you.  Depart from me,
+        you who work iniquity.'
+007:024 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them,
+        I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
+007:025 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew,
+        and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded
+        on the rock.
+007:026 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them
+        will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
+007:027 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew,
+        and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
+007:028 It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things,
+        that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
+007:029 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
+008:001 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
+008:002 Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord,
+        if you want to, you can make me clean."
+008:003 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to.
+        Be made clean."  Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
+008:004 Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself
+        to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,
+        as a testimony to them."
+008:005 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
+008:006 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
+        grievously tormented."
+008:007 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
+008:008 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come
+        under my roof.  Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
+008:009 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers.
+        I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,'
+        and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
+008:010 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed,
+        "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith,
+        not even in Israel.
+008:011 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west,
+        and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the
+        Kingdom of Heaven,
+008:012 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the
+        outer darkness.  There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
+008:013 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way.  Let it be done
+        for you as you have believed."  His servant was healed
+        in that hour.
+008:014 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
+        lying sick with a fever.
+008:015 He touched her hand, and the fever left her.  She got up
+        and served him.{TR reads "them" instead of "him"}
+008:016 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons.
+        He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
+008:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
+        the prophet, saying:  "He took our infirmities, and bore
+        our diseases."{Isaiah 53:4}
+008:018 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave
+        the order to depart to the other side.
+008:019 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you
+        wherever you go."
+008:020 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
+        have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
+008:021 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first
+        to go and bury my father."
+008:022 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury
+        their own dead."
+008:023 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
+008:024 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat
+        was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
+008:025 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord!
+        We are dying!"
+008:026 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?"
+        Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was
+        a great calm.
+008:027 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this,
+        that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
+008:028 When he came to the other side, into the country of the
+        Gergesenes,{NU reads "Gadarenes"} two people possessed by demons
+        met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce,
+        so that nobody could pass that way.
+008:029 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do
+        with you, Jesus, Son of God?  Have you come here to torment
+        us before the time?"
+008:030 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
+008:031 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us
+        to go away into the herd of pigs."
+008:032 He said to them, "Go!"  They came out, and went into the herd
+        of pigs:  and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down
+        the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
+008:033 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city,
+        and told everything, including what happened to those who were
+        possessed with demons.
+008:034 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus.  When they saw him,
+        they begged that he would depart from their borders.
+009:001 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into
+        his own city.
+009:002 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed.
+        Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up!
+        Your sins are forgiven you."
+009:003 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
+        "This man blasphemes."
+009:004 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil
+        in your hearts?
+009:005 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;'
+        or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
+009:006 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
+        earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic),
+        "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
+009:007 He arose and departed to his house.
+009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God,
+        who had given such authority to men.
+009:009 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting
+        at the tax collection office.  He said to him, "Follow me."
+        He got up and followed him.
+009:010 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors
+        and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
+009:011 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples,
+        "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
+009:012 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy
+        have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
+009:013 But you go and learn what this means:  'I desire mercy, and not
+        sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} for I came not to call the righteous,
+        but sinners to repentance.{NU omits "to repentance".}"
+009:014 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and
+        the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
+009:015 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
+        as long as the bridegroom is with them?  But the days
+        will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
+        and then they will fast.
+009:016 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
+        for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse
+        hole is made.
+009:017 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins,
+        or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled,
+        and the skins ruined.  No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins,
+        and both are preserved."
+009:018 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came
+        and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died,
+        but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
+009:019 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
+009:020 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came
+        behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his garment;
+009:021 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment,
+        I will be made well."
+009:022 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up!
+        Your faith has made you well."  And the woman was made well
+        from that hour.
+009:023 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players,
+        and the crowd in noisy disorder,
+009:024 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead,
+        but sleeping."  They were ridiculing him.
+009:025 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand,
+        and the girl arose.
+009:026 The report of this went out into all that land.
+009:027 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him,
+        calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
+009:028 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him.
+        Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
+        They told him, "Yes, Lord."
+009:029 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith
+        be it done to you."
+009:030 Their eyes were opened.  Jesus strictly charged them, saying,
+        "See that no one knows about this."
+009:031 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
+009:032 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed
+        was brought to him.
+009:033 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
+        The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever
+        been seen in Israel!"
+009:034 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons,
+        he casts out demons."
+009:035 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in
+        their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
+        and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
+009:036 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
+        for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of
+        "harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
+009:037 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful,
+        but the laborers are few.
+009:038 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out
+        laborers into his harvest."
+010:001 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them
+        authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
+        every disease and every sickness.
+010:002 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these.
+        The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother;
+        James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
+010:003 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector;
+        James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was{NU
+        omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"} Thaddaeus;
+010:004 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
+010:005 Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying,
+        "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city
+        of the Samaritans.
+010:006 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
+010:007 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
+010:008 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"},
+        and cast out demons.  Freely you received, so freely give.
+010:009 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
+010:010 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes,
+        nor staff:  for the laborer is worthy of his food.
+010:011 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it
+        is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
+010:012 As you enter into the household, greet it.
+010:013 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it,
+        but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
+010:014 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out
+        of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
+010:015 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land
+        of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
+010:016 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.
+        Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
+010:017 But beware of men:  for they will deliver you up to councils,
+        and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
+010:018 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake,
+        for a testimony to them and to the nations.
+010:019 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you
+        will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
+010:020 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father
+        who speaks in you.
+010:021 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
+        Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be
+        put to death.
+010:022 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who
+        endures to the end will be saved.
+010:023 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next,
+        for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through
+        the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
+010:024 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
+010:025 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher,
+        and the servant like his lord.  If they have called the master
+        of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
+010:026 Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered
+        that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
+010:027 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you
+        hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
+010:028 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able
+        to kill the soul.  Rather, fear him who is able to destroy
+        both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.}
+010:029 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin{An assarion is a small
+        coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius
+        (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}?
+        Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
+010:030 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
+010:031 Therefore don't be afraid.  You are of more value than many sparrows.
+010:032 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will
+        also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
+010:033 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before
+        my Father who is in heaven.
+010:034 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth.
+        I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
+010:035 For I came to set a man at odds against his father,
+        and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law
+        against her mother-in-law.
+010:036 A man's foes will be those of his own household.{Micah 7:6}
+010:037 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me;
+        and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
+010:038 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me,
+        isn't worthy of me.
+010:039 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life
+        for my sake will find it.
+010:040 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives
+        him who sent me.
+010:041 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive
+        a prophet's reward:  and he who receives a righteous man in the name
+        of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
+010:042 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold
+        water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I
+        tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
+011:001 It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his
+        twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach
+        in their cities.
+011:002 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ,
+        he sent two of his disciples
+011:003 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we
+        look for another?"
+011:004 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you
+        hear and see:
+011:005 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers
+        are cleansed, the deaf hear,{Isaiah 35:5} the dead are raised up,
+        and the poor have good news preached to them.{Isaiah 61:1-4}
+011:006 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
+011:007 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
+        concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?
+        A reed shaken by the wind?
+011:008 But what did you go out to see?  A man in soft clothing?
+        Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
+011:009 But why did you go out?  To see a prophet?  Yes, I tell you,
+        and much more than a prophet.
+011:010 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send
+        my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way
+        before you.'{Malachi 3:1}
+011:011 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women
+        there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer;
+        yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
+011:012 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom
+        of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it
+        by force.{or, plunder it.}
+011:013 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
+011:014 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
+011:015 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
+011:016 "But to what shall I compare this generation?  It is like children
+        sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
+011:017 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance.
+        We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
+011:018 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
+        'He has a demon.'
+011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold,
+        a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
+        and sinners!'  But wisdom is justified by her children.{NU
+        reads "actions" instead of "children"}"
+011:020 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty
+        works had been done, because they didn't repent.
+011:021 "Woe to you, Chorazin!  Woe to you, Bethsaida!  For if the mighty
+        works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
+        they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
+011:022 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
+        on the day of judgment than for you.
+011:023 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down
+        to Hades.{or, Hell} For if the mighty works had been done
+        in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained
+        until this day.
+011:024 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land
+        of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
+011:025 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of
+        heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise
+        and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
+011:026 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
+011:027 All things have been delivered to me by my Father.
+        No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone
+        know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son
+        desires to reveal him.
+011:028 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened,
+        and I will give you rest.
+011:029 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle
+        and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
+011:030 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
+012:001 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields.
+        His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain
+        and to eat.
+012:002 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold,
+        your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
+012:003 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did,
+        when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
+012:004 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread,
+        which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who
+        were with him, but only for the priests?{1 Samuel 21:3-6}
+012:005 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day,
+        the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
+012:006 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
+012:007 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not
+        sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} you would not have condemned the guiltless.
+012:008 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
+012:009 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
+012:010 And behold there was a man with a withered hand.
+        They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?"
+        that they might accuse him.
+012:011 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep,
+        and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day,
+        won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
+012:012 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep!
+        Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
+012:013 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand."  He stretched it out;
+        and it was restored whole, just like the other.
+012:014 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him,
+        how they might destroy him.
+012:015 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there.  Great multitudes
+        followed him; and he healed them all,
+012:016 and charged them that they should not make him known:
+012:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
+        the prophet, saying,
+012:018 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom
+        my soul is well pleased:  I will put my Spirit on him.
+        He will proclaim justice to the nations.
+012:019 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his
+        voice in the streets.
+012:020 He won't break a bruised reed.  He won't quench a smoking flax,
+        until he leads justice to victory.
+012:021 In his name, the nations will hope."{Isaiah 42:1-4}
+012:022 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought
+        to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man
+        both spoke and saw.
+012:023 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be
+        the son of David?"
+012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast
+        out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
+012:025 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom
+        divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every
+        city or house divided against itself will not stand.
+012:026 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself.
+        How then will his kingdom stand?
+012:027 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children
+        cast them out?  Therefore they will be your judges.
+012:028 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom
+        of God has come upon you.
+012:029 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man,
+        and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man?
+        Then he will plunder his house.
+012:030 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather
+        with me, scatters.
+012:031 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men,
+        but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
+012:032 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be
+        forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit,
+        it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that
+        which is to come.
+012:033 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make
+        the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known
+        by its fruit.
+012:034 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things?
+        For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
+012:035 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things,
+        and the evil man out of his evil treasure{TR adds "of
+        the heart"} brings out evil things.
+012:036 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give
+        account of it in the day of judgment.
+012:037 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words
+        you will be condemned."
+012:038 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher,
+        we want to see a sign from you."
+012:039 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks
+        after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign
+        of Jonah the prophet.
+012:040 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly
+        of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three
+        nights in the heart of the earth.
+012:041 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation,
+        and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;
+        and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
+012:042 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment
+        with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came
+        from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
+        and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
+012:043 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man,
+        passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
+012:044 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,'
+        and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept,
+        and put in order.
+012:045 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits
+        more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there.
+        The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
+        Even so will it be also to this evil generation."
+012:046 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother
+        and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
+012:047 One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers
+        stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
+012:048 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother?
+        Who are my brothers?"
+012:049 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said,
+        "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
+012:050 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven,
+        he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
+013:001 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
+013:002 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat,
+        and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
+013:003 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold,
+        a farmer went out to sow.
+013:004 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds
+        came and devoured them.
+013:005 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil,
+        and immediately they sprang up, because they had no
+        depth of earth.
+013:006 When the sun had risen, they were scorched.  Because they
+        had no root, they withered away.
+013:007 Others fell among thorns.  The thorns grew up and choked them:
+013:008 and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit:
+        some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
+013:009 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
+013:010 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak
+        to them in parables?"
+013:011 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries
+        of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
+013:012 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance,
+        but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even
+        that which he has.
+013:013 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see,
+        and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
+013:014 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
+        'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand;
+        Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:
+013:015 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull
+        of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps
+        they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears,
+        understand with their heart, and should turn again;
+        and I would heal them.'{Isaiah 6:9-10}
+013:016 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears,
+        for they hear.
+013:017 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men
+        desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them;
+        and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
+013:018 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
+013:019 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it,
+        the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been
+        sown in his heart.  This is what was sown by the roadside.
+013:020 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word,
+        and immediately with joy receives it;
+013:021 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while.
+        When oppression or persecution arises because of the word,
+        immediately he stumbles.
+013:022 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word,
+        but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches
+        choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
+013:023 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word,
+        and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit,
+        and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty,
+        and some thirty."
+013:024 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom
+        of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
+013:025 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds{darnel
+        is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum)
+        that looks very much like wheat until it is mature,
+        when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat,
+        and went away.
+013:026 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit,
+        then the darnel weeds appeared also.
+013:027 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir,
+        didn't you sow good seed in your field?  Where did this
+        darnel come from?'
+013:028 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'  "The servants
+        asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
+013:029 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds,
+        you root up the wheat with them.
+013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time
+        I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds,
+        and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat
+        into my barn."'"
+013:031 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom
+        of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
+        and sowed in his field;
+013:032 which indeed is smaller than all seeds.  But when it is grown,
+        it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that
+        the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
+013:033 He spoke another parable to them.  "The Kingdom of Heaven is
+        like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{literally,
+        three sata.  3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than
+        a bushel} of meal, until it was all leavened."
+013:034 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes;
+        and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
+013:035 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet,
+        saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things
+        hidden from the foundation of the world."{Psalm 78:2}
+013:036 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house.
+        His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable
+        of the darnel weeds of the field."
+013:037 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
+013:038 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children
+        of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children
+        of the evil one.
+013:039 The enemy who sowed them is the devil.  The harvest is the end
+        of the age, and the reapers are angels.
+013:040 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire;
+        so will it be at the end of this age.
+013:041 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will
+        gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling,
+        and those who do iniquity,
+013:042 and will cast them into the furnace of fire.  There will be
+        weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
+013:043 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom
+        of their Father.  He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
+013:044 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden
+        in the field, which a man found, and hid.  In his joy,
+        he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
+013:045 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant
+        seeking fine pearls,
+013:046 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold
+        all that he had, and bought it.
+013:047 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast
+        into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
+013:048 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach.
+        They sat down, and gathered the good into containers,
+        but the bad they threw away.
+013:049 So will it be in the end of the world.  The angels will come forth,
+        and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
+013:050 and will cast them into the furnace of fire.  There will be
+        the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
+013:051 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"
+        They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
+013:052 He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple
+        in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder,
+        who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
+013:053 It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables,
+        he departed from there.
+013:054 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue,
+        so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man
+        get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
+013:055 Isn't this the carpenter's son?  Isn't his mother called Mary,
+        and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas{or, Judah}?
+013:056 Aren't all of his sisters with us?  Where then did this man
+        get all of these things?"
+013:057 They were offended by him.  But Jesus said to them,
+        "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country,
+        and in his own house."
+013:058 He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
+014:001 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
+014:002 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer.
+        He is risen from the dead.  That is why these powers
+        work in him."
+014:003 For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him
+        in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
+014:004 For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
+014:005 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,
+        because they counted him as a prophet.
+014:006 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced
+        among them and pleased Herod.
+014:007 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever
+        she should ask.
+014:008 She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on
+        a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
+014:009 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths,
+        and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it
+        to be given,
+014:010 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
+014:011 His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady:
+        and she brought it to her mother.
+014:012 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it;
+        and they went and told Jesus.
+014:013 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat,
+        to a deserted place apart.  When the multitudes heard it,
+        they followed him on foot from the cities.
+014:014 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude.  He had compassion
+        on them, and healed their sick.
+014:015 When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying,
+        "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late.
+        Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages,
+        and buy themselves food."
+014:016 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away.
+        You give them something to eat."
+014:017 They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."
+014:018 He said, "Bring them here to me."
+014:019 He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took
+        the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
+        he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples,
+        and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
+014:020 They all ate, and were filled.  They took up twelve baskets
+        full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
+014:021 Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women
+        and children.
+014:022 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat,
+        and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent
+        the multitudes away.
+014:023 After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into
+        the mountain by himself to pray.  When evening had come,
+        he was there alone.
+014:024 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by
+        the waves, for the wind was contrary.
+014:025 In the fourth watch of the night,{The night was equally divided
+        into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00
+        A. M. to sunrise.} Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
+014:026 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
+        saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
+014:027 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up!
+        It is I!{or, I AM!} Don't be afraid."
+014:028 Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me
+        to come to you on the waters."
+014:029 He said, "Come!"  Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked
+        on the waters to come to Jesus.
+014:030 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid,
+        and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
+014:031 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him,
+        and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"
+014:032 When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.
+014:033 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying,
+        "You are truly the Son of God!"
+014:034 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
+014:035 When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all
+        that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,
+014:036 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe{or,
+        tassel} of his garment.  As many as touched it were made whole.
+015:001 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
+015:002 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders?
+        For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
+015:003 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment
+        of God because of your tradition?
+015:004 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,'{Exodus 20:12;
+        Deuteronomy 5:16} and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother,
+        let him be put to death.'{Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9}
+015:005 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother,
+        "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is
+        a gift devoted to God,"
+015:006 he shall not honor his father or mother.'  You have made
+        the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
+015:007 You hypocrites!  Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
+015:008 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me
+        with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
+015:009 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules
+        made by men.'"{Isaiah 29:13}
+015:010 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
+015:011 That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man;
+        but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
+015:012 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that
+        the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
+015:013 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't
+        plant will be uprooted.
+015:014 Leave them alone.  They are blind guides of the blind.
+        If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
+015:015 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
+015:016 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?
+015:017 Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes
+        into the belly, and then out of the body?
+015:018 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart,
+        and they defile the man.
+015:019 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
+        sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
+015:020 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with
+        unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
+015:021 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region
+        of Tyre and Sidon.
+015:022 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders,
+        and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son
+        of David!  My daughter is severely demonized!"
+015:023 But he answered her not a word.  His disciples came and
+        begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
+015:024 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep
+        of the house of Israel."
+015:025 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
+015:026 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's
+        bread and throw it to the dogs."
+015:027 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs
+        which fall from their masters' table."
+015:028 Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith!
+        Be it done to you even as you desire."  And her daughter
+        was healed from that hour.
+015:029 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee;
+        and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
+015:030 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind,
+        mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet.
+        He healed them,
+015:031 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking,
+        injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they
+        glorified the God of Israel.
+015:032 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on
+        the multitude, because they continue with me now three days
+        and have nothing to eat.  I don't want to send them away fasting,
+        or they might faint on the way."
+015:033 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves
+        in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
+015:034 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"
+        They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
+015:035 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
+015:036 and he took the seven loaves and the fish.  He gave thanks
+        and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples
+        to the multitudes.
+015:037 They all ate, and were filled.  They took up seven baskets
+        full of the broken pieces that were left over.
+015:038 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
+015:039 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came
+        into the borders of Magdala.
+016:001 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him
+        to show them a sign from heaven.
+016:002 But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will
+        be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
+016:003 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky
+        is red and threatening.'  Hypocrites!  You know how to discern
+        the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs
+        of the times!
+016:004 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there
+        will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah."
+        He left them, and departed.
+016:005 The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten
+        to take bread.
+016:006 Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast
+        of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
+016:007 They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
+016:008 Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves,
+        you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'
+016:009 Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves
+        for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
+016:010 Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets
+        you took up?
+016:011 How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak
+        to you concerning bread?  But beware of the yeast of the
+        Pharisees and Sadducees."
+016:012 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast
+        of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
+016:013 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi,
+        he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I,
+        the Son of Man, am?"
+016:014 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others,
+        Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
+016:015 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
+016:016 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of
+        the living God."
+016:017 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah,
+        for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father
+        who is in heaven.
+016:018 I also tell you that you are Peter,{Peter's name, Petros in Greek,
+        is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock{Greek,
+        petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly,
+        and the gates of Hades{or, Hell} will not prevail against it.
+016:019 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever
+        you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever
+        you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
+016:020 Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one
+        that he is Jesus the Christ.
+016:021 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must
+        go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders,
+        chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day
+        be raised up.
+016:022 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be
+        it from you, Lord!  This will never be done to you."
+016:023 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!  You are
+        a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind
+        on the things of God, but on the things of men."
+016:024 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come
+        after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
+        and follow me.
+016:025 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever
+        will lose his life for my sake will find it.
+016:026 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world,
+        and forfeits his life?  Or what will a man give in exchange
+        for his life?
+016:027 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with
+        his angels, and then he will render to everyone according
+        to his deeds.
+016:028 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who
+        will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man
+        coming in his Kingdom."
+017:001 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John
+        his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
+017:002 He was transfigured before them.  His face shone like the sun,
+        and his garments became as white as the light.
+017:003 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
+017:004 Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us
+        to be here.  If you want, let's make three tents here:
+        one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
+017:005 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud
+        overshadowed them.  Behold, a voice came out of the cloud,
+        saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
+        Listen to him."
+017:006 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces,
+        and were very afraid.
+017:007 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
+017:008 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
+017:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
+        saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man
+        has risen from the dead."
+017:010 His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say
+        that Elijah must come first?"
+017:011 Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will
+        restore all things,
+017:012 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't
+        recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to.
+        Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
+017:013 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of
+        John the Baptizer.
+017:014 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him,
+        kneeling down to him, saying,
+017:015 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic,
+        and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire,
+        and often into the water.
+017:016 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
+017:017 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation!
+        How long will I be with you?  How long will I bear with you?
+        Bring him here to me."
+017:018 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy
+        was cured from that hour.
+017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said,
+        "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
+017:020 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief.  For most certainly
+        I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
+        you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,'
+        and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
+017:021 But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
+017:022 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son
+        of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
+017:023 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."
+        They were exceedingly sorry.
+017:024 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma
+        coins{A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas,
+        about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days' wages.
+        It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax,
+        because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver.} came
+        to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
+017:025 He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him,
+        saying, "What do you think, Simon?  From whom do the kings
+        of the earth receive toll or tribute?  From their children,
+        or from strangers?"
+017:026 Peter said to him, "From strangers."  Jesus said to him,
+        "Therefore the children are exempt.
+017:027 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea,
+        cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up.
+        When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater
+        coin.{A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four
+        Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel:
+        just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two
+        people.} Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
+018:001 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then
+        is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
+018:002 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the
+        midst of them,
+018:003 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn,
+        and become as little children, you will in no way enter
+        into the Kingdom of Heaven.
+018:004 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child,
+        the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
+018:005 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
+018:006 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me
+        to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone
+        should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk
+        in the depths of the sea.
+018:007 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling!
+        For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person
+        through whom the occasion comes!
+018:008 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off,
+        and cast it from you.  It is better for you to enter into life
+        maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet
+        to be cast into the eternal fire.
+018:009 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast
+        it from you.  It is better for you to enter into life
+        with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
+        the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.
+018:010 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I
+        tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face
+        of my Father who is in heaven.
+018:011 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
+018:012 "What do you think?  If a man has one hundred sheep,
+        and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine,
+        go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
+018:013 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it
+        more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
+018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven
+        that one of these little ones should perish.
+018:015 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault
+        between you and him alone.  If he listens to you, you have
+        gained back your brother.
+018:016 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you,
+        that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may
+        be established.{Deuteronomy 19:15}
+018:017 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly.
+        If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you
+        as a Gentile or a tax collector.
+018:018 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth
+        will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you
+        release on earth will have been released in heaven.
+018:019 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree
+        on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be
+        done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
+018:020 For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
+        there I am in the midst of them."
+018:021 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often
+        shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
+        Until seven times?"
+018:022 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but,
+        until seventy times seven.
+018:023 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king,
+        who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
+018:024 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed
+        him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents
+        an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about
+        60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's
+        wages for agricultural labor.}
+018:025 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold,
+        with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment
+        to be made.
+018:026 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him,
+        saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
+018:027 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion,
+        released him, and forgave him the debt.
+018:028 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants,
+        who owed him one hundred denarii,{100 denarii was about one
+        sixtieth of a talent.} and he grabbed him, and took him
+        by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
+018:029 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him,
+        saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
+018:030 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should
+        pay back that which was due.
+018:031 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were
+        exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all
+        that was done.
+018:032 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
+        I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
+018:033 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant,
+        even as I had mercy on you?'
+018:034 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors,
+        until he should pay all that was due to him.
+018:035 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each
+        forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
+019:001 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed
+        from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
+019:002 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
+019:003 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful
+        for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
+019:004 He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from
+        the beginning made them male and female,{Genesis 1:27}
+019:005 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father
+        and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall
+        become one flesh?'{Genesis 2:24}
+019:006 So that they are no more two, but one flesh.  What therefore
+        God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
+019:007 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her
+        a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
+019:008 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
+        allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it
+        has not been so.
+019:009 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for
+        sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
+        and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
+019:010 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man
+        with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
+019:011 But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying,
+        but those to whom it is given.
+019:012 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their
+        mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs
+        by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs
+        for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake.  He who is able to receive it,
+        let him receive it."
+019:013 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay
+        his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
+019:014 But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid
+        them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs
+        to ones like these."
+019:015 He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
+019:016 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing
+        shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
+019:017 He said to him, "Why do you call me good?  No one is good
+        but one, that is, God.  But if you want to enter into life,
+        keep the commandments."
+019:018 He said to him, "Which ones?"  Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.'
+        'You shall not commit adultery.'  'You shall not steal.'
+        'You shall not offer false testimony.'
+019:019 'Honor your father and mother.'{Exodus 20:12-16;
+        Deuteronomy 5:16-20} And, 'You shall love your neighbor
+        as yourself.'"{Leviticus 19:18}
+019:020 The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed
+        from my youth.  What do I still lack?"
+019:021 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have,
+        and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
+        and come, follow me."
+019:022 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad,
+        for he was one who had great possessions.
+019:023 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you,
+        a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
+019:024 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through
+        a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
+        Kingdom of God."
+019:025 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
+        saying, "Who then can be saved?"
+019:026 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible,
+        but with God all things are possible."
+019:027 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything,
+        and followed you.  What then will we have?"
+019:028 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have
+        followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit
+        on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones,
+        judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
+019:029 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father,
+        or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
+        will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
+019:030 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
+020:001 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master
+        of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire
+        laborers for his vineyard.
+020:002 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius
+        is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus.
+        This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day,
+        he sent them into his vineyard.
+020:003 He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise
+        to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw
+        others standing idle in the marketplace.
+020:004 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever
+        is right I will give you.'  So they went their way.
+020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon
+        and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.
+020:006 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found
+        others standing idle.  He said to them, 'Why do you stand
+        here all day idle?'
+020:007 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
+        "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you
+        will receive whatever is right.'
+020:008 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to
+        his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages,
+        beginning from the last to the first.'
+020:009 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came,
+        they each received a denarius.
+020:010 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more;
+        and they likewise each received a denarius.
+020:011 When they received it, they murmured against the master
+        of the household,
+020:012 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made
+        them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day
+        and the scorching heat!'
+020:013 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
+        Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
+020:014 Take that which is yours, and go your way.  It is my desire
+        to give to this last just as much as to you.
+020:015 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?
+        Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
+020:016 So the last will be first, and the first last.
+        For many are called, but few are chosen."
+020:017 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
+        disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
+020:018 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
+        will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they
+        will condemn him to death,
+020:019 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge,
+        and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
+020:020 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons,
+        kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
+020:021 He said to her, "What do you want?"  She said to him,
+        "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand,
+        and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
+020:022 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking.
+        Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink,
+        and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
+        They said to him, "We are able."
+020:023 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be
+        baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit
+        on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give;
+        but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
+020:024 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
+020:025 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers
+        of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise
+        authority over them.
+020:026 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become
+        great among you shall be{TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall
+        be"} your servant.
+020:027 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
+020:028 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve,
+        and to give his life as a ransom for many."
+020:029 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
+020:030 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard
+        that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us,
+        you son of David!"
+020:031 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
+        but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us,
+        you son of David!"
+020:032 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you
+        want me to do for you?"
+020:033 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
+020:034 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes;
+        and immediately their eyes received their sight,
+        and they followed him.
+021:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR
+        & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount
+        of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+021:002 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you,
+        and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her.
+        Untie them, and bring them to me.
+021:003 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,'
+        and immediately he will send them."
+021:004 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
+        through the prophet, saying,
+021:005 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes
+        to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal
+        of a donkey."{Zechariah 9:9}
+021:006 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
+021:007 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them;
+        and he sat on them.
+021:008 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road.
+        Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
+021:009 The multitudes who went before him, and who followed
+        kept shouting, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us,
+        we pray."} to the son of David!  Blessed is he who comes
+        in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest!"{Psalm 118:26}
+021:010 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up,
+        saying, "Who is this?"
+021:011 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from
+        Nazareth of Galilee."
+021:012 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who
+        sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers'
+        tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
+021:013 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called
+        a house of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a den
+        of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
+021:014 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple,
+        and he healed them.
+021:015 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful
+        things that he did, and the children who were crying
+        in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!"
+        they were indignant,
+021:016 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?"
+        Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth
+        of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"{Psalm 8:2}
+021:017 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany,
+        and lodged there.
+021:018 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
+021:019 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing
+        on it but leaves.  He said to it, "Let there be no fruit
+        from you forever!"  Immediately the fig tree withered away.
+021:020 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did
+        the fig tree immediately wither away?"
+021:021 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you
+        have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was
+        done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain,
+        'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
+021:022 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
+021:023 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and
+        the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching,
+        and said, "By what authority do you do these things?
+        Who gave you this authority?"
+021:024 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question,
+        which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority
+        I do these things.
+021:025 The baptism of John, where was it from?  From heaven or from men?"
+        They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
+        he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
+021:026 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold
+        John as a prophet."
+021:027 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know."
+        He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority
+        I do these things.
+021:028 But what do you think?  A man had two sons, and he came
+        to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
+021:029 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed
+        his mind, and went.
+021:030 He came to the second, and said the same thing.  He answered,
+        'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
+021:031 Which of the two did the will of his father?"  They said to him,
+        "The first."  Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you
+        that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering
+        into the Kingdom of God before you.
+021:032 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you
+        didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes
+        believed him.  When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward,
+        that you might believe him.
+021:033 "Hear another parable.  There was a man who was a master
+        of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it,
+        dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers,
+        and went into another country.
+021:034 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants
+        to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
+021:035 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another,
+        and stoned another.
+021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first:
+        and they treated them the same way.
+021:037 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will
+        respect my son.'
+021:038 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves,
+        'This is the heir.  Come, let's kill him, and seize
+        his inheritance.'
+021:039 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard,
+        and killed him.
+021:040 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do
+        to those farmers?"
+021:041 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men,
+        and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will
+        give him the fruit in its season."
+021:042 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The
+        stone which the builders rejected, the same was made
+        the head of the corner.  This was from the Lord.
+        It is marvelous in our eyes?'{Psalm 118:22-23}
+021:043 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away
+        from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
+021:044 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on
+        whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
+021:045 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,
+        they perceived that he spoke about them.
+021:046 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes,
+        because they considered him to be a prophet.
+022:001 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
+022:002 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made
+        a marriage feast for his son,
+022:003 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited
+        to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
+022:004 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those
+        who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner.
+        My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready.
+        Come to the marriage feast!"'
+022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his
+        own farm, another to his merchandise,
+022:006 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully,
+        and killed them.
+022:007 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
+        destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
+022:008 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready,
+        but those who were invited weren't worthy.
+022:009 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many
+        as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
+022:010 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered
+        together as many as they found, both bad and good.
+        The wedding was filled with guests.
+022:011 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there
+        a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
+022:012 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not
+        wearing wedding clothing?'  He was speechless.
+022:013 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot,
+        take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness;
+        there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
+022:014 For many are called, but few chosen."
+022:015 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap
+        him in his talk.
+022:016 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians,
+        saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach
+        the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you
+        aren't partial to anyone.
+022:017 Tell us therefore, what do you think?  Is it lawful to pay
+        taxes to Caesar, or not?"
+022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you
+        test me, you hypocrites?
+022:019 Show me the tax money."  They brought to him a denarius.
+022:020 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
+022:021 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them,
+        "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
+        and to God the things that are God's."
+022:022 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
+022:023 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection)
+        came to him.  They asked him,
+022:024 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children,
+        his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
+        for his brother.'
+022:025 Now there were with us seven brothers.  The first married and died,
+        and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
+022:026 In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
+022:027 After them all, the woman died.
+022:028 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven?
+        For they all had her."
+022:029 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing
+        the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
+022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given
+        in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.
+022:031 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read
+        that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
+022:032 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
+        of Jacob?'{Exodus 3:6} God is not the God of the dead,
+        but of the living."
+022:033 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
+022:034 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced
+        the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
+022:035 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
+022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
+022:037 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God
+        with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
+        your mind.'{Deuteronomy 6:5}
+022:038 This is the first and great commandment.
+022:039 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor
+        as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18}
+022:040 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
+022:041 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
+        them a question,
+022:042 saying, "What do you think of the Christ?  Whose son is he?"
+        They said to him, "Of David."
+022:043 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call
+        him Lord, saying,
+022:044 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make
+        your enemies a footstool for your feet?'{Psalm 110:1}
+022:045 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
+022:046 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare
+        ask him any more questions from that day forth.
+023:001 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
+023:002 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
+023:003 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe,
+        observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say,
+        and don't do.
+023:004 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne,
+        and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will
+        not lift a finger to help them.
+023:005 But all their works they do to be seen by men.
+        They make their phylacteries{phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew)
+        are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their
+        forehead and arm in prayer.  They are used to carry a small
+        scroll with some Scripture in it.  See Deuteronomy 6:8.} broad,
+        enlarge the fringes{or, tassels} of their garments,
+023:006 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats
+        in the synagogues,
+023:007 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called
+        'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
+023:008 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher,
+        the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
+023:009 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father,
+        he who is in heaven.
+023:010 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
+023:011 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
+023:012 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles
+        himself will be exalted.
+023:013 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers.
+        Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
+023:014 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
+        Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men;
+        for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow
+        those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts
+        reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13,
+        numbering verse 14 as 13.}
+023:015 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte;
+        and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son
+        of Gehenna{or, Hell} as yourselves.
+023:016 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple,
+        it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple,
+        he is obligated.'
+023:017 You blind fools!  For which is greater, the gold, or the temple
+        that sanctifies the gold?
+023:018 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears
+        by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'
+023:019 You blind fools!  For which is greater, the gift, or the altar
+        that sanctifies the gift?
+023:020 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by
+        everything on it.
+023:021 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was
+        living in it.
+023:022 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God,
+        and by him who sits on it.
+023:023 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from
+        Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance.
+        It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier
+        matters of the law:  justice, mercy, and faith.
+        But you ought to have done these, and not to have left
+        the other undone.
+023:024 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
+023:025 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you clean
+        the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
+        full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence"
+        instead of "unrighteousness"}
+023:026 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of
+        the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
+023:027 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful,
+        but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
+023:028 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly
+        you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
+023:029 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs
+        of the righteous,
+023:030 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't
+        have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
+023:031 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children
+        of those who killed the prophets.
+023:032 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
+023:033 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape
+        the judgment of Gehenna{or, Hell}?
+023:034 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes.
+        Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you
+        will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
+023:035 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth,
+        from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah
+        son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary
+        and the altar.
+023:036 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come
+        upon this generation.
+023:037 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones
+        those who are sent to her!  How often I would have gathered
+        your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks
+        under her wings, and you would not!
+023:038 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
+023:039 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say,
+        'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26}
+024:001 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way.
+        His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
+024:002 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things?
+        Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one
+        stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
+024:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to
+        him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be?
+        What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
+024:004 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
+024:005 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
+        and will lead many astray.
+024:006 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars.  See that you
+        aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end
+        is not yet.
+024:007 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
+        and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes
+        in various places.
+024:008 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
+024:009 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you.
+        You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
+024:010 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another,
+        and will hate one another.
+024:011 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
+024:012 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many
+        will grow cold.
+024:013 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
+024:014 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world
+        for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
+024:015 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:27;
+        11:31; 12:11} which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet,
+        standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
+024:016 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
+024:017 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things
+        that are in his house.
+024:018 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
+024:019 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers
+        in those days!
+024:020 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
+024:021 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been
+        from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
+024:022 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved.
+        But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
+024:023 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,'
+        or, 'There,' don't believe it.
+024:024 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets,
+        and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray,
+        if possible, even the chosen ones.
+024:025 "Behold, I have told you beforehand.
+024:026 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,'
+        don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,'
+        don't believe it.
+024:027 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even
+        to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
+024:028 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures{or,
+        eagles} gather together.
+024:029 But immediately after the oppression of those days,
+        the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
+        the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens
+        will be shaken;{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4}
+024:030 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky.
+        Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
+        the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power
+        and great glory.
+024:031 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
+        and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds,
+        from one end of the sky to the other.
+024:032 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable.  When its branch
+        has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know
+        that the summer is near.
+024:033 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it
+        is near, even at the doors.
+024:034 Most certainly I tell you, this generation{The word for "generation"
+        (genea) can also be translated as "race."} will not pass away,
+        until all these things are accomplished.
+024:035 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+024:036 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels
+        of heaven, but my Father only.
+024:037 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
+024:038 For as in those days which were before the flood they
+        were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
+        until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
+024:039 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away,
+        so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
+024:040 Then two men will be in the field:  one will be taken and one
+        will be left;
+024:041 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one
+        will be left.
+024:042 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
+024:043 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what
+        watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched,
+        and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
+024:044 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect,
+        the Son of Man will come.
+024:045 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has
+        set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
+024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
+024:047 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all
+        that he has.
+024:048 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord
+        is delaying his coming,'
+024:049 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink
+        with the drunkards,
+024:050 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't
+        expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
+024:051 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with
+        the hypocrites.  There is where the weeping and grinding
+        of teeth will be.
+025:001 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins,
+        who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
+025:002 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
+025:003 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no
+        oil with them,
+025:004 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
+025:005 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
+025:006 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold!  The bridegroom is coming!
+        Come out to meet him!'
+025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.{The end
+        of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically
+        to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits.
+        The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly
+        and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.}
+025:008 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil,
+        for our lamps are going out.'
+025:009 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't
+        enough for us and you?  You go rather to those who sell,
+        and buy for yourselves.'
+025:010 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those
+        who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast,
+        and the door was shut.
+025:011 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord,
+        open to us.'
+025:012 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
+025:013 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour
+        in which the Son of Man is coming.
+025:014 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called
+        his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
+025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one;
+        to each according to his own ability.  Then he went
+        on his journey.
+025:016 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded
+        with them, and made another five talents.
+025:017 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
+025:018 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth,
+        and hid his lord's money.
+025:019 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came,
+        and reconciled accounts with them.
+025:020 He who received the five talents came and brought another
+        five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents.
+        Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
+025:021 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.
+        You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you
+        over many things.  Enter into the joy of your lord.'
+025:022 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord,
+        you delivered to me two talents.  Behold, I have gained
+        another two talents besides them.'
+025:023 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.
+        You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you
+        over many things.  Enter into the joy of your lord.'
+025:024 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew
+        you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow,
+        and gathering where you did not scatter.
+025:025 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth.
+        Behold, you have what is yours.'
+025:026 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant.
+        You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where
+        I didn't scatter.
+025:027 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers,
+        and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
+025:028 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him
+        who has the ten talents.
+025:029 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance,
+        but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will
+        be taken away.
+025:030 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness,
+        where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
+025:031 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy
+        angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
+025:032 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate
+        them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep
+        from the goats.
+025:033 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats
+        on the left.
+025:034 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come,
+        blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
+        from the foundation of the world;
+025:035 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty,
+        and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
+025:036 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me;
+        I was in prison, and you came to me.'
+025:037 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we
+        see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
+025:038 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked,
+        and clothe you?
+025:039 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
+025:040 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you,
+        inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my
+        brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did
+        it to me.'
+025:041 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me,
+        you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil
+        and his angels;
+025:042 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat;
+        I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
+025:043 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't
+        clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
+025:044 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see
+        you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
+        or in prison, and didn't help you?'
+025:045 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you,
+        inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these,
+        you didn't do it to me.'
+025:046 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous
+        into eternal life."
+026:001 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words,
+        that he said to his disciples,
+026:002 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming,
+        and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
+026:003 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people
+        were gathered together in the court of the high priest,
+        who was called Caiaphas.
+026:004 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit,
+        and kill him.
+026:005 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur
+        among the people."
+026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
+026:007 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very
+        expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat
+        at the table.
+026:008 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying,
+        "Why this waste?
+026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given
+        to the poor."
+026:010 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble
+        the woman?  Because she has done a good work for me.
+026:011 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't
+        always have me.
+026:012 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare
+        me for burial.
+026:013 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached
+        in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be
+        spoken of as a memorial of her."
+026:014 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
+        went to the chief priests,
+026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver
+        him to you?"  They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
+026:016 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
+026:017 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came
+        to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare
+        for you to eat the Passover?"
+026:018 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him,
+        'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand.  I will keep the Passover
+        at your house with my disciples."'"
+026:019 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they
+        prepared the Passover.
+026:020 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table
+        with the twelve disciples.
+026:021 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you
+        that one of you will betray me."
+026:022 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him,
+        "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
+026:023 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish,
+        the same will betray me.
+026:024 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe
+        to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
+        It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
+026:025 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me,
+        is it, Rabbi?"  He said to him, "You said it."
+026:026 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for{TR
+        reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"} it, and broke it.
+        He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
+026:027 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of
+        you drink it,
+026:028 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured
+        out for many for the remission of sins.
+026:029 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine
+        from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you
+        in my Father's Kingdom."
+026:030 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
+026:031 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because
+        of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd,
+        and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7}
+026:032 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
+026:033 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble
+        because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
+026:034 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight,
+        before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
+026:035 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not
+        deny you."  All of the disciples also said likewise.
+026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said
+        to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
+026:037 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began
+        to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
+026:038 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful,
+        even to death.  Stay here, and watch with me."
+026:039 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
+        "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me;
+        nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
+026:040 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said
+        to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
+026:041 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation.
+        The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
+026:042 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father,
+        if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it,
+        your desire be done."
+026:043 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
+026:044 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time,
+        saying the same words.
+026:045 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now,
+        and take your rest.  Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son
+        of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+026:046 Arise, let's be going.  Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
+026:047 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,
+        came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs,
+        from the chief priest and elders of the people.
+026:048 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss,
+        he is the one.  Seize him."
+026:049 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!"
+        and kissed him.
+026:050 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?"  Then they came
+        and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
+026:051 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
+        and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest,
+        and struck off his ear.
+026:052 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place,
+        for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
+026:053 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would
+        even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
+026:054 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
+026:055 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come
+        out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me?
+        I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
+026:056 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets
+        might be fulfilled."  Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
+026:057 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest,
+        where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
+026:058 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of
+        the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers,
+        to see the end.
+026:059 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council
+        sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put
+        him to death;
+026:060 and they found none.  Even though many false witnesses came forward,
+        they found none.  But at last two false witnesses came forward,
+026:061 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God,
+        and to build it in three days.'"
+026:062 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer?
+        What is this that these testify against you?"
+026:063 But Jesus held his peace.  The high priest answered him,
+        "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether
+        you are the Christ, the Son of God."
+026:064 Jesus said to him, "You have said it.  Nevertheless, I tell you,
+        after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right
+        hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
+026:065 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has
+        spoken blasphemy!  Why do we need any more witnesses?
+        Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
+026:066 What do you think?"  They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
+026:067 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists,
+        and some slapped him,
+026:068 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ!  Who hit you?"
+026:069 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came
+        to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
+026:070 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you
+        are talking about."
+026:071 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him,
+        and said to those who were there, "This man also was with
+        Jesus of Nazareth."
+026:072 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
+026:073 After a little while those who stood by came and said
+        to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech
+        makes you known."
+026:074 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!"
+        Immediately the rooster crowed.
+026:075 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him,
+        "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
+        He went out and wept bitterly.
+027:001 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders
+        of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
+027:002 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up
+        to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
+027:003 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned,
+        felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver
+        to the chief priests and elders,
+027:004 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood."
+        But they said, "What is that to us?  You see to it."
+027:005 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed.
+        He went away and hanged himself.
+027:006 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said,
+        "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it
+        is the price of blood."
+027:007 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them,
+        to bury strangers in.
+027:008 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood"
+        to this day.
+027:009 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah{some manuscripts
+        omit "Jeremaiah"} the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took
+        the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price
+        had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
+027:010 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded
+        me."{Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9}
+027:011 Now Jesus stood before the governor:  and the governor asked him,
+        saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  Jesus said to him,
+        "So you say."
+027:012 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
+        he answered nothing.
+027:013 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they
+        testify against you?"
+027:014 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the
+        governor marveled greatly.
+027:015 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release
+        to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
+027:016 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
+027:017 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them,
+        "Whom do you want me to release to you?  Barabbas, or Jesus,
+        who is called Christ?"
+027:018 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
+027:019 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent
+        to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man,
+        for I have suffered many things this day in a dream
+        because of him."
+027:020 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes
+        to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
+027:021 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want
+        me to release to you?"  They said, "Barabbas!"
+027:022 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is
+        called Christ?"  They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
+027:023 But the governor said, "Why?  What evil has he done?"
+        But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
+027:024 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained,
+        but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water,
+        and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am
+        innocent of the blood of this righteous person.
+        You see to it."
+027:025 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us,
+        and on our children!"
+027:026 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged
+        and delivered to be crucified.
+027:027 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium,
+        and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
+027:028 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
+027:029 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head,
+        and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him,
+        and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
+027:030 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
+027:031 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him,
+        and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
+027:032 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name,
+        and they compelled him to go with them, that he might
+        carry his cross.
+027:033 They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say,
+        "The place of a skull."
+027:034 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall.
+        When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
+027:035 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them,
+        casting lots,{TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was
+        spoken by the prophet:  'They divided my garments among them,
+        and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18
+        and John 19:24]}
+027:036 and they sat and watched him there.
+027:037 They set up over his head the accusation against him written,
+        "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
+027:038 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his
+        right hand and one on the left.
+027:039 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
+027:040 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it
+        in three days, save yourself!  If you are the Son of God,
+        come down from the cross!"
+027:041 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes,
+        the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said,
+027:042 "He saved others, but he can't save himself.  If he is
+        the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now,
+        and we will believe in him.
+027:043 He trusts in God.  Let God deliver him now, if he wants him;
+        for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
+027:044 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him
+        the same reproach.
+027:045 Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all
+        the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.}
+027:046 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
+        "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?"
+        That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1}
+027:047 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man
+        is calling Elijah."
+027:048 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it
+        with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
+027:049 The rest said, "Let him be.  Let's see whether Elijah comes
+        to save him."
+027:050 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
+027:051 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top
+        to the bottom.  The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
+027:052 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
+        fallen asleep were raised;
+027:053 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered
+        into the holy city and appeared to many.
+027:054 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus,
+        when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done,
+        feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
+027:055 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed
+        Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
+027:056 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses,
+        and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
+027:057 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph,
+        who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
+027:058 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.  Then Pilate
+        commanded the body to be given up.
+027:059 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
+027:060 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock,
+        and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
+027:061 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting
+        opposite the tomb.
+027:062 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day,
+        the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
+027:063 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was
+        still alive:  'After three days I will rise again.'
+027:064 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day,
+        lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away,
+        and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last
+        deception will be worse than the first."
+027:065 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard.  Go, make it as secure
+        as you can."
+027:066 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure,
+        sealing the stone.
+028:001 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first
+        day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came
+        to see the tomb.
+028:002 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord
+        descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone
+        from the door, and sat on it.
+028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
+028:004 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
+028:005 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know
+        that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
+028:006 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said.
+        Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
+028:007 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead,
+        and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will
+        see him.'  Behold, I have told you."
+028:008 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy,
+        and ran to bring his disciples word.
+028:009 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,
+        saying, "Rejoice!"  They came and took hold of his feet,
+        and worshiped him.
+028:010 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid.  Go tell my
+        brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that they
+        should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
+028:011 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came
+        into the city, and told the chief priests all the things
+        that had happened.
+028:012 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
+        they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
+028:013 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him
+        away while we slept.
+028:014 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him
+        and make you free of worry."
+028:015 So they took the money and did as they were told.
+        This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues
+        until this day.
+028:016 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain
+        where Jesus had sent them.
+028:017 When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
+028:018 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority
+        has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
+028:019 Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
+        in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
+028:020 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you.
+        Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  Amen.
+Book 41 Mark
+001:001 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
+001:002 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger
+        before your face, who will prepare your way before you.{Malachi 3:1}
+001:003 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way
+        of the Lord!  Make his paths straight!'"{Isaiah 40:3}
+001:004 John came baptizing{or, immersing} in the wilderness and preaching
+        the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
+001:005 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went
+        out to him.  They were baptized by him in the Jordan river,
+        confessing their sins.
+001:006 John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around
+        his waist.  He ate locusts and wild honey.
+001:007 He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier
+        than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop
+        down and loosen.
+001:008 I baptized you in{The Greek word (en) translated here as "in"
+        could also be translated as "with" in some contexts.} water,
+        but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."
+001:009 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth
+        of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
+001:010 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting,
+        and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
+001:011 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom
+        I am well pleased."
+001:012 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
+001:013 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan.
+        He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
+001:014 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee,
+        preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,
+001:015 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God
+        is at hand!  Repent, and believe in the Good News."
+001:016 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and
+        Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea,
+        for they were fishermen.
+001:017 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into
+        fishers for men."
+001:018 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
+001:019 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son
+        of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat
+        mending the nets.
+001:020 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee,
+        in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
+001:021 They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day
+        he entered into the synagogue and taught.
+001:022 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them
+        as having authority, and not as the scribes.
+001:023 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit,
+        and he cried out,
+001:024 saying, "Ha!  What do we have to do with you, Jesus,
+        you Nazarene?  Have you come to destroy us?  I know you who you are:
+        the Holy One of God!"
+001:025 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
+001:026 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice,
+        came out of him.
+001:027 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among
+        themselves, saying, "What is this?  A new teaching?
+        For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits,
+        and they obey him!"
+001:028 The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all
+        the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.
+001:029 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came
+        into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
+001:030 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately
+        they told him about her.
+001:031 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up.
+        The fever left her, and she served them.
+001:032 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all
+        who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
+001:033 All the city was gathered together at the door.
+001:034 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast
+        out many demons.  He didn't allow the demons to speak,
+        because they knew him.
+001:035 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose
+        up and went out, and departed into a deserted place,
+        and prayed there.
+001:036 Simon and those who were with him followed after him;
+001:037 and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."
+001:038 He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I
+        may preach there also, because I came out for this reason."
+001:039 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee,
+        preaching and casting out demons.
+001:040 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him,
+        and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."
+001:041 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand,
+        and touched him, and said to him, "I want to.  Be made clean."
+001:042 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him,
+        and he was made clean.
+001:043 He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
+001:044 and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show
+        yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things
+        which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
+001:045 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread
+        about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly
+        enter into a city, but was outside in desert places:
+        and they came to him from everywhere.
+002:001 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days,
+        it was heard that he was in the house.
+002:002 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there
+        was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke
+        the word to them.
+002:003 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
+002:004 When they could not come near to him for the crowd,
+        they removed the roof where he was.  When they had broken it up,
+        they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
+002:005 Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins
+        are forgiven you."
+002:006 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning
+        in their hearts,
+002:007 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that?
+        Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
+002:008 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so
+        reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason
+        these things in your hearts?
+002:009 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;'
+        or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
+002:010 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth
+        to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--
+002:011 "I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
+002:012 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went
+        out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed,
+        and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
+002:013 He went out again by the seaside.  All the multitude came to him,
+        and he taught them.
+002:014 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus,
+        sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me."
+        And he arose and followed him.
+002:015 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house,
+        and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and
+        his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
+002:016 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating
+        with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples,
+        "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
+002:017 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy
+        have no need for a physician, but those who are sick.
+        I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
+002:018 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came
+        and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples
+        of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
+002:019 Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom
+        is with them?  As long as they have the bridegroom with them,
+        they can't fast.
+002:020 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
+        from them, and then will they fast in that day.
+002:021 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment,
+        or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old,
+        and a worse hole is made.
+002:022 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine
+        will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins
+        will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."
+002:023 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through
+        the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went,
+        to pluck the ears of grain.
+002:024 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which
+        is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
+002:025 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need,
+        and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?
+002:026 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest,
+        and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except
+        for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"
+002:027 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man
+        for the Sabbath.
+002:028 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
+003:001 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there
+        who had his hand withered.
+003:002 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day,
+        that they might accuse him.
+003:003 He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."
+003:004 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to
+        do good, or to do harm?  To save a life, or to kill?"
+        But they were silent.
+003:005 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved
+        at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man,
+        "Stretch out your hand."  He stretched it out, and his hand
+        was restored as healthy as the other.
+003:006 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the
+        Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
+003:007 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great
+        multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
+003:008 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from
+        around Tyre and Sidon.  A great multitude, hearing what great
+        things he did, came to him.
+003:009 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near
+        him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
+003:010 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed
+        on him that they might touch him.
+003:011 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him,
+        and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
+003:012 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
+003:013 He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom
+        he wanted, and they went to him.
+003:014 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that
+        he might send them out to preach,
+003:015 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
+003:016 Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;
+003:017 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James,
+        and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
+003:018 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son
+        of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
+003:019 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.  He came into a house.
+003:020 The multitude came together again, so that they could not
+        so much as eat bread.
+003:021 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him:
+        for they said, "He is insane."
+003:022 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul,"
+        and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
+003:023 He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan
+        cast out Satan?
+003:024 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
+003:025 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
+003:026 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided,
+        he can't stand, but has an end.
+003:027 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder,
+        unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will
+        plunder his house.
+003:028 Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man
+        will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which
+        they may blaspheme;
+003:029 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never
+        has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
+003:030 --because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
+003:031 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside,
+        they sent to him, calling him.
+003:032 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold,
+        your mother, your brothers, and your sisters{TR omits "your
+        sisters"} are outside looking for you."
+003:033 He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
+003:034 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold,
+        my mother and my brothers!
+003:035 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother,
+        and my sister, and mother."
+004:001 Again he began to teach by the seaside.  A great multitude was
+        gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea,
+        and sat down.  All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
+004:002 He taught them many things in parables, and told them
+        in his teaching,
+004:003 "Listen!  Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
+004:004 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road,
+        and the birds{TR adds "of the air"} came and devoured it.
+004:005 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil,
+        and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
+004:006 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had
+        no root, it withered away.
+004:007 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up,
+        and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
+004:008 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit,
+        growing up and increasing.  Some brought forth thirty times,
+        some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."
+004:009 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
+004:010 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve
+        asked him about the parables.
+004:011 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God,
+        but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
+004:012 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they
+        may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again,
+        and their sins should be forgiven them.'"{Isaiah 6:9-10}
+004:013 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable?
+        How will you understand all of the parables?
+004:014 The farmer sows the word.
+004:015 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown;
+        and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes
+        away the word which has been sown in them.
+004:016 These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places,
+        who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive
+        it with joy.
+004:017 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When
+        oppression or persecution arises because of the word,
+        immediately they stumble.
+004:018 Others are those who are sown among the thorns.
+        These are those who have heard the word,
+004:019 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches,
+        and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word,
+        and it becomes unfruitful.
+004:020 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear
+        the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times,
+        some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
+004:021 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under
+        a basket{literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket
+        containing about a peck (about 9 litres)} or under a bed?
+        Isn't it put on a stand?
+004:022 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known;
+        neither was anything made secret, but that it should
+        come to light.
+004:023 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
+004:024 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear.  With whatever
+        measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more
+        will be given to you who hear.
+004:025 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have,
+        even that which he has will be taken away from him."
+004:026 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed
+        on the earth,
+004:027 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should
+        spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
+004:028 For the earth bears fruit:  first the blade, then the ear,
+        then the full grain in the ear.
+004:029 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle,
+        because the harvest has come."
+004:030 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God?  Or with what
+        parable will we illustrate it?
+004:031 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown
+        in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are
+        on the earth,
+004:032 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all
+        the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds
+        of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
+004:033 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they
+        were able to hear it.
+004:034 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately
+        to his own disciples he explained everything.
+004:035 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go
+        over to the other side."
+004:036 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was,
+        in the boat.  Other small boats were also with him.
+004:037 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat,
+        so much that the boat was already filled.
+004:038 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion,
+        and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care
+        that we are dying?"
+004:039 He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace!
+        Be still!"  The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
+004:040 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid?  How is it that you
+        have no faith?"
+004:041 They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then
+        is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
+005:001 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country
+        of the Gadarenes.
+005:002 When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him
+        out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
+005:003 who had his dwelling in the tombs.  Nobody could bind him any more,
+        not even with chains,
+005:004 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains,
+        and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters
+        broken in pieces.  Nobody had the strength to tame him.
+005:005 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains,
+        he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
+005:006 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
+005:007 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do
+        with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God?  I adjure you
+        by God, don't torment me."
+005:008 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
+005:009 He asked him, "What is your name?"  He said to him, "My name
+        is Legion, for we are many."
+005:010 He begged him much that he would not send them away out
+        of the country.
+005:011 Now there was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding.
+005:012 All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs,
+        that we may enter into them."
+005:013 At once Jesus gave them permission.  The unclean spirits came
+        out and entered into the pigs.  The herd of about two thousand
+        rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned
+        in the sea.
+005:014 Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
+        The people came to see what it was that had happened.
+005:015 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed
+        by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him
+        who had the legion; and they were afraid.
+005:016 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him
+        who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
+005:017 They began to beg him to depart from their region.
+005:018 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed
+        by demons begged him that he might be with him.
