In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters, And God saidLight, be, And light was. And God saw the light, that it was, good, and God divided the light, from the, darkness; and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was eveningand it was morning, one day. And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters, And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was eveningand it was morning, a, second day. And God saidLet the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dryground appear. And it was so. And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he seas. And God saw that it was good. And God saidLet the land put-forth vegetation-herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so, And the land brought-forth vegetationherb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good. So it was eveningand it was morning, a third day. And God saidLet there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night,and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; yea let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so. And God made the two great luminaries,the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens,to give light on the earth; and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So it was eveningand it was morning, a fourth day. And God saidLet the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea-monsters,and every living soul that moveth which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged birdafter its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying,Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let, the birds, multiply in the land. So it was eveningand it was morning, a fifth day. And God saidLet the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its kind. And it was so. And God made the wild-beast of the land after its kind, and the tame-beast after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God saidLet us make man in our image after our likenessand let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beastand over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land. And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him,Male and female, created he, them. And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land. And God saidLo! I have given to youevery herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,to you, shall it be, for food; and to every living thing of the landand to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it wins so. And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was eveningand it was morning, the sixth day. Thus were finished the heavens and the earth and all their host. Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,because therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made. These are the geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens. Now, no bush of the field, as yetwas in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground; but, a vapour, went up from the earth,and watered all the face of the ground. So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of lifeand man became a living soul. And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east,and put there the man whom he had formed. And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food,and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden,and, from thence, it parted, and became four heads, The name of the one, is Pishon,the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold; moreover the gold of that and, is good,there, is the bdellium, and the beryl stone, And the name of the second river, is Gihon,the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Cush, And, the name of the third river, is Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; and the fourth river, is Euphrates. So Yahweh God took the man,and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it. And Yahweh God laid command on the man, saying,Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not cat of it,for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shelf die. And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,I will make for him a helper as his counterpart. Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it,and, whatsoever the man should call itany living soul, that, should be the name thereof. So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field,but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart. So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept,and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof. And Yahweh God builded the rib which he had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her in unto the man. And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken. For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife,and put not each other to shame. Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent,Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it,lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman,Ye shall not die, For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil. And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat. Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were,so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles, Then heard they the sound of Yahweh God, walking to and fro in the garden at the breeze of the day,so he hid himselfthe man with his wife, from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden. And Yahweh God called unto the man,and said to him, Where art thou? And he said, The sound of thee, heard I in the garden, and I was afraid, for, naked, was I, so I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that, naked, thou wast? Of the tree whereof I commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten? And the man said,The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat. Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat. Then said Yahweh God unto the serpentBecause thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel. Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou year children,Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy hinging, Though, he, rule over thee. And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life; Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field: In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return. So the man called the name of his wife, Eve,in that, she, was made mother of every one living. And Yahweh God made for the manand for his wifetunics of skin and clothed them. Then said Yahweh GodLo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil,Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding, So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden,to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken. So he expelled the man,and caused to dwellin front of the garden of Edencherubim and a brandishing swordflame, to keep the way to the tree of life. Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife,she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh! And she went on to hear his brother, Abel,and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round. So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh: Abel, also, even, he, brought in of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat, and Yahweh approved of Abel and of his present; but of Cain and his present, he approved not,and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell. So then Yahweh said unto Cain,Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen? Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But if thou do not right, at the entrance a sin-bearer is lying,Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him. And Cain said unto Abel his brother Let us go into the field And it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I? And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground, Now therefore, accursed, art thou,from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand. Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto YahwehGreater is my punishment than I can bear. Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me. And Yahweh said to himNot so, whosoever slayeth Cain sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him. So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh,and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And there was born to Enoch Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,and Mehujael, begat Methusael,and Methusael, begat Lamech. And Lamech took to himself two wives,the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah. And Adah bare Jabal,he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle; and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute, And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal-Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron,and, the sister of Tubal-Cain, was Naamah. Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale, For a man, have I slain in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows: If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven. And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth,For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain slew him! And to Sethto him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh,then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh. This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him: Male and female, created he them,and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat in his likeness after his image,and called his name Seth: and the days of Adam, after he begat Seth, were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters. So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years,and he died. And Seth lived a hundred and five years,and begat Enosh: and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years,and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Seth were, nine hundred an I twelve years,and he died. And Enosh lived ninety years,and begat Kenan; and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years,and he died. And Kenan, lived seventy years,and begat Mahalalel; and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Kenan were, nine hundred and ten years,and he died. And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years,and begat Jared; and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Mahalalel were, eight hundred and ninety-five years,and he died. And Jared lived, a hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch; and Jared lived after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Jared were, nine hundred and sixty-two years,and he died. And Enoch lived sixty-five years,and begat Methuselah; and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Enoch were, three hundred and sixty-five years; and Enoch walked with God,and was not for God had taken him. And Methuselah lived, a hundred and eighty-seven years,and begat Lamech; and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Methuselah were, nine hundred and sixty-nine years,and he died. And Lamech lived, a hundred and eighty-two years,and begat a son; and he called his name Noah saying,This, one shall give us rest from our work, And from the grievous toil of our hands, By reason of the ground which Yahweh hath cursed, And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years,and begat sons and daughters; and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years,and he died. And Noah was five hundred years old,and Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth. And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair,so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose, And Yahweh saidMy spirit shall not rule in man to times ageabiding, for that, he also, is flesh,Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. The giants, were in the each in these days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown. Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day; and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth,and he took sorrow unto his heart. And Yahweh saidI must wipe off man whom I created from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens,for I am grieved that I made them. But, Noah, had found favour in the eyes, of Yahweh. These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations,with God, did Noah walk. And Noah begat three sons,Shem, Ham and Japheth. And the earth corrupted itself before God,and the earth was filled with violence, And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself,surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth. So God said unto Noah: the end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them,behold me, then, destroying them with the earth. Make for thee an ark of timbers of gopher, Grooms, shalt thou make with the ark,and-thou shalt cover it within and without with pitch. And, this, is how thou shalt make it,three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof. A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the arkin the side thereof, shalt thou put,with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it. And, I, behold me! bringing in the floodeven waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens,everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe: therefore will I establish my covenant with thee,and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons wives, with thee. Moreover of all the living creatures of all fleshtwo of each, shalt thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee,male and female, shall they be. Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive. But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee,and it shall be for thee and for them for food. And Noah did And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark,for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation. Of all the clean beasts, shalt thou take to thee by sevens, a male and his female,and, of the beasts that are not clean,, shall be two a male and his female. Also of the bird of the heavens, by sevens, male and female,to keep alive a seed on the face of all the earth. For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground. And Noah did,according to all that Yahweh commanded him. Now, Noah, was six hundred years old,when, the flood, came, even waters on the earth. So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark,from before the waters of the flood, Of the beasts that were clean, and of the beasts that were not clean,and of the birds, and everything that creepeth on the ground, two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female,,as God commanded Noah. And it came to pass, in the seven days,that the waters of the flood, came on the earth. In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open. (And it came to pass that the heavy rain was on the earth,forty days and forty nights.) On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth. Noahs sons,and Noahs wife, and his sons three wives with them into the ark: they, and all the wild-beasts after their kind and all the tame-beasts after their kind, and all the creeping things that creep on the earth after their kind,and all the birds after their kind, every bird of every wing. So they entered in unto Noah, into the ark,two and two of all flesh, wherein was the spirit of life. And, they that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him,and Yahweh shut him in round about. And it came to pass, that the flood was forty days on the earth,and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth, And the waters prevailed and increased greatly, on the earth,and the ark went its way on the face of the waters. Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth,so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens: fifteen cubits upwards, prevailed the waters, so that the mountains became covered. And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved on the earth, of birds and of tame-beasts and of wild-beasts, and of all the swarming things that swarm on the earth,land all mankind. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that were on the dry ground died. Thus was wiped out all that existed on the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, thus were they wiped out from the earth,so that there was leftonly Noah and they that were with him in the ark. Thus prevailed the waters on the earth,a hundred and fifty days. And God remembered Noah, and all the wildbeasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark,and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided; and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens,and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens; and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning,and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days. And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,on the mountains of Ararat. But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month,in the tenth And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made; and sent forth a raven,and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth. And he sent forth a dove from him,to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark. Then stayed he yet seven days more,and, again sent forth the dove out of the ark. And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive-leaf, in her mouth,so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet seven days more,and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more. So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth,and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dry. So then, God spake to Noah, saying: Come forth out of the ark,thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy song wives with thee. All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee,and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth. So Noah came forth,and his sons and his wife, and his sons wives with him: All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earthby their families, came forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar. And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground for mans sake, although the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth,neither will I again, any more smite every living thing, as I have done. During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. So God blessed Noah and his sons,and said to them Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth; and let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens,over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea,into your hand, have they been given. As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,Like the green herb, have I given you all things. Yet flesh with the life thereof, the bleed thereof, shall ye not eat; And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,and from the hand of man From the hand of each ones brother, will I require the life of man: He that sheddeth mans blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,For, in the image of God, made he man. Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein. And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying: I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you,and with your seed after you; and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you,of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts of the earth; yea, I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood,neither shall there he any more a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you,to age-abiding generations: My bow, have I set in the cloud,and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth; and it shall be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth,and the bow in the cloud appeareth, then will I remember my covenant which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul among all flesh,that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh: so the bow shall be in the cloud,and I will behold it, to remember an age-abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul among all flesh that is on the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which have established, between me and all flesh that is on the earth. And the sons of Noah who came forth out of the ark, wereShem and Ham and Japheth,now, Ham, was the father of Canaan. These three, were the sons of Noah,and from these, was all the earth overspread. And Noah began to he a husbandman,so he planted a vineyard: and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent. And Ham the father of Canaan saw his fathers shame,and told his two brethren outside. And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father, but their faces were backwards, and the shame of their father, saw they not. And Noah awoke from his wine,and came to know what his youngest sore had done to him. And he said, Accursed be Canaan,a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren! And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem,And let Cantata he their servant: God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their servant. And Noah lived after the flood,three hundred and fifty years: so, all the days of Noah, werenine hundred and fifty years,and he died. Now, these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and there were born to them sons after the flood. The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal,and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshish. Kittim, and Rodanim, From these, were dispersed And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan. And, the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah,And the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan. And, Cush begat Nimrod.he, became a hero in the earth; he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh, for this cause, it is said. Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh. So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land, went forth Asshur,and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah: and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,the same is the great city. And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim; and Pathrusim and Casluhim whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim. And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth: and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite: and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite,and after-wards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza,as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha. These, are the sons of Ham, by their families by their tongues, in their lands in their nations. Now, to Shem, father of all the sons of Eber, elder brother of Japheth, to him also, were children born. The sons of Shem, Elam and Asshur,and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. Now Arpachshad, begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. And to Eber, were born two sons,the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan. Now, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; and Hadoram and Uzai, and Diklah: and Obal and Abimael, and Sheba: and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobaball these were sons of Joktan. And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east. These are the sons of Shem, by their families by their tongues, in their lands by their nations. These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations, and from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth after the flood. So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,and of one stock of words. And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly,So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar, And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth. And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower,which the sons of men had built. Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do,now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do. Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,that they may not under-stand, each man the speech of his friend. So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth,and so they left off building the city. For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth. \fs15 These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years,and begat sons and daughters. And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years,and begat Shelah; and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years,and begat sons and daughters. And, Shelah, lived thirty years,and begat Eber; and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years,and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived thirty-four years,and begat Peleg; and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years,and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years,and begat sons and daughters. And Reu lived thirty-two yearsand begat Serug; and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years,and begat sons and daughters. And Serug lived thirty years,and begat Nahor; and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years,and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor lived twenty-nine years,and begat Terah; and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years,and begat sons and daughters. And Terah lived seventy years,and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,and, Haran, begat