+005:019 He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house,
+        to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord
+        has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."
+005:020 He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus
+        had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
+005:021 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side,
+        a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
+005:022 Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came;
+        and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
+005:023 and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at
+        the point of death.  Please come and lay your hands on her,
+        that she may be made healthy, and live."
+005:024 He went with him, and a great multitude followed him,
+        and they pressed upon him on all sides.
+005:025 A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,
+005:026 and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent
+        all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
+005:027 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him
+        in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
+005:028 For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."
+005:029 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt
+        in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
+005:030 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had
+        gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked,
+        "Who touched my clothes?"
+005:031 His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing
+        against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
+005:032 He looked around to see her who had done this thing.
+005:033 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been
+        done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him
+        all the truth.
+005:034 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well.
+        Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
+005:035 While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue
+        ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead.  Why bother
+        the Teacher any more?"
+005:036 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said
+        to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
+005:037 He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John
+        the brother of James.
+005:038 He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar,
+        weeping, and great wailing.
+005:039 When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make
+        an uproar and weep?  The child is not dead, but is asleep."
+005:040 They ridiculed him.  But he, having put them all out,
+        took the father of the child and her mother and those who were
+        with him, and went in where the child was lying.
+005:041 Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi;"
+        which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up."
+005:042 Immediately the girl rose up, and walked, for she was twelve
+        years old.  They were amazed with great amazement.
+005:043 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this,
+        and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
+006:001 He went out from there.  He came into his own country,
+        and his disciples followed him.
+006:002 When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue,
+        and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this
+        man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given
+        to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
+006:003 Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of
+        James, Joses, Judah, and Simon?  Aren't his sisters here with us?"
+        They were offended at him.
+006:004 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor,
+        except in his own country, and among his own relatives,
+        and in his own house."
+006:005 He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands
+        on a few sick people, and healed them.
+006:006 He marveled because of their unbelief.  He went around
+        the villages teaching.
+006:007 He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two
+        by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
+006:008 He charged them that they should take nothing for their journey,
+        except a staff only:  no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
+006:009 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
+006:010 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there
+        until you depart from there.
+006:011 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart
+        from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet
+        for a testimony against them.  Assuredly, I tell you,
+        it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day
+        of judgment than for that city!"
+006:012 They went out and preached that people should repent.
+006:013 They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick,
+        and healed them.
+006:014 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known,
+        and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead,
+        and therefore these powers are at work in him."
+006:015 But others said, "It is Elijah."  Others said, "It is the Prophet,
+        or like one of the prophets."
+006:016 But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded.
+        He has risen from the dead."
+006:017 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him
+        in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
+        for he had married her.
+006:018 For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have
+        your brother's wife."
+006:019 Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him,
+        but she couldn't,
+006:020 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man,
+        and kept him safe.  When he heard him, he did many things,
+        and he heard him gladly.
+006:021 Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made
+        a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief
+        men of Galilee.
+006:022 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced,
+        she pleased Herod and those sitting with him.
+        The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want,
+        and I will give it to you."
+006:023 He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you,
+        up to half of my kingdom."
+006:024 She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?"
+        She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
+006:025 She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked,
+        "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer
+        on a platter."
+006:026 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths,
+        and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
+006:027 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard,
+        and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded
+        him in the prison,
+006:028 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady;
+        and the young lady gave it to her mother.
+006:029 When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse,
+        and laid it in a tomb.
+006:030 The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they
+        told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever
+        they had taught.
+006:031 He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place,
+        and rest awhile."  For there were many coming and going,
+        and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
+006:032 They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
+006:033 They{TR reads "The multitudes" instead of "They"} saw them going,
+        and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities.
+        They arrived before them and came together to him.
+006:034 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion
+        on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd,
+        and he began to teach them many things.
+006:035 When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said,
+        "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.
+006:036 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country
+        and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have
+        nothing to eat."
+006:037 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat."
+        They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii{200
+        denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural
+        laborer.} worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
+006:038 He said to them, "How many loaves do you have?  Go see."
+        When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
+006:039 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups
+        on the green grass.
+006:040 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
+006:041 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
+        he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples
+        to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.
+006:042 They all ate, and were filled.
+006:043 They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also
+        of the fish.
+006:044 Those who ate the loaves were{TR adds "about"} five thousand men.
+006:045 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go
+        ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent
+        the multitude away.
+006:046 After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
+006:047 When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea,
+        and he was alone on the land.
+006:048 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary
+        to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them,
+        walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
+006:049 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it
+        was a ghost, and cried out;
+006:050 for they all saw him, and were troubled.  But he immediately
+        spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up!
+        It is I!{or, "I AM!"} Don't be afraid."
+006:051 He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they
+        were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;
+006:052 for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their
+        hearts were hardened.
+006:053 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret,
+        and moored to the shore.
+006:054 When they had come out of the boat, immediately the
+        people recognized him,
+006:055 and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those
+        who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
+006:056 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities,
+        or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces,
+        and begged him that they might touch just the fringe{or,
+        tassel} of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
+007:001 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together
+        to him, having come from Jerusalem.
+007:002 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled,
+        that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
+007:003 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they
+        wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition
+        of the elders.
+007:004 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace,
+        unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things,
+        which they have received to hold to:  washings of cups,
+        pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
+007:005 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your
+        disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders,
+        but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
+007:006 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
+        as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips,
+        but their heart is far from me.
+007:007 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines
+        the commandments of men.'{Isaiah 29:13}
+007:008 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly
+        to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups,
+        and you do many other such things."
+007:009 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God,
+        that you may keep your tradition.
+007:010 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;'{Exodus 20:12;
+        Deuteronomy 5:16} and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother,
+        let him be put to death.'{Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9}
+007:011 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother,
+        "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban
+        is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say,
+        given to God;"'
+007:012 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father
+        or his mother,
+007:013 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you
+        have handed down.  You do many things like this."
+007:014 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them,
+        "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
+007:015 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him
+        can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man
+        are those that defile the man.
+007:016 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
+007:017 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude,
+        his disciples asked him about the parable.
+007:018 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also?
+        Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside
+        can't defile him,
+007:019 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach,
+        then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?"
+007:020 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
+007:021 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts,
+        adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
+007:022 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye,
+        blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
+007:023 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
+007:024 From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre
+        and Sidon.  He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone
+        to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
+007:025 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit,
+        having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
+007:026 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race.
+        She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
+007:027 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first,
+        for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread
+        and throw it to the dogs."
+007:028 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord.  Yet even the dogs under
+        the table eat the children's crumbs."
+007:029 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way.  The demon has
+        gone out of your daughter."
+007:030 She went away to her house, and found the child having been
+        laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
+007:031 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon,
+        and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the
+        region of Decapolis.
+007:032 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment
+        in his speech.  They begged him to lay his hand on him.
+007:033 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his
+        fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
+007:034 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!"
+        that is, "Be opened!"
+007:035 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his
+        tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
+007:036 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more
+        he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
+007:037 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all
+        things well.  He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
+008:001 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they
+        had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself,
+        and said to them,
+008:002 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed
+        with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
+008:003 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint
+        on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
+008:004 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy
+        these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
+008:005 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"  They said, "Seven."
+008:006 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground,
+        and he took the seven loaves.  Having given thanks,
+        he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve,
+        and they served the multitude.
+008:007 They had a few small fish.  Having blessed them, he said
+        to serve these also.
+008:008 They ate, and were filled.  They took up seven baskets of broken
+        pieces that were left over.
+008:009 Those who had eaten were about four thousand.
+        Then he sent them away.
+008:010 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples,
+        and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
+008:011 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from
+        him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
+008:012 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this
+        generation{The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also
+        be translated "people," "race," or "family."} seek a sign?
+        Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given
+        to this generation."
+008:013 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to
+        the other side.
+008:014 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one
+        loaf in the boat with them.
+008:015 He charged them, saying, "Take heed:  beware of the yeast
+        of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
+008:016 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we
+        have no bread."
+008:017 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that
+        it's because you have no bread?  Don't you perceive yet,
+        neither understand?  Is your heart still hardened?
+008:018 Having eyes, don't you see?  Having ears, don't you hear?
+        Don't you remember?
+008:019 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand,
+        how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
+        They told him, "Twelve."
+008:020 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many
+        baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
+        They told him, "Seven."
+008:021 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
+008:022 He came to Bethsaida.  They brought a blind man to him,
+        and begged him to touch him.
+008:023 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him
+        out of the village.  When he had spit on his eyes, and laid
+        his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
+008:024 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them
+        like trees walking."
+008:025 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes.  He looked intently,
+        and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
+008:026 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into
+        the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
+008:027 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages
+        of Caesarea Philippi.  On the way he asked his disciples,
+        "Who do men say that I am?"
+008:028 They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others:
+        one of the prophets."
+008:029 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
+        Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
+008:030 He charged them that they should tell no one about him.
+008:031 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things,
+        and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
+        and be killed, and after three days rise again.
+008:032 He spoke to them openly.  Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
+008:033 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter,
+        and said, "Get behind me, Satan!  For you have in mind not
+        the things of God, but the things of men."
+008:034 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said
+        to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself,
+        and take up his cross, and follow me.
+008:035 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever
+        will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News
+        will save it.
+008:036 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world,
+        and forfeit his life?
+008:037 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
+008:038 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this
+        adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will
+        be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father
+        with the holy angels."
+009:001 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some
+        standing here who will in no way taste death until they see
+        the Kingdom of God come with power."
+009:002 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John,
+        and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves,
+        and he was changed into another form in front of them.
+009:003 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow,
+        such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
+009:004 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
+009:005 Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
+        Let's make three tents:  one for you, one for Moses,
+        and one for Elijah."
+009:006 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
+009:007 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud,
+        "This is my beloved Son.  Listen to him."
+009:008 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more,
+        except Jesus only.
+009:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them
+        that they should tell no one what things they had seen,
+        until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
+009:010 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising
+        from the dead" meant.
+009:011 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah
+        must come first?"
+009:012 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things.
+        How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer
+        many things and be despised?
+009:013 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done
+        to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
+009:014 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them,
+        and scribes questioning them.
+009:015 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
+        and running to him greeted him.
+009:016 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
+009:017 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son,
+        who has a mute spirit;
+009:018 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams
+        at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
+        I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
+009:019 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long
+        shall I be with you?  How long shall I bear with you?
+        Bring him to me."
+009:020 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit
+        convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming
+        at the mouth.
+009:021 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come
+        to him?"  He said, "From childhood.
+009:022 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water,
+        to destroy him.  But if you can do anything, have compassion
+        on us, and help us."
+009:023 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible
+        to him who believes."
+009:024 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe.
+        Help my unbelief!"
+009:025 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked
+        the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit,
+        I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
+009:026 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him.
+        The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said,
+        "He is dead."
+009:027 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
+009:028 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately,
+        "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
+009:029 He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing,
+        except by prayer and fasting."
+009:030 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee.
+        He didn't want anyone to know it.
+009:031 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them,
+        "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men,
+        and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third
+        day he will rise again."
+009:032 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid
+        to ask him.
+009:033 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them,
+        "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"
+009:034 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another
+        on the way about who was the greatest.
+009:035 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them,
+        "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all,
+        and servant of all."
+009:036 He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them.
+        Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
+009:037 "Whoever receives one such little child in my name,
+        receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me,
+        but him who sent me."
+009:038 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow
+        us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him,
+        because he doesn't follow us."
+009:039 But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will
+        do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak
+        evil of me.
+009:040 For whoever is not against us is on our side.
+009:041 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name,
+        because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you,
+        he will in no way lose his reward.
+009:042 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me
+        to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown
+        into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
+009:043 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.
+        It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than
+        having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{or, Hell} into
+        the unquenchable fire,
+009:044 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
+009:045 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off.
+        It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having
+        your two feet to be cast into Gehenna,{or, Hell} into the fire
+        that will never be quenched--
+009:046 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
+009:047 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out.
+        It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God
+        with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
+        the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire,
+009:048 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is
+        not quenched.'{Isaiah 66:24}
+009:049 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice
+        will be seasoned with salt.
+009:050 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness,
+        with what will you season it?  Have salt in yourselves,
+        and be at peace with one another."
+010:001 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and
+        beyond the Jordan.  Multitudes came together to him again.
+        As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
+010:002 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful
+        for a man to divorce his wife?"
+010:003 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
+010:004 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written,
+        and to divorce her."
+010:005 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote
+        you this commandment.
+010:006 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male
+        and female.{Genesis 1:27}
+010:007 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother,
+        and will join to his wife,
+010:008 and the two will become one flesh,{Genesis 2:24} so that they
+        are no longer two, but one flesh.
+010:009 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
+010:010 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
+010:011 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another,
+        commits adultery against her.
+010:012 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another,
+        she commits adultery."
+010:013 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them,
+        but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
+010:014 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation,
+        and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me!
+        Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to
+        such as these.
+010:015 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom
+        of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
+010:016 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his
+        hands on them.
+010:017 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him,
+        and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may
+        inherit eternal life?"
+010:018 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good?  No one is good
+        except one--God.
+010:019 You know the commandments:  'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,'
+        'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,'
+        'Honor your father and mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16;
+        Deuteronomy 5:16-20}
+010:020 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things
+        from my youth."
+010:021 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing
+        you lack.  Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor,
+        and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me,
+        taking up the cross."
+010:022 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful,
+        for he was one who had great possessions.
+010:023 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it
+        is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
+010:024 The disciples were amazed at his words.  But Jesus answered again,
+        "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches
+        to enter into the Kingdom of God!
+010:025 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than
+        for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
+010:026 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who
+        can be saved?"
+010:027 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible,
+        but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
+010:028 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all,
+        and have followed you."
+010:029 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has
+        left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother,
+        or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake
+        of the Good News,
+010:030 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time,
+        houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land,
+        with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
+010:031 But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
+010:032 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going
+        in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed
+        were afraid.  He again took the twelve, and began to tell
+        them the things that were going to happen to him.
+010:033 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem.  The Son of Man
+        will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes.
+        They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him
+        to the Gentiles.
+010:034 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him.
+        On the third day he will rise again."
+010:035 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him,
+        saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
+010:036 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
+010:037 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your
+        right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."
+010:038 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking.
+        Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized
+        with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
+010:039 They said to him, "We are able."  Jesus said to them,
+        "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall
+        be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
+010:040 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine
+        to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
+010:041 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards
+        James and John.
+010:042 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they
+        who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them,
+        and their great ones exercise authority over them.
+010:043 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become
+        great among you shall be your servant.
+010:044 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be
+        bondservant of all.
+010:045 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve,
+        and to give his life as a ransom for many."
+010:046 They came to Jericho.  As he went out from Jericho, with his
+        disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus,
+        a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
+010:047 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out,
+        and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
+010:048 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out
+        much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
+010:049 Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him."  They called
+        the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up!  Get up.
+        He is calling you!"
+010:050 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
+010:051 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
+        The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni,{Rhabboni is a transliteration
+        of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."} that I may see again."
+010:052 Jesus said to him, "Go your way.  Your faith has made you well."
+        Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus
+        in the way.
+011:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage{TR & NU
+        read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany,
+        at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
+011:002 and said to them, "Go your way into the village that
+        is opposite you.  Immediately as you enter into it,
+        you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat.
+        Untie him, and bring him.
+011:003 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord
+        needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."
+011:004 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door
+        outside in the open street, and they untied him.
+011:005 Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing,
+        untying the young donkey?"
+011:006 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
+011:007 They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments
+        on it, and Jesus sat on it.
+011:008 Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting
+        down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.
+011:009 Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out,
+        "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."}!
+        Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm 118:25-26}
+011:010 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming
+        in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest!"
+011:011 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem.  When he had
+        looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went
+        out to Bethany with the twelve.
+011:012 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
+011:013 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see
+        if perhaps he might find anything on it.  When he came to it,
+        he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
+011:014 Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"
+        and his disciples heard it.
+011:015 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple,
+        and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought
+        in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers,
+        and the seats of those who sold the doves.
+011:016 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
+011:017 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be
+        called a house of prayer for all the nations?'{Isaiah 56:7}
+        But you have made it a den of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
+011:018 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how
+        they might destroy him.  For they feared him, because all
+        the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
+011:019 When evening came, he went out of the city.
+011:020 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered
+        away from the roots.
+011:021 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look!  The fig tree
+        which you cursed has withered away."
+011:022 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
+011:023 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain,
+        'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt
+        in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening;
+        he shall have whatever he says.
+011:024 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for,
+        believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
+011:025 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything
+        against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven,
+        may also forgive you your transgressions.
+011:026 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven
+        forgive your transgressions."
+011:027 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple,
+        the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
+011:028 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do
+        these things?  Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
+011:029 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question.  Answer me,
+        and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
+011:030 The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men?
+        Answer me."
+011:031 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say,
+        'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
+011:032 If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people,
+        for all held John to really be a prophet.
+011:033 They answered Jesus, "We don't know."  Jesus said to them,
+        "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
+012:001 He began to speak to them in parables.  "A man planted a vineyard,
+        put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower,
+        rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
+012:002 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get
+        from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
+012:003 They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
+012:004 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him,
+        wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
+012:005 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others,
+        beating some, and killing some.
+012:006 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him
+        last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
+012:007 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir.
+        Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
+012:008 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
+012:009 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do?  He will come
+        and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
+012:010 Haven't you even read this Scripture:  'The stone which the
+        builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
+012:011 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"{Psalm
+        118:22-23}
+012:012 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude;
+        for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them.
+        They left him, and went away.
+012:013 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him,
+        that they might trap him with words.
+012:014 When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know
+        that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you
+        aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
+        Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
+012:015 Shall we give, or shall we not give?"  But he,
+        knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me?
+        Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
+012:016 They brought it.  He said to them, "Whose is this image
+        and inscription?"  They said to him, "Caesar's."
+012:017 Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that
+        are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
+        They marveled greatly at him.
+012:018 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection.
+        They asked him, saying,
+012:019 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies,
+        and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children,
+        that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring
+        for his brother.'
+012:020 There were seven brothers.  The first took a wife, and dying
+        left no offspring.
+012:021 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him.
+        The third likewise;
+012:022 and the seven took her and left no children.  Last of all
+        the woman also died.
+012:023 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them?
+        For the seven had her as a wife."
+012:024 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken,
+        not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
+012:025 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry,
+        nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
+012:026 But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you
+        read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke
+        to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
+        and the God of Jacob'{Exodus 3:6}?
+012:027 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
+        You are therefore badly mistaken."
+012:028 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together.
+        Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him,
+        "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
+012:029 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God,
+        the Lord is one:
+012:030 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
+        and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
+        strength.'{Deuteronomy 6:4-5} This is the first commandment.
+012:031 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor
+        as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18} There is no other commandment
+        greater than these."
+012:032 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well
+        that he is one, and there is none other but he,
+012:033 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
+        with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love
+        his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole
+        burnt offerings and sacrifices."
+012:034 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,
+        "You are not far from the Kingdom of God."  No one dared ask
+        him any question after that.
+012:035 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it
+        that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
+012:036 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said
+        to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies
+        the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1}
+012:037 Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?"
+        The common people heard him gladly.
+012:038 In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes,
+        who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings
+        in the marketplaces,
+012:039 and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
+012:040 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make
+        long prayers.  These will receive greater condemnation."
+012:041 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude
+        cast money into the treasury.  Many who were rich cast in much.
+012:042 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{literally,
+        lepta (or widow's mites).  Lepta are very small brass coins worth
+        half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.
+        Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily
+        wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin
+        worth about 1/64 of a denarius.  A denarius is about one day's
+        wages for an agricultural laborer.}
+012:043 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
+        "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than
+        all those who are giving into the treasury,
+012:044 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of
+        her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
+013:001 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,
+        "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"
+013:002 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings?
+        There will not be left here one stone on another, which will
+        not be thrown down."
+013:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple,
+        Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
+013:004 "Tell us, when will these things be?  What is the sign that
+        these things are all about to be fulfilled?"
+013:005 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one
+        leads you astray.
+013:006 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!{or, "I AM!"}'
+        and will lead many astray.
+013:007 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled.
+        For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
+013:008 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
+        There will be earthquakes in various places.  There will
+        be famines and troubles.  These things are the beginning
+        of birth pains.
+013:009 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils.
+        You will be beaten in synagogues.  You will stand before rulers
+        and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
+013:010 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
+013:011 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be
+        anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say,
+        but say whatever will be given you in that hour.
+        For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
+013:012 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
+        Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be
+        put to death.
+013:013 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who
+        endures to the end, the same will be saved.
+013:014 But when you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:17;
+        11:31; 12:11} spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it
+        ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are
+        in Judea flee to the mountains,
+013:015 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in,
+        to take anything out of his house.
+013:016 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
+013:017 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse
+        babies in those days!
+013:018 Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.
+013:019 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has
+        not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God
+        created until now, and never will be.
+013:020 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would
+        have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones,
+        whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
+013:021 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!'
+        or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
+013:022 For there will arise false christs and false prophets,
+        and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray,
+        if possible, even the chosen ones.
+013:023 But you watch.  "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
+013:024 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened,
+        the moon will not give its light,
+013:025 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are
+        in the heavens will be shaken.{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4}
+013:026 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great
+        power and glory.
+013:027 Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his
+        chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth
+        to the ends of the sky.
+013:028 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable.  When the branch
+        has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know
+        that the summer is near;
+013:029 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass,
+        know that it is near, at the doors.
+013:030 Most certainly I say to you, this generation{The word
+        translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race,"
+        "family," or "people."} will not pass away until all
+        these things happen.
+013:031 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+013:032 But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels
+        in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
+013:033 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.
+013:034 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left
+        his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each
+        one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
+013:035 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of
+        the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight,
+        or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
+013:036 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
+013:037 What I tell you, I tell all:  Watch."
+014:001 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and
+        the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes
+        sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
+014:002 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be
+        a riot of the people."
+014:003 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
+        as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar
+        of ointment of pure nard--very costly.  She broke the jar,
+        and poured it over his head.
+014:004 But there were some who were indignant among themselves,
+        saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
+014:005 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred
+        denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural
+        laborer.} and given to the poor."  They grumbled against her.
+014:006 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone.  Why do you trouble her?
+        She has done a good work for me.
+014:007 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to,
+        you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
+014:008 She has done what she could.  She has anointed my body beforehand
+        for the burying.
+014:009 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be
+        preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman
+        has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
+014:010 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to
+        the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
+014:011 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money.
+        He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
+014:012 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed
+        the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us
+        to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"
+014:013 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city,
+        and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water.
+        Follow him,
+014:014 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house,
+        'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat
+        the Passover with my disciples?"'
+014:015 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready.
+        Make ready for us there."
+014:016 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things
+        as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
+014:017 When it was evening he came with the twelve.
+014:018 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly I
+        tell you, one of you will betray me--he who eats with me."
+014:019 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one,
+        "Surely not I?"  And another said, "Surely not I?"
+014:020 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me
+        in the dish.
+014:021 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him,
+        but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
+        It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
+014:022 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed,
+        he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat.
+        This is my body."
+014:023 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them.
+        They all drank of it.
+014:024 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant,
+        which is poured out for many.
+014:025 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit
+        of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the
+        Kingdom of God."
+014:026 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
+014:027 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because
+        of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd,
+        and the sheep will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7}
+014:028 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
+014:029 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended,
+        yet I will not."
+014:030 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today,
+        even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny
+        me three times."
+014:031 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will
+        not deny you."  They all said the same thing.
+014:032 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane.
+        He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
+014:033 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly
+        troubled and distressed.
+014:034 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death.
+        Stay here, and watch."
+014:035 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,
+        if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
+014:036 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you.
+        Please remove this cup from me.  However, not what I desire,
+        but what you desire."
+014:037 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon,
+        are you sleeping?  Couldn't you watch one hour?
+014:038 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation.
+        The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
+014:039 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
+014:040 Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes
+        were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
+014:041 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now,
+        and take your rest.  It is enough.  The hour has come.
+        Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+014:042 Arise, let us be going.  Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
+014:043 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of
+        the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs,
+        from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
+014:044 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I
+        will kiss, that is he.  Seize him, and lead him away safely."
+014:045 When he had come, immediately he came to him,
+        and said, "Rabbi!  Rabbi!" and kissed him.
+014:046 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.
+014:047 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword,
+        and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
+014:048 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber,
+        with swords and clubs to seize me?
+014:049 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't
+        arrest me.  But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
+014:050 They all left him, and fled.
+014:051 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown
+        around himself, over his naked body.  The young men grabbed him,
+014:052 but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
+014:053 They led Jesus away to the high priest.  All the chief priests,
+        the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
+014:054 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into
+        the court of the high priest.  He was sitting with the officers,
+        and warming himself in the light of the fire.
+014:055 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses
+        against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
+014:056 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony
+        didn't agree with each other.
+014:057 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
+014:058 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is
+        made with hands, and in three days I will build another
+        made without hands.'"
+014:059 Even so, their testimony did not agree.
+014:060 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you
+        no answer?  What is it which these testify against you?"
+014:061 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing.  Again the high priest
+        asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
+014:062 Jesus said, "I am.  You will see the Son of Man sitting
+        at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds
+        of the sky."
+014:063 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need
+        have we of witnesses?
+014:064 You have heard the blasphemy!  What do you think?"
+        They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
+014:065 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat
+        him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!"  The officers
+        struck him with the palms of their hands.
+014:066 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of
+        the high priest came,
+014:067 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said,
+        "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
+014:068 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you
+        are saying."  He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
+014:069 The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by,
+        "This is one of them."
+014:070 But he again denied it.  After a little while again those
+        who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them,
+        for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
+014:071 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man
+        of whom you speak!"
+014:072 The rooster crowed the second time.  Peter remembered the word,
+        how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice,
+        you will deny me three times."  When he thought about that, he wept.
+015:001 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders
+        and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation,
+        and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him
+        up to Pilate.
+015:002 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  He answered,
+        "So you say."
+015:003 The chief priests accused him of many things.
+015:004 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer?  See how many
+        things they testify against you!"
+015:005 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
+015:006 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner,
+        whom they asked of him.
+015:007 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made
+        insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
+015:008 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always
+        did for them.
+015:009 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you
+        the King of the Jews?"
+015:010 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had
+        delivered him up.
+015:011 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should
+        release Barabbas to them instead.
+015:012 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom
+        you call the King of the Jews?"
+015:013 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
+015:014 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"
+        But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
+015:015 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas
+        to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him,
+        to be crucified.
+015:016 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium;
+        and they called together the whole cohort.
+015:017 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns,
+        they put it on him.
+015:018 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
+015:019 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing
+        their knees, did homage to him.
+015:020 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him,
+        and put his own garments on him.  They led him out to crucify him.
+015:021 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country,
+        Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go
+        with them, that he might bear his cross.
+015:022 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is,
+        being interpreted, "The place of a skull."
+015:023 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he
+        didn't take it.
+015:024 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them,
+        casting lots on them, what each should take.
+015:025 It was the third hour,{9:00 A. M.} and they crucified him.
+015:026 The superscription of his accusation was written over him,
+        "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
+015:027 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand,
+        and one on his left.
+015:028 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was
+        numbered with transgressors."
+015:029 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
+        and saying, "Ha!  You who destroy the temple, and build it
+        in three days,
+015:030 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
+015:031 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with
+        the scribes said, "He saved others.  He can't save himself.
+015:032 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from
+        the cross, that we may see and believe him.{TR omits "him"}"
+        Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
+015:033 When the sixth hour{or, noon} had come, there was darkness
+        over the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM}
+015:034 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi,
+        lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God,
+        my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1}
+015:035 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold,
+        he is calling Elijah."
+015:036 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on
+        a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be.
+        Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
+015:037 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
+015:038 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
+015:039 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried
+        out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this
+        man was the Son of God!"
+015:040 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were
+        both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less
+        and of Joses, and Salome;
+015:041 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him;
+        and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
+015:042 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day,
+        that is, the day before the Sabbath,
+015:043 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself
+        was looking for the Kingdom of God, came.  He boldly went
+        in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
+015:044 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning
+        the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
+015:045 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
+015:046 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen
+        cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock.
+        He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
+015:047 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where
+        he was laid.
+016:001 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
+        of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come
+        and anoint him.
+016:002 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb
+        when the sun had risen.
+016:003 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone
+        from the door of the tomb for us?"
+016:004 for it was very big.  Looking up, they saw that the stone
+        was rolled back.
+016:005 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on
+        the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
+016:006 He said to them, "Don't be amazed.  You seek Jesus,
+        the Nazarene, who has been crucified.  He has risen.
+        He is not here.  Behold, the place where they laid him!
+016:007 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you
+        into Galilee.  There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
+016:008 They went out,{TR adds "quickly"} and fled from the tomb,
+        for trembling and astonishment had come on them.
+        They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
+016:009 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week,
+        he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast
+        out seven demons.
+016:010 She went and told those who had been with him, as they
+        mourned and wept.
+016:011 When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen
+        by her, they disbelieved.
+016:012 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them,
+        as they walked, on their way into the country.
+016:013 They went away and told it to the rest.  They didn't
+        believe them, either.
+016:014 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat
+        at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness
+        of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him
+        after he had risen.
+016:015 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News
+        to the whole creation.
+016:016 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
+        disbelieves will be condemned.
+016:017 These signs will accompany those who believe:  in my name they
+        will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
+016:018 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
+        it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick,
+        and they will recover."
+016:019 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received
+        up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
+016:020 They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them,
+        and confirming the word by the signs that followed.  Amen.
+Book 42 Luke
+001:001 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning
+        those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
+001:002 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and
+        servants of the word delivered them to us,
+001:003 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all
+        things accurately from the first, to write to you in order,
+        most excellent Theophilus;
+001:004 that you might know the certainty concerning the things
+        in which you were instructed.
+001:005 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain
+        priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah.
+        He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
+001:006 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly
+        in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
+001:007 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they
+        both were well advanced in years.
+001:008 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before
+        God in the order of his division,
+001:009 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was
+        to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
+001:010 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at
+        the hour of incense.
+001:011 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right
+        side of the altar of incense.
+001:012 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
+001:013 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your
+        request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear
+        you a son, and you shall call his name John.
+001:014 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice
+        at his birth.
+001:015 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink
+        no wine nor strong drink.  He will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
+        even from his mother's womb.
+001:016 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
+001:017 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
+        'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,'
+        and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready
+        a people prepared for the Lord."
+001:018 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this?
+        For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
+001:019 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence
+        of God.  I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you
+        this good news.
+001:020 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day
+        that these things will happen, because you didn't believe
+        my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
+001:021 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled
+        that he delayed in the temple.
+001:022 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they
+        perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple.
+        He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
+001:023 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled,
+        he departed to his house.
+001:024 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid
+        herself five months, saying,
+001:025 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked
+        at me, to take away my reproach among men."
+001:026 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God
+        to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
+001:027 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph,
+        of the house of David.  The virgin's name was Mary.
+001:028 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly
+        favored one!  The Lord is with you.  Blessed are you among women!"
+001:029 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying,
+        and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
+001:030 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have
+        found favor with God.
+001:031 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son,
+        and will call his name 'Jesus.'
+001:032 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High.
+        The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
+001:033 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.
+        There will be no end to his Kingdom."
+001:034 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
+001:035 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you,
+        and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
+        Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called
+        the Son of God.
+001:036 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son
+        in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who
+        was called barren.
+001:037 For everything spoken by God is possible."
+001:038 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me
+        according to your word."  The angel departed from her.
+001:039 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste,
+        into a city of Judah,
+001:040 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
+001:041 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,
+        that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled
+        with the Holy Spirit.
+001:042 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you
+        among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
+001:043 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
+001:044 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears,
+        the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
+001:045 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment
+        of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"
+001:046 Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
+001:047 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
+001:048 for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid.
+        For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
+001:049 For he who is mighty has done great things for me.
+        Holy is his name.
+001:050 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
+001:051 He has shown strength with his arm.  He has scattered the proud
+        in the imagination of their heart.
+001:052 He has put down princes from their thrones.  And has
+        exalted the lowly.
+001:053 He has filled the hungry with good things.  He has sent
+        the rich away empty.
+001:054 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he
+        might remember mercy,
+001:055 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever."
+001:056 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned
+        to her house.
+001:057 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled,
+        and she brought forth a son.
+001:058 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified
+        his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
+001:059 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise
+        the child; and they would have called him Zacharias,
+        after the name of the father.
+001:060 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."
+001:061 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is
+        called by this name."
+001:062 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
+001:063 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."
+        They all marveled.
+001:064 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed,
+        and he spoke, blessing God.
+001:065 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings
+        were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
+001:066 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then
+        will this child be?"  The hand of the Lord was with him.
+001:067 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit,
+        and prophesied, saying,
+001:068 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited
+        and worked redemption for his people;
+001:069 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house
+        of his servant David
+001:070 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been
+        from of old),
+001:071 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
+001:072 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
+001:073 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
+001:074 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand
+        of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
+001:075 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
+001:076 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High,
+        for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,
+001:077 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission
+        of their sins,
+001:078 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn
+        from on high will visit us,
+001:079 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
+        to guide our feet into the way of peace."
+001:080 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was
+        in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
+002:001 Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from
+        Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
+002:002 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was
+        governor of Syria.
+002:003 All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
+002:004 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
+        into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,
+        because he was of the house and family of David;
+002:005 to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married
+        to him as wife, being pregnant.
+002:006 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come
+        that she should give birth.
+002:007 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him
+        in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough,
+        because there was no room for them in the inn.
+002:008 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field,
+        and keeping watch by night over their flock.
+002:009 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory
+        of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
+002:010 The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring
+        you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
+002:011 For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David,
+        a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
+002:012 This is the sign to you:  you will find a baby wrapped in strips
+        of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
+002:013 Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
+        army praising God, and saying,
+002:014 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."
+002:015 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky,
+        that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go
+        to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened,
+        which the Lord has made known to us."
+002:016 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph,
+        and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
+002:017 When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was
+        spoken to them about this child.
+002:018 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken
+        to them by the shepherds.
+002:019 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
+002:020 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for
+        all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it
+        was told them.
+002:021 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child,
+        his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel
+        before he was conceived in the womb.
+002:022 When the days of their purification according to the law
+        of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem,
+        to present him to the Lord
+002:023 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens
+        the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),{Exodus 13:2,12}
+002:024 and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said
+        in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two
+        young pigeons."{Leviticus 12:8}
+002:025 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
+        This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation
+        of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
+002:026 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should
+        not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.{"Christ"
+        (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}
+002:027 He came in the Spirit into the temple.  When the parents
+        brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning
+        him according to the custom of the law,
+002:028 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
+002:029 "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to
+        your word, in peace;
+002:030 for my eyes have seen your salvation,
+002:031 which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
+002:032 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of
+        your people Israel."
+002:033 Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were
+        spoken concerning him,
+002:034 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold,
+        this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel,
+        and for a sign which is spoken against.
+002:035 Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts
+        of many hearts may be revealed."
+002:036 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel,
+        of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived
+        with a husband seven years from her virginity,
+002:037 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years),
+        who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings
+        and petitions night and day.
+002:038 Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord,
+        and spoke of him to all those who were looking for
+        redemption in Jerusalem.
+002:039 When they had accomplished all things that were according
+        to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their
+        own city, Nazareth.
+002:040 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit,
+        being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
+002:041 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast
+        of the Passover.
+002:042 When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem
+        according to the custom of the feast,
+002:043 and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning,
+        the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.  Joseph and his
+        mother didn't know it,
+002:044 but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey,
+        and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
+002:045 When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem,
+        looking for him.
+002:046 It happened after three days they found him in the temple,
+        sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them,
+        and asking them questions.
+002:047 All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
+002:048 When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother
+        said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way?
+        Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."
+002:049 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me?  Didn't you
+        know that I must be in my Father's house?"
+002:050 They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.
+002:051 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth.
+        He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings
+        in her heart.
+002:052 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor
+        with God and men.
+003:001 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
+        Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch
+        of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region
+        of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
+003:002 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God
+        came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
+003:003 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the
+        baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
+003:004 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
+        "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready
+        the way of the Lord.  Make his paths straight.
+003:005 Every valley will be filled.  Every mountain and hill
+        will be brought low.  The crooked will become straight,
+        and the rough ways smooth.
+003:006 All flesh will see God's salvation.'"{Isaiah 40:3-5}
+003:007 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized
+        by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee
+        from the wrath to come?
+003:008 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't
+        begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;'
+        for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham
+        from these stones!
+003:009 Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees.
+        Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit
+        is cut down, and thrown into the fire."
+003:010 The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"
+003:011 He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him
+        who has none.  He who has food, let him do likewise."
+003:012 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said
+        to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
+003:013 He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is
+        appointed to you."
+003:014 Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us?  What must we do?"
+        He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse
+        anyone wrongfully.  Be content with your wages."
+003:015 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their
+        hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
+003:016 John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water,
+        but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose
+        sandals I am not worthy to loosen.  He will baptize you
+        in the Holy Spirit and fire,
+003:017 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his
+        threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn;
+        but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
+003:018 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news
+        to the people,
+003:019 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias,
+        his brother's{TR reads "brother Philip's" instead of "brother's"}
+        wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
+003:020 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
+003:021 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized,
+        Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying.
+        The sky was opened,
+003:022 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him;
+        and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son.
+        In you I am well pleased."
+003:023 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old,
+        being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
+003:024 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi,
+        the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
+003:025 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum,
+        the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
+003:026 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,
+        the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
+003:027 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
+        the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
+003:028 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son
+        of Elmodam, the son of Er,
+003:029 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,
+        the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
+003:030 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,
+        the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
+003:031 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha,
+        the son of Nathan, the son of David,
+003:032 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son
+        of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
+003:033 the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram,{NU reads "Admin,
+        the son of Arni" instead of "Aram"} the son of Hezron,
+        the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
+003:034 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
+        the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
+003:035 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son
+        of Eber, the son of Shelah,
+003:036 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,
+        the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
+003:037 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,
+        the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
+003:038 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
+004:001 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan,
+        and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
+004:002 for forty days, being tempted by the devil.  He ate nothing
+        in those days.  Afterward, when they were completed,
+        he was hungry.
+004:003 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this
+        stone to become bread."
+004:004 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live
+        by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3}
+004:005 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all
+        the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
+004:006 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority,
+        and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give
+        it to whomever I want.
+004:007 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."
+004:008 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan!  For it is written,
+        'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall
+        you serve.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13}
+004:009 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
+        and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself
+        down from here,
+004:010 for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you,
+        to guard you;'
+004:011 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you
+        dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12}
+004:012 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall
+        not tempt the Lord your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16}
+004:013 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed
+        from him until another time.
+004:014 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee,
+        and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
+004:015 He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
+004:016 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.  He entered,
+        as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day,
+        and stood up to read.
+004:017 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.
+        He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
+004:018 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me
+        to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent me to heal
+        the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives,
+        recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
+004:019 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."{Isaiah 61:1-2}
+004:020 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down.
+        The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
+004:021 He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled
+        in your hearing."
+004:022 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious
+        words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said,
+        "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
+004:023 He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable,
+        'Physician, heal yourself!  Whatever we have heard done
+        at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
+004:024 He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable
+        in his hometown.
+004:025 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days
+        of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months,
+        when a great famine came over all the land.
+004:026 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath,
+        in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
+004:027 There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet,
+        yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
+004:028 They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they
+        heard these things.
+004:029 They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow
+        of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw
+        him off the cliff.
+004:030 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.
+004:031 He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee.  He was teaching
+        them on the Sabbath day,
+004:032 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word
+        was with authority.
+004:033 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an
+        unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
+004:034 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth?
+        Have you come to destroy us?  I know you who you are:
+        the Holy One of God!"
+004:035 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"
+        When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came
+        out of him, having done him no harm.
+004:036 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another,
+        saying, "What is this word?  For with authority and power
+        he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
+004:037 News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
+004:038 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house.
+        Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever,
+        and they begged him for her.
+004:039 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her.
+        Immediately she rose up and served them.
+004:040 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various
+        diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every
+        one of them, and healed them.
+004:041 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying,
+        "You are the Christ, the Son of God!"  Rebuking them, he didn't
+        allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
+004:042 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place,
+        and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held
+        on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.
+004:043 But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the
+        Kingdom of God to the other cities also.  For this reason I
+        have been sent."
+004:044 He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
+005:001 Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard
+        the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
+005:002 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had
+        gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
+005:003 He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's,
+        and asked him to put out a little from the land.
+        He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
+005:004 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into
+        the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
+005:005 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing;
+        but at your word I will let down the net."
+005:006 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish,
+        and their net was breaking.
+005:007 They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they
+        should come and help them.  They came, and filled both boats,
+        so that they began to sink.
+005:008 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus'
+        knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
+005:009 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch
+        of fish which they had caught;
+005:010 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
+        partners with Simon.  Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid.
+        From now on you will be catching people alive."
+005:011 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything,
+        and followed him.
+005:012 It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold,
+        there was a man full of leprosy.  When he saw Jesus, he fell
+        on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to,
+        you can make me clean."
+005:013 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to.
+        Be made clean."  Immediately the leprosy left him.
+005:014 He charged him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show
+        yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according
+        to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
+005:015 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great
+        multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him
+        of their infirmities.
+005:016 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
+005:017 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching;
+        and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by,
+        who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem.
+        The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
+005:018 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought
+        to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
+005:019 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude,
+        they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles
+        with his cot into the midst before Jesus.
+005:020 Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins
+        are forgiven you."
+005:021 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is
+        this that speaks blasphemies?  Who can forgive sins,
+        but God alone?"
+005:022 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are
+        you reasoning so in your hearts?
+005:023 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say,
+        'Arise and walk?'
+005:024 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority
+        on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man),
+        "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
+005:025 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which
+        he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
+005:026 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God.
+        They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen
+        strange things today."
+005:027 After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named
+        Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
+005:028 He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
+005:029 Levi made a great feast for him in his house.
+        There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were
+        reclining with them.
+005:030 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against
+        his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax
+        collectors and sinners?"
+005:031 Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need
+        for a physician, but those who are sick do.
+005:032 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
+005:033 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray,
+        likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours
+        eat and drink?"
+005:034 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast,
+        while the bridegroom is with them?
+005:035 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
+        from them.  Then they will fast in those days."
+005:036 He also told a parable to them.  "No one puts a piece from
+        a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new,
+        and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
+005:037 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine
+        will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins
+        will be destroyed.
+005:038 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins,
+        and both are preserved.
+005:039 No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says,
+        'The old is better.'"
+006:001 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first,
+        that he was going through the grain fields.  His disciples plucked
+        the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
+006:002 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that
+        which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
+006:003 Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did
+        when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;
+006:004 how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate
+        the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him,
+        which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"
+006:005 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
+006:006 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into
+        the synagogue and taught.  There was a man there, and his
+        right hand was withered.
+006:007 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether
+        he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an
+        accusation against him.
+006:008 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had
+        the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle."
+        He arose and stood.
+006:009 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something:
+        Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm?
+        To save a life, or to kill?"
+006:010 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out
+        your hand."  He did, and his hand was restored as sound
+        as the other.
+006:011 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another
+        about what they might do to Jesus.
+006:012 It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain
+        to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
+006:013 When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them
+        he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
+006:014 Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother;
+        James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;
+006:015 Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was
+        called the Zealot;
+006:016 Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also
+        became a traitor.
+006:017 He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd
+        of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all
+        Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon,
+        who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
+006:018 as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits,
+        and they were being healed.
+006:019 All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from
+        him and healed them all.
+006:020 He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are
+        you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
+006:021 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled.
+        Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
+006:022 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall
+        exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil,
+        for the Son of Man's sake.
+006:023 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward
+        is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing
+        to the prophets.
+006:024 "But woe to you who are rich!  For you have received
+        your consolation.
+006:025 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
+        Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
+006:026 Woe,{TR adds "to you"} when{TR adds "all"} men speak well of you,
+        for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
+006:027 "But I tell you who hear:  love your enemies, do good to those
+        who hate you,
+006:028 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
+006:029 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other;
+        and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold
+        your coat also.
+006:030 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes
+        away your goods to give them back again.
+006:031 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
+006:032 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?
+        For even sinners love those who love them.
+006:033 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is
+        that to you?  For even sinners do the same.
+006:034 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive,
+        what credit is that to you?  Even sinners lend to sinners,
+        to receive back as much.
+006:035 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back;
+        and your reward will be great, and you will be children of
+        the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
+006:036 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
+006:037 Don't judge, and you won't be judged.  Don't condemn, and you
+        won't be condemned.  Set free, and you will be set free.
+006:038 "Give, and it will be given to you:  good measure, pressed down,
+        shaken together, and running over, will be given to you.{literally,
+        into your bosom.} For with the same measure you measure it
+        will be measured back to you."
+006:039 He spoke a parable to them.  "Can the blind guide the blind?
+        Won't they both fall into a pit?
+006:040 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is
+        fully trained will be like his teacher.
+006:041 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye,
+        but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
+006:042 Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove
+        the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself
+        don't see the beam that is in your own eye?  You hypocrite!
+        First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you
+        can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in
+        your brother's eye.
+006:043 For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit;
+        nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.
+006:044 For each tree is known by its own fruit.  For people don't
+        gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from
+        a bramble bush.
+006:045 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings
+        out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil
+        treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil,
+        for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
+006:046 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things
+        which I say?
+006:047 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them,
+        I will show you who he is like.
+006:048 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep,
+        and laid a foundation on the rock.  When a flood arose,
+        the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it,
+        because it was founded on the rock.
+006:049 But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house
+        on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke,
+        and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
+007:001 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people,
+        he entered into Capernaum.
+007:002 A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick
+        and at the point of death.
+007:003 When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews,
+        asking him to come and save his servant.
+007:004 When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying,
+        "He is worthy for you to do this for him,
+007:005 for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."
+007:006 Jesus went with them.  When he was now not far from the house,
+        the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord,
+        don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come
+        under my roof.
+007:007 Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you;
+        but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
+007:008 For I also am a man placed under authority, having under
+        myself soldiers.  I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes;
+        and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant,
+        'Do this,' and he does it."
+007:009 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned
+        and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you,
+        I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."
+007:010 Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant
+        who had been sick was well.
+007:011 It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain.
+        Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude,
+        went with him.
+007:012 Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who
+        was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother,
+        and she was a widow.  Many people of the city were with her.
+007:013 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said
+        to her, "Don't cry."
+007:014 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still.
+        He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
+007:015 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak.  And he gave him
+        to his mother.
+007:016 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great
+        prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
+007:017 This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea,
+        and in all the surrounding region.
+007:018 The disciples of John told him about all these things.
+007:019 John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them
+        to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we
+        look for another?"
+007:020 When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has
+        sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we
+        look for another?'"
+007:021 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits;
+        and to many who were blind he gave sight.
+007:022 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you
+        have seen and heard:  that the blind receive their sight,
+        the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead
+        are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
+007:023 Blessed is he who is not offended by me."
+007:024 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes
+        about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?
+        A reed shaken by the wind?
+007:025 But what did you go out to see?  A man clothed in soft clothing?
+        Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately,
+        are in kings' courts.
+007:026 But what did you go out to see?  A prophet?  Yes, I tell you,
+        and much more than a prophet.
+007:027 This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger
+        before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'{Malachi 3:1}
+007:028 "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not
+        a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least
+        in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
+007:029 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared
+        God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
+007:030 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God,
+        not being baptized by him themselves.
+007:031 But the Lord said,{So reads TR.  MT omits "But the Lord said,"}
+        "To what then will I liken the people of this generation?
+        What are they like?
+007:032 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one
+        to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance.
+        We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
+007:033 For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine,
+        and you say, 'He has a demon.'
+007:034 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,
+        'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax
+        collectors and sinners!'
+007:035 Wisdom is justified by all her children."
+007:036 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him.
+        He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.
+007:037 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew
+        that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought
+        an alabaster jar of ointment.
+007:038 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet
+        with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head,
+        kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
+007:039 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said
+        to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have
+        perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him,
+        that she is a sinner."
+007:040 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
+        He said, "Teacher, say on."
+007:041 "A certain lender had two debtors.  The one owed five
+        hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
+007:042 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both.  Which of them
+        therefore will love him most?"
+007:043 Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most."
+        He said to him, "You have judged correctly."
+007:044 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman?
+        I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet,
+        but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them
+        with the hair of her head.
+007:045 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in,
+        has not ceased to kiss my feet.
+007:046 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed
+        my feet with ointment.
+007:047 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven,
+        for she loved much.  But to whom little is forgiven,
+        the same loves little."
+007:048 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
+007:049 Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves,
+        "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
+007:050 He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you.
+        Go in peace."
+008:001 It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities
+        and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom
+        of God.  With him were the twelve,
+008:002 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits
+        and infirmities:  Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom
+        seven demons had gone out;
+008:003 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna;
+        and many others; who served them{TR reads "him" instead of
+        "them"} from their possessions.
+008:004 When a great multitude came together, and people from every
+        city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
+008:005 "The farmer went out to sow his seed.  As he sowed,
+        some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot,
+        and the birds of the sky devoured it.
+008:006 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew,
+        it withered away, because it had no moisture.
+008:007 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it,
+        and choked it.
+008:008 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit
+        one hundred times."  As he said these things, he called out,
+        "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
+008:009 Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
+008:010 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom
+        of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may
+        not see, and hearing they may not understand.'{Isaiah 6:9}
+008:011 Now the parable is this:  The seed is the word of God.
+008:012 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes,
+        and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not
+        believe and be saved.
+008:013 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word
+        with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while,
+        then fall away in time of temptation.
+008:014 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard,
+        and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches,
+        and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
+008:015 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest
+        and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly,
+        and bring forth fruit with patience.
+008:016 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container,
+        or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those
+        who enter in may see the light.
+008:017 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret,
+        that will not be known and come to light.
+008:018 Be careful therefore how you hear.  For whoever has, to him
+        will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken
+        away even that which he thinks he has."
+008:019 His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come
+        near him for the crowd.
+008:020 It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers
+        stand outside, desiring to see you."
+008:021 But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these
+        who hear the word of God, and do it."
+008:022 Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered
+        into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said
+        to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake."
+        So they launched out.
+008:023 But as they sailed, he fell asleep.  A wind storm came down on
+        the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.
+008:024 They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master,
+        we are dying!"  He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging
+        of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.
+008:025 He said to them, "Where is your faith?"  Being afraid they marveled,
+        saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands
+        even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
+008:026 They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes,
+        which is opposite Galilee.
+008:027 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city
+        who had demons for a long time met him.  He wore no clothes,
+        and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
+008:028 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him,
+        and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do
+        with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God?  I beg you,
+        don't torment me!"
+008:029 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
+        For the unclean spirit had often seized the man.
+        He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters.
+        Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon
+        into the desert.
+008:030 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"  He said, "Legion,"
+        for many demons had entered into him.
+008:031 They begged him that he would not command them to go
+        into the abyss.
+008:032 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain,
+        and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those.
+        He allowed them.
+008:033 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs,
+        and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake,
+        and were drowned.
+008:034 When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled,
+        and told it in the city and in the country.
+008:035 People went out to see what had happened.  They came to Jesus,
+        and found the man from whom the demons had gone out,
+        sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind;
+        and they were afraid.
+008:036 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed
+        by demons was healed.
+008:037 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked
+        him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid.
+        He entered into the boat, and returned.
+008:038 But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him
+        that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
+008:039 "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has
+        done for you."  He went his way, proclaiming throughout
+        the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
+008:040 It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him,
+        for they were all waiting for him.
+008:041 Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler
+        of the synagogue.  He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged
+        him to come into his house,
+008:042 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she
+        was dying.  But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
+008:043 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent
+        all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
+008:044 came behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his cloak,
+        and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
+008:045 Jesus said, "Who touched me?"  When all denied it, Peter and those
+        with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you,
+        and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
+008:046 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power
+        has gone out of me."
+008:047 When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling,
+        and falling down before him declared to him in the presence
+        of all the people the reason why she had touched him,
+        and how she was healed immediately.
+008:048 He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up.  Your faith has made you well.
+        Go in peace."
+008:049 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's
+        house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead.
+        Don't trouble the Teacher."
+008:050 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid.
+        Only believe, and she will be healed."
+008:051 When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in,
+        except Peter, John, James, the father of the child,
+        and her mother.
+008:052 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep.
+        She isn't dead, but sleeping."
+008:053 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
+008:054 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand,
+        he called, saying, "Child, arise!"
+008:055 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately.
+        He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
+008:056 Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one
+        what had been done.
+009:001 He called the twelve{TR reads "his twelve disciples"
+        instead of "the twelve"} together, and gave them power
+        and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
+009:002 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to
+        heal the sick.
+009:003 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs,
+        nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
+009:004 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
+009:005 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city,
+        shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony
+        against them."
+009:006 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the
+        Good News, and healing everywhere.
+009:007 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him;
+        and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John
+        had risen from the dead,
+009:008 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one
+        of the old prophets had risen again.
+009:009 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I
+        hear such things?"  He sought to see him.
+009:010 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they
+        had done.  He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted
+        place of a city called Bethsaida.
+009:011 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him.
+        He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God,
+        and he cured those who needed healing.
+009:012 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said
+        to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into
+        the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food,
+        for we are here in a deserted place."
+009:013 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."
+        They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish,
+        unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
+009:014 For they were about five thousand men.  He said to his disciples,
+        "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
+009:015 They did so, and made them all sit down.
+009:016 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up
+        to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them
+        to the disciples to set before the multitude.
+009:017 They ate, and were all filled.  They gathered up twelve baskets
+        of broken pieces that were left over.
+009:018 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples
+        were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say
+        that I am?"
+009:019 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,'
+        and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
+009:020 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
+        Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
+009:021 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
+009:022 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected
+        by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
+        and the third day be raised up."
+009:023 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me,
+        let him deny himself, take up his cross,{TR, NU add "daily"}
+        and follow me.
+009:024 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
+        will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
+009:025 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world,
+        and loses or forfeits his own self?
+009:026 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him
+        will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory,
+        and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
+009:027 But I tell you the truth:  There are some of those who
+        stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they
+        see the Kingdom of God."
+009:028 It happened about eight days after these sayings,
+        that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up
+        onto the mountain to pray.
+009:029 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered,
+        and his clothing became white and dazzling.
+009:030 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
+009:031 who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure,{literally,
+        "exodus"} which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
+009:032 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep,
+        but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory,
+        and the two men who stood with him.
+009:033 It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter
+        said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here.
+        Let's make three tents:  one for you, and one for Moses,
+        and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
+009:034 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them,
+        and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
+009:035 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son.
+        Listen to him!"
+009:036 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone.  They were silent,
+        and told no one in those days any of the things which
+        they had seen.
+009:037 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from
+        the mountain, that a great multitude met him.
+009:038 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg
+        you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
+009:039 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it
+        convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him,
+        bruising him severely.
+009:040 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."
+009:041 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation,
+        how long shall I be with you and bear with you?
+        Bring your son here."
+009:042 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed
+        him violently.  But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit,
+        and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
+009:043 They were all astonished at the majesty of God.
+        But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did,
+        he said to his disciples,
+009:044 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man
+        will be delivered up into the hands of men."
+009:045 But they didn't understand this saying.  It was concealed from them,
+        that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask
+        him about this saying.
+009:046 There arose an argument among them about which of them
+        was the greatest.
+009:047 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child,
+        and set him by his side,
+009:048 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name
+        receives me.  Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
+        For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
+009:049 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons
+        in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't
+        follow with us."
+009:050 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against
+        us is for us."
+009:051 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be
+        taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
+009:052 and sent messengers before his face.  They went, and entered
+        into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
+009:053 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face
+        set towards Jerusalem.
+009:054 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord,
+        do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky,
+        and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
+009:055 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind
+        of spirit you are.
+009:056 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives,
+        but to save them."  They went to another village.
+009:057 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want
+        to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
+009:058 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
+        have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
+009:059 He said to another, "Follow me!"  But he said, "Lord, allow me
+        first to go and bury my father."
+009:060 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead,
+        but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
+009:061 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow
+        me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
+009:062 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow,
+        and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
+010:001 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others,
+        and sent them two by two ahead of him{literally, "before his
+        face"} into every city and place, where he was about to come.
+010:002 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful,
+        but the laborers are few.  Pray therefore to the Lord of
+        the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
+010:003 Go your ways.  Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
+010:004 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals.  Greet no one on the way.
+010:005 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
+010:006 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him;
+        but if not, it will return to you.
+010:007 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things
+        they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages.
+        Don't go from house to house.
+010:008 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you,
+        eat the things that are set before you.
+010:009 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom
+        of God has come near to you.'
+010:010 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you,
+        go out into the streets of it and say,
+010:011 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off
+        against you.  Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God
+        has come near to you.'
+010:012 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom
+        than for that city.
+010:013 "Woe to you, Chorazin!  Woe to you, Bethsaida!  For if the mighty
+        works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
+        they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
+010:014 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment
+        than for you.
+010:015 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought
+        down to Hades.{Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.}
+010:016 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you
+        rejects me.  Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
+010:017 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons
+        are subject to us in your name!"
+010:018 He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning
+        from heaven.
+010:019 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions,
+        and over all the power of the enemy.  Nothing will in any
+        way hurt you.
+010:020 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject
+        to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
+010:021 In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said,
+        "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you
+        have hidden these things from the wise and understanding,
+        and revealed them to little children.  Yes, Father, for so it
+        was well-pleasing in your sight."
+010:022 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been
+        delivered to me by my Father.  No one knows who the Son is,
+        except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son,
+        and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
+010:023 Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are
+        the eyes which see the things that you see,
+010:024 for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see
+        the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear
+        the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
+010:025 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher,
+        what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
+010:026 He said to him, "What is written in the law?  How do you read it?"
+010:027 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all
+        your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength,
+        and with all your mind;{Deuteronomy 6:5} and your neighbor
+        as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18}
+010:028 He said to him, "You have answered correctly.  Do this,
+        and you will live."
+010:029 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who
+        is my neighbor?"
+010:030 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem
+        to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him
+        and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
+010:031 By chance a certain priest was going down that way.
+        When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
+010:032 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place,
+        and saw him, passed by on the other side.
+010:033 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was.
+        When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
+010:034 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine.
+        He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn,
+        and took care of him.
+010:035 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii,
+        and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him.
+        Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
+010:036 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor
+        to him who fell among the robbers?"
+010:037 He said, "He who showed mercy on him."  Then Jesus said to him,
+        "Go and do likewise."
+010:038 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a
+        certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received
+        him into her house.
+010:039 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus'
+        feet, and heard his word.
+010:040 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up
+        to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left
+        me to serve alone?  Ask her therefore to help me."
+010:041 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled
+        about many things,
+010:042 but one thing is needed.  Mary has chosen the good part,
+        which will not be taken away from her."
+011:001 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place,
+        one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray,
+        just as John also taught his disciples."
+011:002 He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven,
+        may your name be kept holy.  May your Kingdom come.
+        May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.
+011:003 Give us day by day our daily bread.
+011:004 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone
+        who is indebted to us.  Bring us not into temptation,
+        but deliver us from the evil one.'"
+011:005 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight,
+        and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
+011:006 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I
+        have nothing to set before him,'
+011:007 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me.
+        The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.
+        I can't get up and give it to you'?
+011:008 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him
+        because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence,
+        he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
+011:009 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you.
+        Keep seeking, and you will find.  Keep knocking, and it
+        will be opened to you.
+011:010 For everyone who asks receives.  He who seeks finds.
+        To him who knocks it will be opened.
+011:011 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give
+        him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him
+        a snake instead of a fish, will he?
+011:012 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
+011:013 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
+        your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
+        the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
+011:014 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute.
+        It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke;
+        and the multitudes marveled.
+011:015 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul,
+        the prince of the demons."
+011:016 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
+011:017 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom
+        divided against itself is brought to desolation.
+        A house divided against itself falls.
+011:018 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?
+        For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
+011:019 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children
+        cast them out?  Therefore will they be your judges.
+011:020 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom
+        of God has come to you.
+011:021 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling,
+        his goods are safe.
+011:022 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him,
+        he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted,
+        and divides his spoils.
+011:023 "He that is not with me is against me.  He who doesn't gather
+        with me scatters.
+011:024 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man,
+        passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none,
+        he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
+011:025 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
+011:026 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil
+        than himself, and they enter in and dwell there.
+        The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
+011:027 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman
+        out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him,
+        "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts
+        which nursed you!"
+011:028 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear
+        the word of God, and keep it."
+011:029 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began
+        to say, "This is an evil generation.  It seeks after a sign.
+        No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
+011:030 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will
+        also the Son of Man be to this generation.
+011:031 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment
+        with the men of this generation, and will condemn them:
+        for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom
+        of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
+011:032 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation,
+        and will condemn it:  for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,
+        and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
+011:033 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or
+        under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may
+        see the light.
+011:034 The lamp of the body is the eye.  Therefore when your eye is good,
+        your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil,
+        your body also is full of darkness.
+011:035 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
+011:036 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark,
+        it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its
+        bright shining gives you light."
+011:037 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him.
+        He went in, and sat at the table.
+011:038 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first
+        washed himself before dinner.
+011:039 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside
+        of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full
+        of extortion and wickedness.
+011:040 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make
+        the inside also?
+011:041 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within,
+        and behold, all things will be clean to you.
+011:042 But woe to you Pharisees!  For you tithe mint and rue and
+        every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God.
+        You ought to have done these, and not to have left
+        the other undone.
+011:043 Woe to you Pharisees!  For you love the best seats in the synagogues,
+        and the greetings in the marketplaces.
+011:044 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you
+        are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them
+        don't know it."
+011:045 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you
+        insult us also."
+011:046 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also!  For you load men with burdens
+        that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even
+        lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
+011:047 Woe to you!  For you build the tombs of the prophets,
+        and your fathers killed them.
+011:048 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers.
+        For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
+011:049 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets
+        and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
+011:050 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
+        foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
+011:051 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished
+        between the altar and the sanctuary.'  Yes, I tell you,
+        it will be required of this generation.
+011:052 Woe to you lawyers!  For you took away the key of knowledge.
+        You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering
+        in, you hindered."
+011:053 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees
+        began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
+011:054 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something
+        he might say, that they might accuse him.
+012:001 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together,
+        so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell
+        his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,
+        which is hypocrisy.
+012:002 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed,
+        nor hidden, that will not be known.
+012:003 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard
+        in the light.  What you have spoken in the ear in the inner
+        chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
+012:004 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill
+        the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
+012:005 But I will warn you whom you should fear.  Fear him,
+        who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.{or,
+        Hell} Yes, I tell you, fear him.
+012:006 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins{An assarion
+        was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an
+        agricultural laborer.}?  Not one of them is forgotten by God.
+012:007 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Therefore don't
+        be afraid.  You are of more value than many sparrows.
+012:008 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will
+        the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
+012:009 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied
+        in the presence of the angels of God.
+012:010 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will
+        be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit
+        will not be forgiven.
+012:011 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers,
+        and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer,
+        or what you will say;
+012:012 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what
+        you must say."
+012:013 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother
+        to divide the inheritance with me."
+012:014 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an
+        arbitrator over you?"
+012:015 He said to them, "Beware!  Keep yourselves from covetousness,
+        for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things
+        which he possesses."
+012:016 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain
+        rich man brought forth abundantly.
+012:017 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I
+        don't have room to store my crops?'
+012:018 He said, 'This is what I will do.  I will pull down my barns,
+        and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain
+        and my goods.
+012:019 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up
+        for many years.  Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
+012:020 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul
+        is required of you.  The things which you have prepared--
+        whose will they be?'
+012:021 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not
+        rich toward God."
+012:022 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious
+        for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body,
+        what you will wear.
+012:023 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
+012:024 Consider the ravens:  they don't sow, they don't reap,
+        they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them.
+        How much more valuable are you than birds!
+012:025 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
+012:026 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are
+        you anxious about the rest?
+012:027 Consider the lilies, how they grow.  They don't toil,
+        neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all
+        his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
+012:028 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field,
+        which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven,
+        how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
+012:029 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink;
+        neither be anxious.
+012:030 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things,
+        but your Father knows that you need these things.
+012:031 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
+012:032 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good
+        pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
+012:033 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy.
+        Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure
+        in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches,
+        neither moth destroys.
+012:034 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
+012:035 "Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.
+012:036 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns
+        from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks,
+        they may immediately open to him.
+012:037 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when
+        he comes.  Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself,
+        and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
+012:038 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch,
+        and finds them so.
+012:039 But know this, that if the master of the house had known
+        in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched,
+        and not allowed his house to be broken into.
+012:040 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour
+        that you don't expect him."
+012:041 Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us,
+        or to everybody?"
+012:042 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward,
+        whom his lord will set over his household, to give them
+        their portion of food at the right times?
+012:043 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so
+        when he comes.
+012:044 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
+012:045 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,'
+        and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
+        and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
+012:046 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't
+        expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will
+        cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
+012:047 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare,
+        nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
+012:048 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes,
+        will be beaten with few stripes.  To whoever much is given,
+        of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted,
+        of him more will be asked.
+012:049 "I came to throw fire on the earth.  I wish it were already kindled.
+012:050 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed
+        I am until it is accomplished!
+012:051 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth?
+        I tell you, no, but rather division.
+012:052 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided,
+        three against two, and two against three.
+012:053 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father;
+        mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother;
+        mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law
+        against her mother-in-law."
+012:054 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising
+        from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,'
+        and so it happens.
+012:055 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,'
+        and it happens.
+012:056 You hypocrites!  You know how to interpret the appearance
+        of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't
+        interpret this time?
+012:057 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?
+012:058 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate,
+        try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps
+        he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer,
+        and the officer throw you into prison.
+012:059 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there,
+        until you have paid the very last penny.{literally, lepton.
+        A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman
+        quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
+        Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural
+        worker's daily wages.}"
+013:001 Now there were some present at the same time who told
+        him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed
+        with their sacrifices.
+013:002 Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were
+        worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they
+        suffered such things?
+013:003 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish
+        in the same way.
+013:004 Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them;
+        do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men
+        who dwell in Jerusalem?
+013:005 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish
+        in the same way."
+013:006 He spoke this parable.  "A certain man had a fig tree
+        planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it,
+        and found none.
+013:007 He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I
+        have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none.
+        Cut it down.  Why does it waste the soil?'
+013:008 He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I
+        dig around it, and fertilize it.
+013:009 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can
+        cut it down.'"
+013:010 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
+013:011 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
+        eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way
+        straighten herself up.
+013:012 When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman,
+        you are freed from your infirmity."
+013:013 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight,
+        and glorified God.
+013:014 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had
+        healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six
+        days in which men ought to work.  Therefore come on those days
+        and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
+013:015 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites!
+        Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall
+        on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
+013:016 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
+        had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage
+        on the Sabbath day?"
+013:017 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed,
+        and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things
+        that were done by him.
+013:018 He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like?  To what shall
+        I compare it?
+013:019 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
+        and put in his own garden.  It grew, and became a large tree,
+        and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."
+013:020 Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
+013:021 It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three
+        measures{literally, three sata.  3 sata is about 39 litres or a
+        bit more than a bushel} of flour, until it was all leavened."
+013:022 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching,
+        and traveling on to Jerusalem.
+013:023 One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?"
+        He said to them,
+013:024 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you,
+        will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
+013:025 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut
+        the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at
+        the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer
+        and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
+013:026 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence,
+        and you taught in our streets.'
+013:027 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from.
+        Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
+013:028 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you
+        see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom
+        of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
+013:029 They will come from the east, west, north, and south,
+        and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
+013:030 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first,
+        and there are some who are first who will be last."
+013:031 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him,
+        "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
+013:032 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out
+        demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third
+        day I complete my mission.
+013:033 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day,
+        for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'
+013:034 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones
+        those who are sent to her!  How often I wanted to gather
+        your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood
+        under her wings, and you refused!
+013:035 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.  I tell you,
+        you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes
+        in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26}
+014:001 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers
+        of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they
+        were watching him.
+014:002 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
+014:003 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,
+        "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
+014:004 But they were silent.  He took him, and healed him,
+        and let him go.
+014:005 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son{TR reads "donkey"
+        instead of "son"} or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately
+        pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
+014:006 They couldn't answer him regarding these things.
+014:007 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed
+        how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
+014:008 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit
+        in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than
+        you might be invited by him,
+014:009 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you,
+        'Make room for this person.'  Then you would begin, with shame,
+        to take the lowest place.
+014:010 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place,
+        so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend,
+        move up higher.'  Then you will be honored in the presence
+        of all who sit at the table with you.
+014:011 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever
+        humbles himself will be exalted."
+014:012 He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make
+        a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers,
+        nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might
+        also return the favor, and pay you back.
+014:013 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame,
+        or the blind;
+014:014 and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources
+        to repay you.  For you will be repaid in the resurrection
+        of the righteous."
+014:015 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard
+        these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast
+        in the Kingdom of God!"
+014:016 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper,
+        and he invited many people.
+014:017 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who
+        were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
+014:018 They all as one began to make excuses.  "The first said
+        to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it.
+        Please have me excused.'
+014:019 "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must
+        go try them out.  Please have me excused.'
+014:020 "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
+014:021 "That servant came, and told his lord these things.
+        Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant,
+        'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,
+        and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
+014:022 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded,
+        and there is still room.'
+014:023 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges,
+        and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
+014:024 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will
+        taste of my supper.'"
+014:025 Now great multitudes were going with him.  He turned and
+        said to them,
+014:026 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father,
+        mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his
+        own life also, he can't be my disciple.
+014:027 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me,
+        can't be my disciple.
+014:028 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit
+        down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
+014:029 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able
+        to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
+014:030 saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
+014:031 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war,
+        will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten
+        thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
+014:032 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy,
+        and asks for conditions of peace.
+014:033 So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has,
+        he can't be my disciple.
+014:034 Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless,
+        with what do you season it?
+014:035 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile.
+        It is thrown out.  He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
+015:001 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him
+        to hear him.
+015:002 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man
+        welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
+015:003 He told them this parable.
+015:004 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one
+        of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness,
+        and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
+015:005 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
+015:006 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors,
+        saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep
+        which was lost!'
+015:007 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven
+        over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous
+        people who need no repentance.
+015:008 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma{A drachma coin was worth
+        about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.} coins, if she
+        lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house,
+        and seek diligently until she found it?
+015:009 When she has found it, she calls together her friends
+        and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found
+        the drachma which I had lost.'
+015:010 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels
+        of God over one sinner repenting."
+015:011 He said, "A certain man had two sons.
+015:012 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share
+        of your property.'  He divided his livelihood between them.
+015:013 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this
+        together and traveled into a far country.  There he wasted
+        his property with riotous living.
+015:014 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine
+        in that country, and he began to be in need.
+015:015 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country,
+        and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
+015:016 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate,
+        but no one gave him any.
+015:017 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired
+        servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm
+        dying with hunger!
+015:018 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him,
+        "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
+015:019 I am no more worthy to be called your son.  Make me as one
+        of your hired servants."'
+015:020 "He arose, and came to his father.  But while he was still
+        far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion,
+        and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
+015:021 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven,
+        and in your sight.  I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
+015:022 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe,
+        and put it on him.  Put a ring on his hand, and shoes
+        on his feet.
+015:023 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
+015:024 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again.  He was lost,
+        and is found.'  They began to celebrate.
+015:025 "Now his elder son was in the field.  As he came near to the house,
+        he heard music and dancing.
+015:026 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
+015:027 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has
+        killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back
+        safe and healthy.'
+015:028 But he was angry, and would not go in.  Therefore his father
+        came out, and begged him.
+015:029 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have
+        served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours,
+        but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate
+        with my friends.
+015:030 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living
+        with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
+015:031 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is
+        mine is yours.
+015:032 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this,
+        your brother, was dead, and is alive again.  He was lost,
+        and is found.'"
+016:001 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man
+        who had a manager.  An accusation was made to him that this
+        man was wasting his possessions.
+016:002 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you?
+        Give an accounting of your management, for you can no
+        longer be manager.'
+016:003 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that
+        my lord is taking away the management position from me?
+        I don't have strength to dig.  I am ashamed to beg.
+016:004 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management,
+        they may receive me into their houses.'
+016:005 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first,
+        'How much do you owe to my lord?'
+016:006 He said, 'A hundred batos{100 batos is about 395 litres,
+        104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.} of oil.'
+        He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly
+        and write fifty.'
+016:007 Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?'  He said,
+        'A hundred cors{ 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels.
+        } of wheat.'  He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
+016:008 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely,
+        for the children of this world are, in their own generation,
+        wiser than the children of the light.
+016:009 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of
+        unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive
+        you into the eternal tents.
+016:010 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much.
+        He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
+016:011 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
+        who will commit to your trust the true riches?
+016:012 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's,
+        who will give you that which is your own?
+016:013 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one,
+        and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise
+        the other.  You aren't able to serve God and mammon{"Mammon"
+        refers to riches or a false god of wealth.}."
+016:014 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things,
+        and they scoffed at him.
+016:015 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves
+        in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts.
+        For that which is exalted among men is an abomination
+        in the sight of God.
+016:016 The law and the prophets were until John.  From that time
+        the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone
+        is forcing his way into it.
+016:017 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for
+        one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
+016:018 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another,
+        commits adultery.  He who marries one who is divorced from
+        a husband commits adultery.
+016:019 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple
+        and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
+016:020 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate,
+        full of sores,
+016:021 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich
+        man's table.  Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
+016:022 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away
+        by the angels to Abraham's bosom.  The rich man also died,
+        and was buried.
+016:023 In Hades{or, Hell}, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment,
+        and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
+016:024 He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
+        and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,
+        and cool my tongue!  For I am in anguish in this flame.'
+016:025 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime,
+        received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things.
+        But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
+016:026 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed,
+        that those who want to pass from here to you are not able,
+        and that none may cross over from there to us.'
+016:027 "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send
+        him to my father's house;
+016:028 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them,
+        so they won't also come into this place of torment.'
+016:029 "But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets.
+        Let them listen to them.'
+016:030 "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from
+        the dead, they will repent.'
+016:031 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets,
+        neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
+017:001 He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions
+        of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
+017:002 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around
+        his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that
+        he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
+017:003 Be careful.  If your brother sins against you, rebuke him.
+        If he repents, forgive him.
+017:004 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven
+        times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
+017:005 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
+017:006 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,
+        you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted
+        in the sea,' and it would obey you.
+017:007 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or
+        keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field,
+        'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'
+017:008 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper,
+        clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink.
+        Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
+017:009 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that
+        were commanded?  I think not.
+017:010 Even so you also, when you have done all the things
+        that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants.
+        We have done our duty.'"
+017:011 It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was
+        passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
+017:012 As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers
+        met him, who stood at a distance.
+017:013 They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master,
+        have mercy on us!"
+017:014 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to
+        the priests."  It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.
+017:015 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,
+        glorifying God with a loud voice.
+017:016 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks;
+        and he was a Samaritan.
+017:017 Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?
+017:018 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God,
+        except this stranger?"
+017:019 Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way.  Your faith
+        has healed you."
+017:020 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
+        he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
+017:021 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold,
+        the Kingdom of God is within you."
+017:022 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you
+        will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man,
+        and you will not see it.
+017:023 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!'
+        Don't go away, nor follow after them,
+017:024 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part
+        under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky;
+        so will the Son of Man be in his day.
+017:025 But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected
+        by this generation.
+017:026 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also
+        in the days of the Son of Man.
+017:027 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage,
+        until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came,
+        and destroyed them all.
+017:028 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot:  they ate,
+        they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
+017:029 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire
+        and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
+017:030 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
+017:031 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods
+        in the house, let him not go down to take them away.
+        Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
+017:032 Remember Lot's wife!
+017:033 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses
+        his life preserves it.
+017:034 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed.
+        The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
+017:035 There will be two grinding grain together.  One will be taken,
+        and the other will be left."
+017:036 {Some Greek manuscripts add:  "Two will be in the field:
+        the one taken, and the other left."}
+017:037 They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?"  He said to them,
+        "Where the body is, there will the vultures also
+        be gathered together."
+018:001 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray,
+        and not give up,
+018:002 saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God,
+        and didn't respect man.
+018:003 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,
+        'Defend me from my adversary!'
+018:004 He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself,
+        'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
+018:005 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else
+        she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
+018:006 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
+018:007 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him
+        day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
+018:008 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly.  Nevertheless, when the
+        Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
+018:009 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced
+        of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
+018:010 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee,
+        and the other was a tax collector.
+018:011 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:
+        'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men,
+        extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like
+        this tax collector.
+018:012 I fast twice a week.  I give tithes of all that I get.'
+018:013 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift
+        up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God,
+        be merciful to me, a sinner!'
+018:014 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather
+        than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
+        but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
+018:015 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might
+        touch them.  But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
+018:016 Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come
+        to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs
+        to such as these.
+018:017 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom
+        of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
+018:018 A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall
+        I do to inherit eternal life?"
+018:019 Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good?  No one is good,
+        except one--God.
+018:020 You know the commandments:  'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,'
+        'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father
+        and your mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20}
+018:021 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
+018:022 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack
+        one thing.  Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor.
+        You will have treasure in heaven.  Come, follow me."
+018:023 But when he heard these things, he became very sad,
+        for he was very rich.
+018:024 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is
+        for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
+018:025 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye,
+        than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
+018:026 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
+018:027 But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are
+        possible with God."
+018:028 Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."
+018:029 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no
+        one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents,
+        or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
+018:030 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in
+        the world to come, eternal life."
+018:031 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going
+        up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through
+        the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
+018:032 For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked,
+        treated shamefully, and spit on.
+018:033 They will scourge and kill him.  On the third day,
+        he will rise again."
+018:034 They understood none of these things.  This saying was hidden
+        from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
+018:035 It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat
+        by the road, begging.
+018:036 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
+018:037 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
+018:038 He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
+018:039 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet;
+        but he cried out all the more, "You son of David,
+        have mercy on me!"
+018:040 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him.
+        When he had come near, he asked him,
+018:041 "What do you want me to do?"  He said, "Lord, that I
+        may see again."
+018:042 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight.  Your faith has healed you."
+018:043 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God.
+        All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
+019:001 He entered and was passing through Jericho.
+019:002 There was a man named Zacchaeus.  He was a chief tax collector,
+        and he was rich.
+019:003 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of
+        the crowd, because he was short.
+019:004 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him,
+        for he was to pass that way.
+019:005 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him,
+        and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today
+        I must stay at your house."
+019:006 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
+019:007 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone
+        in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
+019:008 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of
+        my goods I give to the poor.  If I have wrongfully exacted
+        anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
+019:009 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house,
+        because he also is a son of Abraham.
+019:010 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
+019:011 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable,
+        because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom
+        of God would be revealed immediately.
+019:012 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country
+        to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
+019:013 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,{10
+        minas was more than 3 years' wages for an agricultural
+        laborer.} and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'
+019:014 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him,
+        saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
+019:015 "It happened when he had come back again, having received
+        the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had
+        given the money, to be called to him, that he might know
+        what they had gained by conducting business.
+019:016 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made
+        ten more minas.'
+019:017 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant!  Because you
+        were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority
+        over ten cities.'
+019:018 "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
+019:019 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
+019:020 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept
+        laid away in a handkerchief,
+019:021 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man.
+        You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that
+        which you didn't sow.'
+019:022 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you,
+        you wicked servant!  You knew that I am an exacting man,
+        taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that
+        which I didn't sow.
+019:023 Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming,
+        I might have earned interest on it?'
+019:024 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him,
+        and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
+019:025 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
+019:026 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given;
+        but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will
+        be taken away from him.
+019:027 But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign
+        over them here, and kill them before me.'"
+019:028 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
+019:029 It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage{TR, NU read "Bethpage"
+        instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany, at the mountain that is
+        called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
+019:030 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side,
+        in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no
+        man ever yet sat.  Untie it, and bring it.
+019:031 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him:
+        'The Lord needs it.'"
+019:032 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as
+        he had told them.
+019:033 As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them,
+        "Why are you untying the colt?"
+019:034 They said, "The Lord needs it."
+019:035 They brought it to Jesus.  They threw their cloaks on the colt,
+        and set Jesus on them.
+019:036 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.
+019:037 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives,
+        the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice
+        and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works
+        which they had seen,
+019:038 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm
+        118:26} Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
+019:039 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher,
+        rebuke your disciples!"
+019:040 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent,
+        the stones would cry out."
+019:041 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
+019:042 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong
+        to your peace!  But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
+019:043 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up
+        a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
+019:044 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground.
+        They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you
+        didn't know the time of your visitation."
+019:045 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who
+        bought and sold in it,
+019:046 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house
+        of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a 'den
+        of robbers'!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
+019:047 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests
+        and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought
+        to destroy him.
+019:048 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung
+        on to every word that he said.
+020:001 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people
+        in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the {TR adds
+        "chief"}priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
+020:002 They asked him, "Tell us:  by what authority do you do these things?
+        Or who is giving you this authority?"
+020:003 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question.  Tell me:
+020:004 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
+020:005 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
+        he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
+020:006 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us,
+        for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
+020:007 They answered that they didn't know where it was from.
+020:008 Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority
+        I do these things."
+020:009 He began to tell the people this parable.  "A {NU (in brackets)
+        and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out
+        to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
+020:010 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers
+        to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
+        But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
+020:011 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated
+        him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
+020:012 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.
+020:013 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do?
+        I will send my beloved son.  It may be that seeing him,
+        they will respect him.'
+020:014 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves,
+        saying, 'This is the heir.  Come, let's kill him,
+        that the inheritance may be ours.'
+020:015 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
+        What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
+020:016 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give
+        the vineyard to others."  When they heard it, they said,
+        "May it never be!"
+020:017 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written,
+        'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made
+        the chief cornerstone?'{Psalm 118:22}
+020:018 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
+        but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
+020:019 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him
+        that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew
+        he had spoken this parable against them.
+020:020 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous,
+        that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver
+        him up to the power and authority of the governor.
+020:021 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach
+        what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach
+        the way of God.
+020:022 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
+020:023 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do
+        you test me?
+020:024 Show me a denarius.  Whose image and inscription are on it?"
+        They answered, "Caesar's."
+020:025 He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
+        and to God the things that are God's."
+020:026 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people.
+        They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
+020:027 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there
+        is a resurrection.
+020:028 They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's
+        brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother
+        should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
+020:029 There were therefore seven brothers.  The first took a wife,
+        and died childless.
+020:030 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
+020:031 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left
+        no children, and died.
+020:032 Afterward the woman also died.
+020:033 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be?
+        For the seven had her as a wife."
+020:034 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are
+        given in marriage.
+020:035 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age
+        and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are
+        given in marriage.
+020:036 For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels,
+        and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
+020:037 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush,
+        when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
+        and the God of Jacob.'{Exodus 3:6}
+020:038 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living,
+        for all are alive to him."
+020:039 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
+020:040 They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.
+020:041 He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
+020:042 David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said
+        to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
+020:043 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1}
+020:044 "David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
+020:045 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
+020:046 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love
+        greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues,
+        and the best places at feasts;
+020:047 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers:
+        these will receive greater condemnation."
+021:001 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their
+        gifts into the treasury.
+021:002 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass
+        coins.{literally, "two lepta."  2 lepta was about 1% of a day's
+        wages for an agricultural laborer.}
+021:003 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than
+        all of them,
+021:004 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she,
+        out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
+021:005 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated
+        with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
+021:006 "As for these things which you see, the days will come,
+        in which there will not be left here one stone on another
+        that will not be thrown down."
+021:007 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be?
+        What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
+021:008 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come
+        in my name, saying, 'I am he{or, I AM},' and, 'The time is at hand.'
+        Therefore don't follow them.
+021:009 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified,
+        for these things must happen first, but the end
+        won't come immediately."
+021:010 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation,
+        and kingdom against kingdom.
+021:011 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in
+        various places.  There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
+021:012 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and
+        will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons,
+        bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
+021:013 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
+021:014 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
+        how to answer,
+021:015 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries
+        will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
+021:016 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives,
+        and friends.  They will cause some of you to be put to death.
+021:017 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
+021:018 And not a hair of your head will perish.
+021:019 "By your endurance you will win your lives.
+021:020 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know
+        that its desolation is at hand.
+021:021 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
+        Let those who are in the midst of her depart.
+        Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
+021:022 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are
+        written may be fulfilled.
+021:023 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants
+        in those days!  For there will be great distress in the land,
+        and wrath to this people.
+021:024 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive
+        into all the nations.  Jerusalem will be trampled down by
+        the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
+021:025 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth
+        anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea
+        and the waves;
+021:026 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things
+        which are coming on the world:  for the powers of the heavens
+        will be shaken.
+021:027 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power
+        and great glory.
+021:028 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up
+        your heads, because your redemption is near."
+021:029 He told them a parable.  "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
+021:030 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own
+        selves that the summer is already near.
+021:031 Even so you also, when you see these things happening,
+        know that the Kingdom of God is near.
+021:032 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away
+        until all things are accomplished.
+021:033 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no
+        means pass away.
+021:034 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing,
+        drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come
+        on you suddenly.
+021:035 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on
+        the surface of all the earth.
+021:036 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be
+        counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen,
+        and to stand before the Son of Man."
+021:037 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night
+        he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that
+        is called Olivet.
+021:038 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple
+        to hear him.
+022:001 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called
+        the Passover, drew near.
+022:002 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put
+        him to death, for they feared the people.
+022:003 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was
+        numbered with the twelve.
+022:004 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains
+        about how he might deliver him to them.
+022:005 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
+022:006 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them
+        in the absence of the multitude.
+022:007 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover
+        must be sacrificed.
+022:008 He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover
+        for us, that we may eat."
+022:009 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
+022:010 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city,
+        a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you.
+        Follow him into the house which he enters.
+022:011 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you,
+        "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover
+        with my disciples?"'
+022:012 He will show you a large, furnished upper room.
+        Make preparations there."
+022:013 They went, found things as he had told them, and they
+        prepared the Passover.
+022:014 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
+022:015 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover
+        with you before I suffer,
+022:016 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until
+        it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
+022:017 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
+        "Take this, and share it among yourselves,
+022:018 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit
+        of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
+022:019 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it,
+        and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you.
+        Do this in memory of me."
+022:020 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is
+        the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
+022:021 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me
+        on the table.
+022:022 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined,
+        but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!"
+022:023 They began to question among themselves, which of them it
+        was who would do this thing.
+022:024 There arose also a contention among them, which of them was
+        considered to be greatest.
+022:025 He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them,
+        and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
+022:026 But not so with you.  But one who is the greater among you,
+        let him become as the younger, and one who is governing,
+        as one who serves.
+022:027 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves?
+        Isn't it he who sits at the table?  But I am in the midst
+        of you as one who serves.
+022:028 But you are those who have continued with me in my trials.
+022:029 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
+022:030 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom.
+        You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
+022:031 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you,
+        that he might sift you as wheat,
+022:032 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail.
+        You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers{The
+        word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}."
+022:033 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison
+        and to death!"
+022:034 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow
+        today until you deny that you know me three times."
+022:035 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet,
+        and shoes, did you lack anything?"  They said, "Nothing."
+022:036 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse,
+        let him take it, and likewise a wallet.  Whoever has none,
+        let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
+022:037 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled
+        in me:  'He was counted with the lawless.'{Isaiah 53:12} For
+        that which concerns me has an end."
+022:038 They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords."  He said to them,
+        "That is enough."
+022:039 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives.
+        His disciples also followed him.
+022:040 When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you
+        don't enter into temptation."
+022:041 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt
+        down and prayed,
+022:042 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me.
+        Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
+022:043 An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
+022:044 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly.  His sweat became
+        like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
+022:045 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples,
+        and found them sleeping because of grief,
+022:046 and said to them, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray that you
+        may not enter into temptation."
+022:047 While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who
+        was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them.
+        He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
+022:048 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of Man
+        with a kiss?"
+022:049 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen,
+        they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"
+022:050 A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest,
+        and cut off his right ear.
+022:051 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched
+        his ear, and healed him.
+022:052 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple,
+        and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out
+        as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
+022:053 When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch
+        out your hands against me.  But this is your hour,
+        and the power of darkness."
+022:054 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high
+        priest's house.  But Peter followed from a distance.
+022:055 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard,
+        and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
+022:056 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light,
+        and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
+022:057 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
+022:058 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also
+        are one of them!"  But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
+022:059 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying,
+        "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
+022:060 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!"
+        Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
+022:061 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter.  Then Peter remembered
+        the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster
+        crows you will deny me three times."
+022:062 He went out, and wept bitterly.
+022:063 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
+022:064 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and
+        asked him, "Prophesy!  Who is the one who struck you?"
+022:065 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
+022:066 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people
+        was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes,
+        and they led him away into their council, saying,
+022:067 "If you are the Christ, tell us."  But he said to them,
+        "If I tell you, you won't believe,
+022:068 and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
+022:069 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand
+        of the power of God."
+022:070 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?"  He said to them,
+        "You say it, because I am."
+022:071 They said, "Why do we need any more witness?  For we ourselves
+        have heard from his own mouth!"
+023:001 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
+023:002 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting
+        the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying
+        that he himself is Christ, a king."
+023:003 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  He answered him,
+        "So you say."
+023:004 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find
+        no basis for a charge against this man."
+023:005 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people,
+        teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even
+        to this place."
+023:006 But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man
+        was a Galilean.
+023:007 When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent
+        him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.
+023:008 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had
+        wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many
+        things about him.  He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
+023:009 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
+023:010 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
+023:011 Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him.
+        Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
+023:012 Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day,
+        for before that they were enemies with each other.
+023:013 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers
+        and the people,
+023:014 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that
+        perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you,
+        and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning
+        those things of which you accuse him.
+023:015 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy
+        of death has been done by him.
+023:016 I will therefore chastise him and release him."
+023:017 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
+023:018 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man!
+        Release to us Barabbas!"--
+023:019 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city,
+        and for murder.
+023:020 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
+023:021 but they shouted, saying, "Crucify!  Crucify him!"
+023:022 He said to them the third time, "Why?  What evil has this man done?
+        I have found no capital crime in him.  I will therefore
+        chastise him and release him."
+023:023 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might
+        be crucified.  Their voices and the voices of the
+        chief priests prevailed.
+023:024 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
+023:025 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection
+        and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up
+        to their will.
+023:026 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene,
+        coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry
+        it after Jesus.
+023:027 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women
+        who also mourned and lamented him.
+023:028 But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem,
+        don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
+023:029 For behold, the days are coming in which they will say,
+        'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore,
+        and the breasts that never nursed.'
+023:030 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!'
+        and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'{Hosea 10:8}
+023:031 For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be
+        done in the dry?"
+023:032 There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be
+        put to death.
+023:033 When they came to the place that is called The Skull,
+        they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right
+        and the other on the left.
+023:034 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know
+        what they are doing."  Dividing his garments among them,
+        they cast lots.
+023:035 The people stood watching.  The rulers with them also scoffed
+        at him, saying, "He saved others.  Let him save himself,
+        if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
+023:036 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
+023:037 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
+023:038 An inscription was also written over him in letters
+        of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:  "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
+023:039 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you
+        are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
+023:040 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you
+        even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
+023:041 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds,
+        but this man has done nothing wrong."
+023:042 He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come
+        into your Kingdom."
+023:043 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be
+        with me in Paradise."
+023:044 It was now about the sixth hour{Time was counted from sunrise,
+        so the sixth hour was about noon.}, and darkness came over
+        the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM}
+023:045 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
+023:046 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands
+        I commit my spirit!"  Having said this, he breathed his last.
+023:047 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying,
+        "Certainly this was a righteous man."
+023:048 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw
+        the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
+023:049 All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him
+        from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
+023:050 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council,
+        a good and righteous man
+023:051 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea,
+        a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:
+023:052 this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
+023:053 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him
+        in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
+023:054 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
+023:055 The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after,
+        and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
+023:056 They returned, and prepared spices and ointments.
+        On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
+024:001 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and
+        some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which
+        they had prepared.
+024:002 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
+024:003 They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body.
+024:004 It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this,
+        behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
+024:005 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth.
+        They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
+024:006 He isn't here, but is risen.  Remember what he told you
+        when he was still in Galilee,
+024:007 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands
+        of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
+024:008 They remembered his words,
+024:009 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven,
+        and to all the rest.
+024:010 Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James.
+        The other women with them told these things to the apostles.
+024:011 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they
+        didn't believe them.
+024:012 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb.  Stooping and looking in,
+        he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed
+        to his home, wondering what had happened.
+024:013 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village
+        named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia{60 stadia = about 11
+        kilometers or about 7 miles.} from Jerusalem.
+024:014 They talked with each other about all of these things
+        which had happened.
+024:015 It happened, while they talked and questioned together,
+        that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
+024:016 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
+024:017 He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk,
+        and are sad?"
+024:018 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only
+        stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have
+        happened there in these days?"
+024:019 He said to them, "What things?"  They said to him, "The things
+        concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty
+        in deed and word before God and all the people;
+024:020 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up
+        to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
+024:021 But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel.
+        Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since
+        these things happened.
+024:022 Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived
+        early at the tomb;
+024:023 and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they
+        had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
+024:024 Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women
+        had said, but they didn't see him."
+024:025 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe
+        in all that the prophets have spoken!
+024:026 Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter
+        into his glory?"
+024:027 Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained
+        to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
+024:028 They drew near to the village, where they were going,
+        and he acted like he would go further.
+024:029 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening,
+        and the day is almost over."  He went in to stay with them.
+024:030 It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them,
+        he took the bread and gave thanks.  Breaking it, he gave to them.
+024:031 Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished
+        out of their sight.
+024:032 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us,
+        while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened
+        the Scriptures to us?"
+024:033 They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found
+        the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
+024:034 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
+024:035 They related the things that happened along the way, and how
+        he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
+024:036 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them,
+        and said to them, "Peace be to you."
+024:037 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed
+        that they had seen a spirit.
+024:038 He said to them, "Why are you troubled?  Why do doubts arise
+        in your hearts?
+024:039 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me.
+        Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones,
+        as you see that I have."
+024:040 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
+024:041 While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered,
+        he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
+024:042 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
+024:043 He took them, and ate in front of them.
+024:044 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still
+        with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses,
+        the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
+024:045 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand
+        the Scriptures.
+024:046 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary
+        for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
+024:047 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached
+        in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
+024:048 You are witnesses of these things.
+024:049 Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you.
+        But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed
+        with power from on high."
+024:050 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands,
+        and blessed them.
+024:051 It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them,
+        and was carried up into heaven.
+024:052 They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
+024:053 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.  Amen.
+Book 43 John
+001:001 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
+        and the Word was God.
+001:002 The same was in the beginning with God.
+001:003 All things were made through him.  Without him was not anything
+        made that has been made.
+001:004 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
+001:005 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't
+        overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also
+        be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip
+        on an enemy to defeat him.} it.
+001:006 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
+001:007 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light,
+        that all might believe through him.
+001:008 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify
+        about the light.
+001:009 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
+001:010 He was in the world, and the world was made through him,
+        and the world didn't recognize him.
+001:011 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
+001:012 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become
+        God's children, to those who believe in his name:
+001:013 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
+        nor of the will of man, but of God.
+001:014 The Word became flesh, and lived among us.  We saw his glory,
+        such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father,
+        full of grace and truth.
+001:015 John testified about him.  He cried out, saying, "This was
+        he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me,
+        for he was before me.'"
+001:016 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
+001:017 For the law was given through Moses.  Grace and truth came
+        through Jesus Christ.
+001:018 No one has seen God at any time.  The one and only Son,{NU reads
+        "God"} who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
+001:019 This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites
+        from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
+001:020 He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, "I am
+        not the Christ."
+001:021 They asked him, "What then?  Are you Elijah?"  He said, "I am not."
+        "Are you the Prophet?"  He answered, "No."
+001:022 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?
+        Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us.
+        What do you say about yourself?"
+001:023 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
+        'Make straight the way of the Lord,'{Isaiah 40:3} as Isaiah
+        the prophet said."
+001:024 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
+001:025 They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ,
+        nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
+001:026 John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands
+        one whom you don't know.
+001:027 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me,
+        whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
+001:028 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan,
+        where John was baptizing.
+001:029 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold,
+        the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
+001:030 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred
+        before me, for he was before me.'
+001:031 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water:
+        that he would be revealed to Israel."
+001:032 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending
+        like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
+001:033 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water,
+        he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending,
+        and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in
+        the Holy Spirit.'
+001:034 I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
+001:035 Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
+001:036 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold,
+        the Lamb of God!"
+001:037 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
+001:038 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are
+        you looking for?"  They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say,
+        being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
+001:039 He said to them, "Come, and see."  They came and saw
+        where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day.
+        It was about the tenth hour.{4:00 PM.}
+001:040 One of the two who heard John, and followed him,
+        was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
+001:041 He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him,
+        "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted,
+        Christ{"Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean
+        "Anointed One".}).
+001:042 He brought him to Jesus.  Jesus looked at him, and said,
+        "You are Simon the son of Jonah.  You shall be called Cephas"
+        (which is by interpretation, Peter).
+001:043 On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee,
+        and he found Philip.  Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
+001:044 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
+001:045 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him,
+        of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote:
+        Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
+001:046 Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out
+        of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him, "Come and see."
+001:047 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold,
+        an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
+001:048 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him,
+        "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree,
+        I saw you."
+001:049 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God!  You are
+        King of Israel!"
+001:050 Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath
+        the fig tree,' do you believe?  You will see greater
+        things than these!"
+001:051 He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you
+        will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending
+        and descending on the Son of Man."
+002:001 The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee.
+        Jesus' mother was there.
+002:002 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
+002:003 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him,
+        "They have no wine."
+002:004 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me?
+        My hour has not yet come."
+002:005 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
+002:006 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews'
+        manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes{2
+        to 3 metretes is about 20 to 30 U. S. Gallons, 16 to 25
+        imperial gallons, or 75 to 115 litres.} apiece.
+002:007 Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water."
+        They filled them up to the brim.
+002:008 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler
+        of the feast."  So they took it.
+002:009 When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine,
+        and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn
+        the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
+002:010 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first,
+        and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse.
+        You have kept the good wine until now!"
+002:011 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
+        and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
+002:012 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother,
+        his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there
+        a few days.
+002:013 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went
+        up to Jerusalem.
+002:014 He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
+        and the changers of money sitting.
+002:015 He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple,
+        both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers'
+        money, and overthrew their tables.
+002:016 To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here!
+        Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"
+002:017 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your
+        house will eat me up."{Psalm 69:9}
+002:018 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us,
+        seeing that you do these things?"
+002:019 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days
+        I will raise it up."
+002:020 The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple
+        in building, and will you raise it up in three days?"
+002:021 But he spoke of the temple of his body.
+002:022 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples
+        remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture,
+        and the word which Jesus had said.
+002:023 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast,
+        many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
+002:024 But Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
+002:025 and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man;
+        for he himself knew what was in man.
+003:001 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler
+        of the Jews.
+003:002 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know
+        that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do
+        these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
+003:003 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you,
+        unless one is born anew,{The word translated "anew"
+        here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from
+        above".} he can't see the Kingdom of God."
+003:004 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
+        Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
+003:005 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born
+        of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
+003:006 That which is born of the flesh is flesh.  That which is born
+        of the Spirit is spirit.
+003:007 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
+003:008 The wind{The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath,
+        and spirit.} blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound,
+        but don't know where it comes from and where it is going.
+        So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
+003:009 Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
+003:010 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't
+        understand these things?
+003:011 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know,
+        and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't
+        receive our witness.
+003:012 If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will
+        you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
+003:013 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven,
+        the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
+003:014 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
+        the Son of Man be lifted up,
+003:015 that whoever believes in him should not perish,
+        but have eternal life.
+003:016 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and
+        only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish,
+        but have eternal life.
+003:017 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world,
+        but that the world should be saved through him.
+003:018 He who believes in him is not judged.  He who doesn't believe has
+        been judged already, because he has not believed in the name
+        of the one and only Son of God.
+003:019 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world,
+        and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their
+        works were evil.
+003:020 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come
+        to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
+003:021 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works
+        may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
+003:022 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land
+        of Judea.  He stayed there with them, and baptized.
+003:023 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there
+        was much water there.  They came, and were baptized.
+003:024 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
+003:025 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's
+        disciples with some Jews about purification.
+003:026 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with
+        you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold,
+        the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
+003:027 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been
+        given him from heaven.
+003:028 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,'
+        but, 'I have been sent before him.'
+003:029 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of
+        the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly
+        because of the bridegroom's voice.  This, my joy,
+        therefore is made full.
+003:030 He must increase, but I must decrease.
+003:031 He who comes from above is above all.  He who is from
+        the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth.
+        He who comes from heaven is above all.
+003:032 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one
+        receives his witness.
+003:033 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this,
+        that God is true.
+003:034 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God
+        gives the Spirit without measure.
+003:035 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
+003:036 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one
+        who disobeys{The same word can be translated "disobeys"
+        or "disbelieves" in this context.} the Son won't see life,
+        but the wrath of God remains on him."
+004:001 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard
+        that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
+004:002 (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),
+004:003 he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.
+004:004 He needed to pass through Samaria.
+004:005 So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel
+        of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
+004:006 Jacob's well was there.  Jesus therefore, being tired
+        from his journey, sat down by the well.  It was about
+        the sixth hour{noon}.
+004:007 A woman of Samaria came to draw water.  Jesus said to her,
+        "Give me a drink."
+004:008 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
+004:009 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you,
+        being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?"
+        (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
+004:010 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it
+        is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him,
+        and he would have given you living water."
+004:011 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with,
+        and the well is deep.  From where then have you that living water?
+004:012 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well,
+        and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"
+004:013 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water
+        will thirst again,
+004:014 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never
+        thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become
+        in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
+004:015 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I
+        don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
+004:016 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
+004:017 The woman answered, "I have no husband."  Jesus said to her,
+        "You said well, 'I have no husband,'
+004:018 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is
+        not your husband.  This you have said truly."
+004:019 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
+004:020 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that
+        in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
+004:021 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes,
+        when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you
+        worship the Father.
+004:022 You worship that which you don't know.  We worship that which we know;
+        for salvation is from the Jews.
+004:023 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers
+        will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father
+        seeks such to be his worshippers.
+004:024 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in
+        spirit and truth."
+004:025 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes,"
+        (he who is called Christ).  "When he has come, he will declare
+        to us all things."
+004:026 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."
+004:027 At this, his disciples came.  They marveled that he was speaking
+        with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?"
+        or, "Why do you speak with her?"
+004:028 So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city,
+        and said to the people,
+004:029 "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did.
+        Can this be the Christ?"
+004:030 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
+004:031 In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
+004:032 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."
+004:033 The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone
+        brought him something to eat?"
+004:034 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me,
+        and to accomplish his work.
+004:035 Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?'
+        Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields,
+        that they are white for harvest already.
+004:036 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life;
+        that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
+004:037 For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
+004:038 I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored.
+        Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
+004:039 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of
+        the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything
+        that I did."
+004:040 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay
+        with them.  He stayed there two days.
+004:041 Many more believed because of his word.
+004:042 They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking;
+        for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed
+        the Christ, the Savior of the world."
+004:043 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
+004:044 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor
+        in his own country.
+004:045 So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him,
+        having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast,
+        for they also went to the feast.
+004:046 Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made
+        the water into wine.  There was a certain nobleman whose son
+        was sick at Capernaum.
+004:047 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee,
+        he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal
+        his son, for he was at the point of death.
+004:048 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders,
+        you will in no way believe."
+004:049 The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
+004:050 Jesus said to him, "Go your way.  Your son lives."
+        The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him,
+        and he went his way.
+004:051 As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported,
+        saying "Your child lives!"
+004:052 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better.
+        They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour,{1:00
+        P. M.} the fever left him."
+004:053 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said
+        to him, "Your son lives."  He believed, as did his whole house.
+004:054 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come
+        out of Judea into Galilee.
+005:001 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus
+        went up to Jerusalem.
+005:002 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is
+        called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
+005:003 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame,
+        or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
+005:004 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain times into
+        the pool, and stirred up the water.  Whoever stepped in first
+        after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever
+        disease he had.
+005:005 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
+005:006 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick
+        for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"
+005:007 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into
+        the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming,
+        another steps down before me."
+005:008 Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
+005:009 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.
+        Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
+005:010 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath.
+        It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
+005:011 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me,
+        'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
+005:012 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you,
+        'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
+005:013 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus
+        had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
+005:014 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him,
+        "Behold, you are made well.  Sin no more, so that nothing
+        worse happens to you."
+005:015 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had
+        made him well.
+005:016 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him,
+        because he did these things on the Sabbath.
+005:017 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working,
+        so I am working, too."
+005:018 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him,
+        because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God
+        his own Father, making himself equal with God.
+005:019 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son
+        can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing.
+        For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
+005:020 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all
+        things that he himself does.  He will show him greater works
+        than these, that you may marvel.
+005:021 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
+        even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
+005:022 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment
+        to the Son,
+005:023 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.
+        He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father
+        who sent him.
+005:024 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him
+        who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment,
+        but has passed out of death into life.
+005:025 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is,
+        when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those
+        who hear will live.
+005:026 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son
+        also to have life in himself.
+005:027 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is
+        a son of man.
+005:028 Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are
+        in the tombs will hear his voice,
+005:029 and will come out; those who have done good, to the
+        resurrection of life; and those who have done evil,
+        to the resurrection of judgment.
+005:030 I can of myself do nothing.  As I hear, I judge, and my
+        judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will,
+        but the will of my Father who sent me.
+005:031 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
+005:032 It is another who testifies about me.  I know that the testimony
+        which he testifies about me is true.
+005:033 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
+005:034 But the testimony which I receive is not from man.
+        However, I say these things that you may be saved.
+005:035 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing
+        to rejoice for a while in his light.
+005:036 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John,
+        for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish,
+        the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father
+        has sent me.
+005:037 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me.
+        You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
+005:038 You don't have his word living in you; because you don't
+        believe him whom he sent.
+005:039 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you
+        have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
+005:040 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
+005:041 I don't receive glory from men.
+005:042 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.
+005:043 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me.
+        If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
+005:044 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another,
+        and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
+005:045 "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father.
+        There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have
+        set your hope.
+005:046 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me;
+        for he wrote about me.
+005:047 But if you don't believe his writings, how will you
+        believe my words?"
+006:001 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea
+        of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.
+006:002 A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs
+        which he did on those who were sick.
+006:003 Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
+006:004 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
+006:005 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great
+        multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we
+        to buy bread, that these may eat?"
+006:006 This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
+006:007 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread
+        is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may
+        receive a little."
+006:008 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,
+        said to him,
+006:009 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish,
+        but what are these among so many?"
+006:010 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down."  Now there was much
+        grass in that place.  So the men sat down, in number
+        about five thousand.
+006:011 Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed
+        to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down;
+        likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
+006:012 When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up
+        the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
+006:013 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken
+        pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over
+        by those who had eaten.
+006:014 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said,
+        "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
+006:015 Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come
+        and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again
+        to the mountain by himself.
+006:016 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
+006:017 and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea
+        to Capernaum.  It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
+006:018 The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.
+006:019 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty
+        stadia,{25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3
+        to 4 miles} they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing
+        near to the boat; and they were afraid.
+006:020 But he said to them, "It is I{or, I AM}. Don't be afraid."
+006:021 They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat.
+        Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
+006:022 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other
+        side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there,
+        except the one in which his disciples had embarked,
+        and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat,
+        but his disciples had gone away alone.
+006:023 However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they
+        ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
+006:024 When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there,
+        nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats,
+        and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
+006:025 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him,
+        "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
+006:026 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, you seek me,
+        not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves,
+        and were filled.
+006:027 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which
+        remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.
+        For God the Father has sealed him."
+006:028 They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work
+        the works of God?"
+006:029 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe
+        in him whom he has sent."
+006:030 They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign,
+        that we may see, and believe you?  What work do you do?
+006:031 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness.  As it is written,
+        'He gave them bread out of heaven{Greek and Hebrew use the same
+        word for "heaven", "the heavens", "the sky", and "the air".}
+        to eat.'"{Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25}
+006:032 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you,
+        it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven,
+        but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
+006:033 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven,
+        and gives life to the world."
+006:034 They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
+006:035 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life.  He who comes
+        to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will
+        never be thirsty.
+006:036 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.
+006:037 All those who the Father gives me will come to me.
+        Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
+006:038 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will,
+        but the will of him who sent me.
+006:039 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has
+        given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up
+        at the last day.
+006:040 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees
+        the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life;
+        and I will raise him up at the last day."
+006:041 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said,
+        "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
+006:042 They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father
+        and mother we know?  How then does he say, 'I have come
+        down out of heaven?'"
+006:043 Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves.
+006:044 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,
+        and I will raise him up in the last day.
+006:045 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by
+        God.'{Isaiah 54:13} Therefore everyone who hears from the Father,
+        and has learned, comes to me.
+006:046 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God.
+        He has seen the Father.
+006:047 Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
+006:048 I am the bread of life.
+006:049 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
+006:050 This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone
+        may eat of it and not die.
+006:051 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven.
+        If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
+        Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world
+        is my flesh."
+006:052 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can
+        this man give us his flesh to eat?"
+006:053 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you,
+        unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
+        you don't have life in yourselves.
+006:054 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,
+        and I will raise him up at the last day.
+006:055 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
+006:056 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me,
+        and I in him.
+006:057 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father;
+        so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
+006:058 This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our
+        fathers ate the manna, and died.  He who eats this bread
+        will live forever."
+006:059 These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
+006:060 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said,
+        "This is a hard saying!  Who can listen to it?"
+006:061 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this,
+        said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
+006:062 Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where
+        he was before?
+006:063 It is the spirit who gives life.  The flesh profits nothing.
+        The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
+006:064 But there are some of you who don't believe."  For Jesus
+        knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe,
+        and who it was who would betray him.
+006:065 He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can
+        come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."
+006:066 At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no
+        more with him.
+006:067 Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want
+        to go away, do you?"
+006:068 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go?
+        You have the words of eternal life.
+006:069 We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ,
+        the Son of the living God."
+006:070 Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve,
+        and one of you is a devil?"
+006:071 Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was
+        he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
+007:001 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't
+        walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
+007:002 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
+007:003 His brothers therefore said to him, "Depart from here,
+        and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works
+        which you do.
+007:004 For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be
+        known openly.  If you do these things, reveal yourself
+        to the world."
+007:005 For even his brothers didn't believe in him.
+007:006 Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come,
+        but your time is always ready.
+007:007 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify
+        about it, that its works are evil.
+007:008 You go up to the feast.  I am not yet going up to this feast,
+        because my time is not yet fulfilled."
+007:009 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
+007:010 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also
+        went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
+007:011 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said,
+        "Where is he?"
+007:012 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him.
+        Some said, "He is a good man."  Others said, "Not so,
+        but he leads the multitude astray."
+007:013 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
+007:014 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up
+        into the temple and taught.
+007:015 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man
+        know letters, having never been educated?"
+007:016 Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine,
+        but his who sent me.
+007:017 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching,
+        whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
+007:018 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks
+        the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness
+        is in him.
+007:019 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law?
+        Why do you seek to kill me?"
+007:020 The multitude answered, "You have a demon!  Who seeks
+        to kill you?"
+007:021 Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel
+        because of it.
+007:022 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses,
+        but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
+007:023 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law
+        of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I
+        made a man every bit whole on the Sabbath?
+007:024 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
+007:025 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom
+        they seek to kill?
+007:026 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him.
+        Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is
+        truly the Christ?
+007:027 However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes,
+        no one will know where he comes from."
+007:028 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying,
+        "You both know me, and know where I am from.  I have not come
+        of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
+007:029 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
+007:030 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him,
+        because his hour had not yet come.
+007:031 But of the multitude, many believed in him.  They said,
+        "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those
+        which this man has done, will he?"
+007:032 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things
+        concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent
+        officers to arrest him.
+007:033 Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer,
+        then I go to him who sent me.
+007:034 You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am,
+        you can't come."
+007:035 The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this
+        man go that we won't find him?  Will he go to the Dispersion
+        among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
+007:036 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't
+        find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"
+007:037 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and
+        cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
+007:038 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within
+        him will flow rivers of living water."
+007:039 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him
+        were to receive.  For the Holy Spirit was not yet given,
+        because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
+007:040 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words,
+        said, "This is truly the prophet."
+007:041 Others said, "This is the Christ."  But some said, "What,
+        does the Christ come out of Galilee?
+007:042 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed
+        of David,{2 Samuel 7:12} and from Bethlehem,{Micah 5:2}
+        the village where David was?"
+007:043 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
+007:044 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid
+        hands on him.
+007:045 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees,
+        and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
+007:046 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"
+007:047 The Pharisees therefore answered them, "You aren't also
+        led astray, are you?
+007:048 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
+007:049 But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."
+007:050 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them)
+        said to them,
+007:051 "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him
+        personally and knows what he does?"
+007:052 They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee?  Search, and see
+        that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.{See Isaiah 9:1
+        and Matthew 4:13-16.}"
+007:053 Everyone went to his own house,
+008:001 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
+008:002 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple,
+        and all the people came to him.  He sat down, and taught them.
+008:003 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery.
+        Having set her in the midst,
+008:004 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery,
+        in the very act.
+008:005 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such.{Leviticus 20:10;
+        Deuteronomy 22:22} What then do you say about her?"
+008:006 They said this testing him, that they might have something
+        to accuse him of.  But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on
+        the ground with his finger.
+008:007 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them,
+        "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first
+        stone at her."
+008:008 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
+008:009 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience,
+        went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last.
+        Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was,
+        in the middle.
+008:010 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are
+        your accusers?  Did no one condemn you?"
+008:011 She said, "No one, Lord."  Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you.
+        Go your way.  From now on, sin no more."
+008:012 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light
+        of the world.{Isaiah 60:1} He who follows me will not walk
+        in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
+008:013 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself.
+        Your testimony is not valid."
+008:014 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony
+        is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going;
+        but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.
+008:015 You judge according to the flesh.  I judge no one.
+008:016 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone,
+        but I am with the Father who sent me.
+008:017 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people
+        is valid.{Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15}
+008:018 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent
+        me testifies about me."
+008:019 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?"  Jesus answered,
+        "You know neither me, nor my Father.  If you knew me,
+        you would know my Father also."
+008:020 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple.
+        Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
+008:021 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away,
+        and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins.
+        Where I go, you can't come."
+008:022 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says,
+        'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
+008:023 He said to them, "You are from beneath.  I am from above.
+        You are of this world.  I am not of this world.
+008:024 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins;
+        for unless you believe that I AM he, you will die in your sins."
+008:025 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?"  Jesus said to them,
+        "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
+008:026 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you.
+        However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard
+        from him, these I say to the world."
+008:027 They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
+008:028 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son
+        of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing
+        of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
+008:029 He who sent me is with me.  The Father hasn't left me alone,
+        for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
+008:030 As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
+008:031 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him,
+        "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
+008:032 You will know the truth, and the truth will make
+        you free."{Psalm 119:45}
+008:033 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been
+        in bondage to anyone.  How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
+008:034 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who
+        commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
+008:035 A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever.
+        A son remains forever.
+008:036 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
+008:037 I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me,
+        because my word finds no place in you.
+008:038 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you
+        also do the things which you have seen with your father."
+008:039 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham."  Jesus said to them,
+        "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
+008:040 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth,
+        which I heard from God.  Abraham didn't do this.
+008:041 You do the works of your father."  They said to him, "We were
+        not born of sexual immorality.  We have one Father, God."
+008:042 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father,
+        you would love me, for I came out and have come from God.
+        For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
+008:043 Why don't you understand my speech?  Because you can't
+        hear my word.
+008:044 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires
+        of your father.  He was a murderer from the beginning,
+        and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
+        When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar,
+        and the father of it.
+008:045 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
+008:046 Which of you convicts me of sin?  If I tell the truth,
+        why do you not believe me?
+008:047 He who is of God hears the words of God.  For this cause you
+        don't hear, because you are not of God."
+008:048 Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are
+        a Samaritan, and have a demon?"
+008:049 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father,
+        and you dishonor me.
+008:050 But I don't seek my own glory.  There is one who seeks and judges.
+008:051 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word,
+        he will never see death."
+008:052 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon.
+        Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps
+        my word, he will never taste of death.'
+008:053 Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died?
+        The prophets died.  Who do you make yourself out to be?"
+008:054 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing.
+        It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that
+        he is our God.
+008:055 You have not known him, but I know him.  If I said, 'I don't
+        know him,' I would be like you, a liar.  But I know him,
+        and keep his word.
+008:056 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day.  He saw it,
+        and was glad."
+008:057 The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old,
+        and have you seen Abraham?"
+008:058 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham
+        came into existence, I AM."
+008:059 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden,
+        and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst
+        of them, and so passed by.
+009:001 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
+009:002 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents,
+        that he was born blind?"
+009:003 Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents;
+        but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
+009:004 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day.
+        The night is coming, when no one can work.
+009:005 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
+009:006 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with
+        the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
+009:007 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means
+        "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
+009:008 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was
+        blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
+009:009 Others were saying, "It is he."  Still others were saying,
+        "He looks like him."  He said, "I am he."
+009:010 They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
+009:011 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes,
+        and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.'
+        So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
+009:012 Then they asked him, "Where is he?"  He said, "I don't know."
+009:013 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
+009:014 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
+009:015 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received
+        his sight.  He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed,
+        and I see."
+009:016 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is
+        not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath."
+        Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?"
+        There was division among them.
+009:017 Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you
+        say about him, because he opened your eyes?"  He said,
+        "He is a prophet."
+009:018 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had
+        been blind, and had received his sight, until they called
+        the parents of him who had received his sight,
+009:019 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind?
+        How then does he now see?"
+009:020 His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son,
+        and that he was born blind;
+009:021 but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened
+        his eyes, we don't know.  He is of age.  Ask him.
+        He will speak for himself."
+009:022 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews;
+        for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess
+        him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
+009:023 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age.  Ask him."
+009:024 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him,
+        "Give glory to God.  We know that this man is a sinner."
+009:025 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner.
+        One thing I do know:  that though I was blind, now I see."
+009:026 They said to him again, "What did he do to you?
+        How did he open your eyes?"
+009:027 He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen.
+        Why do you want to hear it again?  You don't also want
+        to become his disciples, do you?"
+009:028 They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we
+        are disciples of Moses.
+009:029 We know that God has spoken to Moses.  But as for this man,
+        we don't know where he comes from."
+009:030 The man answered them, "How amazing!  You don't know where
+        he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
+009:031 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone
+        is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens
+        to him.{Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:29; 28:9}
+009:032 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone
+        opened the eyes of someone born blind.
+009:033 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
+009:034 They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins,
+        and do you teach us?"  They threw him out.
+009:035 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him,
+        he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
+009:036 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
+009:037 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who
+        speaks with you."
+009:038 He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
+009:039 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who
+        don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
+009:040 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things,
+        and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
+009:041 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin;
+        but now you say, 'We see.'  Therefore your sin remains.
+010:001 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door
+        into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same
+        is a thief and a robber.
+010:002 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
+010:003 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep
+        listen to his voice.  He calls his own sheep by name,
+        and leads them out.
+010:004 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them,
+        and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
+010:005 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him;
+        for they don't know the voice of strangers."
+010:006 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand
+        what he was telling them.
+010:007 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you,
+        I am the sheep's door.
+010:008 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
+        didn't listen to them.
+010:009 I am the door.  If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved,
+        and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
+010:010 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
+        I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
+010:011 I am the good shepherd.{Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22}
+        The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
+010:012 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own
+        the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees.
+        The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
+010:013 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't
+        care for the sheep.
+010:014 I am the good shepherd.  I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
+010:015 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father.
+        I lay down my life for the sheep.
+010:016 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.{Isaiah 56:8}
+        I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice.
+        They will become one flock with one shepherd.
+010:017 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,{Isaiah
+        53:7-8} that I may take it again.
+010:018 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself.
+        I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
+        I received this commandment from my Father."
+010:019 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because
+        of these words.
+010:020 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane!
+        Why do you listen to him?"
+010:021 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon.
+        It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind,
+        is it?"{Exodus 4:11}
+010:022 It was the Feast of the Dedication{The "Feast of the Dedication"
+        is the Greek name for "Chanukkah," a celebration of the
+        rededication of the Temple.} at Jerusalem.
+010:023 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple,
+        in Solomon's porch.
+010:024 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long
+        will you hold us in suspense?  If you are the Christ,
+        tell us plainly."
+010:025 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe.
+        The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
+010:026 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep,
+        as I told you.
+010:027 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
+010:028 I give eternal life to them.  They will never perish,
+        and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
+010:029 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all.
+        No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
+010:030 I and the Father are one."
+010:031 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
+010:032 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from
+        my Father.  For which of those works do you stone me?"
+010:033 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work,
+        but for blasphemy:  because you, being a man, make yourself God."
+010:034 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said,
+        you are gods?'{Psalm 82:6}
+010:035 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came
+        (and the Scripture can't be broken),
+010:036 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world,
+        'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
+010:037 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
+010:038 But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works;
+        that you may know and believe that the Father is in me,
+        and I in the Father."
+010:039 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
+010:040 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John
+        was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
+010:041 Many came to him.  They said, "John indeed did no sign,
+        but everything that John said about this man is true."
+010:042 Many believed in him there.
+011:001 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village
+        of Mary and her sister, Martha.
+011:002 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment,
+        and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
+011:003 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for
+        whom you have great affection is sick."
+011:004 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death,
+        but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
+011:005 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
+011:006 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days
+        in the place where he was.
+011:007 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go
+        into Judea again."
+011:008 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying
+        to stone you, and are you going there again?"
+011:009 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight?
+        If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees
+        the light of this world.
+011:010 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light
+        isn't in him."
+011:011 He said these things, and after that, he said to them,
+        "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going
+        so that I may awake him out of sleep."
+011:012 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep,
+        he will recover."
+011:013 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke
+        of taking rest in sleep.
+011:014 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
+011:015 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you
+        may believe.  Nevertheless, let's go to him."
+011:016 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus,{"Didymus"
+        means "Twin"} said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also,
+        that we may die with him."
+011:017 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb
+        four days already.
+011:018 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia{15 stadia
+        is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles} away.
+011:019 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary,
+        to console them concerning their brother.
+011:020 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him,
+        but Mary stayed in the house.
+011:021 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here,
+        my brother wouldn't have died.
+011:022 Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
+011:023 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
+011:024 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the
+        resurrection at the last day."
+011:025 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
+        He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
+011:026 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.
+        Do you believe this?"
+011:027 She said to him, "Yes, Lord.  I have come to believe that you
+        are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
+011:028 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary,
+        her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here,
+        and is calling you."
+011:029 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
+011:030 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place
+        where Martha met him.
+011:031 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her,
+        when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out,
+        followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
+011:032 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him,
+        she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would
+        have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
+011:033 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping
+        who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
+011:034 and said, "Where have you laid him?"  They told him, "Lord,
+        come and see."
+011:035 Jesus wept.
+011:036 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
+011:037 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes
+        of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
+011:038 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb.
+        Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
+011:039 Jesus said, "Take away the stone."  Martha, the sister of him
+        who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench,
+        for he has been dead four days."
+011:040 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed,
+        you would see God's glory?"
+011:041 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man
+        was lying.{NU omits "from the place where the dead man was
+        lying."} Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank
+        you that you listened to me.
+011:042 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude
+        that stands around I said this, that they may believe that
+        you sent me."
+011:043 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice,
+        "Lazarus, come out!"
+011:044 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings,
+        and his face was wrapped around with a cloth.  Jesus said
+        to them, "Free him, and let him go."
+011:045 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did,
+        believed in him.
+011:046 But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them
+        the things which Jesus had done.
+011:047 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council,
+        and said, "What are we doing?  For this man does many signs.
+011:048 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him,
+        and the Romans will come and take away both our place
+        and our nation."
+011:049 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year,
+        said to them, "You know nothing at all,
+011:050 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man
+        should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."
+011:051 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year,
+        he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
+011:052 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather
+        together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
+011:053 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put
+        him to death.
+011:054 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews,
+        but departed from there into the country near the wilderness,
+        to a city called Ephraim.  He stayed there with his disciples.
+011:055 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand.  Many went
+        up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover,
+        to purify themselves.
+011:056 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another,
+        as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't
+        coming to the feast at all?"
+011:057 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded
+        that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it,
+        that they might seize him.
+012:001 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany,
+        where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised
+        from the dead.
+012:002 So they made him a supper there.  Martha served, but Lazarus
+        was one of those who sat at the table with him.
+012:003 Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces,
+        or about 340 grams} of ointment of pure nard, very precious,
+        and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair.
+        The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
+012:004 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples,
+        who would betray him, said,
+012:005 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300
+        denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.}
+        and given to the poor?"
+012:006 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor,
+        but because he was a thief, and having the money box,
+        used to steal what was put into it.
+012:007 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone.  She has kept this for the day
+        of my burial.
+012:008 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't
+        always have me."
+012:009 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there,
+        and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might
+        see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
+012:010 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
+012:011 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and
+        believed in Jesus.
+012:012 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast.
+        When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
+012:013 they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to
+        meet him, and cried out, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us"
+        or "help us, we pray."}!  Blessed is he who comes in the name
+        of the Lord,{Psalm 118:25-26} the King of Israel!"
+012:014 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it.
+        As it is written,
+012:015 "Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion.  Behold, your King comes,
+        sitting on a donkey's colt."{Zechariah 9:9}
+012:016 His disciples didn't understand these things at first,
+        but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that
+        these things were written about him, and that they had done
+        these things to him.
+012:017 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called
+        Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead,
+        was testifying about it.
+012:018 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they
+        heard that he had done this sign.
+012:019 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you
+        accomplish nothing.  Behold, the world has gone after him."
+012:020 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship
+        at the feast.
+012:021 These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,
+        and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
+012:022 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip,
+        and they told Jesus.
+012:023 Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man
+        to be glorified.
+012:024 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls
+        into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone.
+        But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
+012:025 He who loves his life will lose it.  He who hates his life
+        in this world will keep it to eternal life.
+012:026 If anyone serves me, let him follow me.  Where I am,
+        there will my servant also be.  If anyone serves me,
+        the Father will honor him.
+012:027 "Now my soul is troubled.  What shall I say?  'Father, save me
+        from this time?'  But for this cause I came to this time.
+012:028 Father, glorify your name!"  Then there came a voice out
+        of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will
+        glorify it again."
+012:029 The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it
+        had thundered.  Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
+012:030 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake,
+        but for your sakes.
+012:031 Now is the judgment of this world.  Now the prince of this
+        world will be cast out.
+012:032 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all
+        people to myself."
+012:033 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
+012:034 The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law
+        that the Christ remains forever.{Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44
+        (but see also Isaiah 53:8)} How do you say, 'The Son of Man
+        must be lifted up?'  Who is this Son of Man?"
+012:035 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light
+        is with you.  Walk while you have the light, that darkness
+        doesn't overtake you.  He who walks in the darkness doesn't
+        know where he is going.
+012:036 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you
+        may become children of light."  Jesus said these things,
+        and he departed and hid himself from them.
+012:037 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they
+        didn't believe in him,
+012:038 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,
+        which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report?
+        To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"{Isaiah 53:1}
+012:039 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
+012:040 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they
+        should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart,
+        and would turn, and I would heal them."{Isaiah 6:10}
+012:041 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke
+        of him.{Isaiah 6:1}
+012:042 Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him,
+        but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it,
+        so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue,
+012:043 for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.
+012:044 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not
+        in me, but in him who sent me.
+012:045 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
+012:046 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes
+        in me may not remain in the darkness.
+012:047 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe,
+        I don't judge him.  For I came not to judge the world,
+        but to save the world.
+012:048 He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one
+        who judges him.  The word that I spoke, the same will judge
+        him in the last day.
+012:049 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave
+        me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
+012:050 I know that his commandment is eternal life.  The things
+        therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me,
+        so I speak."
+013:001 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time
+        had come that he would depart from this world to the Father,
+        having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them
+        to the end.
+013:002 After supper, the devil having already put into the heart
+        of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
+013:003 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands,
+        and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,
+013:004 arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments.
+        He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
+013:005 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash
+        the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was
+        wrapped around him.
+013:006 Then he came to Simon Peter.  He said to him, "Lord, do you
+        wash my feet?"
+013:007 Jesus answered him, "You don't know what I am doing now,
+        but you will understand later."
+013:008 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!"
+        Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no
+        part with me."
+013:009 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my
+        hands and my head!"
+013:010 Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have
+        his feet washed, but is completely clean.  You are clean,
+        but not all of you."
+013:011 For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said,
+        "You are not all clean."
+013:012 So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on,
+        and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I
+        have done to you?
+013:013 You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly,
+        for so I am.
+013:014 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet,
+        you also ought to wash one another's feet.
+013:015 For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I
+        have done to you.
+013:016 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord,
+        neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
+013:017 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
+013:018 I don't speak concerning all of you.  I know whom I have chosen.
+        But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread
+        with me has lifted up his heel against me.'{Psalm 41:9}
+013:019 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens,
+        you may believe that I am he.
+013:020 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send,
+        receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
+013:021 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified,
+        "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
+013:022 The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.
+013:023 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table,
+        leaning against Jesus' breast.
+013:024 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him,
+        "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."
+013:025 He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him,
+        "Lord, who is it?"
+013:026 Jesus therefore answered, "It is he to whom I will
+        give this piece of bread when I have dipped it."
+        So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas,
+        the son of Simon Iscariot.
+013:027 After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him.
+        Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
+013:028 Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.
+013:029 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus
+        said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast,"
+        or that he should give something to the poor.
+013:030 Therefore, having received that morsel, he went out immediately.
+        It was night.
+013:031 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has
+        been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
+013:032 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him
+        in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
+013:033 Little children, I will be with you a little while longer.
+        You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going,
+        you can't come,' so now I tell you.
+013:034 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
+        just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
+013:035 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you
+        have love for one another."
+013:036 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?"
+        Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now,
+        but you will follow afterwards."
+013:037 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now?
+        I will lay down my life for you."
+013:038 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me?
+        Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you
+        have denied me three times.
+014:001 "Don't let your heart be troubled.  Believe in God.
+        Believe also in me.
+014:002 In my Father's house are many homes.  If it weren't so,
+        I would have told you.  I am going to prepare a place for you.
+014:003 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
+        and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may
+        be there also.
+014:004 Where I go, you know, and you know the way."
+014:005 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going.
+        How can we know the way?"
+014:006 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.
+        No one comes to the Father, except through me.
+014:007 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.
+        From now on, you know him, and have seen him."
+014:008 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will
+        be enough for us."
+014:009 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do
+        you not know me, Philip?  He who has seen me has seen the Father.
+        How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
+014:010 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
+        The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself;
+        but the Father who lives in me does his works.
+014:011 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me;
+        or else believe me for the very works' sake.
+014:012 Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works
+        that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works
+        than these, because I am going to my Father.
+014:013 Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
+        may be glorified in the Son.
+014:014 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
+014:015 If you love me, keep my commandments.
+014:016 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another
+        Counselor,{Greek Parakleton:  Counselor, Helper, Intercessor,
+        Advocate, and Comfortor.} that he may be with you forever,--
+014:017 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive;
+        for it doesn't see him, neither knows him.  You know him,
+        for he lives with you, and will be in you.
+014:018 I will not leave you orphans.  I will come to you.
+014:019 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more;
+        but you will see me.  Because I live, you will live also.
+014:020 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me,
+        and I in you.
+014:021 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one
+        who loves me.  One who loves me will be loved by my Father,
+        and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
+014:022 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that you
+        are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"
+014:023 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word.
+        My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make
+        our home with him.
+014:024 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words.  The word
+        which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
+014:025 I have said these things to you, while still living with you.
+014:026 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
+        in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind
+        you of all that I said to you.
+014:027 Peace I leave with you.  My peace I give to you; not as the
+        world gives, give I to you.  Don't let your heart be troubled,
+        neither let it be fearful.
+014:028 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.'
+        If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I
+        am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
+014:029 Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens,
+        you may believe.
+014:030 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes,
+        and he has nothing in me.
+014:031 But that the world may know that I love the Father,
+        and as the Father commanded me, even so I do.  Arise, let us
+        go from here.
+015:001 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
+015:002 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away.
+        Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may
+        bear more fruit.
+015:003 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I
+        have spoken to you.
+015:004 Remain in me, and I in you.  As the branch can't bear fruit
+        by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you,
+        unless you remain in me.
+015:005 I am the vine.  You are the branches.  He who remains in me,
+        and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me
+        you can do nothing.
+015:006 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch,
+        and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire,
+        and they are burned.
+015:007 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask
+        whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
+015:008 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit;
+        and so you will be my disciples.
+015:009 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you.
+        Remain in my love.
+015:010 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love;
+        even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain
+        in his love.
+015:011 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you,
+        and that your joy may be made full.
+015:012 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I
+        have loved you.
+015:013 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his
+        life for his friends.
+015:014 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
+015:015 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't
+        know what his lord does.  But I have called you friends,
+        for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made
+        known to you.
+015:016 You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you
+        should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain;
+        that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name,
+        he may give it to you.
+015:017 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
+015:018 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before
+        it hated you.
+015:019 If you were of the world, the world would love its own.
+        But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out
+        of the world, therefore the world hates you.
+015:020 Remember the word that I said to you:  'A servant is not
+        greater than his lord.'{John 13:16} If they persecuted me,
+        they will also persecute you.  If they kept my word,
+        they will keep yours also.
+015:021 But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake,
+        because they don't know him who sent me.
+015:022 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin;
+        but now they have no excuse for their sin.
+015:023 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
+015:024 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did,
+        they wouldn't have had sin.  But now have they seen and also
+        hated both me and my Father.
+015:025 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled
+        which was written in their law, 'They hated me without
+        a cause.'{Psalms 35:19; 69:4}
+015:026 "When the Counselor{Greek Parakletos:  Counselor, Helper,
+        Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.} has come, whom I
+        will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth,
+        who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
+015:027 You will also testify, because you have been with me
+        from the beginning.
+016:001 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't
+        be caused to stumble.
+016:002 They will put you out of the synagogues.  Yes, the time comes
+        that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
+016:003 They will do these things{TR adds "to you"} because they
+        have not known the Father, nor me.
+016:004 But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes,
+        you may remember that I told you about them.  I didn't tell
+        you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
+016:005 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me,
+        'Where are you going?'
+016:006 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has
+        filled your heart.
+016:007 Nevertheless I tell you the truth:  It is to your advantage that I
+        go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you.
+        But if I go, I will send him to you.
+016:008 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin,
+        about righteousness, and about judgment;
+016:009 about sin, because they don't believe in me;
+016:010 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you
+        won't see me any more;
+016:011 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
+016:012 "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
+016:013 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide
+        you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself;
+        but whatever he hears, he will speak.  He will declare to you
+        things that are coming.
+016:014 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine,
+        and will declare it to you.
+016:015 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said
+        that he takes{TR reads "will take" instead of "takes"} of mine,
+        and will declare it to you.
+016:016 A little while, and you will not see me.  Again a little while,
+        and you will see me."
+016:017 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is
+        this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me,
+        and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I
+        go to the Father?'"
+016:018 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?'
+        We don't know what he is saying."
+016:019 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said
+        to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this,
+        that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again
+        a little while, and you will see me?'
+016:020 Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament,
+        but the world will rejoice.  You will be sorrowful, but your
+        sorrow will be turned into joy.
+016:021 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come.
+        But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember
+        the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born
+        into the world.
+016:022 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again,
+        and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy
+        away from you.
+016:023 "In that day you will ask me no questions.  Most certainly
+        I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name,
+        he will give it to you.
+016:024 Until now, you have asked nothing in my name.  Ask, and you
+        will receive, that your joy may be made full.
+016:025 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech.
+        But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in
+        figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
+016:026 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you,
+        that I will pray to the Father for you,
+016:027 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me,
+        and have believed that I came forth from God.
+016:028 I came out from the Father, and have come into the world.
+        Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."
+016:029 His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly,
+        and speak no figures of speech.
+016:030 Now we know that you know all things, and don't need for
+        anyone to question you.  By this we believe that you came
+        forth from God."
+016:031 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
+016:032 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you
+        will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will
+        leave me alone.  Yet I am not alone, because the Father
+        is with me.
+016:033 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace.
+        In the world you have oppression; but cheer up!
+        I have overcome the world."
+017:001 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven,
+        he said, "Father, the time has come.  Glorify your Son,
+        that your Son may also glorify you;
+017:002 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give
+        eternal life to all whom you have given him.
+017:003 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God,
+        and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
+017:004 I glorified you on the earth.  I have accomplished the work
+        which you have given me to do.
+017:005 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory
+        which I had with you before the world existed.
+017:006 I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out
+        of the world.  They were yours, and you have given them to me.
+        They have kept your word.
+017:007 Now they have known that all things whatever you have given
+        me are from you,
+017:008 for the words which you have given me I have given to them,
+        and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth
+        from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
+017:009 I pray for them.  I don't pray for the world, but for those whom
+        you have given me, for they are yours.
+017:010 All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine,
+        and I am glorified in them.
+017:011 I am no more in the world, but these are in the world,
+        and I am coming to you.  Holy Father, keep them through
+        your name which you have given me, that they may be one,
+        even as we are.
+017:012 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name.
+        Those whom you have given me I have kept.  None of them
+        is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture
+        might be fulfilled.
+017:013 But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world,
+        that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
+017:014 I have given them your word.  The world hated them, because they
+        are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
+017:015 I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you
+        would keep them from the evil one.
+017:016 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
+017:017 Sanctify them in your truth.  Your word is truth.{Psalm 119:142}
+017:018 As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them
+        into the world.
+017:019 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves
+        also may be sanctified in truth.
+017:020 Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe
+        in me through their word,
+017:021 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me,
+        and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world
+        may believe that you sent me.
+017:022 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them;
+        that they may be one, even as we are one;
+017:023 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one;
+        that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them,
+        even as you loved me.
+017:024 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me
+        where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me,
+        for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
+017:025 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you;
+        and these knew that you sent me.
+017:026 I made known to them your name, and will make it known;
+        that the love with which you loved me may be in them,
+        and I in them."
+018:001 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his
+        disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden,
+        into which he and his disciples entered.
+018:002 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus
+        often met there with his disciples.
+018:003 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers
+        from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there
+        with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
+018:004 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him,
+        went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
+018:005 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth."  Jesus said to them,
+        "I am he."  Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
+018:006 When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward,
+        and fell to the ground.
+018:007 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
+        They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
+018:008 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he.  If therefore you
+        seek me, let these go their way,"
+018:009 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom
+        you have given me, I have lost none."{John 6:39}
+018:010 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck
+        the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear.
+        The servant's name was Malchus.
+018:011 Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath.
+        The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not
+        surely drink it?"
+018:012 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers
+        of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
+018:013 and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas,
+        who was high priest that year.
+018:014 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient
+        that one man should perish for the people.
+018:015 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple.
+        Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered
+        in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;
+018:016 but Peter was standing at the door outside.  So the other disciple,
+        who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her
+        who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
+018:017 Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you
+        also one of this man's disciples?"  He said, "I am not."
+018:018 Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made
+        a fire of coals, for it was cold.  They were warming themselves.
+        Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
+018:019 The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples,
+        and about his teaching.
+018:020 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world.  I always taught
+        in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet.
+        I said nothing in secret.
+018:021 Why do you ask me?  Ask those who have heard me what I said
+        to them.  Behold, these know the things which I said."
+018:022 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped
+        Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high
+        priest like that?"
+018:023 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil;
+        but if well, why do you beat me?"
+018:024 Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
+018:025 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself.  They said
+        therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?"
+        He denied it, and said, "I am not."
+018:026 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative
+        of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you
+        in the garden with him?"
+018:027 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
+018:028 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium.
+        It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium,
+        that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
+018:029 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation
+        do you bring against this man?"
+018:030 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't
+        have delivered him up to you."
+018:031 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge
+        him according to your law."  Therefore the Jews said to him,
+        "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"
+018:032 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke,
+        signifying by what kind of death he should die.
+018:033 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus,
+        and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
+018:034 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others
+        tell you about me?"
+018:035 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I?  Your own nation and
+        the chief priests delivered you to me.  What have you done?"
+018:036 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world.
+        If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants
+        would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews.
+        But now my Kingdom is not from here."
+018:037 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?"
+        Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king.  For this
+        reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come
+        into the world, that I should testify to the truth.
+        Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
+018:038 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"  When he had said this,
+        he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find
+        no basis for a charge against him.
+018:039 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you
+        at the Passover.  Therefore do you want me to release to you
+        the King of the Jews?"
+018:040 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man,
+        but Barabbas!"  Now Barabbas was a robber.
+019:001 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
+019:002 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head,
+        and dressed him in a purple garment.
+019:003 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they
+        kept slapping him.
+019:004 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring
+        him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis
+        for a charge against him."
+019:005 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and
+        the purple garment.  Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"
+019:006 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him,
+        they shouted, saying, "Crucify!  Crucify!"  Pilate said to them,
+        "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis
+        for a charge against him."
+019:007 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought
+        to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
+019:008 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
+019:009 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are
+        you from?"  But Jesus gave him no answer.
+019:010 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me?
+        Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power
+        to crucify you?"
+019:011 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me,
+        unless it were given to you from above.  Therefore he who
+        delivered me to you has greater sin."
+019:012 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out,
+        saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend!
+        Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
+019:013 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out,
+        and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement,"
+        but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
+019:014 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth
+        hour.{noon} He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
+019:015 They cried out, "Away with him!  Away with him!  Crucify him!"
+        Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?"  The chief
+        priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
+019:016 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified.
+        So they took Jesus and led him away.
+019:017 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place
+        of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha,"
+019:018 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either
+        side one, and Jesus in the middle.
+019:019 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross.
+        There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
+019:020 Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place
+        where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written
+        in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
+019:021 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write,
+        'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"
+019:022 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
+019:023 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments
+        and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat.
+        Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
+019:024 Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots
+        for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might
+        be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them.
+        For my cloak they cast lots."{Psalm 22:18} Therefore the soldiers
+        did these things.
+019:025 But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother,
+        and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
+        and Mary Magdalene.
+019:026 Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom
+        he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman,
+        behold your son!"
+019:027 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!"
+        From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
+019:028 After this, Jesus, seeing{NU, TR read "knowing" instead of
+        "seeing"} that all things were now finished, that the Scripture
+        might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
+019:029 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge
+        full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
+019:030 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said,
+        "It is finished."  He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
+019:031 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day,
+        so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath
+        (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their
+        legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
+019:032 Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first,
+        and of the other who was crucified with him;
+019:033 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead,
+        they didn't break his legs.
+019:034 However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear,
+        and immediately blood and water came out.
+019:035 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true.
+        He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
+019:036 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
+        "A bone of him will not be broken."{Exodus 12:46;
+        Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20}
+019:037 Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom
+        they pierced."{Zechariah 12:10}
+019:038 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple
+        of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate
+        that he might take away Jesus' body.  Pilate gave him permission.
+        He came therefore and took away his body.
+019:039 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came
+        bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred
+        pounds.{100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds,
+        or 33 Kilograms.}
+019:040 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with
+        the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
+019:041 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden.
+        In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever
+        yet been laid.
+019:042 Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was
+        near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
+020:001 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early,
+        while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken
+        away from the tomb.
+020:002 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other
+        disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken
+        away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they
+        have laid him!"
+020:003 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went
+        toward the tomb.
+020:004 They both ran together.  The other disciple outran Peter,
+        and came to the tomb first.
+020:005 Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying,
+        yet he didn't enter in.
+020:006 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb.
+        He saw the linen cloths lying,
+020:007 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with
+        the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
+020:008 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also
+        entered in, and he saw and believed.
+020:009 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise
+        from the dead.
+020:010 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
+020:011 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping.  So, as she wept,
+        she stooped and looked into the tomb,
+020:012 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head,
+        and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
+020:013 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"  She said to them,
+        "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know
+        where they have laid him."
+020:014 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing,
+        and didn't know that it was Jesus.
+020:015 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?
+        Who are you looking for?"  She, supposing him to be the gardener,
+        said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
+        where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
+020:016 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!"
+        which is to say, "Teacher!"
+020:017 Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet
+        ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them,
+        'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God
+        and your God.'"
+020:018 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen
+        the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
+020:019 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week,
+        and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled,
+        for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst,
+        and said to them, "Peace be to you."
+020:020 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
+        The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
+020:021 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you.
+        As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
+020:022 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,
+        "Receive the Holy Spirit!
+020:023 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them.
+        Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."
+020:024 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them
+        when Jesus came.
+020:025 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen
+        the Lord!"  But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands
+        the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side,
+        I will not believe."
+020:026 After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas
+        was with them.  Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood
+        in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you."
+020:027 Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see
+        my hands.  Reach here your hand, and put it into my side.
+        Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
+020:028 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
+020:029 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me,{TR adds "
+        Thomas,"} you have believed.  Blessed are those who have not seen,
+        and have believed."
+020:030 Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of
+        his disciples, which are not written in this book;
+020:031 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is
+        the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have
+        life in his name.
+021:001 After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples
+        at the sea of Tiberias.  He revealed himself this way.
+021:002 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana
+        in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his
+        disciples were together.
+021:003 Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing."
+        They told him, "We are also coming with you."
+        They immediately went out, and entered into the boat.
+        That night, they caught nothing.
+021:004 But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach,
+        yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus.
+021:005 Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?"
+        They answered him, "No."
+021:006 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat,
+        and you will find some."  They cast it therefore, and now they
+        weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
+021:007 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's
+        the Lord!"  So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
+        he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw
+        himself into the sea.
+021:008 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they
+        were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits{200
+        cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters} away),
+        dragging the net full of fish.
+021:009 So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there,
+        and fish laid on it, and bread.
+021:010 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you
+        have just caught."
+021:011 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish,
+        one hundred fifty-three; and even though there were so many,
+        the net wasn't torn.
+021:012 Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast."
+        None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?"
+        knowing that it was the Lord.
+021:013 Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them,
+        and the fish likewise.
+021:014 This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples,
+        after he had risen from the dead.
+021:015 So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to
+        Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?"
+        He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you."
+        He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
+021:016 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah,
+        do you love me?"  He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I
+        have affection for you."  He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
+021:017 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you
+        have affection for me?"  Peter was grieved because he asked
+        him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?"
+        He said to him, "Lord, you know everything.  You know that I
+        have affection for you."  Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
+021:018 Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself,
+        and walked where you wanted to.  But when you are old,
+        you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you,
+        and carry you where you don't want to go."
+021:019 Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would
+        glorify God.  When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
+021:020 Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following.
+        This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved,
+        the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper
+        and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"
+021:021 Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
+021:022 Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come,
+        what is that to you?  You follow me."
+021:023 This saying therefore went out among the brothers{The word
+        for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."}, that this disciple wouldn't die.
+        Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I
+        desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"
+021:024 This is the disciple who testifies about these things,
+        and wrote these things.  We know that his witness is true.
+021:025 There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they
+        would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself
+        wouldn't have room for the books that would be written.
+Book 44 Acts
+001:001 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus
+        began both to do and to teach,
+001:002 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given
+        commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom
+        he had chosen.
+001:003 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered,
+        by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days,
+        and speaking about God's Kingdom.
+001:004 Being assembled together with them, he charged them, "Don't depart
+        from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father,
+        which you heard from me.
+001:005 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized
+        in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
+001:006 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord,
+        are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
+001:007 He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons
+        which the Father has set within his own authority.
+001:008 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.
+        You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria,
+        and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
+001:009 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was
+        taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
+001:010 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went,
+        behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
+001:011 who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking
+        into the sky?  This Jesus, who was received up from you into
+        the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going
+        into the sky."
+001:012 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet,
+        which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
+001:013 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room,
+        where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James,
+        Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son
+        of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
+001:014 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer
+        and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother
+        of Jesus, and with his brothers.
+001:015 In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples
+        (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
+001:016 "Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled,
+        which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David
+        concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
+001:017 For he was numbered with us, and received his portion
+        in this ministry.
+001:018 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness,
+        and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his
+        intestines gushed out.
+001:019 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in
+        their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is,
+        'The field of blood.'
+001:020 For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation
+        be made desolate.  Let no one dwell therein;'{Psalm 69:25} and,
+        'Let another take his office.'{Psalm 109:8}
+001:021 "Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time
+        that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
+001:022 beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was
+        received up from us, of these one must become a witness
+        with us of his resurrection."
+001:023 They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was
+        surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
+001:024 They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men,
+        show which one of these two you have chosen
+001:025 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas
+        fell away, that he might go to his own place."
+001:026 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias,
+        and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
+002:001 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one
+        accord in one place.
+002:002 Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a
+        mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
+002:003 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them,
+        and one sat on each of them.
+002:004 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak
+        with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
+002:005 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
+        from every nation under the sky.
+002:006 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together,
+        and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking
+        in his own language.
+002:007 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another,
+        "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?
+002:008 How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?
+002:009 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia,
+        Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
+002:010 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene,
+        visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
+002:011 Cretans and Arabians:  we hear them speaking in our languages
+        the mighty works of God!"
+002:012 They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another,
+        "What does this mean?"
+002:013 Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."
+002:014 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice,
+        and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you
+        who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen
+        to my words.
+002:015 For these aren't drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only
+        the third hour of the day{about 9:00 AM}.
+002:016 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:
+002:017 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour
+        out my Spirit on all flesh.  Your sons and your daughters
+        will prophesy.  Your young men will see visions.
+        Your old men will dream dreams.
+002:018 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days,
+        I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
+002:019 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the
+        earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
+002:020 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
+        before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
+002:021 It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord
+        will be saved.'{Joel 2:28-32}
+002:022 "Men of Israel, hear these words!  Jesus of Nazareth,
+        a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders
+        and signs which God did by him in the midst of you,
+        even as you yourselves know,
+002:023 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and
+        foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men,
+        crucified and killed;
+002:024 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death,
+        because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
+002:025 For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face,
+        For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
+002:026 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced.
+        Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;
+002:027 because you will not leave my soul in Hades{or, Hell}, neither will
+        you allow your Holy One to see decay.
+002:028 You made known to me the ways of life.  You will make me full
+        of gladness with your presence.'{Psalm 16:8-11}
+002:029 "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David,
+        that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us
+        to this day.
+002:030 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn
+        with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body,
+        according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit
+        on his throne,
+002:031 he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
+        that neither was his soul left in Hades{or, Hell}, nor did
+        his flesh see decay.
+002:032 This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
+002:033 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having
+        received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit,
+        he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
+002:034 For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself,
+        'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,
+002:035 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'{Psalm 110:1}
+002:036 "Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has
+        made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
+002:037 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart,
+        and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers,
+        what shall we do?"
+002:038 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you,
+        in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins,
+        and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
+002:039 For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all
+        who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will
+        call to himself."
+002:040 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying,
+        "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
+002:041 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized.
+        There were added that day about three thousand souls.
+002:042 They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship,
+        in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
+002:043 Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done
+        through the apostles.
+002:044 All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
+002:045 They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them
+        to all, according as anyone had need.
+002:046 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple,
+        and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness
+        and singleness of heart,
+002:047 praising God, and having favor with all the people.  The Lord
+        added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
+003:001 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer,
+        the ninth hour{3:00 PM}.
+003:002 A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried,
+        whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is
+        called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who
+        entered into the temple.
+003:003 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked
+        to receive gifts for the needy.
+003:004 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
+003:005 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
+003:006 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have,
+        that I give you.  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
+        get up and walk!"
+003:007 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up.
+        Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
+003:008 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk.  He entered with them
+        into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
+003:009 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
+003:010 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging
+        for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
+        They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had
+        happened to him.
+003:011 As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John,
+        all the people ran together to them in the porch that is
+        called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
+003:012 When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel,
+        why do you marvel at this man?  Why do you fasten your eyes on us,
+        as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
+003:013 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers,
+        has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up,
+        and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined
+        to release him.
+003:014 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a
+        murderer to be granted to you,
+003:015 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead,
+        to which we are witnesses.
+003:016 By faith in his name has his name made this man strong,
+        whom you see and know.  Yes, the faith which is through him has
+        given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
+003:017 "Now, brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, I know
+        that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
+003:018 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets,
+        that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
+003:019 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
+        so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence
+        of the Lord,
+003:020 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
+003:021 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things,
+        which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
+003:022 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise
+        up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.
+        You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
+003:023 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet
+        will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'{Deuteronomy
+        18:15,18-19}
+003:024 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after,
+        as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
+003:025 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God
+        made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will
+        all the families of the earth be blessed.'{Genesis 22:18; 26:4}
+003:026 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first,
+        to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."
+004:001 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain
+        of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
+004:002 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed
+        in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
+004:003 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day,
+        for it was now evening.
+004:004 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number
+        of the men came to be about five thousand.
+004:005 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes
+        were gathered together in Jerusalem.
+004:006 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
+        and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
+004:007 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired,
+        "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
+004:008 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
+        "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
+004:009 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a
+        crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
+004:010 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
+        that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified,
+        whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand
+        here before you whole.
+004:011 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders,
+        which has become the head of the corner.'{Psalm 118:22}
+004:012 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any
+        other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we
+        must be saved!"
+004:013 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived
+        that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled.
+        They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
+004:014 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could
+        say nothing against it.
+004:015 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council,
+        they conferred among themselves,
+004:016 saying, "What shall we do to these men?  Because indeed a notable
+        miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen
+        by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
+004:017 But so that this spreads no further among the people,
+        let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak
+        to anyone in this name."
+004:018 They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor
+        teach in the name of Jesus.
+004:019 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right
+        in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God,
+        judge for yourselves,
+004:020 for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
+004:021 When they had further threatened them, they let them go,
+        finding no way to punish them, because of the people;
+        for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
+004:022 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed
+        was more than forty years old.
+004:023 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported
+        all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
+004:024 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with
+        one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven,
+        the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
+004:025 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do
+        the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
+004:026 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers
+        take council together, against the Lord, and against
+        his Christ{Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean
+        Anointed One.}.'{Psalm 2:1-2}
+004:027 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom
+        you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles
+        and the people of Israel, were gathered together
+004:028 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
+004:029 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants
+        to speak your word with all boldness,
+004:030 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders
+        may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
+004:031 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were
+        gathered together.  They were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
+        and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
+004:032 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul.
+        Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which
+        he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
+004:033 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the
+        resurrection of the Lord Jesus.  Great grace was on them all.
+004:034 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many
+        as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought
+        the proceeds of the things that were sold,
+004:035 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made
+        to each, according as anyone had need.
+004:036 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is,
+        being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man
+        of Cyprus by race,
+004:037 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it
+        at the apostles' feet.
+005:001 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife,
+        sold a possession,
+005:002 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it,
+        and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
+005:003 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart
+        to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price
+        of the land?
+005:004 While you kept it, didn't it remain your own?
+        After it was sold, wasn't it in your power?
+        How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart?
+        You haven't lied to men, but to God."
+005:005 Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died.
+        Great fear came on all who heard these things.
+005:006 The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him
+        out and buried him.
+005:007 About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what
+        had happened, came in.
+005:008 Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much."
+        She said, "Yes, for so much."
+005:009 But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed
+        together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?  Behold, the feet
+        of those who have buried your husband are at the door,
+        and they will carry you out."
+005:010 She fell down immediately at his feet, and died.
+        The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried
+        her out and buried her by her husband.
+005:011 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who
+        heard these things.
+005:012 By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among
+        the people.  They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
+005:013 None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.
+005:014 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both
+        men and women.
+005:015 They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid
+        them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by,
+        at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
+005:016 Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem,
+        bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by
+        unclean spirits:  and they were all healed.
+005:017 But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him
+        (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were
+        filled with jealousy,
+005:018 and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.
+005:019 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night,
+        and brought them out, and said,
+005:020 "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words
+        of this life."
+005:021 When they heard this, they entered into the temple
+        about daybreak, and taught.  But the high priest came,
+        and those who were with him, and called the council together,
+        and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent
+        to the prison to have them brought.
+005:022 But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison.
+        They returned and reported,
+005:023 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing
+        before the doors, but when we opened them, we found
+        no one inside!"
+005:024 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief
+        priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them
+        and what might become of this.
+005:025 One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison
+        are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."
+005:026 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them
+        without violence, for they were afraid that the people
+        might stone them.
+005:027 When they had brought them, they set them before the council.
+        The high priest questioned them,
+005:028 saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name?
+        Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching,
+        and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
+005:029 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God
+        rather than men.
+005:030 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed,
+        hanging him on a tree.
+005:031 God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior,
+        to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
+005:032 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit,
+        whom God has given to those who obey him."
+005:033 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart,
+        and determined to kill them.
+005:034 But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel,
+        a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded
+        to put the apostles out for a little while.
+005:035 He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning
+        these men, what you are about to do.
+005:036 For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out
+        to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred,
+        joined themselves:  who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him,
+        were dispersed, and came to nothing.
+005:037 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days
+        of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him.
+        He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him,
+        were scattered abroad.
+005:038 Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone.
+        For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.
+005:039 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it,
+        and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
+005:040 They agreed with him.  Summoning the apostles, they beat
+        them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus,
+        and let them go.
+005:041 They therefore departed from the presence of the council,
+        rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor
+        for Jesus' name.
+005:042 Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped
+        teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
+006:001 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying,
+        a complaint arose from the Hellenists{The Hellenists used
+        Greek language and culture, even though they were also of
+        Hebrew descent.} against the Hebrews, because their widows
+        were neglected in the daily service.
+006:002 The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said,
+        "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God
+        and serve tables.
+006:003 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report,
+        full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint
+        over this business.
+006:004 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry
+        of the word."
+006:005 These words pleased the whole multitude.
+        They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the
+        Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas,
+        and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
+006:006 whom they set before the apostles.  When they had prayed,
+        they laid their hands on them.
+006:007 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples
+        multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly.  A great company
+        of the priests were obedient to the faith.
+006:008 Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders
+        and signs among the people.
+006:009 But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines,"
+        and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of
+        Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
+006:010 They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit
+        by which he spoke.
+006:011 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him
+        speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
+006:012 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes,
+        and came against him and seized him, and brought him in
+        to the council,
+006:013 and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops
+        speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
+006:014 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will
+        destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses
+        delivered to us."
+006:015 All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him,
+        saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
+007:001 The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
+007:002 He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen.  The God of glory
+        appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia,
+        before he lived in Haran,
+007:003 and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives,
+        and come into a land which I will show you.'{Genesis 12:1}
+007:004 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran.
+        From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land,
+        where you are now living.
+007:005 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set
+        his foot on.  He promised that he would give it to him
+        for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still
+        had no child.
+007:006 God spoke in this way:  that his seed would live as aliens in a
+        strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated
+        for four hundred years.
+007:007 'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,'
+        said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me
+        in this place.'{Genesis 15:13-14}
+007:008 He gave him the covenant of circumcision.  So Abraham became
+        the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day.
+        Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father
+        of the twelve patriarchs.
+007:009 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him
+        into Egypt.  God was with him,
+007:010 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave
+        him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
+        He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
+007:011 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan,
+        and great affliction.  Our fathers found no food.
+007:012 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent
+        out our fathers the first time.
+007:013 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers,
+        and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.
+007:014 Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all
+        his relatives, seventy-five souls.
+007:015 Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
+007:016 and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb
+        that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children
+        of Hamor of Shechem.
+007:017 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn
+        to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
+007:018 until there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.
+007:019 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers,
+        and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they
+        wouldn't stay alive.
+007:020 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome.
+        He was nourished three months in his father's house.
+007:021 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up,
+        and reared him as her own son.
+007:022 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
+        He was mighty in his words and works.
+007:023 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
+        his brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context
+        allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."}, the children of Israel.
+007:024 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged
+        him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
+007:025 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand,
+        was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.
+007:026 "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged
+        them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers.
+        Why do you wrong one another?'
+007:027 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying,
+        'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
+007:028 Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'{Exodus
+        2:14}
+007:029 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land
+        of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
+007:030 "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared
+        to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire
+        in a bush.
+007:031 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight.  As he came close
+        to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,
+007:032 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
+        of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'{Exodus 3:6} Moses trembled,
+        and dared not look.
+007:033 The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet,
+        for the place where you stand is holy ground.
+007:034 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt,
+        and have heard their groaning.  I have come down to deliver them.
+        Now come, I will send you into Egypt.'{Exodus 3:5,7-8,10}
+007:035 "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler
+        and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer
+        by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
+007:036 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt,
+        in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
+007:037 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord
+        our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers,
+        like me.{TR adds "You shall listen to him."}'{Deuteronomy 18:15}
+007:038 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel
+        that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers,
+        who received living oracles to give to us,
+007:039 to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him,
+        and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
+007:040 saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us,
+        for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt,
+        we don't know what has become of him.'{Exodus 32:1}
+007:041 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol,
+        and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
+007:042 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky,
+        as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer
+        to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness,
+        O house of Israel?
+007:043 You took up the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan,
+        the figures which you made to worship.  I will carry you
+        away{Amos 5:25-27} beyond Babylon.'
+007:044 "Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness,
+        even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it
+        according to the pattern that he had seen;
+007:045 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua
+        when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God
+        drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
+007:046 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find
+        a habitation for the God of Jacob.
+007:047 But Solomon built him a house.
+007:048 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
+        as the prophet says,
+007:049 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet.
+        What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord;
+        'or what is the place of my rest?
+007:050 Didn't my hand make all these things?'{Isaiah 66:1-2}
+007:051 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
+        you always resist the Holy Spirit!  As your fathers did,
+        so you do.
+007:052 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute?
+        They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One,
+        of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
+007:053 You received the law as it was ordained by angels,
+        and didn't keep it!"
+007:054 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart,
+        and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
+007:055 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly
+        into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing
+        on the right hand of God,
+007:056 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man
+        standing at the right hand of God!"
+007:057 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears,
+        and rushed at him with one accord.
+007:058 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him.
+        The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young
+        man named Saul.
+007:059 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus,
+        receive my spirit!"
+007:060 He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold
+        this sin against them!"  When he had said this, he fell asleep.
+008:001 Saul was consenting to his death.  A great persecution arose
+        against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day.
+        They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea
+        and Samaria, except for the apostles.
+008:002 Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
+008:003 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house,
+        and dragged both men and women off to prison.
+008:004 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around
+        preaching the word.
+008:005 Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed
+        to them the Christ.
+008:006 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that
+        were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs
+        which he did.
+008:007 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them.
+        They came out, crying with a loud voice.  Many who had been
+        paralyzed and lame were healed.
+008:008 There was great joy in that city.
+008:009 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice
+        sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria,
+        making himself out to be some great one,
+008:010 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest,
+        saying, "This man is that great power of God."
+008:011 They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed
+        them with his sorceries.
+008:012 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning
+        the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
+        both men and women.
+008:013 Simon himself also believed.  Being baptized, he continued
+        with Philip.  Seeing signs and great miracles occurring,
+        he was amazed.
+008:014 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
+        had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
+008:015 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they
+        might receive the Holy Spirit;
+008:016 for as yet he had fallen on none of them.  They had only been
+        baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
+008:017 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received
+        the Holy Spirit.
+008:018 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through
+        the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
+008:019 saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands
+        on may receive the Holy Spirit."
+008:020 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you,
+        because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
+008:021 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart
+        isn't right before God.
+008:022 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps
+        the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
+008:023 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in
+        the bondage of iniquity."
+008:024 Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things
+        which you have spoken happen to me."
+008:025 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word
+        of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News
+        to many villages of the Samaritans.
+008:026 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go
+        toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.
+        This is a desert."
+008:027 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia,
+        a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of
+        the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come
+        to Jerusalem to worship.
+008:028 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading
+        the prophet Isaiah.
+008:029 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself
+        to this chariot."
+008:030 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet,
+        and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
+008:031 He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?"
+        He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
+008:032 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
+        "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.  As a lamb before
+        his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.
+008:033 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away.
+        Who will declare His generation?  For his life is taken
+        from the earth."{Isaiah 53:7,8}
+008:034 The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about?
+        About himself, or about someone else?"
+008:035 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture,
+        preached to him Jesus.
+008:036 As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the
+        eunuch said, "Behold, here is water.  What is keeping me
+        from being baptized?"
+008:037 {TR adds "Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.'
+        He answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"}
+008:038 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both
+        went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch,
+        and he baptized him.
+008:039 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
+        caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more,
+        for he went on his way rejoicing.
+008:040 But Philip was found at Azotus.  Passing through, he preached
+        the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
+009:001 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against
+        the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
+009:002 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus,
+        that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women,
+        he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
+009:003 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus,
+        and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
+009:004 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him,
+        "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
+009:005 He said, "Who are you, Lord?"  The Lord said, "I am Jesus,
+        whom you are persecuting.{TR adds "It's hard for you to kick
+        against the goads."}
+009:006 But{TR omits "But" } rise up, and enter into the city,
+        and you will be told what you must do."
+009:007 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound,
+        but seeing no one.
+009:008 Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened,
+        he saw no one.  They led him by the hand, and brought
+        him into Damascus.
+009:009 He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
+009:010 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias.
+        The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!"  He said, "Behold,
+        it's me, Lord."
+009:011 The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street
+        which is called Straight, and inquire in the house
+        of Judah{or, Judas} for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus.
+        For behold, he is praying,
+009:012 and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in,
+        and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."
+009:013 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man,
+        how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
+009:014 Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call
+        on your name."
+009:015 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen
+        vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings,
+        and the children of Israel.
+009:016 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for
+        my name's sake."
+009:017 Ananias departed, and entered into the house.  Laying his
+        hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared
+        to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you
+        may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
+009:018 Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes,
+        and he received his sight.  He arose and was baptized.
+009:019 He took food and was strengthened.  Saul stayed several days
+        with the disciples who were at Damascus.
+009:020 Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ,
+        that he is the Son of God.
+009:021 All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who
+        in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name?
+        And he had come here intending to bring them bound before
+        the chief priests!"
+009:022 But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews
+        who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
+009:023 When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together
+        to kill him,
+009:024 but their plot became known to Saul.  They watched the gates
+        both day and night that they might kill him,
+009:025 but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through
+        the wall, lowering him in a basket.
+009:026 When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to
+        the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing
+        that he was a disciple.
+009:027 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles,
+        and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way,
+        and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had
+        preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
+009:028 He was with them entering into{TR and NU add "and
+        going out"} Jerusalem,
+009:029 preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.  He spoke and disputed
+        against the Hellenists,{The Hellenists were Hebrews who used
+        Greek language and culture.} but they were seeking to kill him.
+009:030 When the brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea,
+        and sent him off to Tarsus.
+009:031 So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria
+        had peace, and were built up.  They were multiplied, walking in
+        the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
+009:032 It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts,
+        he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
+009:033 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been
+        bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
+009:034 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.
+        Get up and make your bed!"  Immediately he arose.
+009:035 All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned
+        to the Lord.
+009:036 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
+        which when translated, means Dorcas.{"Dorcas" is Greek
+        for "Gazelle."} This woman was full of good works and acts
+        of mercy which she did.
+009:037 It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died.
+        When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.
+009:038 As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
+        sent two men{Reading from NU, TR; MT omits "two men"} to him,
+        imploring him not to delay in coming to them.
+009:039 Peter got up and went with them.  When he had come, they brought
+        him into the upper chamber.  All the widows stood by him weeping,
+        and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made
+        while she was with them.
+009:040 Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed.
+        Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!"
+        She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
+009:041 He gave her his hand, and raised her up.  Calling the saints
+        and widows, he presented her alive.
+009:042 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed
+        in the Lord.
+009:043 It happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon,
+        a tanner.
+010:001 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name,
+        a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
+010:002 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house,
+        who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people,
+        and always prayed to God.
+010:003 At about the ninth hour of the day{3:00 PM}, he clearly
+        saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying
+        to him, "Cornelius!"
+010:004 He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said,
+        "What is it, Lord?"  He said to him, "Your prayers and your
+        gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
+010:005 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
+010:006 He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the
+        seaside.{TR adds "This one will tell you what it is necessary
+        for you to do."}"
+010:007 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called
+        two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those
+        who waited on him continually.
+010:008 Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
+010:009 Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got
+        close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray
+        at about noon.
+010:010 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing,
+        he fell into a trance.
+010:011 He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him,
+        like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
+010:012 in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth,
+        wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
+010:013 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
+010:014 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything
+        that is common or unclean."
+010:015 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed,
+        you must not call unclean."
+010:016 This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was
+        received up into heaven.
+010:017 Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision
+        which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were
+        sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house,
+        stood before the gate,
+010:018 and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter,
+        was lodging there.
+010:019 While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said
+        to him, "Behold, three{Reading from TR and NU.
+        MT omits "three"} men seek you.
+010:020 But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing;
+        for I have sent them."
+010:021 Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek.
+        Why have you come?"
+010:022 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who
+        fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews,
+        was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house,
+        and to listen to what you say."
+010:023 So he called them in and lodged them.  On the next day Peter
+        arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from
+        Joppa accompanied him.
+010:024 On the next day they entered into Caesarea.  Cornelius was
+        waiting for them, having called together his relatives
+        and his near friends.
+010:025 When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him,
+        fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
+010:026 But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up!  I myself am
+        also a man."
+010:027 As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.
+010:028 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful
+        thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one
+        of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call
+        any man unholy or unclean.
+010:029 Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for.
+        I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
+010:030 Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour,
+        and at the ninth hour,{3:00 P. M.} I prayed in my house,
+        and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
+010:031 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts
+        to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
+010:032 Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
+        He lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside.
+        When he comes, he will speak to you.'
+010:033 Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come.
+        Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God
+        to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."
+010:034 Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God
+        doesn't show favoritism;
+010:035 but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness
+        is acceptable to him.
+010:036 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good
+        news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
+010:037 that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed
+        throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism
+        which John preached;
+010:038 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit
+        and with power, who went about doing good and healing all
+        who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
+010:039 We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews,
+        and in Jerusalem; whom they also{TR omits "also"} killed,
+        hanging him on a tree.
+010:040 God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,
+010:041 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen
+        before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose
+        from the dead.
+010:042 He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this
+        is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living
+        and the dead.
+010:043 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name
+        everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
+010:044 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit
+        fell on all those who heard the word.
+010:045 They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many
+        as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was
+        also poured out on the nations.
+010:046 For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God.
+        Then Peter answered,
+010:047 "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received
+        the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
+010:048 He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
+        Then they asked him to stay some days.
+011:001 Now the apostles and the brothers{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where context allows may also be correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who were in Judea
+        heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
+011:002 When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the
+        circumcision contended with him,
+011:003 saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
+011:004 But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
+011:005 "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I
+        saw a vision:  a certain container descending, like it
+        was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners.
+        It came as far as me.
+011:006 When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the
+        four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things,
+        and birds of the sky.
+011:007 I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
+011:008 But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has
+        ever entered into my mouth.'
+011:009 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven,
+        'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'
+011:010 This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
+011:011 Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was,
+        having been sent from Caesarea to me.
+011:012 The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating.
+        These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into
+        the man's house.
+011:013 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house,
+        and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon,
+        whose surname is Peter,
+011:014 who will speak to you words by which you will be saved,
+        you and all your house.'
+011:015 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on
+        us at the beginning.
+011:016 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed
+        baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
+011:017 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed
+        in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
+011:018 When they heard these things, they held their peace,
+        and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted
+        to the Gentiles repentance to life!"
+011:019 They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose
+        about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
+        speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
+011:020 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they
+        had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists,{A Hellenist
+        is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.} preaching
+        the Lord Jesus.
+011:021 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed
+        and turned to the Lord.
+011:022 The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly
+        which was in Jerusalem.  They sent out Barnabas to go
+        as far as Antioch,
+011:023 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad.
+        He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should
+        remain near to the Lord.
+011:024 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,
+        and many people were added to the Lord.
+011:025 Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
+011:026 When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch.
+        It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered
+        together with the assembly, and taught many people.
+        The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
+011:027 Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
+011:028 One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit
+        that there should be a great famine all over the world,
+        which also happened in the days of Claudius.
+011:029 As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send
+        relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
+011:030 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands
+        of Barnabas and Saul.
+012:001 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands
+        to oppress some of the assembly.
+012:002 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
+012:003 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize
+        Peter also.  This was during the days of unleavened bread.
+012:004 When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered
+        him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him,
+        intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
+012:005 Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer
+        was made by the assembly to God for him.
+012:006 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out,
+        Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains.
+        Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
+012:007 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light
+        shone in the cell.  He struck Peter on the side, and woke
+        him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!"  His chains fell off
+        from his hands.
+012:008 The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals."
+        He did so.  He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me."
+012:009 And he went out and followed him.  He didn't know that what was
+        being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
+012:010 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came
+        to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened
+        to them by itself.  They went out, and went down one street,
+        and immediately the angel departed from him.
+012:011 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know
+        that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me
+        out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish
+        people were expecting."
+012:012 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother
+        of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered
+        together and were praying.
+012:013 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda
+        came to answer.
+012:014 When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate
+        for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing
+        in front of the gate.
+012:015 They said to her, "You are crazy!"  But she insisted that it was so.
+        They said, "It is his angel."
+012:016 But Peter continued knocking.  When they had opened, they saw him,
+        and were amazed.
+012:017 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent,
+        declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
+        He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers."
+        Then he departed, and went to another place.
+012:018 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among
+        the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
+012:019 When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined
+        the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death.
+        He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
+012:020 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon.
+        They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus,
+        the king's personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace,
+        because their country depended on the king's country for food.
+012:021 On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing,
+        sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
+012:022 The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
+012:023 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't
+        give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
+012:024 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
+012:025 Barnabas and Saul returned to{TR reads "from" instead of
+        "to"} Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service,
+        also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.
+013:001 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some
+        prophets and teachers:  Barnabas, Simeon who was called
+        Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod
+        the tetrarch, and Saul.
+013:002 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,
+        "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I
+        have called them."
+013:003 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands
+        on them, they sent them away.
+013:004 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia.
+        From there they sailed to Cyprus.
+013:005 When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in
+        the Jewish synagogues.  They had also John as their attendant.
+013:006 When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found
+        a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
+        was Bar Jesus,
+013:007 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding.
+        This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear
+        the word of God.
+013:008 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)
+        withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul
+        from the faith.
+013:009 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
+        fastened his eyes on him,
+013:010 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
+        you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert
+        the right ways of the Lord?
+013:011 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you
+        will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!"
+        Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him.  He went around
+        seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
+013:012 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed,
+        being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
+013:013 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga
+        in Pamphylia.  John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
+013:014 But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia.
+        They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
+013:015 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers
+        of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you
+        have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
+013:016 Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel,
+        and you who fear God, listen.
+013:017 The God of this people{TR, NU add "Israel"} chose our fathers,
+        and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land
+        of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.
+013:018 For a period of about forty years he put up with them
+        in the wilderness.
+013:019 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
+        he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four
+        hundred fifty years.
+013:020 After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
+013:021 Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son
+        of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
+013:022 When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king,
+        to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse,
+        a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
+013:023 From this man's seed, God has brought salvation{TR, NU read
+        "a Savior, Jesus" instead of "salvation"} to Israel according
+        to his promise,
+013:024 before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of
+        repentance to Israel.{TR, NU read "to all the people of Israel"
+        instead of "to Israel"}
+013:025 As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose
+        that I am?  I am not he.  But behold, one comes after me
+        the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
+013:026 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you
+        who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
+013:027 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they
+        didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read
+        every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
+013:028 Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate
+        to have him killed.
+013:029 When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him,
+        they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
+013:030 But God raised him from the dead,
+013:031 and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him
+        from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
+013:032 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
+013:033 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that
+        he raised up Jesus.  As it is also written in the second psalm,
+        'You are my Son.  Today I have become your father.'{Psalm 2:7}
+013:034 "Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more
+        to return to corruption, he has spoken thus:  'I will give
+        you the holy and sure blessings of David.'{Isaiah 55:3}
+013:035 Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow
+        your Holy One to see decay.'{Psalm 16:10}
+013:036 For David, after he had in his own generation served the
+        counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers,
+        and saw decay.
+013:037 But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
+013:038 Be it known to you therefore, brothers{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where the context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, that through
+        this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
+013:039 and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things,
+        from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
+013:040 Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken
+        in the prophets:
+013:041 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work
+        a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe,
+        if one declares it to you.'"{Habakkuk 1:5}
+013:042 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged
+        that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
+013:043 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout
+        proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them,
+        urged them to continue in the grace of God.
+013:044 The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together
+        to hear the word of God.
+013:045 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
+        with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken
+        by Paul, and blasphemed.
+013:046 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was
+        necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first.
+        Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves
+        unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
+013:047 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you
+        as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation
+        to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"{Isaiah 49:6}
+013:048 As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word
+        of God.  As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
+013:049 The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region.
+013:050 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women
+        and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution
+        against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
+013:051 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,
+        and came to Iconium.
+013:052 The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.
+014:001 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into
+        the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude
+        both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
+014:002 But the disbelieving{or, disobedient} Jews stirred up and
+        embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
+014:003 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly
+        in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace,
+        granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
+014:004 But the multitude of the city was divided.  Part sided with
+        the Jews, and part with the apostles.
+014:005 When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers,
+        made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
+014:006 they became aware of it, and fled to the cities
+        of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
+014:007 There they preached the Good News.
+014:008 At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple
+        from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
+014:009 He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him,
+        and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
+014:010 said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!"
+        He leaped up and walked.
+014:011 When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up
+        their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods
+        have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
+014:012 They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury,"
+        because he was the chief speaker.
+014:013 The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city,
+        brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made
+        a sacrifice along with the multitudes.
+014:014 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore
+        their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
+014:015 "Men, why are you doing these things?  We also are men
+        of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you
+        should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made
+        the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
+014:016 who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk
+        in their own ways.
+014:017 Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did
+        good and gave you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} rains
+        from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with
+        food and gladness."
+014:018 Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes
+        from making a sacrifice to them.
+014:019 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having
+        persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him
+        out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
+014:020 But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into
+        the city.  On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
+014:021 When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made
+        many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
+014:022 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue
+        in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter
+        into the Kingdom of God.
+014:023 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly,
+        and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord,
+        on whom they had believed.
+014:024 They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
+014:025 When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
+014:026 From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed
+        to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
+014:027 When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together,
+        they reported all the things that God had done with them,
+        and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
+014:028 They stayed there with the disciples for a long time.
+015:001 Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers,
+        "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses,
+        you can't be saved."
+015:002 Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord
+        and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas,
+        and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles
+        and elders about this question.
+015:003 They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both
+        Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles.
+        They caused great joy to all the brothers.{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where the context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
+015:004 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly
+        and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things
+        that God had done with them.
+015:005 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up,
+        saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge
+        them to keep the law of Moses."
+015:006 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see
+        about this matter.
+015:007 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said
+        to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made
+        a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear
+        the word of the Good News, and believe.
+015:008 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them
+        the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
+015:009 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their
+        hearts by faith.
+015:010 Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke
+        on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor
+        we were able to bear?
+015:011 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the
+        Lord Jesus,{TR adds "Christ"} just as they are."
+015:012 All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas
+        and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among
+        the nations through them.
+015:013 After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
+015:014 Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations,
+        to take out of them a people for his name.
+015:015 This agrees with the words of the prophets.  As it is written,
+015:016 'After these things I will return.  I will again build the tent
+        of David, which has fallen.  I will again build its ruins.
+        I will set it up,
+015:017 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles
+        who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all
+        these things.{Amos 9:11-12}
+015:018 All his works are known to God from eternity.'
+015:019 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among
+        the Gentiles who turn to God,
+015:020 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution
+        of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled,
+        and from blood.
+015:021 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who
+        preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
+015:022 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the
+        whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send
+        them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas:  Judas called Barsabbas,
+        and Silas, chief men among the brothers.{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where the context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
+015:023 They wrote these things by their hand:  "The apostles, the elders,
+        and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles
+        in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:  greetings.
+015:024 Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled
+        you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be
+        circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
+015:025 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out
+        men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
+015:026 men who have risked their lives for the name of our
+        Lord Jesus Christ.
+015:027 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will
+        also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
+015:028 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay
+        no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
+015:029 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood,
+        from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which
+        if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you.  Farewell."
+015:030 So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch.
+        Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
+015:031 When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
+015:032 Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the
+        brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
+015:033 After they had spent some time there, they were sent back
+        with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.
+015:034 {Some manuscripts add:  But it seemed good to Silas to stay there.}
+015:035 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching
+        the word of the Lord, with many others also.
+015:036 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now
+        and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed
+        the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
+015:037 Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark,
+        with them also.
+015:038 But Paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take
+        with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia,
+        and didn't go with them to do the work.
+015:039 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated
+        from each other.  Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed
+        away to Cyprus,
+015:040 but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers
+        to the grace of God.
+015:041 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.
+016:001 He came to Derbe and Lystra:  and behold, a certain disciple
+        was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed;
+        but his father was a Greek.
+016:002 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good
+        testimony about him.
+016:003 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and
+        circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts;
+        for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
+016:004 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered
+        the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by
+        the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
+016:005 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased
+        in number daily.
+016:006 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia,
+        they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
+016:007 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia,
+        but the Spirit didn't allow them.
+016:008 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
+016:009 A vision appeared to Paul in the night.  There was a man
+        of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over
+        into Macedonia and help us."
+016:010 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out
+        to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach
+        the Good News to them.
+016:011 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course
+        to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
+016:012 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia,
+        the foremost of the district, a Roman colony.  We were staying
+        some days in this city.
+016:013 On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside,
+        where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down,
+        and spoke to the women who had come together.
+016:014 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
+        of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord
+        opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
+016:015 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us,
+        saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
+        come into my house, and stay."  So she persuaded us.
+016:016 It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl
+        having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters
+        much gain by fortune telling.
+016:017 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants
+        of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"
+016:018 She was doing this for many days.  But Paul, becoming
+        greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I charge
+        you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!"
+        It came out that very hour.
+016:019 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone,
+        they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace
+        before the rulers.
+016:020 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said,
+        "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
+016:021 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept
+        or to observe, being Romans."
+016:022 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates
+        tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be
+        beaten with rods.
+016:023 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them
+        into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
+016:024 who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner prison,
+        and secured their feet in the stocks.
+016:025 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing
+        hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
+016:026 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations
+        of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors
+        were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.
+016:027 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison
+        doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
+        supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
+016:028 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself,
+        for we are all here!"
+016:029 He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling
+        before Paul and Silas,
+016:030 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
+016:031 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will
+        be saved, you and your household."
+016:032 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were
+        in his house.
+016:033 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes,
+        and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
+016:034 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them,
+        and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having
+        believed in God.
+016:035 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants,
+        saying, "Let those men go."
+016:036 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates
+        have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
+016:037 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly,
+        without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison!
+        Do they now release us secretly?  No, most certainly,
+        but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
+016:038 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates,
+        and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
+016:039 and they came and begged them.  When they had brought them out,
+        they asked them to depart from the city.
+016:040 They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house.
+        When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.
+017:001 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
+        they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
+017:002 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath
+        days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
+017:003 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer
+        and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus,
+        whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
+017:004 Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas,
+        of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few
+        of the chief women.
+017:005 But the unpersuaded Jews took along{TR reads "And the Jews
+        who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along"
+        instead of "But the unpersuaded Jews took along"} some
+        wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd,
+        set the city in an uproar.  Assaulting the house of Jason,
+        they sought to bring them out to the people.
+017:006 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain
+        brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context
+        allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who
+        have turned the world upside down have come here also,
+017:007 whom Jason has received.  These all act contrary to the decrees
+        of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
+017:008 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they
+        heard these things.
+017:009 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest,
+        they let them go.
+017:010 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea.
+        When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
+017:011 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
+        in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind,
+        examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
+017:012 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women,
+        and not a few men.
+017:013 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word
+        of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came
+        there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
+017:014 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far
+        as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
+017:015 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens.
+        Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should
+        come to him very quickly, they departed.
+017:016 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked
+        within him as he saw the city full of idols.
+017:017 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons,
+        and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
+017:018 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also{TR omits
+        "also"} were conversing with him.  Some said, "What does
+        this babbler want to say?"  Others said, "He seems to be
+        advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus
+        and the resurrection.
+017:019 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus,
+        saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is
+        spoken by you?
+017:020 For you bring certain strange things to our ears.
+        We want to know therefore what these things mean."
+017:021 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent
+        their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear
+        some new thing.
+017:022 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said,
+        "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious
+        in all things.
+017:023 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship,
+        I found also an altar with this inscription:  'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.'
+        What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.
+017:024 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord
+        of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
+017:025 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything,
+        seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
+017:026 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all
+        the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons,
+        and the boundaries of their dwellings,
+017:027 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach
+        out for him and find him, though he is not far from each
+        one of us.
+017:028 'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.'  As some
+        of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
+017:029 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think
+        that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone,
+        engraved by art and design of man.
+017:030 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
+        But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
+017:031 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge
+        the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained;
+        of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has
+        raised him from the dead."
+017:032 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked;
+        but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
+017:033 Thus Paul went out from among them.
+017:034 But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom
+        also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris,
+        and others with them.
+018:001 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
+018:002 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race,
+        who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla,
+        because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome.
+        He came to them,
+018:003 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them
+        and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
+018:004 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded
+        Jews and Greeks.
+018:005 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was
+        compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus
+        was the Christ.
+018:006 When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing
+        and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads!  I am clean.
+        From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"
+018:007 He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man
+        named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door
+        to the synagogue.
+018:008 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord
+        with all his house.  Many of the Corinthians, when they heard,
+        believed and were baptized.
+018:009 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid,
+        but speak and don't be silent;
+018:010 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you,
+        for I have many people in this city."
+018:011 He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word
+        of God among them.
+018:012 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord
+        rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
+018:013 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary
+        to the law."
+018:014 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to
+        the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime,
+        you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
+018:015 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law,
+        look to it yourselves.  For I don't want to be a judge
+        of these matters."
+018:016 He drove them from the judgment seat.
+018:017 Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler
+        of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat.
+        Gallio didn't care about any of these things.
+018:018 Paul, having stayed after this many more days,
+        took his leave of the brothers,{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where the context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} and sailed
+        from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila.
+        He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
+018:019 He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself
+        entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
+018:020 When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
+018:021 but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means
+        keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again
+        to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
+018:022 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly,
+        and went down to Antioch.
+018:023 Having spent some time there, he departed, and went
+        through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order,
+        establishing all the disciples.
+018:024 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race,
+        an eloquent man, came to Ephesus.  He was mighty in the Scriptures.
+018:025 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being
+        fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things
+        concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
+018:026 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue.  But when Priscilla
+        and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained
+        to him the way of God more accurately.
+018:027 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers
+        encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him.
+        When he had come, he greatly helped those who had
+        believed through grace;
+018:028 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by
+        the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
+019:001 It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul,
+        having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus,
+        and found certain disciples.
+019:002 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
+        They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there
+        is a Holy Spirit."
+019:003 He said, "Into what then were you baptized?"  They said,
+        "Into John's baptism."
+019:004 Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance,
+        saying to the people that they should believe in the one
+        who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."
+019:005 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of
+        the Lord Jesus.
+019:006 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them,
+        and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
+019:007 They were about twelve men in all.
+019:008 He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period
+        of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things
+        concerning the Kingdom of God.
+019:009 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of
+        the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated
+        the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
+019:010 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia
+        heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
+019:011 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
+019:012 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from
+        his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
+019:013 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves
+        to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the
+        Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
+019:014 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest,
+        who did this.
+019:015 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know,
+        but who are you?"
+019:016 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,
+        and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they
+        fled out of that house naked and wounded.
+019:017 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus.
+        Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
+019:018 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing,
+        and declaring their deeds.
+019:019 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their
+        books together and burned them in the sight of all.
+        They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty
+        thousand pieces of silver.{The 50,000 pieces of silver
+        here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas.  If so, the value
+        of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years
+        of wages for agricultural laborers}
+019:020 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
+019:021 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit,
+        when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go
+        to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must
+        also see Rome."
+019:022 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him,
+        Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
+019:023 About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
+019:024 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made
+        silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business
+        to the craftsmen,
+019:025 whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation,
+        and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
+019:026 You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout
+        all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people,
+        saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.
+019:027 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute,
+        but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis
+        will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed,
+        whom all Asia and the world worships."
+019:028 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out,
+        saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
+019:029 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one
+        accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus,
+        men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.
+019:030 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples
+        didn't allow him.
+019:031 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him
+        and begged him not to venture into the theater.
+019:032 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the
+        assembly was in confusion.  Most of them didn't know why they
+        had come together.
+019:033 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting
+        him forward.  Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would
+        have made a defense to the people.
+019:034 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice
+        for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis
+        of the Ephesians!"
+019:035 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men
+        of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city
+        of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis,
+        and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
+019:036 Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought
+        to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
+019:037 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers
+        of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
+019:038 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him
+        have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there
+        are proconsuls.  Let them press charges against one another.
+019:039 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled
+        in the regular assembly.
+019:040 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this
+        day's riot, there being no cause.  Concerning it, we wouldn't
+        be able to give an account of this commotion."
+019:041 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
+020:001 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples,
+        took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
+020:002 When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them
+        with many words, he came into Greece.
+020:003 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made
+        against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria,
+        he determined to return through Macedonia.
+020:004 These accompanied him as far as Asia:  Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus
+        and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy;
+        and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
+020:005 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
+020:006 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread,
+        and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
+020:007 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered
+        together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart
+        on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
+020:008 There were many lights in the upper chamber where we{TR reads "they"
+        instead of "we"} were gathered together.
+020:009 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window,
+        weighed down with deep sleep.  As Paul spoke still longer,
+        being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story,
+        and was taken up dead.
+020:010 Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said,
+        "Don't be troubled, for his life is in him."
+020:011 When he had gone up, and had broken bread, and eaten,
+        and had talked with them a long while, even until break
+        of day, he departed.
+020:012 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
+020:013 But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos,
+        intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged,
+        intending himself to go by land.
+020:014 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.
+020:015 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios.
+        The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium,
+        and the day after we came to Miletus.
+020:016 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not
+        have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were
+        possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
+020:017 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders
+        of the assembly.
+020:018 When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know,
+        from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you
+        all the time,
+020:019 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears,
+        and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
+020:020 how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that
+        was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
+020:021 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God,
+        and faith toward our Lord Jesus.{TR adds "Christ"}
+020:022 Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing
+        what will happen to me there;
+020:023 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city,
+        saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
+020:024 But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself,
+        so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I
+        received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News
+        of the grace of God.
+020:025 "Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about
+        preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
+020:026 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am clean from
+        the blood of all men,
+020:027 for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
+020:028 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock,
+        in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd
+        the assembly of the Lord and{TR, NU omit "the Lord and"} God
+        which he purchased with his own blood.
+020:029 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter
+        in among you, not sparing the flock.
+020:030 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things,
+        to draw away the disciples after them.
+020:031 Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years
+        I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
+020:032 Now, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where the context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace,
+        which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance
+        among all those who are sanctified.
+020:033 I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or clothing.
+020:034 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities,
+        and those who were with me.
+020:035 In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought
+        to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
+        that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
+020:036 When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed
+        with them all.
+020:037 They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
+020:038 sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken,
+        that they should see his face no more.  And they accompanied
+        him to the ship.
+021:001 When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail,
+        we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes,
+        and from there to Patara.
+021:002 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard,
+        and set sail.
+021:003 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand,
+        we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship
+        was to unload her cargo.
+021:004 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days.
+        These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go
+        up to Jerusalem.
+021:005 When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed
+        and went on our journey.  They all, with wives and children,
+        brought us on our way until we were out of the city.
+        Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
+021:006 After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship,
+        and they returned home again.
+021:007 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais.
+        We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.
+021:008 On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came
+        to Caesarea.  We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist,
+        who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
+021:009 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
+021:010 As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus
+        came down from Judea.
+021:011 Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet
+        and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit:  'So will
+        the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt,
+        and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
+021:012 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place
+        begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
+021:013 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking
+        my heart?  For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die
+        at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
+021:014 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's
+        will be done."
+021:015 After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
+021:016 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us,
+        bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom
+        we would stay.
+021:017 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
+021:018 The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all
+        the elders were present.
+021:019 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things
+        which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
+021:020 They, when they heard it, glorified God.  They said to him,
+        "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among
+        the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous
+        for the law.
+021:021 They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews
+        who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not
+        to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
+021:022 What then?  The assembly must certainly meet, for they will
+        hear that you have come.
+021:023 Therefore do what we tell you.  We have four men who have
+        taken a vow.
+021:024 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their
+        expenses for them, that they may shave their heads.
+        Then all will know that there is no truth in the things
+        that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself
+        also walk keeping the law.
+021:025 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our
+        decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they
+        should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood,
+        from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."
+021:026 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself
+        and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment
+        of the days of purification, until the offering was offered
+        for every one of them.
+021:027 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia,
+        when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude
+        and laid hands on him,
+021:028 crying out, "Men of Israel, help!  This is the man who teaches all
+        men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place.
+        Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has
+        defiled this holy place!"
+021:029 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city,
+        and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
+021:030 All the city was moved, and the people ran together.
+        They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple.
+        Immediately the doors were shut.
+021:031 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding
+        officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
+021:032 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them.
+        They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers,
+        stopped beating Paul.
+021:033 Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him,
+        commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired
+        who he was and what he had done.
+021:034 Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd.
+        When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise,
+        he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
+021:035 When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried
+        by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
+021:036 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out,
+        "Away with him!"
+021:037 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks,
+        he asked the commanding officer, "May I speak to you?"
+        He said, "Do you know Greek?
+021:038 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up
+        to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand
+        men of the Assassins?"
+021:039 But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen
+        of no insignificant city.  I beg you, allow me to speak
+        to the people."
+021:040 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs,
+        beckoned with his hand to the people.  When there was a
+        great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
+022:001 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now
+        make to you."
+022:002 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language,
+        they were even more quiet.  He said,
+022:003 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up
+        in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according
+        to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous
+        for God, even as you all are this day.
+022:004 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering
+        into prisons both men and women.
+022:005 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify,
+        from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled
+        to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem
+        in bonds to be punished.
+022:006 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close
+        to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky
+        a great light around me.
+022:007 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul,
+        why are you persecuting me?'
+022:008 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?'  He said to me, 'I am Jesus
+        of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
+022:009 "Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid,
+        but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
+022:010 I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?'  The Lord said to me, 'Arise,
+        and go into Damascus.  There you will be told about all things
+        which are appointed for you to do.'
+022:011 When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led
+        by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
+022:012 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported
+        of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
+022:013 came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul,
+        receive your sight!'  In that very hour I looked up at him.
+022:014 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know
+        his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice
+        from his mouth.
+022:015 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you
+        have seen and heard.
+022:016 Now why do you wait?  Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins,
+        calling on the name of the Lord.'
+022:017 "It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I
+        prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
+022:018 and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly,
+        because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
+022:019 I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat
+        in every synagogue those who believed in you.
+022:020 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also
+        was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding
+        the cloaks of those who killed him.'
+022:021 "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here
+        to the Gentiles.'"
+022:022 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted
+        up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow,
+        for he isn't fit to live!"
+022:023 As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust
+        into the air,
+022:024 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks,
+        ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know
+        for what crime they shouted against him like that.
+022:025 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion
+        who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is
+        a Roman, and not found guilty?"
+022:026 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer
+        and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man
+        is a Roman!"
+022:027 The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you
+        a Roman?"  He said, "Yes."
+022:028 The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship
+        for a great price."  Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
+022:029 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him,
+        and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized
+        that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
+022:030 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was
+        accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded
+        the chief priests and all the council to come together,
+        and brought Paul down and set him before them.
+023:001 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have
+        lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
+023:002 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him
+        to strike him on the mouth.
+023:003 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!
+        Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me
+        to be struck contrary to the law?"
+023:004 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"
+023:005 Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest.
+        For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler
+        of your people.'"{Exodus 22:28}
+023:006 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees
+        and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
+        "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees.
+        Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I
+        am being judged!"
+023:007 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees
+        and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
+023:008 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel,
+        nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
+023:009 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part
+        stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man.
+        But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not
+        fight against God!"
+023:010 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that
+        Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers
+        to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring
+        him into the barracks.
+023:011 The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said,
+        "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem,
+        so you must testify also at Rome."
+023:012 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound
+        themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat
+        nor drink until they had killed Paul.
+023:013 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.
+023:014 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said,
+        "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing
+        until we have killed Paul.
+023:015 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding
+        officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow,
+        as though you were going to judge his case more exactly.
+        We are ready to kill him before he comes near."
+023:016 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait,
+        and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
+023:017 Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this
+        young man to the commanding officer, for he has something
+        to tell him."
+023:018 So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer,
+        and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring
+        this young man to you, who has something to tell you."
+023:019 The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside,
+        asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
+023:020 He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul
+        down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire
+        somewhat more accurately concerning him.
+023:021 Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie
+        in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse
+        neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him.
+        Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."
+023:022 So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him,
+        "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."
+023:023 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said,
+        "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea,
+        with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears,
+        at the third hour of the night{about 9:00 PM}."
+023:024 He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one,
+        and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
+023:025 He wrote a letter like this:
+023:026 "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix:  Greetings.
+023:027 "This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed
+        by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him,
+        having learned that he was a Roman.
+023:028 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought
+        him down to their council.
+023:029 I found him to be accused about questions of their law,
+        but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death
+        or of bonds.
+023:030 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent
+        him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring
+        their accusations against him before you.  Farewell."
+023:031 So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought
+        him by night to Antipatris.
+023:032 But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him,
+        and returned to the barracks.
+023:033 When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor,
+        they also presented Paul to him.
+023:034 When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from.
+        When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,
+023:035 "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive."
+        He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.
+024:001 After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down
+        with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus.
+        They informed the governor against Paul.
+024:002 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,
+        "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent
+        measures are coming to this nation,
+024:003 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix,
+        with all thankfulness.
+024:004 But, that I don't delay you, I entreat you to bear with us
+        and hear a few words.
+024:005 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator
+        of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world,
+        and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
+024:006 He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.{TR
+        adds "We wanted to judge him according to our law,"}
+024:007 {TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with
+        great violence took him out of our hands,"}
+024:008 {TR adds "commanding his accusers to come to you."}By examining
+        him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which
+        we accuse him."
+024:009 The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these
+        things were so.
+024:010 When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered,
+        "Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation
+        for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
+024:011 seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve
+        days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
+024:012 In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring
+        up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
+024:013 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
+024:014 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call
+        a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all
+        things which are according to the law, and which are written
+        in the prophets;
+024:015 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for,
+        that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of
+        the just and unjust.
+024:016 Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense
+        toward God and men.
+024:017 Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy
+        to my nation, and offerings;
+024:018 amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple,
+        not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
+024:019 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation,
+        if they had anything against me.
+024:020 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found
+        in me when I stood before the council,
+024:021 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them,
+        'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged
+        before you today!'"
+024:022 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way,
+        deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer,
+        comes down, I will decide your case."
+024:023 He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody,
+        and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his
+        friends to serve him or to visit him.
+024:024 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife,
+        who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning
+        the faith in Christ Jesus.
+024:025 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the
+        judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered,
+        "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me,
+        I will summon you."
+024:026 Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul,
+        that he might release him.  Therefore also he sent for him
+        more often, and talked with him.
+024:027 But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by
+        Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left
+        Paul in bonds.
+025:001 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days
+        went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
+025:002 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed
+        him against Paul, and they begged him,
+025:003 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem;
+        plotting to kill him on the way.
+025:004 However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody
+        at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
+025:005 "Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you
+        go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man,
+        let them accuse him."
+025:006 When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down
+        to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat,
+        and commanded Paul to be brought.
+025:007 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem
+        stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous
+        charges which they could not prove,
+025:008 while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law
+        of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar,
+        have I sinned at all."
+025:009 But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul
+        and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged
+        by me there concerning these things?"
+025:010 But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat,
+        where I ought to be tried.  I have done no wrong to the Jews,
+        as you also know very well.
+025:011 For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy
+        of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things
+        is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them.
+        I appeal to Caesar!"
+025:012 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered,
+        "You have appealed to Caesar.  To Caesar you shall go."
+025:013 Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice
+        arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
+025:014 As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before
+        the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
+025:015 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders
+        of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
+025:016 To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans
+        to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met
+        the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make
+        his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
+025:017 When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay,
+        but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded
+        the man to be brought.
+025:018 Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought
+        no charge of such things as I supposed;
+025:019 but had certain questions against him about their own religion,
+        and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed
+        to be alive.
+025:020 Being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things,
+        I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there
+        be judged concerning these matters.
+025:021 But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of
+        the emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I could send
+        him to Caesar."
+025:022 Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself."
+        "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
+025:023 So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with
+        great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing
+        with the commanding officers and principal men of the city,
+        at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
+025:024 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present
+        with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude
+        of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here,
+        crying that he ought not to live any longer.
+025:025 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death,
+        and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined
+        to send him.
+025:026 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord.
+        Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially
+        before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have
+        something to write.
+025:027 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner,
+        not to also specify the charges against him."
+026:001 Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself."
+        Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
+026:002 "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my
+        defense before you this day concerning all the things that I
+        am accused by the Jews,
+026:003 especially because you are expert in all customs and
+        questions which are among the Jews.  Therefore I beg you
+        to hear me patiently.
+026:004 "Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up,
+        which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
+026:005 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify,
+        that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
+026:006 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made
+        by God to our fathers,
+026:007 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day,
+        hope to attain.  Concerning this hope I am accused by
+        the Jews, King Agrippa!
+026:008 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
+026:009 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things
+        contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
+026:010 This I also did in Jerusalem.  I both shut up many of the saints
+        in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests,
+        and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
+026:011 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make
+        them blaspheme.  Being exceedingly enraged against them,
+        I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
+026:012 "Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority
+        and commission from the chief priests,
+026:013 at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky,
+        brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who
+        traveled with me.
+026:014 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me
+        in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
+        It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
+026:015 "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?'  "He said, 'I am Jesus,
+        whom you are persecuting.
+026:016 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you
+        for this purpose:  to appoint you a servant and a witness
+        both of the things which you have seen, and of the things
+        which I will reveal to you;
+026:017 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles,
+        to whom I send you,
+026:018 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light
+        and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive
+        remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are
+        sanctified by faith in me.'
+026:019 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to
+        the heavenly vision,
+026:020 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem,
+        and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles,
+        that they should repent and turn to God, doing works
+        worthy of repentance.
+026:021 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried
+        to kill me.
+026:022 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand
+        to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing
+        but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
+026:023 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead,
+        he would be first to proclaim light both to these people
+        and to the Gentiles."
+026:024 As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul,
+        you are crazy!  Your great learning is driving you insane!"
+026:025 But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly
+        declare words of truth and reasonableness.
+026:026 For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely.
+        For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him,
+        for this has not been done in a corner.
+026:027 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets?  I know that you believe."
+026:028 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying
+        to make me a Christian?"
+026:029 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much,
+        not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become
+        such as I am, except for these bonds."
+026:030 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those
+        who sat with them.
+026:031 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying,
+        "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
+026:032 Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free
+        if he had not appealed to Caesar."
+027:001 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy,
+        they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion
+        named Julius, of the Augustan band.
+027:002 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places
+        on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian
+        of Thessalonica, being with us.
+027:003 The next day, we touched at Sidon.  Julius treated Paul kindly,
+        and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
+027:004 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus,
+        because the winds were contrary.
+027:005 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia
+        and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
+027:006 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy,
+        and he put us on board.
+027:007 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with
+        difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further,
+        we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
+027:008 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place
+        called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
+027:009 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous,
+        because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
+027:010 and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be
+        with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship,
+        but also of our lives."
+027:011 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner
+        of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
+027:012 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority
+        advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could
+        reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete,
+        looking northeast and southeast.
+027:013 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
+        their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete,
+        close to shore.
+027:014 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is
+        called Euroclydon.{Or, "a northeaster."}
+027:015 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave
+        way to it, and were driven along.
+027:016 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda,
+        we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
+027:017 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help
+        reinforce the ship.  Fearing that they would run aground
+        on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor,
+        and so were driven along.
+027:018 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they
+        began to throw things overboard.
+027:019 On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with
+        their own hands.
+027:020 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days,
+        and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would
+        be saved was now taken away.
+027:021 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle
+        of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me,
+        and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this
+        injury and loss.
+027:022 Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life
+        among you, but only of the ship.
+027:023 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God
+        whose I am and whom I serve,
+027:024 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul.  You must stand before Caesar.
+        Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
+027:025 Therefore, sirs, cheer up!  For I believe God, that it will
+        be just as it has been spoken to me.
+027:026 But we must run aground on a certain island."
+027:027 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back
+        and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors
+        surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
+027:028 They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms.{20 fathoms
+        = 120 feet = 36.6 meters} After a little while, they took
+        soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.{15 fathoms = 90
+        feet = 27.4 meters}
+027:029 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let
+        go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
+027:030 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had
+        lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would
+        lay out anchors from the bow,
+027:031 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these
+        stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
+027:032 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let
+        it fall off.
+027:033 While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take
+        some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you
+        wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
+027:034 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety;
+        for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."
+027:035 When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God
+        in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.
+027:036 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
+027:037 In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
+027:038 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship,
+        throwing out the wheat into the sea.
+027:039 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they
+        noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try
+        to drive the ship onto it.
+027:040 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same
+        time untying the rudder ropes.  Hoisting up the foresail
+        to the wind, they made for the beach.
+027:041 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran
+        the vessel aground.  The bow struck and remained immovable,
+        but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
+027:042 The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none
+        of them would swim out and escape.
+027:043 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from
+        their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should
+        throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
+027:044 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other
+        things from the ship.  So it happened that they all escaped
+        safely to the land.
+028:001 When we had escaped, then they{NU reads "we"} learned that
+        the island was called Malta.
+028:002 The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled
+        a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain,
+        and because of the cold.
+028:003 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid
+        them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat,
+        and fastened on his hand.
+028:004 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand,
+        they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer,
+        whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has
+        not allowed to live."
+028:005 However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.
+028:006 But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen
+        down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time
+        and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds,
+        and said that he was a god.
+028:007 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging
+        to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us,
+        and courteously entertained us for three days.
+028:008 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever
+        and dysentery.  Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying
+        his hands on him, healed him.
+028:009 Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases
+        in the island came, and were cured.
+028:010 They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed,
+        they put on board the things that we needed.
+028:011 After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had
+        wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."
+028:012 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
+028:013 From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium.
+        After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day
+        we came to Puteoli,
+028:014 where we found brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where
+        context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."} and were entreated to stay
+        with them for seven days.  So we came to Rome.
+028:015 From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet
+        us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns.
+        When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.
+028:016 When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners
+        to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay
+        by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
+028:017 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who
+        were the leaders of the Jews.  When they had come together,
+        he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing
+        against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was
+        delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
+028:018 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free,
+        because there was no cause of death in me.
+028:019 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained
+        to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to
+        accuse my nation.
+028:020 For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you.
+        For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."
+028:021 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea
+        concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report
+        or speak any evil of you.
+028:022 But we desire to hear from you what you think.  For, as concerning
+        this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."
+028:023 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him
+        at his lodging.  He explained to them, testifying about
+        the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus,
+        both from the law of Moses and from the prophets,
+        from morning until evening.
+028:024 Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
+028:025 When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after
+        Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly
+        through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
+028:026 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear,
+        but will in no way understand.  In seeing, you will see,
+        but will in no way perceive.
+028:027 For this people's heart has grown callous.  Their ears
+        are dull of hearing.  Their eyes they have closed.
+        Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears,
+        understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I
+        would heal them.'{Isaiah 6:9-10}
+028:028 "Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God
+        is sent to the nations.  They will also listen."
+028:029 When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great
+        dispute among themselves.
+028:030 Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house,
+        and received all who were coming to him,
+028:031 preaching the Kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning
+        the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
+Book 45 Romans
+001:001 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
+        set apart for the Good News of God,
+001:002 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
+001:003 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according
+        to the flesh,
+001:004 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to
+        the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead,
+        Jesus Christ our Lord,
+001:005 through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience
+        of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
+001:006 among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;
+001:007 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
+        Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
+        Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:008 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,
+        that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
+001:009 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News
+        of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always
+        in my prayers,
+001:010 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered
+        by the will of God to come to you.
+001:011 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,
+        to the end that you may be established;
+001:012 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us
+        by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
+001:013 Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I
+        often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far,
+        that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among
+        the rest of the Gentiles.
+001:014 I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise
+        and to the foolish.
+001:015 So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News
+        to you also who are in Rome.
+001:016 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is
+        the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes;
+        for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
+001:017 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith.
+        As it is written, "But the righteous shall live
+        by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4}
+001:018 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
+        ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress
+        the truth in unrighteousness,
+001:019 because that which is known of God is revealed in them,
+        for God revealed it to them.
+001:020 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world
+        are clearly seen, being perceived through the things
+        that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity;
+        that they may be without excuse.
+001:021 Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God,
+        neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning,
+        and their senseless heart was darkened.
+001:022 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
+001:023 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an
+        image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals,
+        and creeping things.
+001:024 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their
+        hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be
+        dishonored among themselves,
+001:025 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped
+        and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is
+        blessed forever.  Amen.
+001:026 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions.
+        For their women changed the natural function into that which
+        is against nature.
+001:027 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman,
+        burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is
+        inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due
+        penalty of their error.
+001:028 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge,
+        God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things
+        which are not fitting;
+001:029 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
+        wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,
+        murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
+001:030 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful,
+        inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
+001:031 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
+        affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
+001:032 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice
+        such things are worthy of death, not only do the same,
+        but also approve of those who practice them.
+002:001 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge.
+        For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself.
+        For you who judge practice the same things.
+002:002 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against
+        those who practice such things.
+002:003 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things,
+        and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
+002:004 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance,
+        and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads
+        you to repentance?
+002:005 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you
+        are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath,
+        revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
+002:006 who "will pay back to everyone according to their
+        works:"{Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12}
+002:007 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor,
+        and incorruptibility, eternal life;
+002:008 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth,
+        but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
+002:009 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil,
+        to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
+002:010 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good,
+        to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
+002:011 For there is no partiality with God.
+002:012 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without
+        the law.  As many as have sinned under the law will be judged
+        by the law.
+002:013 For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,
+        but the doers of the law will be justified
+002:014 (for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things
+        of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
+002:015 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts,
+        their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts
+        among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
+002:016 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to
+        my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
+002:017 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law,
+        and glory in God,
+002:018 and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent,
+        being instructed out of the law,
+002:019 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind,
+        a light to those who are in darkness,
+002:020 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in
+        the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
+002:021 You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself?
+        You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?
+002:022 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery.  Do you commit adultery?
+        You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
+002:023 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law
+        do you dishonor God?
+002:024 For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because
+        of you,"{Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22} just as it is written.
+002:025 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law,
+        but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision
+        has become uncircumcision.
+002:026 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law,
+        won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
+002:027 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills
+        the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision
+        are a transgressor of the law?
+002:028 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that
+        circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
+002:029 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision
+        is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter;
+        whose praise is not from men, but from God.
+003:001 Then what advantage does the Jew have?  Or what is the
+        profit of circumcision?
+003:002 Much in every way!  Because first of all, they were entrusted
+        with the oracles of God.
+003:003 For what if some were without faith?  Will their lack of faith
+        nullify the faithfulness of God?
+003:004 May it never be!  Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar.
+        As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words,
+        and might prevail when you come into judgment."{Psalm 51:4}
+003:005 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God,
+        what will we say?  Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath?
+        I speak like men do.
+003:006 May it never be!  For then how will God judge the world?
+003:007 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory,
+        why am I also still judged as a sinner?
+003:008 Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm
+        that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?"
+        Those who say so are justly condemned.
+003:009 What then?  Are we better than they?  No, in no way.
+        For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks, that they
+        are all under sin.
+003:010 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.
+003:011 There is no one who understands.  There is no one who
+        seeks after God.
+003:012 They have all turned aside.  They have together become unprofitable.
+        There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as
+        one."{Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20}
+003:013 "Their throat is an open tomb.  With their tongues they
+        have used deceit."{Psalm 5:9} "The poison of vipers is under
+        their lips;"{Psalm 140:3}
+003:014 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."{Psalm 10:7}
+003:015 "Their feet are swift to shed blood.
+003:016 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
+003:017 The way of peace, they haven't known."{Isaiah 59:7-8}
+003:018 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."{Psalm 36:1}
+003:019 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to
+        those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed,
+        and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
+003:020 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified
+        in his sight.  For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
+003:021 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has
+        been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
+003:022 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ
+        to all and on all those who believe.  For there is no distinction,
+003:023 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
+003:024 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
+        that is in Christ Jesus;
+003:025 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation},
+        through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his
+        righteousness through the passing over of prior sins,
+        in God's forbearance;
+003:026 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time;
+        that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him
+        who has faith in Jesus.
+003:027 Where then is the boasting?  It is excluded.  By what manner of law?
+        Of works?  No, but by a law of faith.
+003:028 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart
+        from the works of the law.
+003:029 Or is God the God of Jews only?  Isn't he the God of Gentiles also?
+        Yes, of Gentiles also,
+003:030 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised
+        by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
+003:031 Do we then nullify the law through faith?  May it never be!
+        No, we establish the law.
+004:001 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found
+        according to the flesh?
+004:002 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something
+        to boast about, but not toward God.
+004:003 For what does the Scripture say?  "Abraham believed God,
+        and it was accounted to him for righteousness."{Genesis 15:6}
+004:004 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace,
+        but as debt.
+004:005 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies
+        the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
+004:006 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God
+        counts righteousness apart from works,
+004:007 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
+        whose sins are covered.
+004:008 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge
+        with sin."{Psalm 32:1-2}
+004:009 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on
+        the uncircumcised also?  For we say that faith was accounted
+        to Abraham for righteousness.
+004:010 How then was it counted?  When he was in circumcision,
+        or in uncircumcision?  Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
+004:011 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
+        of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision,
+        that he might be the father of all those who believe,
+        though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might
+        also be accounted to them.
+004:012 The father of circumcision to those who not only are of
+        the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith
+        of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
+004:013 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should
+        be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through
+        the righteousness of faith.
+004:014 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void,
+        and the promise is made of no effect.
+004:015 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law,
+        neither is there disobedience.
+004:016 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace,
+        to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed,
+        not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which
+        is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
+004:017 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations."{Genesis
+        17:5} This is in the presence of him whom he believed:
+        God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not,
+        as though they were.
+004:018 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might
+        become a father of many nations, according to that which had
+        been spoken, "So will your seed be."{Genesis 15:5}
+004:019 Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body,
+        already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred
+        years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
+004:020 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief,
+        but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
+004:021 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able
+        also to perform.
+004:022 Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."{Genesis
+        15:6}
+004:023 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for
+        his sake alone,
+004:024 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe
+        in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
+004:025 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised
+        for our justification.
+005:001 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God
+        through our Lord Jesus Christ;
+005:002 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace
+        in which we stand.  We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
+005:003 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
+        knowing that suffering works perseverance;
+005:004 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
+005:005 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been
+        poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was
+        given to us.
+005:006 For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died
+        for the ungodly.
+005:007 For one will hardly die for a righteous man.  Yet perhaps
+        for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.
+005:008 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we
+        were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
+005:009 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be
+        saved from God's wrath through him.
+005:010 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God
+        through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled,
+        we will be saved by his life.
+005:011 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
+005:012 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man,
+        and death through sin; and so death passed to all men,
+        because all sinned.
+005:013 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged
+        when there is no law.
+005:014 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,
+        even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience,
+        who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
+005:015 But the free gift isn't like the trespass.  For if by the trespass
+        of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God,
+        and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,
+        abound to the many.
+005:016 The gift is not as through one who sinned:  for the judgment
+        came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many
+        trespasses to justification.
+005:017 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one;
+        so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
+        and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through
+        the one, Jesus Christ.
+005:018 So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned;
+        even so through one act of righteousness, all men were
+        justified to life.
+005:019 For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners,
+        even so through the obedience of the one, many will
+        be made righteous.
+005:020 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound;
+        but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
+005:021 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through
+        righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
+006:001 What shall we say then?  Shall we continue in sin,
+        that grace may abound?
+006:002 May it never be!  We who died to sin, how could we live
+        in it any longer?
+006:003 Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus
+        were baptized into his death?
+006:004 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death,
+        that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory
+        of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
+006:005 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death,
+        we will also be part of his resurrection;
+006:006 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him,
+        that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we
+        would no longer be in bondage to sin.
+006:007 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
+006:008 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also
+        live with him;
+006:009 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more.
+        Death no more has dominion over him!
+006:010 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time;
+        but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
+006:011 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive
+        to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+006:012 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you
+        should obey it in its lusts.
+006:013 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness,
+        but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead,
+        and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
+006:014 For sin will not have dominion over you.  For you are not under law,
+        but under grace.
+006:015 What then?  Shall we sin, because we are not under law,
+        but under grace?  May it never be!
+006:016 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as
+        servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey;
+        whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
+006:017 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin,
+        you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching
+        whereunto you were delivered.
+006:018 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
+006:019 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh,
+        for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness
+        and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your
+        members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
+006:020 For when you were servants of sin, you were free in
+        regard to righteousness.
+006:021 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which
+        you are now ashamed?  For the end of those things is death.
+006:022 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants
+        of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result
+        of eternal life.
+006:023 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is
+        eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+007:001 Or don't you know, brothers{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where context allows may also be correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} (for I speak to men
+        who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man
+        for as long as he lives?
+007:002 For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband
+        while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged
+        from the law of the husband.
+007:003 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man,
+        she would be called an adulteress.  But if the husband dies,
+        she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress,
+        though she is joined to another man.
+007:004 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law
+        through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another,
+        to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring
+        forth fruit to God.
+007:005 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which
+        were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth
+        fruit to death.
+007:006 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died
+        to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness
+        of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
+007:007 What shall we say then?  Is the law sin?  May it never be!
+        However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law.
+        For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said,
+        "You shall not covet."{Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21}
+007:008 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment,
+        produced in me all kinds of coveting.  For apart from the law,
+        sin is dead.
+007:009 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came,
+        sin revived, and I died.
+007:010 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
+007:011 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me,
+        and through it killed me.
+007:012 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy,
+        and righteous, and good.
+007:013 Did then that which is good become death to me?  May it never be!
+        But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death
+        to me through that which is good; that through the commandment
+        sin might become exceeding sinful.
+007:014 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly,
+        sold under sin.
+007:015 For I don't know what I am doing.  For I don't practice what I
+        desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
+007:016 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law
+        that it is good.
+007:017 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
+007:018 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing.
+        For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing
+        that which is good.
+007:019 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I
+        don't desire, that I practice.
+007:020 But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it,
+        but sin which dwells in me.
+007:021 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good,
+        evil is present.
+007:022 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
+007:023 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law
+        of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law
+        of sin which is in my members.
+007:024 What a wretched man I am!  Who will deliver me out of the body
+        of this death?
+007:025 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord!  So then with the mind,
+        I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.
+008:001 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are
+        in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh,
+        but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according
+        to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}
+008:002 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free
+        from the law of sin and of death.
+008:003 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
+        God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh
+        and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
+008:004 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us,
+        who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
+008:005 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds
+        on the things of the flesh, but those who live according
+        to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
+008:006 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit
+        is life and peace;
+008:007 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God;
+        for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
+008:008 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.
+008:009 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so
+        that the Spirit of God dwells in you.  But if any man doesn't
+        have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
+008:010 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin,
+        but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
+008:011 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead
+        dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead
+        will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit
+        who dwells in you.
+008:012 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
+        after the flesh.
+008:013 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit
+        you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
+008:014 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are
+        children of God.
+008:015 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear,
+        but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,
+        "Abba{Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often used
+        affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father
+        in heaven.}!  Father!"
+008:016 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are
+        children of God;
+008:017 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs
+        with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be
+        glorified with him.
+008:018 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
+        are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be
+        revealed toward us.
+008:019 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children
+        of God to be revealed.
+008:020 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will,
+        but because of him who subjected it, in hope
+008:021 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage
+        of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
+008:022 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain
+        together until now.
+008:023 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits
+        of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
+        waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
+008:024 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope.
+        For who hopes for that which he sees?
+008:025 But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for
+        it with patience.
+008:026 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we
+        don't know how to pray as we ought.  But the Spirit himself
+        makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.
+008:027 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind,
+        because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
+008:028 We know that all things work together for good for those who
+        love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
+008:029 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed
+        to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
+        among many brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where
+        context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."}
+008:030 Whom he predestined, those he also called.
+        Whom he called, those he also justified.  Whom he justified,
+        those he also glorified.
+008:031 What then shall we say about these things?  If God is for us,
+        who can be against us?
+008:032 He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
+        how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
+008:033 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones?
+        It is God who justifies.
+008:034 Who is he who condemns?  It is Christ who died, yes rather,
+        who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God,
+        who also makes intercession for us.
+008:035 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Could oppression,
+        or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
+        or peril, or sword?
+008:036 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long.
+        We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22}
+008:037 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through
+        him who loved us.
+008:038 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
+        nor principalities, nor things present, nor things
+        to come, nor powers,
+008:039 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing,
+        will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is
+        in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+009:001 I tell the truth in Christ.  I am not lying, my conscience
+        testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
+009:002 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
+009:003 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ
+        for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
+009:004 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants,
+        the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
+009:005 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning
+        the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever.  Amen.
+009:006 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing.
+        For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
+009:007 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children.
+        But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."{Genesis 21:12}
+009:008 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children
+        of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
+009:009 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come,
+        and Sarah will have a son."{Genesis 18:10,14}
+009:010 Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
+009:011 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad,
+        that the purpose of God according to election might stand,
+        not of works, but of him who calls,
+009:012 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."{Genesis 25:23}
+009:013 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."{Malachi
+        1:2-3}
+009:014 What shall we say then?  Is there unrighteousness
+        with God?  May it never be!
+009:015 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
+        and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."{Exodus 33:19}
+009:016 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs,
+        but of God who has mercy.
+009:017 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I
+        caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power,
+        and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."{Exodus 9:16}
+009:018 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens
+        whom he desires.
+009:019 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault?
+        For who withstands his will?"
+009:020 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God?  Will the
+        thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me
+        like this?"{Isaiah 29:16; 45:9}
+009:021 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump
+        to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
+009:022 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his
+        power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath
+        made for destruction,
+009:023 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels
+        of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
+009:024 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also
+        from the Gentiles?
+009:025 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,'
+        which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was
+        not beloved."{Hosea 2:23}
+009:026 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them,
+        'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children
+        of the living God.'"{Hosea 1:10}
+009:027 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the children
+        of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant
+        who will be saved;
+009:028 for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
+        because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."{Isaiah
+        10:22-23}
+009:029 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies{Greek: Sabaoth
+        (for Hebrew:  Tze'va'ot)} had left us a seed, we would have become
+        like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."{Isaiah 1:9}
+009:030 What shall we say then?  That the Gentiles, who didn't
+        follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness,
+        even the righteousness which is of faith;
+009:031 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive
+        at the law of righteousness.
+009:032 Why?  Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were
+        by works of the law.  They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
+009:033 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling
+        stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him
+        will be disappointed."{Isaiah 8:14; 28:16}
+010:001 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel,
+        that they may be saved.
+010:002 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God,
+        but not according to knowledge.
+010:003 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking
+        to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject
+        themselves to the righteousness of God.
+010:004 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law
+        for righteousness to everyone who believes.
+010:005 For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, "The one
+        who does them will live by them."{Leviticus 18:5}
+010:006 But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Don't say
+        in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'{Deuteronomy 30:12}
+        (that is, to bring Christ down);
+010:007 or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?'{Deuteronomy 30:13}
+        (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)"
+010:008 But what does it say?  "The word is near you, in your mouth,
+        and in your heart;"{Deuteronomy 30:14} that is, the word of faith,
+        which we preach:
+010:009 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,
+        and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
+        you will be saved.
+010:010 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness;
+        and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
+010:011 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not
+        be disappointed."{Isaiah 28:16}
+010:012 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same
+        Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
+010:013 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will
+        be saved."{Joel 2:32}
+010:014 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?
+        How will they believe in him whom they have not heard?
+        How will they hear without a preacher?
+010:015 And how will they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written:
+        "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News
+        of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"{Isaiah 52:7}
+010:016 But they didn't all listen to the glad news.  For Isaiah says,
+        "Lord, who has believed our report?"{Isaiah 53:1}
+010:017 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
+010:018 But I say, didn't they hear?  Yes, most certainly, "Their sound
+        went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of
+        the world."{Psalm 19:4}
+010:019 But I ask, didn't Israel know?  First Moses says, "I will provoke
+        you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation
+        void of understanding I will make you angry."{Deuteronomy 32:31}
+010:020 Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who
+        didn't seek me.  I was revealed to those who didn't ask
+        for me."{Isaiah 65:1}
+010:021 But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands
+        to a disobedient and contrary people."{Isaiah 65:2}
+011:001 I ask then, did God reject his people?  May it never be!
+        For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,
+        of the tribe of Benjamin.
+011:002 God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew.  Or don't you
+        know what the Scripture says about Elijah?  How he pleads
+        with God against Israel:
+011:003 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken
+        down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my
+        life."{1 Kings 19:10,14}
+011:004 But how does God answer him?  "I have reserved for myself seven
+        thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."{1 Kings 19:18}
+011:005 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
+        according to the election of grace.
+011:006 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace
+        is no longer grace.  But if it is of works, it is no longer grace;
+        otherwise work is no longer work.
+011:007 What then?  That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain,
+        but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
+011:008 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor,
+        eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear,
+        to this very day."{Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10}
+011:009 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
+        a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
+011:010 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.
+        Bow down their back always."{Psalm 69:22,23}
+011:011 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall?  May it never be!
+        But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles,
+        to provoke them to jealousy.
+011:012 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss
+        the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
+011:013 For I speak to you who are Gentiles.  Since then as I am
+        an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
+011:014 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh,
+        and may save some of them.
+011:015 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world,
+        what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
+011:016 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump.  If the root is holy,
+        so are the branches.
+011:017 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a
+        wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker
+        with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
+011:018 don't boast over the branches.  But if you boast, it is not you
+        who support the root, but the root supports you.
+011:019 You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might
+        be grafted in."
+011:020 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand
+        by your faith.  Don't be conceited, but fear;
+011:021 for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will
+        he spare you.
+011:022 See then the goodness and severity of God.  Toward those
+        who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue
+        in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
+011:023 They also, if they don't continue in their unbelief, will be
+        grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
+011:024 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree,
+        and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree,
+        how much more will these, which are the natural branches,
+        be grafted into their own olive tree?
+011:025 For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers,{The word
+        for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be
+        correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
+        of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits,
+        that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the
+        fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
+011:026 and so all Israel will be saved.  Even as it is written,
+        "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn
+        away ungodliness from Jacob.
+011:027 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their
+        sins."{Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34}
+011:028 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake.
+        But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
+011:029 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
+011:030 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have
+        obtained mercy by their disobedience,
+011:031 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy
+        shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
+011:032 For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have
+        mercy on all.
+011:033 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge
+        of God!  How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways
+        past tracing out!
+011:034 "For who has known the mind of the Lord?  Or who has been
+        his counselor?"{Isaiah 40:13}
+011:035 "Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to
+        him again?"{Job 41:11}
+011:036 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things.
+        To him be the glory for ever!  Amen.
+012:001 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present
+        your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
+        which is your spiritual service.
+012:002 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
+        the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is
+        the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
+012:003 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every
+        man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly
+        than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has
+        apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
+012:004 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members
+        don't have the same function,
+012:005 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually
+        members one of another.
+012:006 Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us,
+        if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion
+        of our faith;
+012:007 or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches,
+        to his teaching;
+012:008 or he who exhorts, to his exhorting:  he who gives,
+        let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence;
+        he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
+012:009 Let love be without hypocrisy.  Abhor that which is evil.
+        Cling to that which is good.
+012:010 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another;
+        in honor preferring one another;
+012:011 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
+012:012 rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly
+        in prayer;
+012:013 contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
+012:014 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.
+012:015 Rejoice with those who rejoice.  Weep with those who weep.
+012:016 Be of the same mind one toward another.  Don't set your
+        mind on high things, but associate with the humble.
+        Don't be wise in your own conceits.
+012:017 Repay no one evil for evil.  Respect what is honorable
+        in the sight of all men.
+012:018 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace
+        with all men.
+012:019 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to
+        God's wrath.  For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me;
+        I will repay, says the Lord."{Deuteronomy 32:35}
+012:020 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him.  If he is thirsty,
+        give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire
+        on his head."{Proverbs 25:21-22}
+012:021 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
+013:001 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities,
+        for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist
+        are ordained by God.
+013:002 Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance
+        of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.
+013:003 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil.
+        Do you desire to have no fear of the authority?
+        Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,
+013:004 for he is a servant of God to you for good.  But if you do that
+        which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain;
+        for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him
+        who does evil.
+013:005 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of
+        the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
+013:006 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants
+        of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.
+013:007 Give therefore to everyone what you owe:  taxes to whom taxes
+        are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect;
+        honor to whom honor.
+013:008 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves
+        his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
+013:009 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery,"
+        "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall
+        not give false testimony," "You shall not covet,"{TR adds
+        "You shall not give false testimony,"}{Exodus 20:13-15,17;
+        Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21} and whatever other commandments there are,
+        are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love
+        your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18}
+013:010 Love doesn't harm a neighbor.  Love therefore is the fulfillment
+        of the law.
+013:011 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you
+        to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us
+        than when we first believed.
+013:012 The night is far gone, and the day is near.  Let's therefore throw
+        off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.
+013:013 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling
+        and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts,
+        and not in strife and jealousy.
+013:014 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision
+        for the flesh, for its lusts.
+014:001 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes
+        over opinions.
+014:002 One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak
+        eats only vegetables.
+014:003 Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat.
+        Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God
+        has accepted him.
+014:004 Who are you who judge another's servant?  To his own lord
+        he stands or falls.  Yes, he will be made to stand, for God
+        has power to make him stand.
+014:005 One man esteems one day as more important.  Another esteems every
+        day alike.  Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
+014:006 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does
+        not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it.
+        He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks.
+        He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat,
+        and gives God thanks.
+014:007 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
+014:008 For if we live, we live to the Lord.  Or if we die, we die
+        to the Lord.  If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.
+014:009 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again,
+        that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
+014:010 But you, why do you judge your brother?  Or you again,
+        why do you despise your brother?  For we will all stand
+        before the judgment seat of Christ.
+014:011 For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee
+        will bow.  Every tongue will confess to God.'"{Isaiah 45:23}
+014:012 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
+014:013 Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather,
+        that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way,
+        or an occasion for falling.
+014:014 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is
+        unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything
+        to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
+014:015 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk
+        no longer in love.  Don't destroy with your food him for
+        whom Christ died.
+014:016 Then don't let your good be slandered,
+014:017 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,
+        but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
+014:018 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God
+        and approved by men.
+014:019 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace,
+        and things by which we may build one another up.
+014:020 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake.  All things indeed
+        are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates
+        a stumbling block by eating.
+014:021 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything
+        by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
+014:022 Do you have faith?  Have it to yourself before God.
+        Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in that which he approves.
+014:023 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it
+        isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
+        (14:24) Now to him who is able to establish you according
+        to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
+        according to the revelation of the mystery which has been
+        kept secret through long ages, (14:25) but now is revealed,
+        and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the
+        commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience
+        of faith to all the nations; (14:26) to the only wise God,
+        through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever!
+        Amen.{TR places verses 24-26 after Romans 16:24 as verses 25-27.}
+015:001 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak,
+        and not to please ourselves.
+015:002 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good,
+        to be building him up.
+015:003 For even Christ didn't please himself.  But, as it is written,
+        "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."{Psalm 69:9}
+015:004 For whatever things were written before were written for
+        our learning, that through patience and through encouragement
+        of the Scriptures we might have hope.
+015:005 Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be
+        of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
+015:006 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God
+        and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+015:007 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted
+        you,{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} to the glory of God.
+015:008 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision
+        for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises
+        given to the fathers,
+015:009 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.
+        As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among
+        the Gentiles, and sing to your name."{2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49}
+015:010 Again he says, "Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."{Deuteronomy
+        32:43}
+015:011 Again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!  Let all the peoples
+        praise him."{Psalm 117:1}
+015:012 Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse,
+        he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles
+        will hope."{Isaiah 11:10}
+015:013 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
+        in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power
+        of the Holy Spirit.
+015:014 I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers{The word
+        for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, that you
+        yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,
+        able also to admonish others.
+015:015 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you,
+        because of the grace that was given to me by God,
+015:016 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,
+        serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering
+        up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by
+        the Holy Spirit.
+015:017 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things
+        pertaining to God.
+015:018 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which
+        Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles,
+        by word and deed,
+015:019 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit;
+        so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have
+        fully preached the Good News of Christ;
+015:020 yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ
+        was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.
+015:021 But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came.
+        They who haven't heard will understand."{Isaiah 52:15}
+015:022 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
+015:023 but now, no longer having any place in these regions,
+        and having these many years a longing to come to you,
+015:024 whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you.
+        For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way
+        there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
+015:025 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
+015:026 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia
+        to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints
+        who are at Jerusalem.
+015:027 Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors.
+        For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their
+        spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them
+        in fleshly things.
+015:028 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed
+        to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
+015:029 I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness
+        of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.
+015:030 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
+        the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me
+        in your prayers to God for me,
+015:031 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea,
+        and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable
+        to the saints;
+015:032 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God,
+        and together with you, find rest.
+015:033 Now the God of peace be with you all.  Amen.
+016:001 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant{or,
+        deacon} of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
+016:002 that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints,
+        and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need
+        from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many,
+        and of my own self.
+016:003 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
+016:004 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I
+        give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
+016:005 Greet the assembly that is in their house.  Greet Epaenetus,
+        my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
+016:006 Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
+016:007 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow prisoners,
+        who are notable among the apostles, who also were in
+        Christ before me.
+016:008 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
+016:009 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
+016:010 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ.  Greet those who are
+        of the household of Aristobulus.
+016:011 Greet Herodion, my kinsman.  Greet them of the household
+        of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
+016:012 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord.
+        Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
+016:013 Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
+016:014 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the
+        brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows
+        may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} who are with them.
+016:015 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas,
+        and all the saints who are with them.
+016:016 Greet one another with a holy kiss.  The assemblies of
+        Christ greet you.
+016:017 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing
+        the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine
+        which you learned, and turn away from them.
+016:018 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ,
+        but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech,
+        they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
+016:019 For your obedience has become known to all.  I rejoice therefore
+        over you.  But I desire to have you wise in that which is good,
+        but innocent in that which is evil.
+016:020 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet.
+        The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
+016:021 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason,
+        and Sosipater, my relatives.
+016:022 I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.
+016:023 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you.
+        Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you,
+        as does Quartus, the brother.
+016:024 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!  Amen.
+016:025 {See Romans 14:23}
+016:026 {See Romans 14:23}
+016:027 {See Romans 14:23} {TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end
+        of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers
+        these verses 16:25-27.}
+Book 46 1 Corinthians
+001:001 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will
+        of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
+001:002 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are
+        sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all
+        who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place,
+        both theirs and ours:
+001:003 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:004 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God
+        which was given you in Christ Jesus;
+001:005 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech
+        and all knowledge;
+001:006 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
+001:007 so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation
+        of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+001:008 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day
+        of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:009 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship
+        of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
+001:010 Now I beg you, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and
+        where context allows may also be correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} through the name
+        of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing
+        and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be
+        perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
+001:011 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers,
+        by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are
+        contentions among you.
+001:012 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I
+        follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
+001:013 Is Christ divided?  Was Paul crucified for you?
+        Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
+001:014 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
+001:015 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into
+        my own name.
+001:016 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them,
+        I don't know whether I baptized any other.)
+001:017 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News--
+        not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't
+        be made void.
+001:018 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying,
+        but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
+001:019 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will
+        bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."{Isaiah 29:14}
+001:020 Where is the wise?  Where is the scribe?  Where is the lawyer
+        of this world?  Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
+001:021 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its
+        wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through
+        the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
+001:022 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
+001:023 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews,
+        and foolishness to Greeks,
+001:024 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is
+        the power of God and the wisdom of God.
+001:025 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness
+        of God is stronger than men.
+001:026 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise
+        according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
+001:027 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put
+        to shame those who are wise.  God chose the weak things of the world,
+        that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
+001:028 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things
+        that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might
+        bring to nothing the things that are:
+001:029 that no flesh should boast before God.
+001:030 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom
+        from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
+001:031 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him
+        boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}
+002:001 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence
+        of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
+002:002 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ,
+        and him crucified.
+002:003 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
+002:004 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of
+        human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
+002:005 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men,
+        but in the power of God.
+002:006 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown;
+        yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world,
+        who are coming to nothing.
+002:007 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has
+        been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds
+        for our glory,
+002:008 which none of the rulers of this world has known.  For had they
+        known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
+002:009 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see,
+        and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man,
+        these God has prepared for those who love him."{Isaiah 64:4}
+002:010 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit.
+        For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
+002:011 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit
+        of the man, which is in him?  Even so, no one knows the things
+        of God, except God's Spirit.
+002:012 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit
+        which is from God, that we might know the things that were
+        freely given to us by God.
+002:013 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches,
+        but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
+        with spiritual things.
+002:014 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit,
+        for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them,
+        because they are spiritually discerned.
+002:015 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself
+        is judged by no one.
+002:016 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct
+        him?"{Isaiah 40:13} But we have Christ's mind.
+003:001 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly,
+        as to babies in Christ.
+003:002 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready.
+        Indeed, not even now are you ready,
+003:003 for you are still fleshly.  For insofar as there is jealousy,
+        strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't
+        you walk in the ways of men?
+003:004 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"
+        aren't you fleshly?
+003:005 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom
+        you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
+003:006 I planted.  Apollos watered.  But God gave the increase.
+003:007 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters,
+        but God who gives the increase.
+003:008 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each
+        will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
+003:009 For we are God's fellow workers.  You are God's farming,
+        God's building.
+003:010 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise
+        master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it.
+        But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
+003:011 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has
+        been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
+003:012 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver,
+        costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
+003:013 each man's work will be revealed.  For the Day will declare it,
+        because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test
+        what sort of work each man's work is.
+003:014 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will
+        receive a reward.
+003:015 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself
+        will be saved, but as through fire.
+003:016 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit
+        lives in you?
+003:017 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him;
+        for God's temple is holy, which you are.
+003:018 Let no one deceive himself.  If anyone thinks that he is
+        wise among you in this world, let him become a fool,
+        that he may become wise.
+003:019 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.  For it
+        is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."{Job 5:13}
+003:020 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it
+        is worthless."{Psalm 94:11}
+003:021 Therefore let no one boast in men.  For all things are yours,
+003:022 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world,
+        or life, or death, or things present, or things to come.
+        All are yours,
+003:023 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
+004:001 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards
+        of God's mysteries.
+004:002 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they
+        be found faithful.
+004:003 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged
+        by you, or by man's judgment.  Yes, I don't judge my own self.
+004:004 For I know nothing against myself.  Yet I am not justified
+        by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
+004:005 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes,
+        who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness,
+        and reveal the counsels of the hearts.  Then each man will get
+        his praise from God.
+004:006 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred
+        to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might
+        learn not to think beyond the things which are written,
+        that none of you be puffed up against one another.
+004:007 For who makes you different?  And what do you have that you
+        didn't receive?  But if you did receive it, why do you boast
+        as if you had not received it?
+004:008 You are already filled.  You have already become rich.
+        You have come to reign without us.  Yes, and I wish that you
+        did reign, that we also might reign with you.
+004:009 For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all,
+        like men sentenced to death.  For we are made a spectacle
+        to the world, both to angels and men.
+004:010 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ.
+        We are weak, but you are strong.  You have honor,
+        but we have dishonor.
+004:011 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked,
+        are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
+004:012 We toil, working with our own hands.  When people curse us, we bless.
+        Being persecuted, we endure.
+004:013 Being defamed, we entreat.  We are made as the filth of the world,
+        the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
+004:014 I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you
+        as my beloved children.
+004:015 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not
+        many fathers.  For in Christ Jesus, I became your father
+        through the Good News.
+004:016 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
+004:017 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my
+        beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you
+        of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere
+        in every assembly.
+004:018 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
+004:019 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing.
+        And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up,
+        but the power.
+004:020 For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
+004:021 What do you want?  Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love
+        and a spirit of gentleness?
+005:001 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you,
+        and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles,
+        that one has his father's wife.
+005:002 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had
+        done this deed might be removed from among you.
+005:003 For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present
+        in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him
+        who has done this thing.
+005:004 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together,
+        and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+005:005 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
+        that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
+005:006 Your boasting is not good.  Don't you know that a little yeast
+        leavens the whole lump?
+005:007 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump,
+        even as you are unleavened.  For indeed Christ, our Passover,
+        has been sacrificed in our place.
+005:008 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast,
+        neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with
+        the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
+005:009 I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;
+005:010 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
+        or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters;
+        for then you would have to leave the world.
+005:011 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone
+        who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous,
+        or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner.
+        Don't even eat with such a person.
+005:012 For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside?
+        Don't you judge those who are within?
+005:013 But those who are outside, God judges.  "Put away the wicked man
+        from among yourselves."{Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7}
+006:001 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor,
+        go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
+006:002 Don't you know that the saints will judge the world?
+        And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge
+        the smallest matters?
+006:003 Don't you know that we will judge angels?  How much more,
+        things that pertain to this life?
+006:004 If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life,
+        do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
+006:005 I say this to move you to shame.  Isn't there even one wise man
+        among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
+006:006 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
+006:007 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you
+        have lawsuits one with another.  Why not rather be wronged?
+        Why not rather be defrauded?
+006:008 No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that
+        against your brothers.
+006:009 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom
+        of God?  Don't be deceived.  Neither the sexually immoral,
+        nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
+006:010 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers,
+        nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
+006:011 Such were some of you, but you were washed.  But you were sanctified.
+        But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,
+        and in the Spirit of our God.
+006:012 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient.
+        "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought
+        under the power of anything.
+006:013 "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,"
+        but God will bring to nothing both it and them.
+        But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord;
+        and the Lord for the body.
+006:014 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up
+        by his power.
+006:015 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I then
+        take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute?
+        May it never be!
+006:016 Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body?
+        For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."{Genesis 2:24}
+006:017 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
+006:018 Flee sexual immorality!  "Every sin that a man does is outside
+        the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against
+        his own body.
+006:019 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
+        which is in you, which you have from God?  You are not your own,
+006:020 for you were bought with a price.  Therefore glorify God
+        in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
+007:001 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me:
+        it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
+007:002 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his
+        own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
+007:003 Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her,
+        and likewise also the wife to her husband.
+007:004 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband.
+        Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his
+        own body, but the wife.
+007:005 Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season,
+        that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer,
+        and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you
+        because of your lack of self-control.
+007:006 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
+007:007 Yet I wish that all men were like me.  However each man has his
+        own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
+007:008 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them
+        if they remain even as I am.
+007:009 But if they don't have self-control, let them marry.
+        For it's better to marry than to burn.
+007:010 But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife
+        not leave her husband
+007:011 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled
+        to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
+007:012 But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has
+        an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him,
+        let him not leave her.
+007:013 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content
+        to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
+007:014 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife,
+        and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband.
+        Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
+007:015 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation.
+        The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases,
+        but God has called us in peace.
+007:016 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband?
+        Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
+007:017 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each,
+        so let him walk.  So I command in all the assemblies.
+007:018 Was anyone called having been circumcised?  Let him not
+        become uncircumcised.  Has anyone been called in uncircumcision?
+        Let him not be circumcised.
+007:019 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing,
+        but the keeping of the commandments of God.
+007:020 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
+007:021 Were you called being a bondservant?  Don't let that bother you,
+        but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
+007:022 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is
+        the Lord's free man.  Likewise he who was called being free
+        is Christ's bondservant.
+007:023 You were bought with a price.  Don't become bondservants of men.
+007:024 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called,
+        stay in that condition with God.
+007:025 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord,
+        but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from
+        the Lord to be trustworthy.
+007:026 I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress
+        that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
+007:027 Are you bound to a wife?  Don't seek to be freed.
+        Are you free from a wife?  Don't seek a wife.
+007:028 But if you marry, you have not sinned.  If a virgin marries,
+        she has not sinned.  Yet such will have oppression in the flesh,
+        and I want to spare you.
+007:029 But I say this, brothers:  the time is short, that from now on,
+        both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
+007:030 and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those
+        who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy,
+        as though they didn't possess;
+007:031 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest.
+        For the mode of this world passes away.
+007:032 But I desire to have you to be free from cares.
+        He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord,
+        how he may please the Lord;
+007:033 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world,
+        how he may please his wife.
+007:034 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin.
+        The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord,
+        that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
+        But she who is married cares about the things of the world--
+        how she may please her husband.
+007:035 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you,
+        but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend
+        to the Lord without distraction.
+007:036 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately
+        toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age,
+        and if need so requires, let him do what he desires.
+        He doesn't sin.  Let them marry.
+007:037 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity,
+        but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.
+007:038 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well,
+        and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.
+007:039 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives;
+        but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever
+        she desires, only in the Lord.
+007:040 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment,
+        and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
+008:001 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols:  We know that we
+        all have knowledge.  Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
+008:002 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet
+        know as he ought to know.
+008:003 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
+008:004 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols,
+        we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there
+        is no other God but one.
+008:005 For though there are things that are called "gods,"
+        whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods"
+        and many "lords;"
+008:006 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things,
+        and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom
+        are all things, and we live through him.
+008:007 However, that knowledge isn't in all men.  But some,
+        with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of
+        a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience,
+        being weak, is defiled.
+008:008 But food will not commend us to God.  For neither, if we don't eat,
+        are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
+008:009 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours
+        become a stumbling block to the weak.
+008:010 For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple,
+        won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat
+        things sacrificed to idols?
+008:011 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother
+        for whose sake Christ died.
+008:012 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience
+        when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
+008:013 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat
+        no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.
+009:001 Am I not free?  Am I not an apostle?  Haven't I seen Jesus Christ,
+        our Lord?  Aren't you my work in the Lord?
+009:002 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you;
+        for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
+009:003 My defense to those who examine me is this.
+009:004 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
+009:005 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer,
+        even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of
+        the Lord, and Cephas?
+009:006 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
+009:007 What soldier ever serves at his own expense?
+        Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit?
+        Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?
+009:008 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men?
+        Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
+009:009 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle
+        an ox while it treads out the grain."{Deuteronomy 25:4} Is
+        it for the oxen that God cares,
+009:010 or does he say it assuredly for our sake?  Yes, it was written
+        for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope,
+        and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
+009:011 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we
+        reap your fleshly things?
+009:012 If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more?
+        Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things,
+        that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
+009:013 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat
+        from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar
+        have their portion with the altar?
+009:014 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News
+        should live from the Good News.
+009:015 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things
+        that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die,
+        than that anyone should make my boasting void.
+009:016 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about;
+        for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't
+        preach the Good News.
+009:017 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward.
+        But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
+009:018 What then is my reward?  That, when I preach the Good News, I may
+        present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not
+        to abuse my authority in the Good News.
+009:019 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage
+        to all, that I might gain the more.
+009:020 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews;
+        to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I
+        might gain those who are under the law;
+009:021 to those who are without law, as without law (not being
+        without law toward God, but under law toward Christ),
+        that I might win those who are without law.
+009:022 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak.
+        I have become all things to all men, that I may by all
+        means save some.
+009:023 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be
+        a joint partaker of it.
+009:024 Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one
+        receives the prize?  Run like that, that you may win.
+009:025 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control
+        in all things.  Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown,
+        but we an incorruptible.
+009:026 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly.  I fight like that,
+        as not beating the air,
+009:027 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means,
+        after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
+010:001 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers
+        were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
+010:002 and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
+010:003 and all ate the same spiritual food;
+010:004 and all drank the same spiritual drink.  For they drank of a
+        spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
+010:005 However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they
+        were overthrown in the wilderness.
+010:006 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should
+        not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
+010:007 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were.  As it is written,
+        "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up
+        to play."{Exodus 32:6}
+010:008 Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed,
+        and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
+010:009 Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested,
+        and perished by the serpents.
+010:010 Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished
+        by the destroyer.
+010:011 Now all these things happened to them by way of example,
+        and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends
+        of the ages have come.
+010:012 Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that
+        he doesn't fall.
+010:013 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man.
+        God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above
+        what you are able, but will with the temptation also make
+        the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
+010:014 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
+010:015 I speak as to wise men.  Judge what I say.
+010:016 The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a communion
+        of the blood of Christ?  The bread which we break, isn't it
+        a communion of the body of Christ?
+010:017 Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body;
+        for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
+010:018 Consider Israel according to the flesh.  Don't those who eat
+        the sacrifices have communion with the altar?
+010:019 What am I saying then?  That a thing sacrificed to idols
+        is anything, or that an idol is anything?
+010:020 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
+        they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don't desire
+        that you would have communion with demons.
+010:021 You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons.
+        You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of
+        the table of demons.
+010:022 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?  Are we stronger than he?
+010:023 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable.
+        "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up.
+010:024 Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.
+010:025 Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question
+        for the sake of conscience,
+010:026 for "the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness."{Psalm 24:1}
+010:027 But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal,
+        and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you,
+        asking no questions for the sake of conscience.
+010:028 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols,"
+        don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you,
+        and for the sake of conscience.  For "the earth is the Lord's,
+        and all its fullness."
+010:029 Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience.
+        For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
+010:030 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that
+        for which I give thanks?
+010:031 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do,
+        do all to the glory of God.
+010:032 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks,
+        or to the assembly of God;
+010:033 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my
+        own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
+011:001 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
+011:002 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things,
+        and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
+011:003 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ,
+        and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of
+        Christ is God.
+011:004 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,
+        dishonors his head.
+011:005 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled
+        dishonors her head.  For it is one and the same thing as if
+        she were shaved.
+011:006 For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn.
+        But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved,
+        let her be covered.
+011:007 For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered,
+        because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman
+        is the glory of the man.
+011:008 For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
+011:009 for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
+011:010 For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head,
+        because of the angels.
+011:011 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man,
+        nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
+011:012 For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman;
+        but all things are from God.
+011:013 Judge for yourselves.  Is it appropriate that a woman pray
+        to God unveiled?
+011:014 Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair,
+        it is a dishonor to him?
+011:015 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her
+        hair is given to her for a covering.
+011:016 But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom,
+        neither do God's assemblies.
+011:017 But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you
+        come together not for the better but for the worse.
+011:018 For first of all, when you come together in the assembly,
+        I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
+011:019 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are
+        approved may be revealed among you.
+011:020 When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not
+        the Lord's supper that you eat.
+011:021 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first.
+        One is hungry, and another is drunken.
+011:022 What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in?
+        Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame
+        who don't have?  What shall I tell you?  Shall I praise you?
+        In this I don't praise you.
+011:023 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered
+        to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was
+        betrayed took bread.
+011:024 When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat.
+        This is my body, which is broken for you.  Do this in
+        memory of me."
+011:025 In the same way he also took the cup, after supper,
+        saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
+        Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."
+011:026 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
+        you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
+011:027 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup
+        in a manner unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body
+        and the blood of the Lord.
+011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread,
+        and drink of the cup.
+011:029 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks
+        judgment to himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body.
+011:030 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not
+        a few sleep.
+011:031 For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
+011:032 But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we
+        may not be condemned with the world.
+011:033 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat,
+        wait one for another.
+011:034 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming
+        together be for judgment.  The rest I will set in order
+        whenever I come.
+012:001 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you
+        to be ignorant.
+012:002 You know that when you were heathen{or Gentiles}, you were led
+        away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
+012:003 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by
+        God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed."  No one can say,
+        "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
+012:004 Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
+012:005 There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.
+012:006 There are various kinds of workings, but the same God,
+        who works all things in all.
+012:007 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit
+        for the profit of all.
+012:008 For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom,
+        and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
+012:009 to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts
+        of healings, by the same Spirit;
+012:010 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy;
+        and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds
+        of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
+012:011 But the one and the same Spirit works all of these,
+        distributing to each one separately as he desires.
+012:012 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members
+        of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
+012:013 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
+        whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all
+        given to drink into one Spirit.
+012:014 For the body is not one member, but many.
+012:015 If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part
+        of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
+012:016 If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part
+        of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.
+012:017 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
+        If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
+012:018 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body,
+        just as he desired.
+012:019 If they were all one member, where would the body be?
+012:020 But now they are many members, but one body.
+012:021 The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you,"
+        or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."
+012:022 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be
+        weaker are necessary.
+012:023 Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable,
+        on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable
+        parts have more abundant propriety;
+012:024 whereas our presentable parts have no such need.
+        But God composed the body together, giving more abundant
+        honor to the inferior part,
+012:025 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members
+        should have the same care for one another.
+012:026 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.
+        Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
+012:027 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
+012:028 God has set some in the assembly:  first apostles,
+        second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers,
+        then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various
+        kinds of languages.
+012:029 Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?
+        Are all miracle workers?
+012:030 Do all have gifts of healings?  Do all speak with various languages?
+        Do all interpret?
+012:031 But earnestly desire the best gifts.  Moreover, I show a most
+        excellent way to you.
+013:001 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't
+        have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
+013:002 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and
+        all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,
+        but don't have love, I am nothing.
+013:003 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my
+        body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
+013:004 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy.
+        Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
+013:005 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way,
+        is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
+013:006 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
+013:007 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
+        endures all things.
+013:008 Love never fails.  But where there are prophecies, they will be done
+        away with.  Where there are various languages, they will cease.
+        Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
+013:009 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
+013:010 but when that which is complete has come, then that which is
+        partial will be done away with.
+013:011 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child,
+        I thought as a child.  Now that I have become a man,
+        I have put away childish things.
+013:012 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
+        Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I
+        was also fully known.
+013:013 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three.
+        The greatest of these is love.
+014:001 Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts,
+        but especially that you may prophesy.
+014:002 For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God;
+        for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
+014:003 But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification,
+        exhortation, and consolation.
+014:004 He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who
+        prophesies edifies the assembly.
+014:005 Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages,
+        but rather that you would prophesy.  For he is greater
+        who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages,
+        unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.
+014:006 But now, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} if I come to you speaking with other languages,
+        what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either
+        by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying,
+        or of teaching?
+014:007 Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp,
+        if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would
+        it be known what is piped or harped?
+014:008 For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare
+        himself for war?
+014:009 So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy
+        to understand, how would it be known what is spoken?
+        For you would be speaking into the air.
+014:010 There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world,
+        and none of them is without meaning.
+014:011 If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would
+        be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would
+        be a foreigner to me.
+014:012 So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts,
+        seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
+014:013 Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that
+        he may interpret.
+014:014 For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my
+        understanding is unfruitful.
+014:015 What is it then?  I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray
+        with the understanding also.  I will sing with the spirit,
+        and I will sing with the understanding also.
+014:016 Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills
+        the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving
+        of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say?
+014:017 For you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person
+        is not built up.
+014:018 I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
+014:019 However in the assembly I would rather speak five words
+        with my understanding, that I might instruct others also,
+        than ten thousand words in another language.
+014:020 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies,
+        but in thoughts be mature.
+014:021 In the law it is written, "By men of strange languages
+        and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people.
+        Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."{Isaiah 28:11-12}
+014:022 Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe,
+        but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign,
+        not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
+014:023 If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all
+        speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving
+        people come in, won't they say that you are crazy?
+014:024 But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in,
+        he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.
+014:025 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed.  So he will
+        fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God
+        is among you indeed.
+014:026 What is it then, brothers?  When you come together,
+        each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation,
+        has another language, has an interpretation.  Let all things
+        be done to build each other up.
+014:027 If any man speaks in another language, let it be two,
+        or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
+014:028 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly,
+        and let him speak to himself, and to God.
+014:029 Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.
+014:030 But if a revelation is made to another sitting by,
+        let the first keep silent.
+014:031 For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn,
+        and all may be exhorted.
+014:032 The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,
+014:033 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.
+        As in all the assemblies of the saints,
+014:034 let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been
+        permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection,
+        as the law also says.
+014:035 If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own
+        husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter
+        in the assembly.
+014:036 What?  Was it from you that the word of God went out?
+        Or did it come to you alone?
+014:037 If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,
+        let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they
+        are the commandment of the Lord.
+014:038 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
+014:039 Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don't
+        forbid speaking with other languages.
+014:040 Let all things be done decently and in order.
+015:001 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached
+        to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
+015:002 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word
+        which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
+015:003 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received:
+        that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
+015:004 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day
+        according to the Scriptures,
+015:005 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
+015:006 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once,
+        most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
+015:007 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
+015:008 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time,
+        he appeared to me also.
+015:009 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be
+        called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
+015:010 But by the grace of God I am what I am.  His grace which was
+        bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them;
+        yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
+015:011 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
+015:012 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead,
+        how do some among you say that there is no resurrection
+        of the dead?
+015:013 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has
+        Christ been raised.
+015:014 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain,
+        and your faith also is in vain.
+015:015 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified
+        about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up,
+        if it is so that the dead are not raised.
+015:016 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.
+015:017 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still
+        in your sins.
+015:018 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
+015:019 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all
+        men most pitiable.
+015:020 But now Christ has been raised from the dead.  He became
+        the first fruits of those who are asleep.
+015:021 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead
+        also came by man.
+015:022 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
+015:023 But each in his own order:  Christ the first fruits,
+        then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
+015:024 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God,
+        even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all
+        authority and power.
+015:025 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
+015:026 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
+015:027 For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet."{Psalm
+        8:6} But when he says, "All things are put in subjection,"
+        it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
+015:028 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will
+        also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him,
+        that God may be all in all.
+015:029 Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead?
+        If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized
+        for the dead?
+015:030 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
+015:031 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus
+        our Lord, I die daily.
+015:032 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes,
+        what does it profit me?  If the dead are not raised, then "let
+        us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."{Isaiah 22:13}
+015:033 Don't be deceived!  "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
+015:034 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge
+        of God.  I say this to your shame.
+015:035 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what
+        kind of body do they come?"
+015:036 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive
+        unless it dies.
+015:037 That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be,
+        but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
+015:038 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each
+        seed a body of its own.
+015:039 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men,
+        another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
+015:040 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies;
+        but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
+015:041 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon,
+        and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from
+        another star in glory.
+015:042 So also is the resurrection of the dead.  It is sown in corruption;
+        it is raised in incorruption.
+015:043 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory.  It is sown
+        in weakness; it is raised in power.
+015:044 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
+        There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
+015:045 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living
+        soul."{Genesis 2:7} The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
+015:046 However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which
+        is natural, then that which is spiritual.
+015:047 The first man is of the earth, made of dust.  The second man
+        is the Lord from heaven.
+015:048 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust;
+        and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
+015:049 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's{NU, TR read
+        "we will" instead of "let's"} also bear the image of the heavenly.
+015:050 Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where
+        context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit
+        the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
+015:051 Behold, I tell you a mystery.  We will not all sleep, but we
+        will all be changed,
+015:052 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
+        For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
+        incorruptible, and we will be changed.
+015:053 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
+        must put on immortality.
+015:054 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
+        and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written
+        will happen:  "Death is swallowed up in victory."{Isaiah 25:8}
+015:055 "Death, where is your sting?  Hades{or, Hell}, where is
+        your victory?"{Hosea 13:14}
+015:056 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
+015:057 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our
+        Lord Jesus Christ.
+015:058 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable,
+        always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that
+        your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
+016:001 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded
+        the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
+016:002 On the first day of the week, let each one of you save,
+        as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
+016:003 When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters
+        to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.
+016:004 If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.
+016:005 But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia,
+        for I am passing through Macedonia.
+016:006 But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter,
+        that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
+016:007 For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay
+        a while with you, if the Lord permits.
+016:008 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
+016:009 for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there
+        are many adversaries.
+016:010 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear,
+        for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
+016:011 Therefore let no one despise him.  But set him forward on his
+        journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him
+        with the brothers.
+016:012 Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come
+        to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire
+        to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
+016:013 Watch!  Stand firm in the faith!  Be courageous!  Be strong!
+016:014 Let all that you do be done in love.
+016:015 Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas,
+        that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set
+        themselves to serve the saints),
+016:016 that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone
+        who helps in the work and labors.
+016:017 I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus;
+        for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.
+016:018 For they refreshed my spirit and yours.  Therefore acknowledge
+        those who are like that.
+016:019 The assemblies of Asia greet you.  Aquila and Priscilla greet
+        you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is
+        in their house.
+016:020 All the brothers greet you.  Greet one another with a holy kiss.
+016:021 This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
+016:022 If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
+        accursed{Greek: anathema.}. Come, Lord!{Aramaic: Maranatha!}
+016:023 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
+016:024 My love to all of you in Christ Jesus.  Amen.
+Book 47 2 Corinthians
+001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
+        and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth,
+        with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
+001:002 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
+001:004 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able
+        to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort
+        with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
+001:005 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our
+        comfort also abounds through Christ.
+001:006 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation.
+        If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces
+        in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which
+        we also suffer.
+001:007 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are
+        partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
+001:008 For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers,{The word
+        for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be
+        correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
+        concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia,
+        that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power,
+        so much that we despaired even of life.
+001:009 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves,
+        that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who
+        raises the dead,
+001:010 who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver;
+        on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
+001:011 you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication;
+        that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many,
+        thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
+001:012 For our boasting is this:  the testimony of our conscience,
+        that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom
+        but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world,
+        and more abundantly toward you.
+001:013 For we write no other things to you, than what you read or
+        even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;
+001:014 as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting,
+        even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
+001:015 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you,
+        that you might have a second benefit;
+001:016 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come
+        to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
+001:017 When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness?
+        Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh,
+        that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
+001:018 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
+001:019 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you
+        by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no,"
+        but in him is "Yes."
+001:020 For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes."
+        Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory
+        of God through us.
+001:021 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed
+        us, is God;
+001:022 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit
+        in our hearts.
+001:023 But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come
+        to Corinth to spare you.
+001:024 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow
+        workers with you for your joy.  For you stand firm in faith.
+002:001 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you
+        again in sorrow.
+002:002 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who
+        is made sorry by me?
+002:003 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came,
+        I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice;
+        having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared
+        by all of you.
+002:004 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you
+        with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you
+        might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
+002:005 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me,
+        but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
+002:006 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted
+        by the many;
+002:007 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and
+        comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed
+        up with his excessive sorrow.
+002:008 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
+002:009 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you,
+        whether you are obedient in all things.
+002:010 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything.
+        For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven
+        that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
+002:011 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are
+        not ignorant of his schemes.
+002:012 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ,
+        and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
+002:013 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn't find Titus,
+        my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
+002:014 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ,
+        and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge
+        in every place.
+002:015 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved,
+        and in those who perish;
+002:016 to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet
+        aroma from life to life.  Who is sufficient for these things?
+002:017 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God.
+        But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God,
+        we speak in Christ.
+003:001 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves?  Or do we need,
+        as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
+003:002 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read
+        by all men;
+003:003 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us,
+        written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God;
+        not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
+003:004 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
+003:005 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything
+        as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
+003:006 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant;
+        not of the letter, but of the Spirit.  For the letter kills,
+        but the Spirit gives life.
+003:007 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones,
+        came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look
+        steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face;
+        which was passing away:
+003:008 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
+003:009 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service
+        of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
+003:010 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has
+        not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the
+        glory that surpasses.
+003:011 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that
+        which remains is in glory.
+003:012 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
+003:013 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children
+        of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which
+        was passing away.
+003:014 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day
+        at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains,
+        because in Christ it passes away.
+003:015 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
+003:016 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
+003:017 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
+        there is liberty.
+003:018 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory
+        of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory
+        to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
+004:001 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy,
+        we don't faint.
+004:002 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking
+        in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully;
+        but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves
+        to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
+004:003 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
+004:004 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of
+        the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory
+        of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
+004:005 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord,
+        and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
+004:006 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of
+        darkness,"{Genesis 1:3} who has shone in our hearts, to give
+        the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
+        of Jesus Christ.
+004:007 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding
+        greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
+004:008 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet
+        not to despair;
+004:009 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
+004:010 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus,
+        that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
+004:011 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus'
+        sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in
+        our mortal flesh.
+004:012 So then death works in us, but life in you.
+004:013 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which
+        is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke."{Psalm 116:10}
+        We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
+004:014 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us
+        also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
+004:015 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace,
+        being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving
+        to abound to the glory of God.
+004:016 Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying,
+        yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
+004:017 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us
+        more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
+004:018 while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things
+        which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporal,
+        but the things which are not seen are eternal.
+005:001 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved,
+        we have a building from God, a house not made with hands,
+        eternal, in the heavens.
+005:002 For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed
+        with our habitation which is from heaven;
+005:003 if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
+005:004 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened;
+        not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to
+        be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
+005:005 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave
+        to us the down payment of the Spirit.
+005:006 Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we
+        are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
+005:007 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
+005:008 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be
+        absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
+005:009 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent,
+        to be well pleasing to him.
+005:010 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ;
+        that each one may receive the things in the body, according to
+        what he has done, whether good or bad.
+005:011 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men,
+        but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed
+        also in your consciences.
+005:012 For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak
+        as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you
+        may have something to answer those who boast in appearance,
+        and not in heart.
+005:013 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God.  Or if we are
+        of sober mind, it is for you.
+005:014 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus,
+        that one died for all, therefore all died.
+005:015 He died for all, that those who live should no longer
+        live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died
+        and rose again.
+005:016 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on.
+        Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we
+        know him so no more.
+005:017 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
+        The old things have passed away.  Behold, all things
+        have become new.
+005:018 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through
+        Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
+005:019 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself,
+        not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed
+        to us the word of reconciliation.
+005:020 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though
+        God were entreating by us.  We beg you on behalf of Christ,
+        be reconciled to God.
+005:021 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf;
+        so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
+006:001 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace
+        of God in vain,
+006:002 for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you,
+        in a day of salvation I helped you."{Isaiah 49:8} Behold,
+        now is the acceptable time.  Behold, now is the day of salvation.
+006:003 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service
+        may not be blamed,
+006:004 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God,
+        in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
+006:005 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors,
+        in watchings, in fastings;
+006:006 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness,
+        in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
+006:007 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor
+        of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
+006:008 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report;
+        as deceivers, and yet true;
+006:009 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live;
+        as punished, and not killed;
+006:010 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
+        as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
+006:011 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians.  Our heart is enlarged.
+006:012 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by
+        your own affections.
+006:013 Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
+006:014 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship
+        have righteousness and iniquity?  Or what communion has
+        light with darkness?
+006:015 What agreement has Christ with Belial?  Or what portion has
+        a believer with an unbeliever?
+006:016 What agreement has a temple of God with idols?
+        For you are a temple of the living God.  Even as God said,
+        "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
+        their God, and they will be my people."{Leviticus 26:12;
+        Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27}
+006:017 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,'
+        says the Lord.  'Touch no unclean thing.  I will receive
+        you.{Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41}
+006:018 I will be to you a Father.  You will be to me sons and daughters,'
+        says the Lord Almighty."{2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8}
+007:001 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
+        from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
+        in the fear of God.
+007:002 Open your hearts to us.  We wronged no one.  We corrupted no one.
+        We took advantage of no one.
+007:003 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before,
+        that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
+007:004 Great is my boldness of speech toward you.  Great is my
+        boasting on your behalf.  I am filled with comfort.
+        I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
+007:005 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief,
+        but we were afflicted on every side.  Fightings were outside.
+        Fear was inside.
+007:006 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us
+        by the coming of Titus;
+007:007 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which
+        he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing,
+        your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.
+007:008 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it,
+        though I did regret it.  For I see that my letter made you sorry,
+        though just for a while.
+007:009 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made
+        sorry to repentance.  For you were made sorry in a godly way,
+        that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
+007:010 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings
+        no regret.  But the sorrow of the world works death.
+007:011 For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry
+        in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you.
+        Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance!
+        In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure
+        in the matter.
+007:012 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that
+        did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong,
+        but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you
+        in the sight of God.
+007:013 Therefore we have been comforted.  In our comfort we rejoiced
+        the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit
+        has been refreshed by you all.
+007:014 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf,
+        I was not disappointed.  But as we spoke all things to you
+        in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus
+        was found to be truth.
+007:015 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers
+        all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling
+        you received him.
+007:016 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.
+008:001 Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God
+        which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;
+008:002 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy
+        and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
+008:003 For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power,
+        they gave of their own accord,
+008:004 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and
+        the fellowship in the service to the saints.
+008:005 This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own
+        selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
+008:006 So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before,
+        so he would also complete in you this grace.
+008:007 But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge,
+        all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also
+        abound in this grace.
+008:008 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through
+        the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
+008:009 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
+        though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
+        that you through his poverty might become rich.
+008:010 I give a judgment in this:  for this is expedient for you,
+        who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do,
+        but also to be willing.
+008:011 But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness
+        to be willing, so there may be the completion also out
+        of your ability.
+008:012 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according
+        to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
+008:013 For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
+008:014 but for equality.  Your abundance at this present time supplies
+        their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply
+        for your lack; that there may be equality.
+008:015 As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over,
+        and he who gathered little had no lack."{Exodus 16:8}
+008:016 But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you
+        into the heart of Titus.
+008:017 For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself
+        very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
+008:018 We have sent together with him the brother whose praise
+        in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.
+008:019 Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies
+        to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us
+        to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
+008:020 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning
+        this abundance which is administered by us.
+008:021 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight
+        of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
+008:022 We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times
+        proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest,
+        by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
+008:023 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you.
+        As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies,
+        the glory of Christ.
+008:024 Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front
+        of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
+009:001 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning
+        the service to the saints,
+009:002 for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them
+        of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past.
+        Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
+009:003 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf
+        may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said,
+        you may be prepared,
+009:004 so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of
+        Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you)
+        should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
+009:005 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they
+        would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous
+        gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready
+        as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
+009:006 Remember this:  he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.
+        He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
+009:007 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart;
+        not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves
+        a cheerful giver.
+009:008 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you,
+        always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound
+        to every good work.
+009:009 As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor.
+        His righteousness remains forever."{Psalm 112:9}
+009:010 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food,
+        supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase
+        the fruits of your righteousness;
+009:011 you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works
+        through us thanksgiving to God.
+009:012 For this service of giving that you perform not only makes
+        up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many
+        givings of thanks to God;
+009:013 seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify
+        God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News
+        of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them
+        and to all;
+009:014 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf,
+        yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
+009:015 Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
+010:001 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness
+        of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you,
+        but being absent am of good courage toward you.
+010:002 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with
+        the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some,
+        who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
+010:003 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according
+        to the flesh;
+010:004 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
+        before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
+010:005 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted
+        against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought
+        into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
+010:006 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your
+        obedience will be made full.
+010:007 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face?
+        If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him
+        consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's,
+        so also we are Christ's.
+010:008 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning
+        our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up,
+        and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
+010:009 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
+010:010 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong,
+        but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
+010:011 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word
+        by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed
+        when we are present.
+010:012 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some
+        of those who commend themselves.  But they themselves,
+        measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves
+        with themselves, are without understanding.
+010:013 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within
+        the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach
+        even to you.
+010:014 For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't
+        reach to you.  For we came even as far as to you with the
+        Good News of Christ,
+010:015 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors,
+        but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly
+        enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
+010:016 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you,
+        not to boast in what someone else has already done.
+010:017 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}
+010:018 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved,
+        but whom the Lord commends.
+011:001 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness,
+        but indeed you do bear with me.
+011:002 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy.
+        For I married you to one husband, that I might present you
+        as a pure virgin to Christ.
+011:003 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve
+        in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from
+        the simplicity that is in Christ.
+011:004 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach,
+        or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive,
+        or a different "good news", which you did not accept,
+        you put up with that well enough.
+011:005 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
+011:006 But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled
+        in knowledge.  No, in every way we have been revealed to you
+        in all things.
+011:007 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted,
+        because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
+011:008 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I
+        might serve you.
+011:009 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden
+        on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia,
+        supplied the measure of my need.  In everything I kept myself
+        from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
+011:010 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this
+        boasting in the regions of Achaia.
+011:011 Why?  Because I don't love you?  God knows.
+011:012 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion
+        from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast,
+        they may be found even as we.
+011:013 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
+        masquerading as Christ's apostles.
+011:014 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
+011:015 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade
+        as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according
+        to their works.
+011:016 I say again, let no one think me foolish.  But if so,
+        yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
+011:017 That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord,
+        but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
+011:018 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
+011:019 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
+011:020 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage,
+        if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself,
+        if he strikes you on the face.
+011:021 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak.
+        Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
+011:022 Are they Hebrews?  So am I. Are they Israelites?  So am I. Are
+        they the seed of Abraham?  So am I.
+011:023 Are they servants of Christ?  (I speak as one beside himself)
+        I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly,
+        in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
+011:024 Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
+011:025 Three times I was beaten with rods.  Once I was stoned.
+        Three times I suffered shipwreck.  I have been a night
+        and a day in the deep.
+011:026 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers,
+        perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles,
+        perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea,
+        perils among false brothers;
+011:027 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst,
+        in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
+011:028 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which
+        presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
+011:029 Who is weak, and I am not weak?  Who is caused to stumble,
+        and I don't burn with indignation?
+011:030 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
+011:031 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is
+        blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
+011:032 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city
+        of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
+011:033 Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall,
+        and escaped his hands.
+012:001 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast.
+        For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
+012:002 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body,
+        I don't know, or whether out of the body, I don't know;
+        God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.
+012:003 I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body,
+        I don't know; God knows),
+012:004 how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
+        which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
+012:005 On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I
+        will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
+012:006 For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish;
+        for I will speak the truth.  But I refrain, so that no
+        man may think more of me than that which he sees in me,
+        or hears from me.
+012:007 By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations,
+        that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me
+        a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me,
+        that I should not be exalted excessively.
+012:008 Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it
+        might depart from me.
+012:009 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my
+        power is made perfect in weakness."  Most gladly therefore I
+        will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ
+        may rest on me.
+012:010 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries,
+        in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake.
+        For when I am weak, then am I strong.
+012:011 I have become foolish in boasting.  You compelled me, for I
+        ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I
+        inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
+012:012 Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience,
+        in signs and wonders and mighty works.
+012:013 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of
+        the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you?
+        Forgive me this wrong.
+012:014 Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I
+        will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions,
+        but you.  For the children ought not to save up for the parents,
+        but the parents for the children.
+012:015 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.
+        If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
+012:016 But be it so, I did not myself burden you.  But, being crafty,
+        I caught you with deception.
+012:017 Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have
+        sent to you?
+012:018 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him.  Did Titus
+        take any advantage of you?  Didn't we walk in the same spirit?
+        Didn't we walk in the same steps?
+012:019 Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you?
+        In the sight of God we speak in Christ.  But all things,
+        beloved, are for your edifying.
+012:020 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find
+        you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you
+        as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife,
+        jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings,
+        proud thoughts, riots;
+012:021 that again when I come my God would humble me before you,
+        and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now,
+        and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality
+        and lustfulness which they committed.
+013:001 This is the third time I am coming to you.  "At the mouth of two
+        or three witnesses shall every word established."{Deuteronomy 19:15}
+013:002 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I
+        was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write
+        to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest,
+        that, if I come again, I will not spare;
+013:003 seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me;
+        who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.
+013:004 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through
+        the power of God.  For we also are weak in him, but we will
+        live with him through the power of God toward you.
+013:005 Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith.
+        Test your own selves.  Or don't you know as to your own selves,
+        that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.
+013:006 But I hope that you will know that we aren't disqualified.
+013:007 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may
+        appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable,
+        though we are as reprobate.
+013:008 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
+013:009 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong.
+        And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
+013:010 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not
+        deal sharply when present, according to the authority which
+        the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
+013:011 Finally, brothers, rejoice.  Be perfected, be comforted,
+        be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love
+        and peace will be with you.
+013:012 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
+013:013 All the saints greet you.
+013:014 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
+        and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.  Amen.
+Book 48 Galatians
+001:001 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man,
+        but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him
+        from the dead),
+001:002 and all the brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:
+001:003 Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our
+        Lord Jesus Christ,
+001:004 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us
+        out of this present evil age, according to the will of our
+        God and Father--
+001:005 to whom be the glory forever and ever.  Amen.
+001:006 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you
+        in the grace of Christ to a different "good news";
+001:007 and there isn't another "good news."  Only there are some who
+        trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
+001:008 But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you
+        any "good news" other than that which we preached to you,
+        let him be cursed.
+001:009 As we have said before, so I now say again:  if any man preaches
+        to you any "good news" other than that which you received,
+        let him be cursed.
+001:010 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God?  Or am I
+        striving to please men?  For if I were still pleasing men,
+        I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
+001:011 But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News
+        which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
+001:012 For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it,
+        but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
+001:013 For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews'
+        religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly
+        of God, and ravaged it.
+001:014 I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among
+        my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions
+        of my fathers.
+001:015 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me
+        from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
+001:016 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among
+        the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,
+001:017 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me,
+        but I went away into Arabia.  Then I returned to Damascus.
+001:018 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter,
+        and stayed with him fifteen days.
+001:019 But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James,
+        the Lord's brother.
+001:020 Now about the things which I write to you, behold,
+        before God, I'm not lying.
+001:021 Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
+001:022 I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which
+        were in Christ,
+001:023 but they only heard:  "He who once persecuted us now preaches
+        the faith that he once tried to destroy."
+001:024 And they glorified God in me.
+002:001 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem
+        with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
+002:002 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News
+        which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before
+        those who were respected, for fear that I might be running,
+        or had run, in vain.
+002:003 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled
+        to be circumcised.
+002:004 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in,
+        who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus,
+        that they might bring us into bondage;
+002:005 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour,
+        that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
+002:006 But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were,
+        it makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality
+        to man)--they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
+002:007 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted
+        with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter
+        with the Good News for the circumcision
+002:008 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision
+        appointed me also to the Gentiles);
+002:009 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me,
+        James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars,
+        gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we
+        should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
+002:010 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I
+        was also zealous to do.
+002:011 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face,
+        because he stood condemned.
+002:012 For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles.
+        But when they came, he drew back and separated himself,
+        fearing those who were of the circumcision.
+002:013 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy;
+        so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
+002:014 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth
+        of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you,
+        being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do,
+        why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
+002:015 "We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
+002:016 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law
+        but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in
+        Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ,
+        and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be
+        justified by the works of the law.
+002:017 But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves
+        also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin?
+        Certainly not!
+002:018 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed,
+        I prove myself a law-breaker.
+002:019 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.
+002:020 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I
+        that live, but Christ living in me.  That life which I now live
+        in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me,
+        and gave himself up for me.
+002:021 I don't make void the grace of God.  For if righteousness
+        is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
+003:001 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth,
+        before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among
+        you as crucified?
+003:002 I just want to learn this from you.  Did you receive the Spirit
+        by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
+003:003 Are you so foolish?  Having begun in the Spirit, are you now
+        completed in the flesh?
+003:004 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
+003:005 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works
+        miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law,
+        or by hearing of faith?
+003:006 Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to
+        him for righteousness."
+003:007 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are
+        children of Abraham.
+003:008 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles
+        by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying,
+        "In you all the nations will be blessed."{Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18}
+003:009 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with
+        the faithful Abraham.
+003:010 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse.
+        For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue
+        in all things that are written in the book of the law,
+        to do them."{Deuteronomy 27:26}
+003:011 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident,
+        for, "The righteous will live by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4}
+003:012 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live
+        by them."{Leviticus 18:5}
+003:013 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become
+        a curse for us.  For it is written, "Cursed is everyone
+        who hangs on a tree,"{Deuteronomy 21:23}
+003:014 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
+        through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise
+        of the Spirit through faith.
+003:015 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant,
+        yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void,
+        or adds to it.
+003:016 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.
+        He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one,
+        "To your seed,"{Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7} which is Christ.
+003:017 Now I say this.  A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ,
+        the law, which came four hundred thirty years after,
+        does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
+003:018 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise;
+        but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
+003:019 What then is the law?  It was added because of transgressions,
+        until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made.
+        It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
+003:020 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
+003:021 Is the law then against the promises of God?  Certainly not!
+        For if there had been a law given which could make alive,
+        most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
+003:022 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin,
+        that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given
+        to those who believe.
+003:023 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law,
+        confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
+003:024 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ,
+        that we might be justified by faith.
+003:025 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
+003:026 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
+003:027 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
+003:028 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor
+        free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all
+        one in Christ Jesus.
+003:029 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs
+        according to promise.
+004:001 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different
+        from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;
+004:002 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed
+        by the father.
+004:003 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under
+        the elemental principles of the world.
+004:004 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son,
+        born to a woman, born under the law,
+004:005 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we
+        might receive the adoption of children.
+004:006 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit
+        of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba,{Abba is a Greek
+        spelling for the Aramaic word for "Father" or "Daddy"
+        used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.} Father!"
+004:007 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son,
+        then an heir of God through Christ.
+004:008 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage
+        to those who by nature are not gods.
+004:009 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known
+        by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable
+        elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage
+        all over again?
+004:010 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
+004:011 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
+004:012 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become
+        as you are.  You did me no wrong,
+004:013 but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached
+        the Good News to you the first time.
+004:014 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't
+        despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God,
+        even as Christ Jesus.
+004:015 What was the blessing you enjoyed?  For I testify to you that,
+        if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given
+        them to me.
+004:016 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
+004:017 They zealously seek you in no good way.  No, they desire
+        to alienate you, that you may seek them.
+004:018 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not
+        only when I am present with you.
+004:019 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ
+        is formed in you--
+004:020 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change
+        my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
+004:021 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen
+        to the law?
+004:022 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid,
+        and one by the free woman.
+004:023 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh,
+        but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
+004:024 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants.
+        One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage,
+        which is Hagar.
+004:025 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers
+        to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage
+        with her children.
+004:026 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother
+        of us all.
+004:027 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear.
+        Break forth and shout, you that don't travail.
+        For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has
+        a husband."{Isaiah 54:1}
+004:028 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
+004:029 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted
+        him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
+004:030 However what does the Scripture say?  "Throw out the handmaid
+        and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit
+        with the son of the free woman."{Genesis 21:10}
+004:031 So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid,
+        but of the free woman.
+005:001 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made
+        us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
+005:002 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision,
+        Christ will profit you nothing.
+005:003 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision,
+        that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
+005:004 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified
+        by the law.  You have fallen away from grace.
+005:005 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the
+        hope of righteousness.
+005:006 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything,
+        nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
+005:007 You were running well!  Who interfered with you that you
+        should not obey the truth?
+005:008 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
+005:009 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
+005:010 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think
+        no other way.  But he who troubles you will bear his judgment,
+        whoever he is.
+005:011 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I
+        still persecuted?  Then the stumbling block of the cross
+        has been removed.
+005:012 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
+005:013 For you, brothers, were called for freedom.  Only don't use
+        your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants
+        to one another.
+005:014 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this:
+        "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18}
+005:015 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you
+        don't consume one another.
+005:016 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust
+        of the flesh.
+005:017 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit
+        against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another,
+        that you may not do the things that you desire.
+005:018 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
+005:019 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are:
+        adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
+005:020 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger,
+        rivalries, divisions, heresies,
+005:021 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these;
+        of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you,
+        that those who practice such things will not inherit
+        the Kingdom of God.
+005:022 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
+        kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness}
+005:023 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there
+        is no law.
+005:024 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its
+        passions and lusts.
+005:025 If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.
+005:026 Let's not become conceited, provoking one another,
+        and envying one another.
+006:001 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are
+        spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness;
+        looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
+006:002 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
+006:003 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing,
+        he deceives himself.
+006:004 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take
+        pride in himself and not in his neighbor.
+006:005 For each man will bear his own burden.
+006:006 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things
+        with him who teaches.
+006:007 Don't be deceived.  God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows,
+        that he will also reap.
+006:008 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
+        But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit
+        reap eternal life.
+006:009 Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season,
+        if we don't give up.
+006:010 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward
+        all men, and especially toward those who are of the household
+        of the faith.
+006:011 See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
+006:012 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you
+        to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted
+        for the cross of Christ.
+006:013 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves,
+        but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast
+        in your flesh.
+006:014 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our
+        Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified
+        to me, and I to the world.
+006:015 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything,
+        nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
+006:016 As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them,
+        and on God's Israel.
+006:017 From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear
+        the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
+006:018 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your
+        spirit, brothers.  Amen.
+Book 49 Ephesians
+001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
+        to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
+001:002 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
+        places in Christ;
+001:004 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
+        that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
+001:005 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ
+        to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
+001:006 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely
+        bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
+001:007 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
+        of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
+001:008 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
+001:009 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his
+        good pleasure which he purposed in him
+001:010 to an administration of the fullness of the times,
+        to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens,
+        and the things on the earth, in him;
+001:011 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been
+        foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all
+        things after the counsel of his will;
+001:012 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory,
+        we who had before hoped in Christ:
+001:013 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth,
+        the Good News of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed,
+        you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
+001:014 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's
+        own possession, to the praise of his glory.
+001:015 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus
+        which is among you, and the love which you have toward
+        all the saints,
+001:016 don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you
+        in my prayers,
+001:017 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
+        may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
+        knowledge of him;
+001:018 having the eyes of your hearts{TR reads "understanding"
+        instead of "hearts"} enlightened, that you may know what is
+        the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory
+        of his inheritance in the saints,
+001:019 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us
+        who believe, according to that working of the strength
+        of his might
+001:020 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
+        and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
+001:021 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion,
+        and every name that is named, not only in this age,
+        but also in that which is to come.
+001:022 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him
+        to be head over all things for the assembly,
+001:023 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
+002:001 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
+002:002 in which you once walked according to the course of this world,
+        according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit
+        who now works in the children of disobedience;
+002:003 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh,
+        doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were
+        by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
+002:004 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which
+        he loved us,
+002:005 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive
+        together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
+002:006 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him
+        in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
+002:007 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches
+        of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
+002:008 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not
+        of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
+002:009 not of works, that no one would boast.
+002:010 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
+        which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
+002:011 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are
+        called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision,"
+        (in the flesh, made by hands);
+002:012 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from
+        the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants
+        of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
+002:013 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made
+        near in the blood of Christ.
+002:014 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle
+        wall of partition,
+002:015 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of
+        commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create
+        in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
+002:016 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross,
+        having killed the hostility thereby.
+002:017 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to
+        those who were near.
+002:018 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit
+        to the Father.
+002:019 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are
+        fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
+002:020 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
+        Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
+002:021 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy
+        temple in the Lord;
+002:022 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God
+        in the Spirit.
+003:001 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on
+        behalf of you Gentiles,
+003:002 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that
+        grace of God which was given me toward you;
+003:003 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,
+        as I wrote before in few words,
+003:004 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding
+        in the mystery of Christ;
+003:005 which in other generations was not made known to the children
+        of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles
+        and prophets in the Spirit;
+003:006 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body,
+        and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through
+        the Good News,
+003:007 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that
+        grace of God which was given me according to the working
+        of his power.
+003:008 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given,
+        to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
+003:009 and to make all men see what is the administration{TR
+        reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"} of the mystery
+        which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things
+        through Jesus Christ;
+003:010 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom
+        of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers
+        in the heavenly places,
+003:011 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
+        Christ Jesus our Lord;
+003:012 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our
+        faith in him.
+003:013 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles
+        for you, which are your glory.
+003:014 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our
+        Lord Jesus Christ,
+003:015 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
+003:016 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,
+        that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit
+        in the inward man;
+003:017 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end
+        that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
+003:018 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is
+        the breadth and length and height and depth,
+003:019 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you
+        may be filled with all the fullness of God.
+003:020 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all
+        that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
+003:021 to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all
+        generations forever and ever.  Amen.
+004:001 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily
+        of the calling with which you were called,
+004:002 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with
+        one another in love;
+004:003 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
+004:004 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called
+        in one hope of your calling;
+004:005 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
+004:006 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all,
+        and in us all.
+004:007 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure
+        of the gift of Christ.
+004:008 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led
+        captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."{Psalm 68:18}
+004:009 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first
+        descended into the lower parts of the earth?
+004:010 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all
+        the heavens, that he might fill all things.
+004:011 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
+        evangelists; and some, shepherds{or, pastors} and teachers;
+004:012 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving,
+        to the building up of the body of Christ;
+004:013 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of
+        the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man,
+        to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
+004:014 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried
+        about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men,
+        in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
+004:015 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him,
+        who is the head, Christ;
+004:016 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through
+        that which every joint supplies, according to the working
+        in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase
+        to the building up of itself in love.
+004:017 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you
+        no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk,
+        in the futility of their mind,
+004:018 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from
+        the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them,
+        because of the hardening of their hearts;
+004:019 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work
+        all uncleanness with greediness.
+004:020 But you did not learn Christ that way;
+004:021 if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth
+        is in Jesus:
+004:022 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life,
+        the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
+004:023 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
+004:024 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been
+        created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
+004:025 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with
+        his neighbor.  For we are members of one another.
+004:026 "Be angry, and don't sin."{Psalm 4:4} Don't let the sun go
+        down on your wrath,
+004:027 neither give place to the devil.
+004:028 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor,
+        working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may
+        have something to give to him who has need.
+004:029 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is
+        good for building up as the need may be, that it may give
+        grace to those who hear.
+004:030 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed
+        for the day of redemption.
+004:031 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander,
+        be put away from you, with all malice.
+004:032 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other,
+        just as God also in Christ forgave you.
+005:001 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
+005:002 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave
+        himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for
+        a sweet-smelling fragrance.
+005:003 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
+        let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
+005:004 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are
+        not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
+005:005 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person,
+        nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater,
+        has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
+005:006 Let no one deceive you with empty words.  For because of these things,
+        the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
+005:007 Therefore don't be partakers with them.
+005:008 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord.
+        Walk as children of light,
+005:009 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
+        righteousness and truth,
+005:010 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
+005:011 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
+        but rather even reprove them.
+005:012 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame
+        even to speak of.
+005:013 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light,
+        for everything that reveals is light.
+005:014 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead,
+        and Christ will shine on you."
+005:015 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise,
+        but as wise;
+005:016 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
+005:017 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will
+        of the Lord is.
+005:018 Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be
+        filled with the Spirit,
+005:019 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs;
+        singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;
+005:020 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our
+        Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
+005:021 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
+005:022 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
+005:023 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is
+        the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
+005:024 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives
+        also be to their own husbands in everything.
+005:025 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly,
+        and gave himself up for it;
+005:026 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing
+        of water with the word,
+005:027 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously,
+        not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it
+        should be holy and without blemish.
+005:028 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their
+        own bodies.  He who loves his own wife loves himself.
+005:029 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it,
+        even as the Lord also does the assembly;
+005:030 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
+005:031 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother,
+        and will be joined to his wife.  The two will become
+        one flesh."{Genesis 2:24}
+005:032 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and
+        of the assembly.
+005:033 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself;
+        and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
+006:001 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
+006:002 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment
+        with a promise:
+006:003 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on
+        the earth."{Deuteronomy 5:16}
+006:004 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture
+        them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
+006:005 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh
+        are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness
+        of your heart, as to Christ;
+006:006 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers;
+        but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
+006:007 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
+006:008 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive
+        the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
+006:009 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening,
+        knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven,
+        and there is no partiality with him.
+006:010 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
+006:011 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand
+        against the wiles of the devil.
+006:012 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against
+        the principalities, against the powers, against the world's
+        rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual
+        forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
+006:013 Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able
+        to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
+006:014 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around
+        your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
+006:015 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the
+        Good News of peace;
+006:016 above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will
+        be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
+006:017 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
+        which is the spoken word of God;
+006:018 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit,
+        and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests
+        for all the saints:
+006:019 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth,
+        to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
+006:020 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may
+        speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
+006:021 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus,
+        the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord,
+        will make known to you all things;
+006:022 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may
+        know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
+006:023 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God
+        the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+006:024 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with
+        incorruptible love.  Amen.
+Book 50 Philippians
+001:001 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints
+        in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers{or,
+        superintendents, or bishops} and servants{Or, deacons}:
+001:002 Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the
+        Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:003 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
+001:004 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making
+        my requests with joy,
+001:005 for your partnership{The word translated "partnership"
+        (koinonia) also means "fellowship" and "sharing."} in furtherance
+        of the Good News from the first day until now;
+001:006 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good
+        work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
+001:007 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you,
+        because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds
+        and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News,
+        you all are partakers with me of grace.
+001:008 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender
+        mercies of Christ Jesus.
+001:009 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more
+        in knowledge and all discernment;
+001:010 so that you may approve the things that are excellent;
+        that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
+001:011 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are
+        through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
+001:012 Now I desire to have you know, brothers,{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where context allows may also be correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that the things
+        which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress
+        of the Good News;
+001:013 so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard,
+        and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
+001:014 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident
+        through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word
+        of God without fear.
+001:015 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife,
+        and some also out of good will.
+001:016 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition,
+        thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
+001:017 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed
+        for the defense of the Good News.
+001:018 What does it matter?  Only that in every way,
+        whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed.
+        I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
+001:019 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your
+        supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
+001:020 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will
+        in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always,
+        now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life,
+        or by death.
+001:021 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
+001:022 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work;
+        yet I don't make known what I will choose.
+001:023 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire
+        to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
+001:024 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
+001:025 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain
+        with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
+001:026 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through
+        my presence with you again.
+001:027 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Good News
+        of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent,
+        I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit,
+        with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
+001:028 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is
+        for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation,
+        and that from God.
+001:029 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ,
+        not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
+001:030 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear
+        is in me.
+002:001 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any
+        consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit,
+        if any tender mercies and compassion,
+002:002 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love,
+        being of one accord, of one mind;
+002:003 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility,
+        each counting others better than himself;
+002:004 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you
+        also to the things of others.
+002:005 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
+002:006 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality
+        with God a thing to be grasped,
+002:007 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made
+        in the likeness of men.
+002:008 And being found in human form, he humbled himself,
+        becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
+002:009 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name
+        which is above every name;
+002:010 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven,
+        those on earth, and those under the earth,
+002:011 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
+        to the glory of God the Father.
+002:012 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed,
+        not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence,
+        work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
+002:013 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work,
+        for his good pleasure.
+002:014 Do all things without murmurings and disputes,
+002:015 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without
+        blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
+        among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
+002:016 holding up the word of life; that I may have something
+        to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor
+        labor in vain.
+002:017 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service
+        of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
+002:018 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
+002:019 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon,
+        that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
+002:020 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
+002:021 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
+002:022 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father,
+        so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
+002:023 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it
+        will go with me.
+002:024 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
+002:025 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus,
+        my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle
+        and servant of my need;
+002:026 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you
+        had heard that he was sick.
+002:027 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him;
+        and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have
+        sorrow on sorrow.
+002:028 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see
+        him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
+002:029 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold
+        such in honor,
+002:030 because for the work of Christ he came near to death,
+        risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your
+        service toward me.
+003:001 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.  To write the same
+        things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you
+        it is safe.
+003:002 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of
+        the false circumcision.
+003:003 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,
+        and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
+003:004 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh.
+        If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh,
+        I yet more:
+003:005 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe
+        of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
+003:006 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the
+        righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
+003:007 However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted
+        loss for Christ.
+003:008 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for
+        the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord,
+        for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them
+        nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
+003:009 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own,
+        that which is of the law, but that which is through faith
+        in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
+003:010 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,
+        and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed
+        to his death;
+003:011 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
+003:012 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect;
+        but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for
+        which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
+003:013 Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold,
+        but one thing I do.  Forgetting the things which are behind,
+        and stretching forward to the things which are before,
+003:014 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling
+        of God in Christ Jesus.
+003:015 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way.
+        If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal
+        that to you.
+003:016 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained,
+        let us walk by the same rule.  Let us be of the same mind.
+003:017 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk
+        this way, even as you have us for an example.
+003:018 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you
+        even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
+003:019 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose
+        glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
+003:020 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait
+        for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
+003:021 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed
+        to the body of his glory, according to the working by which
+        he is able even to subject all things to himself.
+004:001 Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
+        so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
+004:002 I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way
+        in the Lord.
+004:003 Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women,
+        for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also,
+        and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the
+        book of life.
+004:004 Rejoice in the Lord always!  Again I will say, Rejoice!
+004:005 Let your gentleness be known to all men.  The Lord is at hand.
+004:006 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition
+        with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
+004:007 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
+        will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
+004:008 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things
+        are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure,
+        whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report;
+        if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise,
+        think about these things.
+004:009 The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me:
+        do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
+004:010 But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you
+        have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed
+        take thought, but you lacked opportunity.
+004:011 Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned
+        in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
+004:012 I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound.
+        In everything and in all things I have learned the secret
+        both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to
+        be in need.
+004:013 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
+004:014 However you did well that you shared in my affliction.
+004:015 You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning
+        of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly
+        shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving
+        but you only.
+004:016 For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
+004:017 Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that
+        increases to your account.
+004:018 But I have all things, and abound.  I am filled, having
+        received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you,
+        a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing
+        sacrifice to God.
+004:019 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches
+        in glory in Christ Jesus.
+004:020 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever!  Amen.
+004:021 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.  The brothers who are
+        with me greet you.
+004:022 All the saints greet you, especially those who are
+        of Caesar's household.
+004:023 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
+Book 51 Colossians
+001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
+        and Timothy our brother,
+001:002 to the saints and faithful brothers{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where context allows may also be correctly
+        translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} in Christ
+        at Colossae:  Grace to you and peace from God our Father,
+        and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:003 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        praying always for you,
+001:004 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love
+        which you have toward all the saints,
+001:005 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens,
+        of which you heard before in the word of the truth of
+        the Good News,
+001:006 which has come to you; even as it is in all the world
+        and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also,
+        since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
+001:007 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant,
+        who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,
+001:008 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
+001:009 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this,
+        don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you
+        may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual
+        wisdom and understanding,
+001:010 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in
+        all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing
+        in the knowledge of God;
+001:011 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory,
+        for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
+001:012 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers
+        of the inheritance of the saints in light;
+001:013 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated
+        us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
+001:014 in whom we have our redemption,{TR adds "through his blood,"}
+        the forgiveness of our sins;
+001:015 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
+        of all creation.
+001:016 For by him all things were created, in the heavens
+        and on the earth, things visible and things invisible,
+        whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;
+        all things have been created through him, and for him.
+001:017 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
+001:018 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning,
+        the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might
+        have the preeminence.
+001:019 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
+001:020 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him,
+        whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens,
+        having made peace through the blood of his cross.
+001:021 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind
+        in your evil works,
+001:022 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death,
+        to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,
+001:023 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
+        and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard,
+        which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven;
+        of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
+001:024 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up
+        on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ
+        in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;
+001:025 of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God
+        which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
+001:026 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations.
+        But now it has been revealed to his saints,
+001:027 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches
+        of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is
+        Christ in you, the hope of glory;
+001:028 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every
+        man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect
+        in Christ Jesus;
+001:029 for which I also labor, striving according to his working,
+        which works in me mightily.
+002:001 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you,
+        and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen
+        my face in the flesh;
+002:002 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together
+        in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance
+        of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God,
+        both of the Father and of Christ,
+002:003 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
+002:004 Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness
+        of speech.
+002:005 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,
+        rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your
+        faith in Christ.
+002:006 As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
+002:007 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith,
+        even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
+002:008 Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his
+        philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men,
+        after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
+002:009 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
+002:010 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all
+        principality and power;
+002:011 in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not
+        made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins
+        of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
+002:012 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were
+        also raised with him through faith in the working of God,
+        who raised him from the dead.
+002:013 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision
+        of your flesh.  He made you alive together with him,
+        having forgiven us all our trespasses,
+002:014 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us;
+        and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
+002:015 having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made
+        a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
+002:016 Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking,
+        or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
+002:017 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
+002:018 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and
+        worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has
+        not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
+002:019 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body,
+        being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments,
+        grows with God's growth.
+002:020 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though
+        living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
+002:021 "Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"
+002:022 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts
+        and doctrines of men?
+002:023 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship,
+        and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value
+        against the indulgence of the flesh.
+003:001 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things
+        that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
+003:002 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things
+        that are on the earth.
+003:003 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
+003:004 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be
+        revealed with him in glory.
+003:005 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth:
+        sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire,
+        and covetousness, which is idolatry;
+003:006 for which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the
+        children of disobedience.
+003:007 You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;
+003:008 but now you also put them all away:  anger, wrath, malice, slander,
+        and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
+003:009 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old
+        man with his doings,
+003:010 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge
+        after the image of his Creator,
+003:011 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
+        barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all,
+        and in all.
+003:012 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart
+        of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
+003:013 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man
+        has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you,
+        so you also do.
+003:014 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the
+        bond of perfection.
+003:015 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you
+        were called in one body; and be thankful.
+003:016 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching
+        and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
+        singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
+003:017 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of
+        the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
+003:018 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting
+        in the Lord.
+003:019 Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
+003:020 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this
+        pleases the Lord.
+003:021 Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they
+        won't be discouraged.
+003:022 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according
+        to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers,
+        but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
+003:023 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord,
+        and not for men,
+003:024 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward
+        of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
+003:025 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that
+        he has done, and there is no partiality.
+004:001 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal,
+        knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
+004:002 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
+004:003 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door
+        for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am
+        also in bonds;
+004:004 that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
+004:005 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
+004:006 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt,
+        that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
+004:007 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus,
+        the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant
+        in the Lord.
+004:008 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know
+        your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
+004:009 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother,
+        who is one of you.  They will make known to you everything
+        that is going on here.
+004:010 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin
+        of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments,
+        "if he comes to you, receive him"),
+004:011 and Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision.
+        These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God,
+        men who have been a comfort to me.
+004:012 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you,
+        always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand
+        perfect and complete in all the will of God.
+004:013 For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you,
+        and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
+004:014 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
+004:015 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas,
+        and the assembly that is in his house.
+004:016 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read
+        also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read
+        the letter from Laodicea.
+004:017 Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have
+        received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."
+004:018 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand:  remember my bonds.
+        Grace be with you.  Amen.
+Book 52 1 Thessalonians
+001:001 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians
+        in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:  Grace to you
+        and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:002 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you
+        in our prayers,
+001:003 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor
+        of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        before our God and Father.
+001:004 We know, brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} loved by God, that you are chosen,
+001:005 and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also
+        in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance.
+        You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among
+        you for your sake.
+001:006 You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received
+        the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
+001:007 so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia
+        and in Achaia.
+001:008 For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only
+        in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith
+        toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.
+001:009 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception
+        we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols,
+        to serve a living and true God,
+001:010 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from
+        the dead--Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
+002:001 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,
+002:002 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated,
+        as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell
+        you the Good News of God in much conflict.
+002:003 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness,
+        nor in deception.
+002:004 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted
+        with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God,
+        who tests our hearts.
+002:005 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery,
+        as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
+002:006 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others),
+        when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
+002:007 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes
+        her own children.
+002:008 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased
+        to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our
+        own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
+002:009 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail;
+        for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you,
+        we preached to you the Good News of God.
+002:010 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly
+        we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
+002:011 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you,
+        as a father does his own children,
+002:012 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls
+        you into his own Kingdom and glory.
+002:013 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that,
+        when you received from us the word of the message of God,
+        you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth,
+        the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
+002:014 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God
+        which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered
+        the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did
+        from the Jews;
+002:015 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets,
+        and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary
+        to all men;
+002:016 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved;
+        to fill up their sins always.  But wrath has come on them
+        to the uttermost.
+002:017 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season,
+        in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face
+        with great desire,
+002:018 because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again--
+        but Satan hindered us.
+002:019 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?
+        Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus{TR adds "Christ"}
+        at his coming?
+002:020 For you are our glory and our joy.
+003:001 Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought
+        it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
+003:002 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the
+        Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you
+        concerning your faith;
+003:003 that no one be moved by these afflictions.  For you know
+        that we are appointed to this task.
+003:004 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand
+        that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened,
+        and you know.
+003:005 For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer,
+        sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any
+        means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have
+        been in vain.
+003:006 But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought
+        us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good
+        memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long
+        to see you;
+003:007 for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all
+        our distress and affliction through your faith.
+003:008 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
+003:009 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you,
+        for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes
+        before our God;
+003:010 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face,
+        and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
+003:011 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        direct our way to you;
+003:012 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one
+        toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
+003:013 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness
+        before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
+        with all his saints.
+004:001 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus,
+        that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to
+        please God, that you abound more and more.
+004:002 For you know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
+004:003 For this is the will of God:  your sanctification, that you
+        abstain from sexual immorality,
+004:004 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own
+        vessel in sanctification and honor,
+004:005 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;
+004:006 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother
+        or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger
+        in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
+004:007 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
+004:008 Therefore he who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God,
+        who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
+004:009 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write
+        to you.  For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
+004:010 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in
+        all Macedonia.  But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound
+        more and more;
+004:011 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life,
+        and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands,
+        even as we charged you;
+004:012 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside,
+        and may have need of nothing.
+004:013 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those
+        who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest,
+        who have no hope.
+004:014 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God
+        will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
+004:015 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive,
+        who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede
+        those who have fallen asleep.
+004:016 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
+        with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet.
+        The dead in Christ will rise first,
+004:017 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together
+        with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.
+        So we will be with the Lord forever.
+004:018 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
+005:001 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have
+        no need that anything be written to you.
+005:002 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes
+        like a thief in the night.
+005:003 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction
+        will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman;
+        and they will in no way escape.
+005:004 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should
+        overtake you like a thief.
+005:005 You are all children of light, and children of the day.
+        We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
+005:006 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch
+        and be sober.
+005:007 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk
+        are drunk in the night.
+005:008 But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on
+        the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet,
+        the hope of salvation.
+005:009 For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining
+        of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
+005:010 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
+        together with him.
+005:011 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up,
+        even as you also do.
+005:012 But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you,
+        and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
+005:013 and to respect and honor them in love for their work's sake.
+        Be at peace among yourselves.
+005:014 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage
+        the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
+005:015 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always
+        follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
+005:016 Rejoice always.
+005:017 Pray without ceasing.
+005:018 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God
+        in Christ Jesus toward you.
+005:019 Don't quench the Spirit.
+005:020 Don't despise prophesies.
+005:021 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
+005:022 Abstain from every form of evil.
+005:023 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely.
+        May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless
+        at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+005:024 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
+005:025 Brothers, pray for us.
+005:026 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
+005:027 I solemnly charge you by the Lord that this letter be read
+        to all the holy brothers.
+005:028 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen.
+Book 53 2 Thessalonians
+001:001 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians
+        in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
+001:002 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:003 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you,
+        brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} even as it is appropriate, because your faith
+        grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you
+        towards one another abounds;
+001:004 so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God
+        for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in
+        the afflictions which you endure.
+001:005 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God,
+        to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God,
+        for which you also suffer.
+001:006 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction
+        to those who afflict you,
+001:007 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us,
+        when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty
+        angels in flaming fire,
+001:008 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those
+        who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
+001:009 who will pay the penalty:  eternal destruction from the face
+        of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
+001:010 when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired
+        among all those who have believed (because our testimony
+        to you was believed) in that day.
+001:011 To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may
+        count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire
+        of goodness and work of faith, with power;
+001:012 that the name of our Lord Jesus{TR adds "Christ"} may be
+        glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace
+        of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+002:001 Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        and our gathering together to him, we ask you
+002:002 not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled,
+        either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us,
+        saying that the day of Christ had come.
+002:003 Let no one deceive you in any way.  For it will not be,
+        unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed,
+        the son of destruction,
+002:004 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called
+        God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple
+        of God, setting himself up as God.
+002:005 Don't you remember that, when I was still with you, I told
+        you these things?
+002:006 Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may
+        be revealed in his own season.
+002:007 For the mystery of lawlessness already works.  Only there
+        is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.
+002:008 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill
+        with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation
+        of his coming;
+002:009 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan
+        with all power and signs and lying wonders,
+002:010 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost,
+        because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they
+        might be saved.
+002:011 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they
+        should believe a lie;
+002:012 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth,
+        but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
+002:013 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you,
+        brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the
+        beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit
+        and belief in the truth;
+002:014 to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining
+        of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+002:015 So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you
+        were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
+002:016 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved
+        us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
+002:017 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
+003:001 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord
+        may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
+003:002 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men;
+        for not all have faith.
+003:003 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard
+        you from the evil one.
+003:004 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both
+        do and will do the things we command.
+003:005 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God,
+        and into the patience of Christ.
+003:006 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks
+        in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they
+        received from us.
+003:007 For you know how you ought to imitate us.  For we didn't behave
+        ourselves rebelliously among you,
+003:008 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying
+        for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day,
+        that we might not burden any of you;
+003:009 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves
+        an example to you, that you should imitate us.
+003:010 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this:
+        "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
+003:011 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't
+        work at all, but are busybodies.
+003:012 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the
+        Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat
+        their own bread.
+003:013 But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well.
+003:014 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man,
+        that you have no company with him, to the end that he
+        may be ashamed.
+003:015 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
+003:016 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times
+        in all ways.  The Lord be with you all.
+003:017 The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign
+        in every letter:  this is how I write.
+003:018 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
+Book 54 1 Timothy
+001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment
+        of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;
+001:002 to Timothy, my true child in faith:  Grace, mercy, and peace,
+        from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
+001:003 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at
+        Ephesus that you might charge certain men not to teach
+        a different doctrine,
+001:004 neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies,
+        which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship,
+        which is in faith--
+001:005 but the end of the charge is love, out of a pure heart and a
+        good conscience and unfeigned faith;
+001:006 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned
+        aside to vain talking;
+001:007 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand
+        neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
+001:008 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
+001:009 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man,
+        but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly
+        and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers
+        of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
+001:010 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders,
+        for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary
+        to the sound doctrine;
+001:011 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God,
+        which was committed to my trust.
+001:012 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord,
+        because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;
+001:013 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent.
+        However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
+001:014 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love
+        which is in Christ Jesus.
+001:015 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance,
+        that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
+        of whom I am chief.
+001:016 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first,
+        Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example
+        of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
+001:017 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone
+        is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever.  Amen.
+001:018 This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to
+        the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you
+        may wage the good warfare;
+001:019 holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust
+        away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;
+001:020 of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan,
+        that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
+002:001 I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers,
+        intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:
+002:002 for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead
+        a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
+002:003 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
+002:004 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge
+        of the truth.
+002:005 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
+        the man Christ Jesus,
+002:006 who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in
+        its own times;
+002:007 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling
+        the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles
+        in faith and truth.
+002:008 I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up
+        holy hands without anger and doubting.
+002:009 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing,
+        with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair,
+        gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;
+002:010 but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.
+002:011 Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
+002:012 But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority
+        over a man, but to be in quietness.
+002:013 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
+002:014 Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived,
+        has fallen into disobedience;
+002:015 but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue
+        in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.
+003:001 This is a faithful saying:  if a man seeks the office
+        of an overseer{or, superintendents, or bishops}, he desires
+        a good work.
+003:002 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband
+        of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable,
+        good at teaching;
+003:003 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle,
+        not quarrelsome, not covetous;
+003:004 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection
+        with all reverence;
+003:005 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house,
+        how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
+003:006 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same
+        condemnation as the devil.
+003:007 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside,
+        to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
+003:008 Servants{or, Deacons.}, in the same way, must be reverent,
+        not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;
+003:009 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
+003:010 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve{or,
+        serve as deacons} if they are blameless.
+003:011 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers,
+        temperate, faithful in all things.
+003:012 Let servants{or, deacons} be husbands of one wife, ruling their
+        children and their own houses well.
+003:013 For those who have served well{or, served well as deacons}
+        gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness
+        in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
+003:014 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
+003:015 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave
+        themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly
+        of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
+003:016 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great:
+        God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit,
+        seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on
+        in the world, and received up in glory.
+004:001 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall
+        away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits
+        and doctrines of demons,
+004:002 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their
+        own conscience as with a hot iron;
+004:003 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God
+        created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe
+        and know the truth.
+004:004 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected,
+        if it is received with thanksgiving.
+004:005 For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
+004:006 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good
+        servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith,
+        and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
+004:007 But refuse profane and old wives' fables.  Exercise yourself
+        toward godliness.
+004:008 For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value
+        in all things, having the promise of the life which is now,
+        and of that which is to come.
+004:009 This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
+004:010 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have
+        set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men,
+        especially of those who believe.
+004:011 Command and teach these things.
+004:012 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those
+        who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit,
+        in faith, and in purity.
+004:013 Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation,
+        and to teaching.
+004:014 Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you
+        by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
+004:015 Be diligent in these things.  Give yourself wholly to them,
+        that your progress may be revealed to all.
+004:016 Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching.
+        Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save
+        both yourself and those who hear you.
+005:001 Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father;
+        the younger men as brothers;
+005:002 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters,
+        in all purity.
+005:003 Honor widows who are widows indeed.
+005:004 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn
+        first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay
+        their parents, for this is{TR adds "good and"} acceptable
+        in the sight of God.
+005:005 Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set
+        on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
+005:006 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
+005:007 Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
+005:008 But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially
+        his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse
+        than an unbeliever.
+005:009 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old,
+        having been the wife of one man,
+005:010 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children,
+        if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed
+        the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted,
+        and if she has diligently followed every good work.
+005:011 But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton
+        against Christ, they desire to marry;
+005:012 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
+005:013 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house.
+        Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things
+        which they ought not.
+005:014 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry,
+        bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion
+        to the adversary for reviling.
+005:015 For already some have turned aside after Satan.
+005:016 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them,
+        and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve
+        those who are widows indeed.
+005:017 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor,
+        especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
+005:018 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it
+        treads out the grain."{Deuteronomy 25:4} And, "The laborer
+        is worthy of his wages."{Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13}
+005:019 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word
+        of two or three witnesses.
+005:020 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest
+        also may be in fear.
+005:021 I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the
+        chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice,
+        doing nothing by partiality.
+005:022 Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other
+        men's sins.  Keep yourself pure.
+005:023 Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine
+        for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
+005:024 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment,
+        and some also follow later.
+005:025 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious,
+        and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.
+006:001 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their
+        own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and
+        the doctrine not be blasphemed.
+006:002 Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them,
+        because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them,
+        because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved.
+        Teach and exhort these things.
+006:003 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent
+        to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
+006:004 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments,
+        disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife,
+        reviling, evil suspicions,
+006:005 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute
+        of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
+        Withdraw yourself from such.{NU omits "Withdraw yourself from such."}
+006:006 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
+006:007 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't
+        carry anything out.
+006:008 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
+006:009 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation
+        and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown
+        men in ruin and destruction.
+006:010 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
+        Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed,
+        and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
+006:011 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after
+        righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
+006:012 Fight the good fight of faith.  Lay hold of the eternal life
+        to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession
+        in the sight of many witnesses.
+006:013 I charge you before God, who gives life to all things,
+        and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified
+        the good confession,
+006:014 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the
+        appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+006:015 which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed
+        and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
+006:016 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light;
+        whom no man has seen, nor can see:  to whom be honor and
+        eternal power.  Amen.
+006:017 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they
+        not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty
+        of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us
+        with everything to enjoy;
+006:018 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they
+        be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
+006:019 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against
+        the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
+006:020 Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away
+        from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge
+        which is falsely so called;
+006:021 which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
+        Grace be with you.  Amen.
+Book 55 2 Timothy
+001:001 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,
+        according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
+001:002 to Timothy, my beloved child:  Grace, mercy, and peace,
+        from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
+001:003 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a
+        pure conscience.  How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions,
+        night and day
+001:004 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be
+        filled with joy;
+001:005 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you;
+        which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your
+        mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
+001:006 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift
+        of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
+001:007 For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power,
+        love, and self-control.
+001:008 Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
+        nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News
+        according to the power of God,
+001:009 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according
+        to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
+        which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
+001:010 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our
+        Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life
+        and immortality to light through the Good News.
+001:011 For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle,
+        and a teacher of the Gentiles.
+001:012 For this cause I also suffer these things.  Yet I am not ashamed,
+        for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded
+        that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him
+        against that day.
+001:013 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me,
+        in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
+001:014 That good thing which was committed to you, guard through
+        the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
+001:015 This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me;
+        of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
+001:016 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus,
+        for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,
+001:017 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me
+001:018 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day);
+        and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
+002:001 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is
+        in Christ Jesus.
+002:002 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses,
+        commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to
+        teach others also.
+002:003 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier
+        of Christ Jesus.
+002:004 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life,
+        that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
+002:005 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless
+        he has competed by the rules.
+002:006 The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share
+        of the crops.
+002:007 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding
+        in all things.
+002:008 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David,
+        according to my Good News,
+002:009 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal.
+        But God's word isn't chained.
+002:010 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they
+        also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus
+        with eternal glory.
+002:011 This saying is faithful:  "For if we died with him, we will
+        also live with him.
+002:012 If we endure, we will also reign with him.  If we deny him,
+        he also will deny us.
+002:013 If we are faithless, he remains faithful.  He can't deny himself."
+002:014 Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight
+        of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit,
+        to the subverting of those who hear.
+002:015 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God,
+        a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling
+        the Word of Truth.
+002:016 But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
+002:017 and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is
+        Hymenaeus and Philetus;
+002:018 men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection
+        is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.
+002:019 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal,
+        "The Lord knows those who are his,"{Numbers 16:5} and,
+        "Let every one who names the name of the Lord{TR reads "Christ"
+        instead of "the Lord"} depart from unrighteousness."
+002:020 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and
+        of silver, but also of wood and of clay.  Some are for honor,
+        and some for dishonor.
+002:021 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel
+        for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use,
+        prepared for every good work.
+002:022 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love,
+        and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
+002:023 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that
+        they generate strife.
+002:024 The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all,
+        able to teach, patient,
+002:025 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him:  perhaps God may
+        give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
+002:026 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare,
+        having been taken captive by him to his will.
+003:001 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.
+003:002 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful,
+        arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
+003:003 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers,
+        without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
+003:004 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather
+        than lovers of God;
+003:005 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof.
+        Turn away from these, also.
+003:006 For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive
+        gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
+003:007 always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge
+        of the truth.
+003:008 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose
+        the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
+003:009 But they will proceed no further.  For their folly will be
+        evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
+003:010 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith,
+        patience, love, steadfastness,
+003:011 persecutions, and sufferings:  those things that happened to me
+        at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra.  I endured those persecutions.
+        Out of them all the Lord delivered me.
+003:012 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus
+        will suffer persecution.
+003:013 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse,
+        deceiving and being deceived.
+003:014 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have
+        been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
+003:015 From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are
+        able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is
+        in Christ Jesus.
+003:016 Every writing inspired by God{literally, God-breathed} is
+        profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,
+        and for instruction which is in righteousness,
+003:017 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped
+        for every good work.
+004:001 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ,
+        who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing
+        and his Kingdom:
+004:002 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season;
+        reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
+004:003 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound
+        doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves
+        teachers after their own lusts;
+004:004 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn
+        aside to fables.
+004:005 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work
+        of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
+004:006 For I am already being offered, and the time of my
+        departure has come.
+004:007 I have fought the good fight.  I have finished the course.
+        I have kept the faith.
+004:008 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness,
+        which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on
+        that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have
+        loved his appearing.
+004:009 Be diligent to come to me soon,
+004:010 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went
+        to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
+004:011 Only Luke is with me.  Take Mark, and bring him with you,
+        for he is useful to me for service.
+004:012 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
+004:013 Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come,
+        and the books, especially the parchments.
+004:014 Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me.
+        The Lord will repay him according to his works,
+004:015 of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.
+004:016 At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me.
+        May it not be held against them.
+004:017 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me
+        the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles
+        might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
+004:018 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will
+        preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory
+        forever and ever.  Amen.
+004:019 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.
+004:020 Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.
+004:021 Be diligent to come before winter.  Eubulus salutes you,
+        as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.
+004:022 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.  Grace be
+        with you.  Amen.
+Book 56 Titus
+001:001 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
+        according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge
+        of the truth which is according to godliness,
+001:002 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie,
+        promised before time began;
+001:003 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I
+        was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
+001:004 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith:
+        Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the
+        Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
+001:005 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order
+        the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city,
+        as I directed you;
+001:006 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children
+        who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
+001:007 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward;
+        not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine,
+        not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
+001:008 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober minded,
+        fair, holy, self-controlled;
+001:009 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching,
+        that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine,
+        and to convict those who contradict him.
+001:010 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers,
+        especially those of the circumcision,
+001:011 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses,
+        teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
+001:012 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars,
+        evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
+001:013 This testimony is true.  For this cause, reprove them sharply,
+        that they may be sound in the faith,
+001:014 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men
+        who turn away from the truth.
+001:015 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled
+        and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their
+        conscience are defiled.
+001:016 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him,
+        being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
+002:001 But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
+002:002 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded,
+        sound in faith, in love, and in patience:
+002:003 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior,
+        not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that
+        which is good;
+002:004 that they may train the young women to love their husbands,
+        to love their children,
+002:005 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in
+        subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may
+        not be blasphemed.
+002:006 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;
+002:007 in all things showing yourself an example of good works;
+        in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
+002:008 and soundness of speech that can't be condemned; that he who opposes
+        you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
+002:009 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters,
+        and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
+002:010 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn
+        the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
+002:011 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
+002:012 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and
+        worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly
+        in this present world;
+002:013 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our
+        great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
+002:014 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
+        and purify for himself a people for his own possession,
+        zealous for good works.
+002:015 Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority.
+        Let no man despise you.
+003:001 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities,
+        to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
+003:002 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle,
+        showing all humility toward all men.
+003:003 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived,
+        serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice
+        and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
+003:004 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love
+        toward mankind appeared,
+003:005 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves,
+        but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing
+        of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
+003:006 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
+003:007 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs
+        according to the hope of eternal life.
+003:008 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I
+        desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have
+        believed God may be careful to maintain good works.
+        These things are good and profitable to men;
+003:009 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes
+        about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
+003:010 Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;
+003:011 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.
+003:012 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come
+        to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
+003:013 Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily,
+        that nothing may be lacking for them.
+003:014 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
+        that they may not be unfruitful.
+003:015 All who are with me greet you.  Greet those who love us in faith.
+        Grace be with you all.  Amen.
+Book 57 Philemon
+001:001 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
+        to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
+001:002 to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier,
+        and to the assembly in your house:
+001:003 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:004 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
+001:005 hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward
+        the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
+001:006 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective,
+        in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us
+        in Christ Jesus.
+001:007 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts
+        of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
+001:008 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command
+        you that which is appropriate,
+001:009 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul,
+        the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
+001:010 I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in
+        my chains, Onesimus,{Onesimus means "useful."}
+001:011 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
+001:012 I am sending him back.  Therefore receive him, that is,
+        my own heart,
+001:013 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might
+        serve me in my chains for the Good News.
+001:014 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your
+        goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
+001:015 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while,
+        that you would have him forever,
+001:016 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother,
+        especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh
+        and in the Lord.
+001:017 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+001:018 But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything,
+        put that to my account.
+001:019 I, Paul, write this with my own hand:  I will repay it
+        (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your
+        own self besides).
+001:020 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord.
+        Refresh my heart in the Lord.
+001:021 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you,
+        knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
+001:022 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through
+        your prayers I will be restored to you.
+001:023 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
+001:024 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+001:025 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.  Amen.
+Book 58 Hebrews
+001:001 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets
+        at many times and in various ways,
+001:002 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son,
+        whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also
+        he made the worlds.
+001:003 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of
+        his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power,
+        when he had by himself made purification for our sins,
+        sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
+001:004 having become so much better than the angels, as he has
+        inherited a more excellent name than they have.
+001:005 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son.
+        Today have I become your father?"{Psalm 2:7} and again, "I will
+        be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"{2 Samuel 7:14;
+        1 Chronicles 17:13}
+001:006 Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says,
+        "Let all the angels of God worship him."
+001:007 Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his
+        servants a flame of fire."{Psalm 104:4}
+001:008 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
+        The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
+001:009 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God,
+        your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above
+        your fellows."{Psalm 45:6-7}
+001:010 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth.
+        The heavens are the works of your hands.
+001:011 They will perish, but you continue.  They all will grow old
+        like a garment does.
+001:012 As a mantle, you will roll them up, and they will be changed;
+        but you are the same.  Your years will not fail."{Psalm 102:25-27}
+001:013 But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at
+        my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool
+        of your feet?"{Psalm 110:1}
+001:014 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service
+        for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
+002:001 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things
+        that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
+002:002 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every
+        transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
+002:003 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation--
+        which at the first having been spoken through the Lord,
+        was confirmed to us by those who heard;
+002:004 God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders,
+        by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit,
+        according to his own will?
+002:005 For he didn't subject the world to come, of which we speak,
+        to angels.
+002:006 But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you
+        think of him?  Or the son of man, that you care for him?
+002:007 You made him a little lower than the angels.  You crowned him
+        with glory and honor.{TR adds "and set him over the works
+        of your hands"}
+002:008 You have put all things in subjection under his feet."{Psalm
+        8:4-6} For in that he subjected all things to him, he left
+        nothing that is not subject to him.  But now we don't see
+        all things subjected to him, yet.
+002:009 But we see him who has been made a little lower than
+        the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned
+        with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste
+        of death for everyone.
+002:010 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom
+        are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make
+        the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
+002:011 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified
+        are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call
+        them brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where
+        context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."},
+002:012 saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers.  In the midst
+        of the congregation I will sing your praise."{Psalm 22:22}
+002:013 Again, "I will put my trust in him."{Isaiah 8:17} Again, "Behold,
+        here I am with the children whom God has given me."{Isaiah 8:18}
+002:014 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood,
+        he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through
+        death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death,
+        that is, the devil,
+002:015 and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were
+        all their lifetime subject to bondage.
+002:016 For most certainly, he doesn't give help to angels, but he gives
+        help to the seed of Abraham.
+002:017 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like
+        his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful
+        high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement
+        for the sins of the people.
+002:018 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able
+        to help those who are tempted.
+003:001 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling,
+        consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
+003:002 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses
+        in all his house.
+003:003 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses,
+        inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
+003:004 For every house is built by someone; but he who built all
+        things is God.
+003:005 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant,
+        for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
+003:006 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are,
+        if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope
+        firm to the end.
+003:007 Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will
+        hear his voice,
+003:008 don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation, like as in
+        the day of the trial in the wilderness,
+003:009 where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works
+        for forty years.
+003:010 Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said,
+        'They always err in their heart, but they didn't know my ways;'
+003:011 as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into
+        my rest.'"{Psalm 95:7-11}
+003:012 Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you
+        an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
+003:013 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called "today;"
+        lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
+003:014 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast
+        the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
+003:015 while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice,
+        don't harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."{Psalm 95:7-8}
+003:016 For who, when they heard, rebelled?  No, didn't all those who
+        came out of Egypt by Moses?
+003:017 With whom was he displeased forty years?  Wasn't it with those
+        who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
+003:018 To whom did he swear that they wouldn't enter into his rest,
+        but to those who were disobedient?
+003:019 We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
+004:001 Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem
+        to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
+004:002 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they
+        also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them,
+        because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.
+004:003 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as
+        he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter
+        into my rest;"{Psalm 95:11} although the works were finished
+        from the foundation of the world.
+004:004 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested
+        on the seventh day from all his works;"{Genesis 2:2}
+004:005 and in this place again, "They will not enter into
+        my rest."{Psalm 95:11}
+004:006 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein,
+        and they to whom the good news was before preached failed
+        to enter in because of disobedience,
+004:007 he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David
+        so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you
+        will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."{Psalm 95:7-8}
+004:008 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken
+        afterward of another day.
+004:009 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
+004:010 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested
+        from his works, as God did from his.
+004:011 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest,
+        lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
+004:012 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any
+        two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul
+        and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern
+        the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
+004:013 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all
+        things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom
+        we have to do.
+004:014 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through
+        the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly
+        to our confession.
+004:015 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with
+        the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all
+        points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
+004:016 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace,
+        that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help
+        in time of need.
+005:001 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed
+        for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both
+        gifts and sacrifices for sins.
+005:002 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and
+        going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
+005:003 Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people,
+        as well as for himself.
+005:004 Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God,
+        just like Aaron was.
+005:005 So also Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest,
+        but it was he who said to him, "You are my Son.
+        Today I have become your father."{Psalm 2:7}
+005:006 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever,
+        after the order of Melchizedek."{Psalm 110:4}
+005:007 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and
+        petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able
+        to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
+005:008 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things
+        which he suffered.
+005:009 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey
+        him the author of eternal salvation,
+005:010 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
+005:011 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret,
+        seeing you have become dull of hearing.
+005:012 For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers,
+        you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments
+        of the first principles of the oracles of God.
+        You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
+005:013 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word
+        of righteousness, for he is a baby.
+005:014 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason
+        of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
+006:001 Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ,
+        let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation
+        of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
+006:002 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands,
+        of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
+006:003 This will we do, if God permits.
+006:004 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of
+        the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
+006:005 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
+006:006 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again
+        to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for
+        themselves again, and put him to open shame.
+006:007 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it,
+        and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it
+        is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
+006:008 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near
+        being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
+006:009 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you,
+        and things that accompany salvation, even though we
+        speak like this.
+006:010 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work
+        and the labor of love which you showed toward his name,
+        in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
+006:011 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence
+        to the fullness of hope even to the end,
+006:012 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through
+        faith and patience inherited the promises.
+006:013 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear
+        by none greater, he swore by himself,
+006:014 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I
+        will multiply you."{Genesis 22:17}
+006:015 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
+006:016 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute
+        of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
+006:017 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly
+        to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel,
+        interposed with an oath;
+006:018 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God
+        to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled
+        for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
+006:019 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure
+        and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
+006:020 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become
+        a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
+007:001 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High,
+        who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings
+        and blessed him,
+007:002 to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first,
+        by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king
+        of Salem, which is king of peace;
+007:003 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither
+        beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God),
+        remains a priest continually.
+007:004 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham,
+        the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
+007:005 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office
+        have a commandment to take tithes of the people according
+        to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come
+        out of the body of Abraham,
+007:006 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted
+        tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
+007:007 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
+007:008 Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives
+        tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.
+007:009 We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes,
+        has paid tithes,
+007:010 for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.
+007:011 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood
+        (for under it the people have received the law), what further
+        need was there for another priest to arise after the order
+        of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
+007:012 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change
+        made also in the law.
+007:013 For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe,
+        from which no one has officiated at the altar.
+007:014 For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah,
+        about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
+007:015 This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness
+        of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
+007:016 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment,
+        but after the power of an endless life:
+007:017 for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to
+        the order of Melchizedek."{Psalm 110:4}
+007:018 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because
+        of its weakness and uselessness
+007:019 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a
+        better hope, through which we draw near to God.
+007:020 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
+007:021 (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath),
+        but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore
+        and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever,
+        according to the order of Melchizedek.'"{Psalm 110:4}
+007:022 By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.
+007:023 Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered
+        from continuing by death.
+007:024 But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
+007:025 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw
+        near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make
+        intercession for them.
+007:026 For such a high priest was fitting for us:  holy, guiltless,
+        undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
+007:027 who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices
+        daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people.
+        For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
+007:028 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness,
+        but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints
+        a Son forever who has been perfected.
+008:001 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this.
+        We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand
+        of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
+008:002 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle,
+        which the Lord pitched, not man.
+008:003 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts
+        and sacrifices.  Therefore it is necessary that this high
+        priest also have something to offer.
+008:004 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all,
+        seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according
+        to the law;
+008:005 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses
+        was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle,
+        for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the
+        pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."{Exodus 25:40}
+008:006 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry,
+        by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant,
+        which on better promises has been given as law.
+008:007 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place
+        would have been sought for a second.
+008:008 For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come,"
+        says the Lord, "that I will make a new covenant with the house
+        of Israel and with the house of Judah;
+008:009 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,
+        in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of
+        the land of Egypt; for they didn't continue in my covenant,
+        and I disregarded them," says the Lord.
+008:010 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel.
+        After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws
+        into their mind, I will also write them on their heart.
+        I will be their God, and they will be my people.
+008:011 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen,{TR
+        reads "neighbor" instead of "fellow citizen"} and every man
+        his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me,
+        from the least of them to the greatest of them.
+008:012 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.  I will remember
+        their sins and lawless deeds no more."{Jeremiah 31:31-34}
+008:013 In that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old.
+        But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near
+        to vanishing away.
+009:001 Now indeed even the first{TR adds "tabernacle"} covenant had
+        ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.
+009:002 For a tabernacle was prepared.  In the first part were the lampstand,
+        the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
+009:003 After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called
+        the Holy of Holies,
+009:004 having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant
+        overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot
+        holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets
+        of the covenant;
+009:005 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat,
+        of which things we can't speak now in detail.
+009:006 Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in
+        continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
+009:007 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year,
+        not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for
+        the errors of the people.
+009:008 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into
+        the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle
+        was still standing;
+009:009 which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices
+        are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience,
+        of making the worshipper perfect;
+009:010 being only (with meats and drinks and various washings)
+        fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
+009:011 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things,
+        through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made
+        with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
+009:012 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through
+        his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place,
+        having obtained eternal redemption.
+009:013 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer
+        sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness
+        of the flesh:
+009:014 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
+        Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your
+        conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
+009:015 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a
+        death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions
+        that were under the first covenant, that those who have been
+        called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
+009:016 For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity
+        be the death of him who made it.
+009:017 For a will is in force where there has been death, for it
+        is never in force while he who made it lives.
+009:018 Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated
+        without blood.
+009:019 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all
+        the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves
+        and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop,
+        and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
+009:020 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has
+        commanded you."{Exodus 24:8}
+009:021 Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels
+        of the ministry in like manner with the blood.
+009:022 According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood,
+        and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
+009:023 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things
+        in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly
+        things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
+009:024 For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands,
+        which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself,
+        now to appear in the presence of God for us;
+009:025 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest
+        enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,
+009:026 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation
+        of the world.  But now once at the end of the ages, he has
+        been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
+009:027 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once,
+        and after this, judgment,
+009:028 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,
+        will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are
+        eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
+010:001 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very
+        image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices
+        year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect
+        those who draw near.
+010:002 Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered,
+        because the worshippers, having been once cleansed,
+        would have had no more consciousness of sins?
+010:003 But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.
+010:004 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should
+        take away sins.
+010:005 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and
+        offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;
+010:006 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
+010:007 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book
+        it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'"{Psalm 40:6-8}
+010:008 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole
+        burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire,
+        neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered
+        according to the law),
+010:009 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will."
+        He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
+010:010 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering
+        of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
+010:011 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering
+        the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
+010:012 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever,
+        sat down on the right hand of God;
+010:013 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool
+        of his feet.
+010:014 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who
+        are being sanctified.
+010:015 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
+010:016 "This is the covenant that I will make with them:
+        'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on
+        their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'"{Jeremiah
+        31:33} then he says,
+010:017 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities
+        no more."{Jeremiah 31:34}
+010:018 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
+010:019 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy
+        place by the blood of Jesus,
+010:020 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way,
+        through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
+010:021 and having a great priest over the house of God,
+010:022 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith,
+        having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
+        and having our body washed with pure water,
+010:023 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering;
+        for he who promised is faithful.
+010:024 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
+010:025 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom
+        of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more,
+        as you see the Day approaching.
+010:026 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge
+        of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
+010:027 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness
+        of fire which will devour the adversaries.
+010:028 A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on
+        the word of two or three witnesses.
+010:029 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged
+        worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has
+        counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified
+        an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
+010:030 For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me,"
+        says the Lord, "I will repay."{Deuteronomy 32:35} Again, "The Lord
+        will judge his people."{Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14}
+010:031 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
+010:032 But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened,
+        you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
+010:033 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions;
+        and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
+010:034 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully
+        accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you
+        have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one
+        in the heavens.
+010:035 Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
+010:036 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God,
+        you may receive the promise.
+010:037 "In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
+010:038 But the righteous will live by faith.  If he shrinks back,
+        my soul has no pleasure in him."{Habakkuk 2:3-4}
+010:039 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction,
+        but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
+011:001 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of
+        things not seen.
+011:002 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
+011:003 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed
+        by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made
+        out of things which are visible.
+011:004 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
+        through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous,
+        God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he,
+        being dead, still speaks.
+011:005 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death,
+        and he was not found, because God translated him.
+        For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation
+        he had been well pleasing to God.
+011:006 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him,
+        for he who comes to God must believe that he exists,
+        and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
+011:007 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen,
+        moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of
+        his house, through which he condemned the world, and became
+        heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
+011:008 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out
+        to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance.
+        He went out, not knowing where he went.
+011:009 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in
+        a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob,
+        the heirs with him of the same promise.
+011:010 For he looked for the city which has the foundations,
+        whose builder and maker is God.
+011:011 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive,
+        and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted
+        him faithful who had promised.
+011:012 Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude,
+        and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore,
+        were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
+011:013 These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
+        but having seen{TR adds "and being convinced of"} them
+        and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they
+        were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
+011:014 For those who say such things make it clear that they are
+        seeking a country of their own.
+011:015 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they
+        went out, they would have had enough time to return.
+011:016 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
+        Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God,
+        for he has prepared a city for them.
+011:017 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac.
+        Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up
+        his one and only son;
+011:018 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed
+        be called;"{Genesis 21:12}
+011:019 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
+        Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
+011:020 By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning
+        things to come.
+011:021 By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons
+        of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
+011:022 By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of
+        the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions
+        concerning his bones.
+011:023 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months
+        by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child,
+        and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
+011:024 By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called
+        the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
+011:025 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people,
+        than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
+011:026 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures
+        of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
+011:027 By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king;
+        for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
+011:028 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood,
+        that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
+011:029 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land.
+        When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
+011:030 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been
+        encircled for seven days.
+011:031 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who
+        were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
+011:032 What more shall I say?  For the time would fail me if I told
+        of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;
+011:033 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness,
+        obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,{Daniel 6:22-23}
+011:034 quenched the power of fire,{Daniel 3:1-30} escaped the edge
+        of the sword,{1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20} from weakness
+        were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign
+        armies to flee.
+011:035 Women received their dead by resurrection.{1 Kings 19:1-3;
+        2 Kings 6:31-7:20} Others were tortured, not accepting
+        their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
+011:036 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by
+        bonds and imprisonment.
+011:037 They were stoned.{2 Chronicles 24:20-21} They were sawn apart.
+        They were tempted.  They were slain with the sword.{Jeremiah
+        26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10} They went around in sheep skins
+        and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
+011:038 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts,
+        mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
+011:039 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith,
+        didn't receive the promise,
+011:040 God having provided some better thing concerning us,
+        so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
+012:001 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great
+        a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin
+        which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience
+        the race that is set before us,
+012:002 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,
+        who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
+        despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand
+        of the throne of God.
+012:003 For consider him who has endured such contradiction
+        of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary,
+        fainting in your souls.
+012:004 You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;
+012:005 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you
+        as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening
+        of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
+012:006 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son
+        whom he receives."{Proverbs 3:11-12}
+012:007 It is for discipline that you endure.  God deals with
+        you as with children, for what son is there whom his
+        father doesn't discipline?
+012:008 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been
+        made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
+012:009 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us,
+        and we paid them respect.  Shall we not much rather be in
+        subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
+012:010 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them;
+        but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
+012:011 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous;
+        yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness
+        to those who have been exercised thereby.
+012:012 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the
+        feeble knees,{Isaiah 35:3}
+012:013 and make straight paths for your feet,{Proverbs 4:26} so that
+        which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
+012:014 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without
+        which no man will see the Lord,
+012:015 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace
+        of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you,
+        and many be defiled by it;
+012:016 lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person,
+        like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
+012:017 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit
+        the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a
+        change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
+012:018 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched,
+        and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
+012:019 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who
+        heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
+012:020 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even
+        an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or
+        shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"{Exodus 19:12-13}
+012:021 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am
+        terrified and trembling."{Deuteronomy 9:19}
+012:022 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God,
+        the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
+012:023 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are
+        enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits
+        of just men made perfect,
+012:024 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,{Jeremiah 31:31}
+        and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than
+        that of Abel.
+012:025 See that you don't refuse him who speaks.  For if they didn't
+        escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth,
+        how much more will we not escape who turn away from him
+        who warns from heaven,
+012:026 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised,
+        saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth,
+        but also the heavens."{Haggai 2:6}
+012:027 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those
+        things that are shaken, as of things that have been made,
+        that those things which are not shaken may remain.
+012:028 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken,
+        let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably,
+        with reverence and awe,
+012:029 for our God is a consuming fire.{Deuteronomy 4:24}
+013:001 Let brotherly love continue.
+013:002 Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so,
+        some have entertained angels without knowing it.
+013:003 Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them;
+        and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
+013:004 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let
+        the bed be undefiled:  but God will judge the sexually
+        immoral and adulterers.
+013:005 Be free from the love of money, content with such things
+        as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you,
+        neither will I in any way forsake you."{Deuteronomy 31:6}
+013:006 So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper.
+        I will not fear.  What can man do to me?"{Psalm 118:6-7}
+013:007 Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God,
+        and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
+013:008 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
+013:009 Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it
+        is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food,
+        through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
+013:010 We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle
+        have no right to eat.
+013:011 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into
+        the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin,
+        are burned outside of the camp.{Leviticus 16:27}
+013:012 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through
+        his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
+013:013 Let us therefore go out to him outside of the camp,
+        bearing his reproach.
+013:014 For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that
+        which is to come.
+013:015 Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise
+        to God{Psalm 50:23} continually, that is, the fruit of lips
+        which proclaim allegiance to his name.
+013:016 But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such
+        sacrifices God is well pleased.
+013:017 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch
+        on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account,
+        that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning,
+        for that would be unprofitable for you.
+013:018 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience,
+        desiring to live honorably in all things.
+013:019 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored
+        to you sooner.
+013:020 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great
+        shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant,
+        our Lord Jesus,
+013:021 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you
+        that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ,
+        to whom be the glory forever and ever.  Amen.
+013:022 But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation,
+        for I have written to you in few words.
+013:023 Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom,
+        if he comes shortly, I will see you.
+013:024 Greet all of your leaders and all the saints.
+        The Italians greet you.
+013:025 Grace be with you all.  Amen.
+Book 59 James
+001:001 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
+        to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion:  Greetings.
+001:002 Count it all joy, my brothers{The word for "brothers"
+        here and where context allows may also be correctly translated
+        "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, when you fall
+        into various temptations,
+001:003 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
+001:004 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect
+        and complete, lacking in nothing.
+001:005 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
+        who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it
+        will be given to him.
+001:006 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts
+        is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
+001:007 For let that man not think that he will receive anything
+        from the Lord.
+001:008 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
+001:009 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in
+        his high position;
+001:010 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower
+        in the grass, he will pass away.
+001:011 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers
+        the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its
+        appearance perishes.  So also will the rich man fade away
+        in his pursuits.
+001:012 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has
+        been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord
+        promised to those who love him.
+001:013 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God,"
+        for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
+001:014 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his
+        own lust, and enticed.
+001:015 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin,
+        when it is full grown, brings forth death.
+001:016 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
+001:017 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down
+        from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation,
+        nor turning shadow.
+001:018 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth,
+        that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
+001:019 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,
+        slow to speak, and slow to anger;
+001:020 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
+001:021 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing
+        of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word,
+        which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}.
+001:022 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding
+        your own selves.
+001:023 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,
+        he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
+001:024 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets
+        what kind of man he was.
+001:025 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues,
+        not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work,
+        this man will be blessed in what he does.
+001:026 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while
+        he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart,
+        this man's religion is worthless.
+001:027 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this:
+        to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
+        and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
+002:001 My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ
+        of glory with partiality.
+002:002 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into
+        your synagogue{or, meeting}, and a poor man in filthy clothing
+        also comes in;
+002:003 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing,
+        and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man,
+        "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"
+002:004 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become
+        judges with evil thoughts?
+002:005 Listen, my beloved brothers.  Didn't God choose those who are poor
+        in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom
+        which he promised to those who love him?
+002:006 But you have dishonored the poor man.  Don't the rich oppress you,
+        and personally drag you before the courts?
+002:007 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
+002:008 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to
+        the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus
+        19:18} you do well.
+002:009 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted
+        by the law as transgressors.
+002:010 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point,
+        he has become guilty of all.
+002:011 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"{Exodus 20:14;
+        Deuteronomy 5:18} also said, "Do not commit murder."{Exodus 10:13;
+        Deuteronomy 5:17} Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder,
+        you have become a transgressor of the law.
+002:012 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a
+        law of freedom.
+002:013 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy.
+        Mercy triumphs over judgment.
+002:014 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith,
+        but has no works?  Can faith save him?
+002:015 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
+002:016 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;"
+        and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs,
+        what good is it?
+002:017 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
+002:018 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works."
+        Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show
+        you my faith.
+002:019 You believe that God is one.  You do well.  The demons
+        also believe, and shudder.
+002:020 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from
+        works is dead?
+002:021 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered
+        up Isaac his son on the altar?
+002:022 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works
+        faith was perfected;
+002:023 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God,
+        and it was accounted to him as righteousness;"{Genesis 15:16}
+        and he was called the friend of God.
+002:024 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not
+        only by faith.
+002:025 In like manner wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified
+        by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them
+        out another way?
+002:026 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith
+        apart from works is dead.
+003:001 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we
+        will receive heavier judgment.
+003:002 For in many things we all stumble.  If anyone doesn't
+        stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle
+        the whole body also.
+003:003 Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may
+        obey us, and we guide their whole body.
+003:004 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven
+        by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder,
+        wherever the pilot desires.
+003:005 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things.
+        See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
+003:006 And the tongue is a fire.  The world of iniquity among
+        our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body,
+        and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire
+        by Gehenna.{or, Hell}
+003:007 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing
+        in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
+003:008 But nobody can tame the tongue.  It is a restless evil,
+        full of deadly poison.
+003:009 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men,
+        who are made in the image of God.
+003:010 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing.
+        My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
+003:011 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
+003:012 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs?
+        Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
+003:013 Who is wise and understanding among you?  Let him show by his
+        good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
+003:014 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart,
+        don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
+003:015 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above,
+        but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
+003:016 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion
+        and every evil deed.
+003:017 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful,
+        gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits,
+        without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
+003:018 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those
+        who make peace.
+004:001 Where do wars and fightings among you come from?
+        Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
+004:002 You lust, and don't have.  You kill, covet, and can't obtain.
+        You fight and make war.  You don't have, because you don't ask.
+004:003 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives,
+        so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
+004:004 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship
+        with the world is enmity with God?  Whoever therefore wants
+        to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
+004:005 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit
+        who lives in us yearns jealously"?
+004:006 But he gives more grace.  Therefore it says, "God resists
+        the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}
+004:007 Be subject therefore to God.  But resist the devil, and he will
+        flee from you.
+004:008 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.  Cleanse your hands,
+        you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
+004:009 Lament, mourn, and weep.  Let your laughter be turned to mourning,
+        and your joy to gloom.
+004:010 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
+004:011 Don't speak against one another, brothers.  He who speaks
+        against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against
+        the law and judges the law.  But if you judge the law,
+        you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
+004:012 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy.
+        But who are you to judge another?
+004:013 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city,
+        and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
+004:014 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow.
+        For what is your life?  For you are a vapor, that appears
+        for a little time, and then vanishes away.
+004:015 For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live,
+        and do this or that."
+004:016 But now you glory in your boasting.  All such boasting is evil.
+004:017 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it,
+        to him it is sin.
+005:001 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are
+        coming on you.
+005:002 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
+005:003 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be
+        for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire.
+        You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
+005:004 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields,
+        which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries
+        of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord
+        of Armies{Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew:  Tze'va'ot)}.
+005:005 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure.
+        You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
+005:006 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one.
+        He doesn't resist you.
+005:007 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
+        Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,
+        being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
+005:008 You also be patient.  Establish your hearts, for the coming
+        of the Lord is at hand.
+005:009 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you
+        won't be judged.  Behold, the judge stands at the door.
+005:010 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience,
+        the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
+005:011 Behold, we call them blessed who endured.  You have heard
+        of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome,
+        and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
+005:012 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven,
+        nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes"
+        be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into
+        hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}
+005:013 Is any among you suffering?  Let him pray.  Is any cheerful?
+        Let him sing praises.
+005:014 Is any among you sick?  Let him call for the elders of the assembly,
+        and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name
+        of the Lord,
+005:015 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick,
+        and the Lord will raise him up.  If he has committed sins,
+        he will be forgiven.
+005:016 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another,
+        that you may be healed.  The insistent prayer of a righteous
+        person is powerfully effective.
+005:017 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly
+        that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth
+        for three years and six months.
+005:018 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought
+        forth its fruit.
+005:019 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone
+        turns him back,
+005:020 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way
+        will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
+Book 60 1 Peter
+001:001 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen
+        ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion
+        in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
+001:002 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification
+        of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled
+        with his blood:  Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
+001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        who according to his great mercy became our father again
+        to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
+        from the dead,
+001:004 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't
+        fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
+001:005 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation
+        ready to be revealed in the last time.
+001:006 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while,
+        if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
+001:007 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold
+        that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found
+        to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation
+        of Jesus Christ--
+001:008 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you
+        don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy
+        unspeakable and full of glory--
+001:009 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
+001:010 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched
+        diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
+001:011 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ,
+        which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings
+        of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
+001:012 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you,
+        they ministered these things, which now have been announced
+        to you through those who preached the Good News to you
+        by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels
+        desire to look into.
+001:013 Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{literally, "gird up
+        the waist of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully
+        on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation
+        of Jesus Christ--
+001:014 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according
+        to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
+001:015 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be
+        holy in all of your behavior;
+001:016 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I
+        am holy."{Leviticus 11:44-45}
+001:017 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons
+        judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your
+        living as foreigners here in reverent fear:
+001:018 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things,
+        with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed
+        down from your fathers,
+001:019 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb,
+        the blood of Christ;
+001:020 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world,
+        but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
+001:021 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from
+        the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope
+        might be in God.
+001:022 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to
+        the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection,
+        love one another from the heart fervently:
+001:023 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
+        through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
+001:024 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the
+        flower in the grass.  The grass withers, and its flower falls;
+001:025 but the Lord's word endures forever."{Isaiah 40:6-8} This
+        is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
+002:001 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies,
+        envies, and all evil speaking,
+002:002 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word,
+        that you may grow thereby,
+002:003 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
+002:004 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men,
+        but chosen by God, precious.
+002:005 You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house,
+        to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
+        acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
+002:006 Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay
+        in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious:
+        He who believes in him will not be disappointed."{Isaiah 28:16}
+002:007 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who
+        are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected,
+        has become the chief cornerstone,"{Psalm 118:22}
+002:008 and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."{Isaiah
+        8:14} For they stumble at the word, being disobedient,
+        to which also they were appointed.
+002:009 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
+        a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim
+        the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into
+        his marvelous light:
+002:010 who in time past were no people, but now are God's people,
+        who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
+002:011 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain
+        from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
+002:012 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they
+        speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works,
+        which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
+002:013 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for
+        the Lord's sake:  whether to the king, as supreme;
+002:014 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers
+        and for praise to those who do well.
+002:015 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put
+        to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
+002:016 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness,
+        but as bondservants of God.
+002:017 Honor all men.  Love the brotherhood.  Fear God.
+        Honor the king.
+002:018 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear;
+        not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
+002:019 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly,
+        because of conscience toward God.
+002:020 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating?
+        But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering,
+        this is commendable with God.
+002:021 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
+        leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example,
+        that you should follow his steps,
+002:022 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."{Isaiah 53:9}
+002:023 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back.  When he suffered,
+        didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
+002:024 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree,
+        that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness;
+        by whose stripes you were healed.
+002:025 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to
+        the Shepherd and Overseer{"Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon,
+        which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.}
+        of your souls.
+003:001 In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
+        so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won
+        by the behavior of their wives without a word;
+003:002 seeing your pure behavior in fear.
+003:003 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding
+        the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting
+        on fine clothing;
+003:004 but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible
+        adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight
+        of God very precious.
+003:005 For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also
+        adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
+003:006 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you
+        now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
+003:007 You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according
+        to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel,
+        as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your
+        prayers may not be hindered.
+003:008 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as
+        brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
+003:009 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling;
+        but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called,
+        that you may inherit a blessing.
+003:010 For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep
+        his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
+003:011 Let him turn away from evil, and do good.  Let him seek peace,
+        and pursue it.
+003:012 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears
+        open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against
+        those who do evil."{Psalm 34:12-16}
+003:013 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators
+        of that which is good?
+003:014 But even if you should suffer for righteousness'
+        sake, you are blessed.  "Don't fear what they fear,
+        neither be troubled."{Isaiah 8:12}
+003:015 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready
+        to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning
+        the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
+003:016 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against
+        as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good
+        manner of life in Christ.
+003:017 For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing
+        well than for doing evil.
+003:018 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous
+        for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God;
+        being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
+003:019 in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
+003:020 who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently
+        in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built.
+        In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
+003:021 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--
+        not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer
+        of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection
+        of Jesus Christ,
+003:022 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven,
+        angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
+004:001 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh,
+        arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered
+        in the flesh has ceased from sin;
+004:002 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh
+        for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
+004:003 For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire
+        of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts,
+        drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
+004:004 They think it is strange that you don't run with them into
+        the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
+004:005 who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living
+        and the dead.
+004:006 For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead,
+        that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh,
+        but live as to God in the spirit.
+004:007 But the end of all things is near.  Therefore be of sound mind,
+        self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
+004:008 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves,
+        for love covers a multitude of sins.
+004:009 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
+004:010 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
+        as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.
+004:011 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God.
+        If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies,
+        that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
+        to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever.  Amen.
+004:012 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has
+        come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing
+        happened to you.
+004:013 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice;
+        that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice
+        with exceeding joy.
+004:014 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed;
+        because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
+        On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
+004:015 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief,
+        or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.
+004:016 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not
+        be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
+004:017 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household
+        of God.  If it begins first with us, what will happen
+        to those who don't obey the Good News of God?
+004:018 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen
+        to the ungodly and the sinner?"{Proverbs 11:31}
+004:019 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will
+        of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to
+        a faithful Creator.
+005:001 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness
+        of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory
+        that will be revealed.
+005:002 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising
+        the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily,
+        not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
+005:003 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you,
+        but making yourselves examples to the flock.
+005:004 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown
+        of glory that doesn't fade away.
+005:005 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder.
+        Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject
+        yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud,
+        but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}
+005:006 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
+        that he may exalt you in due time;
+005:007 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
+005:008 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful.  Your adversary
+        the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom
+        he may devour.
+005:009 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers
+        who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
+005:010 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
+        glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while,
+        perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
+005:011 To him be the glory and the power forever and ever.  Amen.
+005:012 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him,
+        I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying
+        that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
+005:013 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you;
+        and so does Mark, my son.
+005:014 Greet one another with a kiss of love.  Peace be to you all
+        who are in Christ Jesus.  Amen.
+Book 61 2 Peter
+001:001 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
+        to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us
+        in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
+001:002 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God
+        and of Jesus our Lord,
+001:003 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things
+        that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge
+        of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
+001:004 by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly
+        great promises; that through these you may become partakers
+        of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption
+        that is in the world by lust.
+001:005 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part
+        all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence;
+        and in moral excellence, knowledge;
+001:006 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience;
+        and in patience godliness;
+001:007 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly
+        affection, love.
+001:008 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not
+        idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:009 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near,
+        having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
+001:010 Therefore, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where
+        context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
+        and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your
+        calling and election sure.  For if you do these things,
+        you will never stumble.
+001:011 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into
+        the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
+001:012 Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things,
+        though you know them, and are established in the present truth.
+001:013 I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you
+        up by reminding you;
+001:014 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly,
+        even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
+001:015 Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able
+        to remember these things even after my departure.
+001:016 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made
+        known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+        but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
+001:017 For he received from God the Father honor and glory,
+        when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is
+        my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."{Matthew 17:5;
+        Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35}
+001:018 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him
+        on the holy mountain.
+001:019 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you
+        heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns,
+        and the morning star arises in your hearts:
+001:020 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is
+        of private interpretation.
+001:021 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man:  but holy men
+        of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
+002:001 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false
+        teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in
+        destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them,
+        bringing on themselves swift destruction.
+002:002 Many will follow their immoral{TR reads "destructive"
+        instead of "immoral"} ways, and as a result, the way of the truth
+        will be maligned.
+002:003 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words:
+        whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their
+        destruction will not slumber.
+002:004 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast
+        them down to Tartarus{Tartarus is another name for Hell},
+        and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
+002:005 and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with
+        seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought
+        a flood on the world of the ungodly;
+002:006 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,
+        condemned them to destruction, having made them an example
+        to those who would live ungodly;
+002:007 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful
+        life of the wicked
+002:008 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented
+        in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and
+        hearing lawless deeds):
+002:009 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to
+        keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
+002:010 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement,
+        and despise authority.  Daring, self-willed, they are not
+        afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
+002:011 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring
+        a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
+002:012 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be
+        taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they
+        are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
+002:013 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count
+        it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes,
+        reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
+002:014 having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin;
+        enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed;
+        children of cursing;
+002:015 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way
+        of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;
+002:016 but he was rebuked for his own disobedience.  A mute donkey spoke
+        with a man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
+002:017 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm;
+        for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
+002:018 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice
+        in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are
+        indeed escaping from those who live in error;
+002:019 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants
+        of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by
+        whoever overcomes him.
+002:020 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world
+        through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
+        they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state
+        has become worse for them than the first.
+002:021 For it would be better for them not to have known the way
+        of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from
+        the holy commandment delivered to them.
+002:022 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb,
+        "The dog turns to his own vomit again,"{Proverbs 26:11}
+        and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
+003:001 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you;
+        and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
+003:002 that you should remember the words which were spoken before
+        by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles
+        of the Lord and Savior:
+003:003 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come,
+        walking after their own lusts,
+003:004 and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming?  For, from the day
+        that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they
+        were from the beginning of the creation."
+003:005 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from
+        of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water,
+        by the word of God;
+003:006 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed
+        with water, perished.
+003:007 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word
+        have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day
+        of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
+003:008 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day
+        is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
+        as one day.
+003:009 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness;
+        but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish,
+        but that all should come to repentance.
+003:010 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
+        in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise,
+        and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat,
+        and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
+003:011 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this,
+        what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
+003:012 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God,
+        which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved,
+        and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
+003:013 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a
+        new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
+003:014 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things,
+        be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless
+        in his sight.
+003:015 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved
+        brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him,
+        wrote to you;
+003:016 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things.
+        In those, there are some things that are hard to understand,
+        which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do
+        to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
+003:017 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand,
+        beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked,
+        you fall from your own steadfastness.
+003:018 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
+        Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be the glory both now
+        and forever.  Amen.
+Book 62 1 John
+001:001 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard,
+        that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw,
+        and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
+001:002 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify,
+        and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was
+        with the Father, and was revealed to us);
+001:003 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you
+        also may have fellowship with us.  Yes, and our fellowship
+        is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
+001:004 And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.
+001:005 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce
+        to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
+001:006 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness,
+        we lie, and don't tell the truth.
+001:007 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
+        fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ,
+        his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
+001:008 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
+        and the truth is not in us.
+001:009 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive
+        us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
+001:010 If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar,
+        and his word is not in us.
+002:001 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may
+        not sin.  If anyone sins, we have a Counselor{Greek Parakleton:
+        Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor.}
+        with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
+002:002 And he is the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice"
+        is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating,
+        or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice
+        that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins,
+        and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
+002:003 This is how we know that we know him:  if we keep his commandments.
+002:004 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments,
+        is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
+002:005 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been
+        perfected in him.  This is how we know that we are in him:
+002:006 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk
+        just like he walked.
+002:007 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old
+        commandment which you had from the beginning.  The old
+        commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
+002:008 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true
+        in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away,
+        and the true light already shines.
+002:009 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother,
+        is in the darkness even until now.
+002:010 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there
+        is no occasion for stumbling in him.
+002:011 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks
+        in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going,
+        because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
+002:012 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven
+        you for his name's sake.
+002:013 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from
+        the beginning.  I write to you, young men, because you have
+        overcome the evil one.  I write to you, little children,
+        because you know the Father.
+002:014 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is
+        from the beginning.  I have written to you, young men,
+        because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you,
+        and you have overcome the evil one.
+002:015 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world.
+        If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
+002:016 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust
+        of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's,
+        but is the world's.
+002:017 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does
+        God's will remains forever.
+002:018 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that
+        the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen.
+        By this we know that it is the final hour.
+002:019 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they
+        had belonged to us, they would have continued with us.
+        But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them
+        belong to us.
+002:020 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know the truth.
+002:021 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth,
+        but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
+002:022 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  This is
+        the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
+002:023 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father.
+        He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
+002:024 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you
+        heard from the beginning.  If that which you heard from
+        the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son,
+        and in the Father.
+002:025 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
+002:026 These things I have written to you concerning those who would
+        lead you astray.
+002:027 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains
+        in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you.
+        But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things,
+        and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you,
+        you will remain in him.
+002:028 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears,
+        we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
+002:029 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone
+        who practices righteousness is born of him.
+003:001 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us,
+        that we should be called children of God!  For this cause
+        the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
+003:002 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed
+        what we will be.  But we know that, when he is revealed,
+        we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
+003:003 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself,
+        even as he is pure.
+003:004 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness.  Sin is lawlessness.
+003:005 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him
+        is no sin.
+003:006 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin.  Whoever sins hasn't seen him,
+        neither knows him.
+003:007 Little children, let no one lead you astray.  He who does
+        righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
+003:008 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning
+        from the beginning.  To this end the Son of God was revealed,
+        that he might destroy the works of the devil.
+003:009 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed
+        remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
+003:010 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children
+        of the devil.  Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God,
+        neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
+003:011 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning,
+        that we should love one another;
+003:012 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother.
+        Why did he kill him?  Because his works were evil,
+        and his brother's righteous.
+003:013 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
+003:014 We know that we have passed out of death into life,
+        because we love the brothers.  He who doesn't love his brother
+        remains in death.
+003:015 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no
+        murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
+003:016 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us.
+        And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
+003:017 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need,
+        and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does
+        the love of God remain in him?
+003:018 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with
+        the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
+003:019 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade
+        our hearts before him,
+003:020 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart,
+        and knows all things.
+003:021 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
+003:022 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his
+        commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
+003:023 This is his commandment, that we should believe in
+        the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another,
+        even as he commanded.
+003:024 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him.
+        By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which
+        he gave us.
+004:001 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits,
+        whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone
+        out into the world.
+004:002 By this you know the Spirit of God:  every spirit who confesses
+        that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
+004:003 and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has
+        come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit
+        of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes.
+        Now it is in the world already.
+004:004 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them;
+        because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
+004:005 They are of the world.  Therefore they speak of the world,
+        and the world hears them.
+004:006 We are of God.  He who knows God listens to us.
+        He who is not of God doesn't listen to us.  By this we know
+        the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
+004:007 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;
+        and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
+004:008 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
+004:009 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one
+        and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
+004:010 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
+        and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice"
+        is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating,
+        or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice
+        that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins.
+004:011 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to
+        love one another.
+004:012 No one has seen God at any time.  If we love one another,
+        God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
+004:013 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us,
+        because he has given us of his Spirit.
+004:014 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son
+        as the Savior of the world.
+004:015 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains
+        in him, and he in God.
+004:016 We know and have believed the love which God has for us.
+        God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God,
+        and God remains in him.
+004:017 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may
+        have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is,
+        even so are we in this world.
+004:018 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear,
+        because fear has punishment.  He who fears is not made
+        perfect in love.
+004:019 We love Him, because he first loved us.
+004:020 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar;
+        for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen,
+        how can he love God whom he has not seen?
+004:021 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God
+        should also love his brother.
+005:001 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.
+        Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.
+005:002 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love
+        God and keep his commandments.
+005:003 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.
+        His commandments are not grievous.
+005:004 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
+        This is the victory that has overcome the world:  your faith.
+005:005 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus
+        is the Son of God?
+005:006 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ;
+        not with the water only, but with the water and the blood.
+        It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
+005:007 For there are three who testify{Only a few recent manuscripts
+        add "in heaven:  the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit;
+        and these three are one.  And there are three that
+        testify on earth"}:
+005:008 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
+005:009 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater;
+        for this is God's testimony which he has testified
+        concerning his Son.
+005:010 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.
+        He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not
+        believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
+005:011 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life,
+        and this life is in his Son.
+005:012 He who has the Son has the life.  He who doesn't have God's Son
+        doesn't have the life.
+005:013 These things I have written to you who believe in the name
+        of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,
+        and that you may continue to believe in the name of the
+        Son of God.
+005:014 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we
+        ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
+005:015 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know
+        that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
+005:016 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death,
+        he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin
+        not leading to death.  There is a sin leading to death.
+        I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.
+005:017 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
+005:018 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was
+        born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
+005:019 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power
+        of the evil one.
+005:020 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given
+        us an understanding, that we know him who is true,
+        and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ.
+        This is the true God, and eternal life.
+005:021 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
+Book 63 2 John
+001:001 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth;
+        and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
+001:002 for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be
+        with us forever:
+001:003 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father,
+        and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father,
+        in truth and love.
+001:004 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking
+        in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
+001:005 Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you
+        a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning,
+        that we love one another.
+001:006 This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments.
+        This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning,
+        that you should walk in it.
+001:007 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who
+        don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
+        This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
+001:008 Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we
+        have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
+001:009 Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching
+        of Christ, doesn't have God.  He who remains in the teaching,
+        the same has both the Father and the Son.
+001:010 If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching,
+        don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,
+001:011 for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.
+001:012 Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper
+        and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face,
+        that our joy may be made full.
+001:013 The children of your chosen sister greet you.  Amen.
+Book 64 3 John
+001:001 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
+001:002 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy,
+        even as your soul prospers.
+001:003 For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified
+        about your truth, even as you walk in truth.
+001:004 I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children
+        walking in truth.
+001:005 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish
+        for those who are brothers and strangers.
+001:006 They have testified about your love before the assembly.
+        You will do well to send them forward on their journey
+        in a manner worthy of God,
+001:007 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing
+        from the Gentiles.
+001:008 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow
+        workers for the truth.
+001:009 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first
+        among them, doesn't accept what we say.
+001:010 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds
+        which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words.
+        Not content with this, neither does he himself receive
+        the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws
+        out of the assembly.
+001:011 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good.
+        He who does good is of God.  He who does evil hasn't seen God.
+001:012 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself;
+        yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.
+001:013 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write
+        to you with ink and pen;
+001:014 but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face.
+        Peace be to you.  The friends greet you.  Greet the friends by name.
+Book 65 Jude
+001:001 Jude,{or, Judah} a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,
+        to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father,
+        and kept for Jesus Christ:
+001:002 Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.
+001:003 Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our
+        common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting
+        you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all
+        delivered to the saints.
+001:004 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those
+        who were long ago written about for this condemnation:
+        ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
+        and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+001:005 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this,
+        that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
+        afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.
+001:006 Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted
+        their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds
+        under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
+001:007 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having,
+        in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual
+        immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth
+        as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
+001:008 Yet in like manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh,
+        despise authority, and slander celestial beings.
+001:009 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil
+        and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him
+        an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"
+001:010 But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know.
+        What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason,
+        they are destroyed in these things.
+001:011 Woe to them!  For they went in the way of Cain, and ran
+        riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished
+        in Korah's rebellion.
+001:012 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they
+        feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves;
+        clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves
+        without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
+001:013 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame;
+        wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has
+        been reserved forever.
+001:014 About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying,
+        "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
+001:015 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly
+        of all their works of ungodliness which they have done
+        in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly
+        sinners have spoken against him."
+001:016 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts
+        (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect
+        of persons to gain advantage.
+001:017 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken
+        before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+001:018 They said to you that "In the last time there will be mockers,
+        walking after their own ungodly lusts."
+001:019 These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual,
+        not having the Spirit.
+001:020 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most
+        holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
+001:021 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy
+        of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
+001:022 On some have compassion, making a distinction,
+001:023 and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear,
+        hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
+001:024 Now to him who is able to keep them{TR and NU read "you"}
+        from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence
+        of his glory in great joy,
+001:025 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty,
+        dominion and power, both now and forever.  Amen.
+Book 66 Revelation
+001:001 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him
+        to show to his servants the things which must happen soon,
+        which he sent and made known by his angel{or, messenger
+        (here and wherever angel is mentioned)} to his servant, John,
+001:002 who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
+        about everything that he saw.
+001:003 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of
+        the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it,
+        for the time is at hand.
+001:004 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia:  Grace to you
+        and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come;
+        and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
+001:005 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn
+        of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
+        To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
+001:006 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests{Exodus 19:6;
+        Isaiah 61:6} to his God and Father; to him be the glory
+        and the dominion forever and ever.  Amen.
+001:007 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
+        including those who pierced him.  All the tribes of the earth
+        will mourn over him.  Even so, Amen.
+001:008 "I am the Alpha and the Omega,{TR adds "the Beginning and the End"}"
+        says the Lord God,{TR omits "God"} "who is and who was and
+        who is to come, the Almighty."
+001:009 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression,
+        Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle
+        that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony
+        of Jesus Christ.
+001:010 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me
+        a loud voice, like a trumpet
+001:011 saying, "{TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First
+        and the Last."}What you see, write in a book and send
+        to the seven assemblies{TR adds "which are in Asia"}:
+        to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia,
+        and to Laodicea."
+001:012 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me.  Having turned,
+        I saw seven golden lampstands.
+001:013 And among the lampstands was one like a son of man,{Daniel
+        7:13} clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet,
+        and with a golden sash around his chest.
+001:014 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow.
+        His eyes were like a flame of fire.
+001:015 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined
+        in a furnace.  His voice was like the voice of many waters.
+001:016 He had seven stars in his right hand.  Out of his mouth proceeded
+        a sharp two-edged sword.  His face was like the sun shining
+        at its brightest.
+001:017 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.
+        He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid.
+        I am the first and the last,
+001:018 and the Living one.  I was dead, and behold, I am
+        alive forevermore.  Amen.  I have the keys of Death and
+        of Hades{or, Hell}.
+001:019 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things
+        which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
+001:020 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand,
+        and the seven golden lampstands.  The seven stars are
+        the angels{or, messengers (here and wherever angels are
+        mentioned)} of the seven assemblies.  The seven lampstands
+        are seven assemblies.
+002:001 "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:
+        "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks
+        among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
+002:002 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that
+        you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call
+        themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
+002:003 You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake,
+        and have{TR adds "have labored and"} not grown weary.
+002:004 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
+002:005 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent
+        and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly,
+        and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
+002:006 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans,
+        which I also hate.
+002:007 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
+        the assemblies.  To him who overcomes I will give to eat
+        of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
+002:008 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:
+        "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life
+        says these things:
+002:009 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you
+        are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews,
+        and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
+002:010 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer.
+        Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison,
+        that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days.
+        Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
+002:011 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
+        to the assemblies.  He who overcomes won't be harmed by
+        the second death.
+002:012 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:
+        "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
+002:013 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is.
+        You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days
+        of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you,
+        where Satan dwells.
+002:014 But I have a few things against you, because you have there
+        some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw
+        a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things
+        sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
+002:015 So you also have some who hold to the teaching
+        of the Nicolaitans likewise{TR reads "which I hate"
+        instead of "likewise"}.
+002:016 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I
+        will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
+002:017 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
+        the assemblies.  To him who overcomes, to him I will give
+        of the hidden manna,{Manna is supernatural food, named after
+        the Hebrew for "What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.} and I will
+        give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written,
+        which no one knows but he who receives it.
+002:018 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:
+        "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire,
+        and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
+002:019 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance,
+        and that your last works are more than the first.
+002:020 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your{TR, NU read "that"
+        instead of "your"} woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess.
+        She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality,
+        and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
+002:021 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of
+        her sexual immorality.
+002:022 Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit
+        adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent
+        of her works.
+002:023 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies
+        will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts.
+        I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
+002:024 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many
+        as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call
+        'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting
+        any other burden on you.
+002:025 Nevertheless, hold firmly that which you have, until I come.
+002:026 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end,
+        to him I will give authority over the nations.
+002:027 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay
+        pots;{Psalm 2:9} as I also have received of my Father:
+002:028 and I will give him the morning star.
+002:029 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
+        to the assemblies.
+003:001 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write:  "He who has
+        the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things:
+        "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive,
+        but you are dead.
+003:002 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about
+        to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected
+        before my God.
+003:003 Remember therefore how you have received and heard.
+        Keep it, and repent.  If therefore you won't watch, I will come
+        as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
+003:004 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not
+        defile their garments.  They will walk with me in white,
+        for they are worthy.
+003:005 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I
+        will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I
+        will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
+003:006 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
+        to the assemblies.
+003:007 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write:
+        "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David,
+        he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens,
+        says these things:
+003:008 "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door,
+        which no one can shut), that you have a little power,
+        and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.
+003:009 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they
+        are Jews, and they are not, but lie.  Behold, I will make
+        them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I
+        have loved you.
+003:010 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you
+        from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world,
+        to test those who dwell on the earth.
+003:011 I am coming quickly!  Hold firmly that which you have,
+        so that no one takes your crown.
+003:012 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God,
+        and he will go out from there no more.  I will write on him
+        the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
+        the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God,
+        and my own new name.
+003:013 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
+        to the assemblies.
+003:014 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:  "The Amen,
+        the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation,
+        says these things:
+003:015 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.
+        I wish you were cold or hot.
+003:016 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
+        I will vomit you out of my mouth.
+003:017 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches,
+        and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are
+        the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
+003:018 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may
+        become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself,
+        and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed;
+        and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
+003:019 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten.  Be zealous therefore,
+        and repent.
+003:020 Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears
+        my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him,
+        and will dine with him, and he with me.
+003:021 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on
+        my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father
+        on his throne.
+003:022 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
+        to the assemblies."
+004:001 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven,
+        and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking
+        with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you
+        the things which must happen after this."
+004:002 Immediately I was in the Spirit.  Behold, there was a throne
+        set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
+004:003 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius.  There was
+        a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
+004:004 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones.  On the thrones
+        were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments,
+        with crowns of gold on their heads.
+004:005 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders.
+        There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne,
+        which are the seven Spirits of God.
+004:006 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar
+        to crystal.  In the midst of the throne, and around the throne
+        were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
+004:007 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature
+        like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man,
+        and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
+004:008 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings,
+        are full of eyes around about and within.  They have no rest day
+        and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy{Hodges/Farstad MT reads "holy"
+        9 times instead of 3.} is the Lord God, the Almighty,
+        who was and who is and who is to come!"
+004:009 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him
+        who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
+004:010 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on
+        the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever,
+        and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
+004:011 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One,{TR omits
+        "and God, the Holy One,"} to receive the glory, the honor,
+        and the power, for you created all things, and because of your
+        desire they existed, and were created!"
+005:001 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book
+        written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
+005:002 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is
+        worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
+005:003 No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth,
+        was able to open the book, or to look in it.
+005:004 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book,
+        or to look in it.
+005:005 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep.  Behold, the Lion
+        who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome;
+        he who opens the book and its seven seals."
+005:006 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures,
+        and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though
+        it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes,
+        which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
+005:007 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him
+        who sat on the throne.
+005:008 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures
+        and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,
+        each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense,
+        which are the prayers of the saints.
+005:009 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book,
+        and to open its seals:  for you were killed, and bought us for God
+        with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
+005:010 and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will
+        reign on earth."
+005:011 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels
+        around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders;
+        and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands,
+        and thousands of thousands;
+005:012 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been
+        killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor,
+        glory, and blessing!"
+005:013 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth,
+        under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying,
+        "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing,
+        the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever!
+        Amen!{TR omits "Amen!"}"
+005:014 The four living creatures said, "Amen!"  The {TR adds
+        "twenty-four"}elders fell down and worshiped.{TR adds "the
+        one living forever and ever"}
+006:001 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard
+        one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice
+        of thunder, "Come and see!"
+006:002 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow.
+        A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering,
+        and to conquer.
+006:003 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living
+        creature saying, "Come!"
+006:004 Another came forth, a red horse.  To him who sat on it was given
+        power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill
+        one another.  There was given to him a great sword.
+006:005 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living
+        creature saying, "Come and see!"  And behold, a black horse,
+        and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
+006:006 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying,
+        "A choenix{A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little
+        more than a litre (a little more than a quart).} of wheat
+        for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius!
+        Don't damage the oil and the wine!"
+006:007 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living
+        creature saying, "Come and see!"
+006:008 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it,
+        his name was Death.  Hades{or, Hell} followed with him.
+        Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword,
+        with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth
+        was given to him.
+006:009 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar
+        the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God,
+        and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
+006:010 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy
+        and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who
+        dwell on the earth?"
+006:011 A long white robe was given to each of them.  They were told
+        that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants
+        and their brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context
+        allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters"
+        or "siblings."} who would also be killed even as they were,
+        should complete their course.
+006:012 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a
+        great earthquake.  The sun became black as sackcloth made
+        of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
+006:013 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping
+        its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
+006:014 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up.
+        Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
+006:015 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers,
+        the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person,
+        hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
+006:016 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us,
+        and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne,
+        and from the wrath of the Lamb,
+006:017 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
+007:001 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners
+        of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,
+        so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea,
+        or on any tree.
+007:002 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal
+        of the living God.  He cried with a loud voice to the four
+        angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
+007:003 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
+        until we have sealed the bondservants of our God
+        on their foreheads!"
+007:004 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred
+        forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the
+        children of Israel:
+007:005 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe
+        of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,
+007:006 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali
+        twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
+007:007 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi
+        twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
+007:008 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe
+        of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were
+        sealed twelve thousand.
+007:009 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude,
+        which no man could number, out of every nation and of
+        all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne
+        and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches
+        in their hands.
+007:010 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God,
+        who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
+007:011 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders,
+        and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces
+        before his throne, and worshiped God,
+007:012 saying, "Amen!  Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power,
+        and might, be to our God forever and ever!  Amen."
+007:013 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed
+        in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
+007:014 I told him, "My lord, you know."  He said to me,
+        "These are those who came out of the great tribulation.
+        They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.
+007:015 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him
+        day and night in his temple.  He who sits on the throne
+        will spread his tent over them.
+007:016 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more;
+        neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
+007:017 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them,
+        and leads them to springs of waters of life.  And God will
+        wipe away every tear from their eyes."
+008:001 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
+        for about half an hour.
+008:002 I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets
+        were given to them.
+008:003 Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer.
+        Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to
+        the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was
+        before the throne.
+008:004 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
+        went up before God out of the angel's hand.
+008:005 The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of
+        the altar, and threw it on the earth.  There followed thunders,
+        sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
+008:006 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
+        themselves to sound.
+008:007 The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire,
+        mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth.
+        One third of the earth was burnt up,{TR omits "One third
+        of the earth was burnt up"} and one third of the trees were
+        burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
+008:008 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain
+        was thrown into the sea.  One third of the sea became blood,
+008:009 and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died.
+        One third of the ships were destroyed.
+008:010 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky,
+        burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers,
+        and on the springs of the waters.
+008:011 The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the
+        waters became wormwood.  Many people died from the waters,
+        because they were made bitter.
+008:012 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck,
+        and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars;
+        so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't
+        shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
+008:013 I saw, and I heard an eagle,{TR reads "angel"
+        instead of "eagle"} flying in mid heaven, saying with a
+        loud voice, "Woe!  Woe!  Woe for those who dwell on the earth,
+        because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels,
+        who are yet to sound!"
+009:001 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which
+        had fallen to the earth.  The key to the pit of the abyss
+        was given to him.
+009:002 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit,
+        like the smoke from a{TR adds "great"} burning furnace.
+        The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke
+        from the pit.
+009:003 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power
+        was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
+009:004 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
+        neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people
+        who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.
+009:005 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for
+        five months.  Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion,
+        when it strikes a person.
+009:006 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it.
+        They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
+009:007 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war.
+        On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their
+        faces were like people's faces.
+009:008 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like
+        those of lions.
+009:009 They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron.
+        The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots,
+        or of many horses rushing to war.
+009:010 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings.
+        In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
+009:011 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss.
+        His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon,"{"Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that
+        means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction} but in Greek,
+        he has the name "Apollyon."{"Apollyon" means "Destroyer."}
+009:012 The first woe is past.  Behold, there are still two woes
+        coming after this.
+009:013 The sixth angel sounded.  I heard a voice from the horns
+        of the golden altar which is before God,
+009:014 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four
+        angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
+009:015 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour
+        and day and month and year, so that they might kill one
+        third of mankind.
+009:016 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred
+        million{literally, "ten thousands of ten thousands"}. I heard
+        the number of them.
+009:017 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them,
+        having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow;
+        and the heads of lions.  Out of their mouths proceed fire,
+        smoke, and sulfur.
+009:018 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed:
+        by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out
+        of their mouths.
+009:019 For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails.
+        For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with
+        them they harm.
+009:020 The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues,
+        didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't
+        worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver,
+        and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see,
+        nor hear, nor walk.
+009:021 They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries,{The
+        word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the use
+        of potions, poisons, and drugs} nor of their sexual immorality,
+        nor of their thefts.
+010:001 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with
+        a cloud.  A rainbow was on his head.  His face was like the sun,
+        and his feet like pillars of fire.
+010:002 He had in his hand a little open book.  He set his right foot
+        on the sea, and his left on the land.
+010:003 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars.  When he cried,
+        the seven thunders uttered their voices.
+010:004 When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write;
+        but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things
+        which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."
+010:005 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted
+        up his right hand to the sky,
+010:006 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven
+        and the things that are in it, the earth and the things
+        that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it,
+        that there will no longer be delay,
+010:007 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is
+        about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished,
+        as he declared to his servants, the prophets.
+010:008 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me,
+        said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel
+        who stands on the sea and on the land."
+010:009 I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book.
+        He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up.  It will make your
+        stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."
+010:010 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up.
+        It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.  When I had eaten it,
+        my stomach was made bitter.
+010:011 They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples,
+        nations, languages, and kings."
+011:001 A reed like a rod was given to me.  Someone said, "Rise, and measure
+        God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
+011:002 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple,
+        and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations.
+        They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
+011:003 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy
+        one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
+011:004 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
+        standing before the Lord of the earth.
+011:005 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth
+        and devours their enemies.  If anyone desires to harm them,
+        he must be killed in this way.
+011:006 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain
+        during the days of their prophecy.  They have power over
+        the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth
+        with every plague, as often as they desire.
+011:007 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up
+        out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them,
+        and kill them.
+011:008 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city,
+        which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their
+        Lord was crucified.
+011:009 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people
+        will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days,
+        and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
+011:010 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will
+        be glad.  They will give gifts to one another, because these
+        two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
+011:011 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from
+        God entered into them, and they stood on their feet.
+        Great fear fell on those who saw them.
+011:012 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!"
+        They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
+011:013 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the
+        city fell.  Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake,
+        and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
+011:014 The second woe is past.  Behold, the third woe comes quickly.
+011:015 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed,
+        saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of
+        our Lord, and of his Christ.  He will reign forever and ever!"
+011:016 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne,
+        fell on their faces and worshiped God,
+011:017 saying:  "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty,
+        the one who is and who was{TR adds "and who is coming"};
+        because you have taken your great power, and reigned.
+011:018 The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time
+        for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants
+        the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints,
+        and those who fear your name, to the small and the great;
+        and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
+011:019 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's
+        covenant was seen in his temple.  Lightnings, sounds, thunders,
+        an earthquake, and great hail followed.
+012:001 A great sign was seen in heaven:  a woman clothed with the sun,
+        and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown
+        of twelve stars.
+012:002 She was with child.  She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
+012:003 Another sign was seen in heaven.  Behold, a great red dragon,
+        having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
+012:004 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw
+        them to the earth.  The dragon stood before the woman who was
+        about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might
+        devour her child.
+012:005 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all
+        the nations with a rod of iron.  Her child was caught up to God,
+        and to his throne.
+012:006 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place
+        prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand
+        two hundred sixty days.
+012:007 There was war in the sky.  Michael and his angels made war
+        on the dragon.  The dragon and his angels made war.
+012:008 They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any
+        more in heaven.
+012:009 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is
+        called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.
+        He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown
+        down with him.
+012:010 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation,
+        the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of
+        his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,
+        who accuses them before our God day and night.
+012:011 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of
+        the word of their testimony.  They didn't love their life,
+        even to death.
+012:012 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them.
+        Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has
+        gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has
+        but a short time."
+012:013 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth,
+        he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
+012:014 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she
+        might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she
+        might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
+        from the face of the serpent.
+012:015 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman
+        like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away
+        by the stream.
+012:016 The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth
+        and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out
+        of his mouth.
+012:017 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make
+        war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments
+        and hold Jesus' testimony.
+013:001 Then I stood on the sand of the sea.  I saw a beast coming
+        up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads.
+        On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
+013:002 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were
+        like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion.
+        The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
+013:003 One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally.
+        His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled
+        at the beast.
+013:004 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast,
+        and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast?
+        Who is able to make war with him?"
+013:005 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him.
+        Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
+013:006 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
+        his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
+013:007 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to
+        overcome them.  Authority over every tribe, people, language,
+        and nation was given to him.
+013:008 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose
+        name has not been written from the foundation of the world
+        in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
+013:009 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
+013:010 If anyone has captivity, he will go.  If anyone is with the sword,
+        he must be killed.{TR reads "If anyone leads into captivity,
+        into captivity he goes.  If anyone will kill with the sword,
+        he must be killed with a sword."  instead of "If anyone
+        has captivity, he goes away.  If anyone is with the sword,
+        he must be killed."} Here is the endurance and the faith
+        of the saints.
+013:011 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth.
+        He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
+013:012 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence.
+        He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship
+        the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
+013:013 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of
+        the sky to the earth in the sight of people.
+013:014 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because
+        of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast;
+        saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make
+        an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
+013:015 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image
+        of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
+        and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast
+        to be killed.
+013:016 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor,
+        and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands,
+        or on their foreheads;
+013:017 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has
+        that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
+013:018 Here is wisdom.  He who has understanding, let him calculate
+        the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.
+        His number is six hundred sixty-six.
+014:001 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him
+        a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name,
+        and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
+014:002 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters,
+        and like the sound of a great thunder.  The sound which I
+        heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
+014:003 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four
+        living creatures and the elders.  No one could learn the song
+        except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been
+        redeemed out of the earth.
+014:004 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they
+        are virgins.  These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
+        These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits
+        to God and to the Lamb.
+014:005 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.{TR
+        adds "before the throne of God"}
+014:006 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal
+        Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth,
+        and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
+014:007 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory;
+        for the hour of his judgment has come.  Worship him who made
+        the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"
+014:008 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great
+        has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine
+        of the wrath of her sexual immorality."
+014:009 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice,
+        "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives
+        a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
+014:010 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
+        which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger.
+        He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence
+        of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
+014:011 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever.
+        They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast
+        and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
+014:012 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments
+        of God, and the faith of Jesus."
+014:013 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead
+        who die in the Lord from now on.'"  "Yes," says the Spirit,
+        "that they may rest from their labors; for their works
+        follow with them."
+014:014 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one
+        sitting like a son of man,{Daniel 7:13} having on his head
+        a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
+014:015 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud
+        voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle,
+        and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest
+        of the earth is ripe!"
+014:016 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth,
+        and the earth was reaped.
+014:017 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven.
+        He also had a sharp sickle.
+014:018 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power
+        over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had
+        the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle,
+        and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's
+        grapes are fully ripe!"
+014:019 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered
+        the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress
+        of the wrath of God.
+014:020 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came
+        out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses,
+        as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.{1600 stadia = 296
+        kilometers or 184 miles}
+015:001 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky:
+        seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's
+        wrath is finished.
+015:002 I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those
+        who overcame the beast, his image,{TR adds "his mark,"}
+        and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass,
+        having harps of God.
+015:003 They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song
+        of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works,
+        Lord God, the Almighty!  Righteous and true are your ways,
+        you King of the nations.
+015:004 Who wouldn't fear you, Lord, and glorify your name?  For you only
+        are holy.  For all the nations will come and worship before you.
+        For your righteous acts have been revealed."
+015:005 After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle
+        of the testimony in heaven was opened.
+015:006 The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out,
+        clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes
+        around their breasts.
+015:007 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels
+        seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives
+        forever and ever.
+015:008 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God,
+        and from his power.  No one was able to enter into the temple,
+        until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
+016:001 I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels,
+        "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God
+        on the earth!"
+016:002 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth,
+        and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had
+        the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
+016:003 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became
+        blood as of a dead man.  Every living thing in the sea died.
+016:004 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water,
+        and they became blood.
+016:005 I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous,
+        who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have
+        judged these things.
+016:006 For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets,
+        and you have given them blood to drink.  They deserve this."
+016:007 I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty,
+        true and righteous are your judgments."
+016:008 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given
+        to him to scorch men with fire.
+016:009 People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed
+        the name of God who has the power over these plagues.
+        They didn't repent and give him glory.
+016:010 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,
+        and his kingdom was darkened.  They gnawed their tongues
+        because of the pain,
+016:011 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains
+        and their sores.  They didn't repent of their works.
+016:012 The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates.
+        Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready
+        for the kings that come from the sunrise.
+016:013 I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth
+        of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet,
+        three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
+016:014 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth
+        to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them
+        together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
+016:015 "Behold, I come like a thief.  Blessed is he who watches,
+        and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked,
+        and they see his shame."
+016:016 He gathered them together into the place which is called
+        in Hebrew, Megiddo.
+016:017 The seventh poured out his bowl into the air.
+        A loud voice came forth out of the temple of heaven,
+        from the throne, saying, "It is done!"
+016:018 There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was
+        a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men
+        on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
+016:019 The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities
+        of the nations fell.  Babylon the great was remembered
+        in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine
+        of the fierceness of his wrath.
+016:020 Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
+016:021 Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent,{1 talent is about
+        34 kilograms or 75 pounds} came down out of the sky on people.
+        People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,
+        for this plague is exceedingly severe.
+017:001 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke
+        with me, saying, "Come here.  I will show you the judgment
+        of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
+017:002 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality,
+        and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine
+        of her sexual immorality."
+017:003 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness.
+        I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of
+        blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
+017:004 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold
+        and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden
+        cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual
+        immorality of the earth.
+017:005 And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
+        THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
+017:006 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,
+        and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.  When I saw her,
+        I wondered with great amazement.
+017:007 The angel said to me, "Why do you wonder?  I will tell you
+        the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her,
+        which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
+017:008 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about
+        to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction.
+        Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not
+        been written in the book of life from the foundation
+        of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was,
+        and is not, and shall be present.{TR reads "yet is"
+        instead of "shall be present"}
+017:009 Here is the mind that has wisdom.  The seven heads are
+        seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
+017:010 They are seven kings.  Five have fallen, the one is,
+        the other has not yet come.  When he comes, he must continue
+        a little while.
+017:011 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth,
+        and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
+017:012 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received
+        no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings,
+        with the beast, for one hour.
+017:013 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority
+        to the beast.
+017:014 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them,
+        for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings.  They also will
+        overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful."
+017:015 He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits,
+        are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
+017:016 The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate
+        the prostitute, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked,
+        and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
+017:017 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind,
+        and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast,
+        until the words of God should be accomplished.
+017:018 The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over
+        the kings of the earth."
+018:001 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of
+        the sky, having great authority.  The earth was illuminated
+        with his glory.
+018:002 He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is
+        Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons,
+        a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every
+        unclean and hateful bird!
+018:003 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
+        sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual
+        immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich
+        from the abundance of her luxury."
+018:004 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her,
+        my people, that you have no participation in her sins,
+        and that you don't receive of her plagues,
+018:005 for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has
+        remembered her iniquities.
+018:006 Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did,
+        and according to her works.  In the cup which she mixed,
+        mix to her double.
+018:007 However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much
+        give her of torment and mourning.  For she says in her heart,
+        'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'
+018:008 Therefore in one day her plagues will come:  death, mourning,
+        and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire;
+        for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
+018:009 The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality
+        and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her,
+        when they look at the smoke of her burning,
+018:010 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying,
+        'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city!
+        For your judgment has come in one hour.'
+018:011 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no
+        one buys their merchandise any more;
+018:012 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen,
+        purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory,
+        every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass,
+        and iron, and marble;
+018:013 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil,
+        fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's
+        bodies and souls.
+018:014 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you,
+        and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished
+        from you, and you will find them no more at all.
+018:015 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her,
+        will stand far away for the fear of her torment,
+        weeping and mourning;
+018:016 saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed
+        in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold
+        and precious stones and pearls!
+018:017 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.'
+        Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners,
+        and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
+018:018 and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning,
+        saying, 'What is like the great city?'
+018:019 They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning,
+        saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their
+        ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!'
+        For in one hour is she made desolate.
+018:020 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets;
+        for God has judged your judgment on her."
+018:021 A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast
+        it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon,
+        the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.
+018:022 The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters
+        will be heard no more at all in you.  No craftsman,
+        of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you.
+        The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.
+018:023 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you.
+        The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more
+        at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth;
+        for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
+018:024 In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
+        and of all who have been slain on the earth."
+019:001 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great
+        multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah!  Salvation, power,
+        and glory belong to our God:
+019:002 for true and righteous are his judgments.  For he has judged
+        the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her
+        sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants
+        at her hand."
+019:003 A second said, "Hallelujah!  Her smoke goes up forever and ever."
+019:004 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and
+        worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen!  Hallelujah!"
+019:005 A voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise
+        to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small
+        and the great!"
+019:006 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude,
+        and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of
+        mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah!  For the Lord our God,
+        the Almighty, reigns!
+019:007 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give
+        the glory to him.  For the marriage of the Lamb has come,
+        and his wife has made herself ready."
+019:008 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright,
+        pure, fine linen:  for the fine linen is the righteous acts
+        of the saints.
+019:009 He said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited
+        to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'"  He said to me,
+        "These are true words of God."
+019:010 I fell down before his feet to worship him.  He said
+        to me, "Look!  Don't do it!  I am a fellow bondservant with you
+        and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus.
+        Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."
+019:011 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse,
+        and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True.
+        In righteousness he judges and makes war.
+019:012 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns.
+        He has names written and a name written which no one knows
+        but he himself.
+019:013 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood.
+        His name is called "The Word of God."
+019:014 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses,
+        clothed in white, pure, fine linen.
+019:015 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword,
+        that with it he should strike the nations.  He will rule
+        them with an iron rod.{Psalm 2:9} He treads the winepress
+        of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
+019:016 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written,
+        "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
+019:017 I saw an angel standing in the sun.  He cried with a loud voice,
+        saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come!  Be gathered
+        together to the great supper of God,{TR reads "supper
+        of the great God" instead of "great supper of God"}
+019:018 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains,
+        the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those
+        who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,
+        and small and great."
+019:019 I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
+        gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse,
+        and against his army.
+019:020 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked
+        the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had
+        received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.
+        These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that
+        burns with sulfur.
+019:021 The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on
+        the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth.
+        All the birds were filled with their flesh.
+020:001 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key
+        of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
+020:002 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil
+        and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound
+        him for a thousand years,
+020:003 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it
+        over him, that he should deceive the nations no more,
+        until the thousand years were finished.  After this, he must
+        be freed for a short time.
+020:004 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given
+        to them.  I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
+        for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God,
+        and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't
+        receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand.
+        They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
+020:005 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years
+        were finished.  This is the first resurrection.
+020:006 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection.
+        Over these, the second death has no power, but they will
+        be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him
+        one thousand years.
+020:007 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released
+        from his prison,
+020:008 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four
+        corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together
+        to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
+020:009 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded
+        the camp of the saints, and the beloved city.  Fire came
+        down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.
+020:010 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire
+        and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also.
+        They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
+020:011 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it,
+        from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away.
+        There was found no place for them.
+020:012 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before
+        the throne, and they opened books.  Another book was opened,
+        which is the book of life.  The dead were judged out of the things
+        which were written in the books, according to their works.
+020:013 The sea gave up the dead who were in it.
+        Death and Hades{or, Hell} gave up the dead who were in them.
+        They were judged, each one according to his works.
+020:014 Death and Hades{or, Hell} were thrown into the lake of fire.
+        This is the second death, the lake of fire.
+020:015 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was
+        cast into the lake of fire.
+021:001 I saw a new heaven and a new earth:  for the first heaven
+        and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
+021:002 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
+        from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
+021:003 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling
+        is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be
+        his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
+021:004 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes.
+        Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying,
+        nor pain, any more.  The first things have passed away."
+021:005 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new."
+        He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
+021:006 He said to me, "It is done!  I am the Alpha and the Omega,
+        the Beginning and the End.  I will give freely to him who is
+        thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
+021:007 He who overcomes, I will give him these things.
+        I will be his God, and he will be my son.
+021:008 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers,
+        sexually immoral, sorcerers,{The word for "sorcerers"
+        here also includes users of potions and drugs.} idolaters,
+        and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire
+        and sulfur, which is the second death."
+021:009 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were
+        loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke
+        with me, saying, "Come here.  I will show you the wife,
+        the Lamb's bride."
+021:010 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
+        and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out
+        of heaven from God,
+021:011 having the glory of God.  Her light was like a most precious stone,
+        as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
+021:012 having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at
+        the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are
+        the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
+021:013 On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates;
+        and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
+021:014 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve
+        names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
+021:015 He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed,
+        to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
+021:016 The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth.
+        He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve
+        stadia{12,012 stadia = or 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles.
+        TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.}. Its length,
+        breadth, and height are equal.
+021:017 Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits,{144 cubits is about
+        65.8 meters or 216 feet} by the measure of a man, that is,
+        of an angel.
+021:018 The construction of its wall was jasper.  The city was pure gold,
+        like pure glass.
+021:019 The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all
+        kinds of precious stones.  The first foundation was jasper;
+        the second, sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}; the third, chalcedony;
+        the fourth, emerald;
+021:020 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite;
+        the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus;
+        the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.
+021:021 The twelve gates were twelve pearls.  Each one of the gates
+        was made of one pearl.  The street of the city was pure gold,
+        like transparent glass.
+021:022 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty,
+        and the Lamb, are its temple.
+021:023 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine,
+        for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp
+        is the Lamb.
+021:024 The nations will walk in its light.  The kings of the earth
+        bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
+021:025 Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be
+        no night there),
+021:026 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations
+        into it so that they may enter.
+021:027 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one
+        who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are
+        written in the Lamb's book of life.
+022:001 He showed me a{TR adds "pure"} river of water of life,
+        clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and
+        of the Lamb,
+022:002 in the middle of its street.  On this side of the river and on
+        that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits,
+        yielding its fruit every month.  The leaves of the tree
+        were for the healing of the nations.
+022:003 There will be no curse any more.  The throne of God and of
+        the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.
+022:004 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
+022:005 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light;
+        for the Lord God will illuminate them.  They will reign
+        forever and ever.
+022:006 He said to me, "These words are faithful and true.
+        The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel
+        to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
+022:007 "Behold, I come quickly.  Blessed is he who keeps the words
+        of the prophecy of this book."
+022:008 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.
+        When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet
+        of the angel who had shown me these things.
+022:009 He said to me, "See you don't do it!  I am a fellow bondservant
+        with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those
+        who keep the words of this book.  Worship God."
+022:010 He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy
+        of this book, for the time is at hand.
+022:011 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still.
+        He who is filthy, let him be filthy still.  He who is righteous,
+        let him do righteousness still.  He who is holy, let him
+        be holy still."
+022:012 "Behold, I come quickly.  My reward is with me, to repay
+        to each man according to his work.
+022:013 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,
+        the Beginning and the End.
+022:014 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have
+        the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates
+        into the city.
+022:015 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral,
+        the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves
+        and practices falsehood.
+022:016 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you
+        for the assemblies.  I am the root and the offspring of David;
+        the Bright and Morning Star."
+022:017 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"  He who hears,
+        let him say, "Come!"  He who is thirsty, let him come.
+        He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
+022:018 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy
+        of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him
+        the plagues which are written in this book.
+022:019 If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
+        may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out
+        of the holy city, which are written in this book.
+022:020 He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly."
+        Amen!  Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
+022:021 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints.  Amen.
+
+
+
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