Lot; and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father,in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abrams wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahors wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. And, Sara, remained barren,she had no child, And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his sons son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son,and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years,and Terah died in Haran. And Yahweh said unto Abram: Come thou on thy way, Out of thy land and out of the place of thy birth and out of the house of thy father,Unto the land that I will show thee; That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing; That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground. And Abram came on his way, according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot came with him,now, Abram, was seventy-five years old, when he came forth out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers son, with all the goods that they bad gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran,and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan. And Abram passed along throughout the land, as far as the place of Shechem as far as the Teachers Terebinth, the Canaanite being then in the land. And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land,And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him. And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent,with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and bulk there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh. Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South. And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land,so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because grievous, was the famine in the land. And it came to pass when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: Behold! I beseech thee I know that a woman fair to look on, thou art: so will it come to pass when the Egyptians behold thee, that they will say, His wife, this! and will slay me while thee, they preserve alive. Say, I beseech thee that my sister, art thou,to the end it may be well with me for thy sake, so shall my soul be preserved alive because of thee. And so it was when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that fair, was she exceedingly. And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh,so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh; and with Abram, dealt he well for her sake,so that he came to have flocks and herds and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses and camels. And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh with great plagues, also his house,for the matter of Sarai, wife of Abram. And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife? Wherefore saidst thou My sister, she; and so I was about to take her to me, to wife? But now, lo! thy wife take her and go thy way. And Pharaoh gave command concerning him unto certain men,and sent him away, with his wife and all that he had. So Abram came up out of Egypt he and his wife and all that he had and Lot with him, towards the South. Now, Abram, was very rich,in cattle, in silver and in gold. And he went his way, by his removals, from the South even as far as to Bethel,as far as the place where his tent was at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai: unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first,and Abram called there, on the name of Yahweh. Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. And the land suffered them not to dwell together,because their substance had become, great, so that they could not dwell together. And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land. So then Abram said unto Lot Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for brethren, are we. Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me,if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left. So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar. And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards,and they separated themselves, each man from his brother: Abram, fixed his dwelling in the land of Canaan,but, Lot, fixed his dwelling among the cities, of the circuit, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now, the men of Sodom were base and sinful,against Yahweh, exceedingly. And, Yahweh, said unto Abram after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up, I pray thee thine eyes and look, from the place where thou art,northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which thou art beholdingto thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding; and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth,so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered. Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof and to the breadth thereof, for to thee, will I give it. So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,and built there an altar to Yahweh. And it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar,Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goim, that they made war, with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah,Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Belathe same, is Zoar. All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea. Twelve years, had they served Chedorlaomer,but in the thirteenth year had they rebelled; and in the fourteenth year, had Chedorlaomer come in and the kings who were with him, so they smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham,and the Emim, in Shaveh-kiriathaim; and the Horites in their Mount Seir,as far as El-paran, which is by the desert. So they returned and came in unto En-mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,and the Amorites also that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar, Thus then went forth the King of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela the same, is Zoarand set themselves in array against them for battle, in the valley of the open fields: against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar,four kings against five. Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there,while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went their way. And they took Lot, Abrams brothers son with his goods, and went their way,he, being a dweller in Sodom. Then came in a fugitive, and told Abram the Hebrew,he, having his dwelling among the oaks of Mature the Amorite brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, they, also having a covenant with Abram. So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. And he divided himself against them by night, he, and his servants, and smote them,and pursued them as far as Hobah, which was on the left of Damascus. So he brought back all the goods,yea Lot also his brother with his goods, did he bring back, and the women also, and the people. Then came forth the king of Sodom to meet him, after his return from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him,into the vale of Shaveh the same, was the vale of the king. flow Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine,he, being priest of GOD Most High. So he blessed him and said,Blessed be Abram of GOD Most High, possessor of heavens and earth; And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all. Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram,Give unto me the persons, but the goods, take thou for thyself. And Abram said unto the king of Sodom,I have lifted up my hand unto Yahweh GOD Most High, possessor of heavens and earth: That not from a thread even unto a sandal-thong,will I take, anything, that is thine,Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram! Save only what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, they may rake their share. After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying,Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward. And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless,and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus, And Abram saidLo, to me, hast thou not given seed, And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir! And lo! the word of Yahweh unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir: But one who cometh forth of thy bodyhe shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad and saidLook steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed. And he had faith in Yahweh,so he reckoned it to him as righteousness. And he said unto him,I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can I know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take for me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon. So he took for him all these, and divided them, in the midst, and placed each piece over against its fellow, hut the birds, divided he not. Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcass, and Abram drove them away. And it came to pass when, the sun, was shout to go in. and a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror a great darkness, was falling upon him. And he said to AbramThou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble them, four hundred years; moreover also, the nation whom they will serve, I, am going to judge, and after that, shall they come forth with great substance. But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither,for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet, So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and Ira thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces. In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying,To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great riverthe river Euphrates: the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite; and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim; and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. But Sarai, Abrams wife, had borne him no children,she had, however, an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar. So then Sarai said unto Abram Behold, I pray thee, Yahweh hath restrained me, from bearing, go in I pray thee unto, my handmaid, peradventure I may be built up from, her, And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. So Sarai, Abrams wife, took Hagar the Egyptian. her handmaid, at the end of ten years of Abrams dwelling in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband, to be to him as a wife. And he went in unto Hagar anti she conceived,and when she saw that she had conceived, lightly esteemed, was her lady, in her eyes. Then said Sarai unto Abram: My wrong, is, on thee! I, gave my handmaid into thy broom, and when she seeth that she hath conceived, then am lightly esteemed in her eyes Yahweh judge betwixt me and her. And Abram said unto Sarai, Lo! thy handmaid, is in thy hand, do to her what is good in thine eyes. So Sarai humbled her, and she fled from her face. And the messenger of Yahweh b found her by the fountain of water in the desert,by the fountain in the way to Shur. So he said Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said, From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing. And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady,and humble thyself under her hands. And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seedso that it shall not be numbered for multitude. And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Behold thee! with child, and about bearing a sonand thou shalt call his name Ishmael for Yahweh hath hearkened unto thy humiliation. \fs15 But, he, will be a wild ass of a man, his hand, against every one, and every ones hand against himyet, in presence of all his brethren, shall he have his habitation. And she called the name of Yahweh, who had spoken unto her, Thou GOD of vision! For she said. Do I even here, retain my vision after a vision? On this account, is the well called, the well of the life of vision, lo! it is between Kadesh and Bered. So Hagar bare to Abram a son,and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. Now, Abram, was eightysix years old,when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. And it came to pass that, when Abram was ninety and nine years old, Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I, am GOD Almighty,Walk, thou before me and become thou blameless: That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face,and God spake with him, saying: As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee,So shalt thou becomefather of a multitude of nations; And thy name shall no more be called Abram,but thy name shall become Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations, have I appointed thee; And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations,Yea kings, out of thee, shall come forth; And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant,to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee; And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojourningsall the land of Canaan, for an age-abiding possessionAnd I will be to them a God. And God said unto Abraham, But, as for thee, my covenant, must thou keep, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations: This, is my covenant which ye shall keep, betwixt me and you, and thy seed after thee,To circumcise to you every male: So shall ye be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin,So shall it become a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old, shall be circumcised to you every male to your generations,he that is born of the house, and he that is bought with silver of any son of a stranger, who is, not of thy seed, He must surely be circumcised, born of thy house or bought with thy silver,So shall my covenant be in your flesh for an age-abiding covenant. But, as for the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin,that person shall be cut off from among his people,my covenant, hath he made void. And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,but, Sarah, is her name; and I will bless her, yea moreover will givefrom herto thee, a son,And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise. And Abraham fell on his face and laughed,and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth? And Abraham said unto God,Oh that, Ishmael, might live before thee! And God saidTruly, Sarah thy wife, is about to bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, Isaac,and I will establish my covenant with him as an age-abiding covenant, to his seed after him. Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; o! I have blessed trim and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly,twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation; But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac,whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year. And he left off speaking with him,and God went up from Abraham. So Abraham took Ishmael his son and all born of his house and all bought with his silverevery male among the men of the house of Abraham,and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him. Now Abraham, was ninety-nine years old,when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. On this selfsame day, was Abraham circumcised,and Ishmael his son; and, all the men of his house, born of his house, and bought with silver from the son of a stranger, were circumcised with him. And Yahweh appeared unto him among the oaks of Mamre,as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth; and said,O My Lord! if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, do not I pray thee pass on from thy servant. Let there be fetched, I pray thee a little water, and bathe ye your feet,and rest yourselves under the tree. And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken. So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah,and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes. And unto the herd, ran Abraham,and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready. And he took butter and milk and the calf that he had made ready, and set before them,while, he, was standing near them under the tree, they did eat. And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife And he said Lo! in the tent. And he said, I will, surely return, unto thee at the quickening season,and lo! a son for Sarah thy wife. Now Sarah, was hearkening at the opening of the tent, it, being behind him. But Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days,it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old? And Yahweh said unto Abraham,Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that have become old? Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season and Sarah, shall have a son. And Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not, For she was afraid. And he saidNay! but thou didst laugh! And the men rose up from hence, and looked out over the face of Sodom,Abraham also going with them to set them on their way. Now, Yahweh, had said,Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do, when, Abraham, shall surely become, a great and mighty nation,and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him? For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him. So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous, Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not. I must know! And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom,but, Yahweh was yet standing before Abraham. So then Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous with the lawless? Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous which are therein? Far be it from thee! to do after this manner. to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike, Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth not do justice? And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then will I spare all the place for their sake. And Abraham responded and said,Behold I pray thee I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though I am dust and ashes: Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy for five all the city? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five. And he added, yet once more, to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there may be found thereforty. And he saidI will not do it, for the sake of the forty. And he said Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, Peradventure there may be found therethirty And be said, I will not to it, if I find therethirty. And he sad Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, Peradventure there may be found theretwenty. And he said I will not destroy it, for the sake of the twenty. And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak only this once, Peradventure there may be found thereten. And he said, I will not destroy , for the sake of the ten! And Yahweh went his way, when he had made an end. of speaking unto Abraham,Abraham, also returned to his place. So the two messengers went in towards Sodom at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,so Lot beheld and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth. And he said Behold, I pray you my lords turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant,and tarry the night and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broad way, will we tarry the night. But he became exceeding urgent with them, so they turned aside unto him and entered into his house,and he made for them a banquet, unleavened cakes, also did he bake, and they did eat. Ere yet they lay down, the men of the citythe men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age,all the people from every quarter, And they called unto Lot and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them! And Lot went forth unto them to the entrance; but the door, closed he behind him. And he said,Do not I pray you my brethren act wickedly. Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes,Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof. And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sere upon the manupon Lotexceedingly, and drew near to break open the door. And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them into the houseand, the door, they closed: the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance. And the men said unto Lot, Whom besides hast thou here? Son-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place; For we are about to destroy this place,for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-inlaw who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law. But as soon as, the dawn had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot saying,Arise! take thy wife and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city. And he lingeredso the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,and they brought him out and led him forth outside the city. And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away. And Lot said unto them,No, I pray thee, My Lord! Behold, I pray thee thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me in keeping alive my soul.But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me so shall I die. Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near for fleeing thither And, it, is a little one, let me I pray thee, escape thitheris it not a, little, one? That my soul may live! And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken. Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar. When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot had entered into Zoar. And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,from Yahweh, out of the heavens: so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground. But his wife looked from behind him,and becamea pillar of salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning, unto the place where he had stood before Yahweh; and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit, and beheld and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham, and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him. for he feared to dwell in Zoar, so he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old,and, a man, there is not in the earth to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth. Come on! let us cause our father to drink wine and let us lie with him, that we may keep alive from our father, a seed. So they caused their father to drink wine that night,and the firstborn went in. and lay with her father, but he noticed not her lying down nor her rising up. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Lo! I lay, last night with my father, let us cause him to drink wine this night also, and go thou inlie with him, that we may keep alive from our father, a seed. So they caused their father, on that night also to drink wine, and the younger arose, and lay with him, but he noticed not her lying down, nor her rising up. Thus did, the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab,the same, is the father of Moab, unto this day. And the younger she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi,the same, is the father of the sons of Ammonunto this day. And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur, so he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she,So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Then God went in unto Abimelech, in a dream of the night,and said to him, Behold thee dead! because of the woman whom thou hast taken, seeing that, she, is a married woman. Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her,so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay? Had not, he himself, said to me, My sister, is she? and even she herself, said, My brother, is he? In the integrity of my heart and in the pureness of my hand, have I done this! And God said unto him in a dream, I, also, knew, that in the integrity of thy heart, thou didst this, so then, even I myself, withheld thee from sinning against me, for this reason, have I not suffered thee to touch her. Now, therefore restore the mans wife, for a prophet, is he, that he may pray for thee and live thou,But if thou art not going to restore her, know, that thou shalt die, thouand all that are thine. So Ahimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spake all these words in their ears, and the men feared greatly. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and wherein had I sinned against thee, that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom, a sin so great? Deeds, which should not be done, hast thou done with me. And Abimelech said unto Abraham,What hadst thou seen, that thou shouldst have done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place,therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife. Moreover also, in truth, my sister daughter of my father, she is, only not daughter of my mother,so she became my wife. And so it came to pass when the Gods caused me to wander from my fathers house, that I said to her, This, is thy lovingkindness, wherewith thou shalt deal with me,Into what-soever place we enter, say of me My brother, is he. Then took Abimelech sheep and oxen and menservants and maid-servants, and gave to Abraham,and restored to him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee,wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell. And to Sarah, he said, Lo! I have given a thousand of silver unto thy brother: Lo! that is for thee as a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee,And so in every way, hath right been done. And Abraham prayed unto God,and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they bare children, For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female a of the house of Abimelech,because of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said,And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken. So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old,as God commanded him. Now Abraham was a hundred years old,when Isaac his son was born to him. And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me,Everyone that heareth will laugh with me. And she saidWho would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age! And the child grew, and was weaned,and Abraham made a great banquet, on the day of the weaning of Isaac. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman whom she had borne to Abraham laughing! So she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son,for the son of this bondwoman must not inherit with my son with Isaac. And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham,on account of his son. And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman, In all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken to her voice,For in Isaac, shall there be called to theea seed. Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is. So Abraham rose up early in the morningand took bread and a skin of water and gave unto hagar,putting them on her shoulder and the child, and sent her forth,so she went her way and wandered, in the desert of Beer-sheba. And the water out of the skin was spent,so she cant the child under one of the shrubs; and went and sat her down over against him at a distance like as of such as draw the bow, for she said Let me not look upon the death of the child,So she sat down over against him, and the boy lifted up his voice, and wept And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens; and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy where he is. Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand,for, a great nation, will I make him. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water,and went and filled the skin with water, and gave drink unto the boy And it came to pass that God was with the boy, and he grew,and dwelt in the desert, and he became as he grew up, an archer, And he dwelt in the desert of Paran,and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, with Phicol chieftain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying,God, is with thee in all that, thou art doing. Now, therefore, swear to me by God, here, that thou wilt not deal falsely by me, nor by mine offspring, nor by my descendants,according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee, shalt thou deal with me, and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned. And Abraham said, I, will swear. But Abraham reproved Abimelech,on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech had seized. And Abimelech said, I know not, who hath done this thing,nor hast even thou, ever told me, nor have even I, ever heard, save to-day. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, stud gave to Abimelech,and they two solemnised a covenant So then Abram set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves, And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand,that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well. On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba,because there, had they two sworn. \fs15 And when they had solemnised a covenant in Beer-sheba,then arose Abimelech, with Phicol chief of his host, and returned unto the land of the Philistines. Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba,and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD. So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. And it cared to pass after these things, that God, did prove Abraham,and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said Behold me! And he saidTake, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee. So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending-sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him. It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young menTarry by yourselves here with the ass, but I and the young man must go yonder,that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you. So Abraham took the pieces of wood for the ascending-sacrifice, and laid them on Isaac his son, and took in his own hand the fire and the knife, and they went on their way, both of them together. Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he; My father! And he said, Behold me, my son, And he said, Behold the fire, and the pieces of wood,but where is the lamb, for an ascending-sacrifice? And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb for an ascending-sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together. Then came they into the place which God had named to him, and Abraham built there the altar, and aid in order the pieces of wood, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, above the pieces of wood. And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife,to slay his son. Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh out of the heavens, and said. Abraham, Abraham! And he said Behold me! Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand unto the young man, neither do to himanything at all,for, now, know I that one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh,as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made. Then called out the messenger of Yahweh unto Abraham,a second time out of the heavens; and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh,Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes: So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,Because thou didst hearken unto my voice. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they mounted, and went on their way together unto Beer-sheba,and Abraham dwelt in Beer-sheba. And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,Behold! Milcahshe also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother: Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother,and Kemuel, father of Aram and Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,and Bethuel; And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah,These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor brother of Abraham. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty-seven years,the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead,and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying; A sojourner and settler, am I with you,Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me. And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him: Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead,Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead. And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth; and spake with them, saying,If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar: That he would give me, the cave of Machpelah, which pertaineth unto him, which is within the bounds of his field,For full silver, let him give it me in your midst, For a possession of a buryingplace. Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth,so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying: Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it,In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee Bury thy dead. So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land: and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here. And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him, My lord, hear me,Land worth four hundred shekels of silverbetwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bur. thou. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant, So was con-firmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre,the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about, to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth,with all who were entering the gate of his city. And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron,in the land of Canaan. So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace,from the sons of Heth. Now, Abraham, was old, far gone in days,and, Yahweh, had blessed Abraham, in all things. So Abraham said unto his servant, elder of his house, ruler of all that he had,Place, I pray thee thy hand under my thigh; that I may put thee on oath, by Yahweh God of the heavens and God of the earthThat thou wilt not take a wife for my son, from among the daughters of the Canaanites in the midst of whom, I, am dwelling: but unto my own land and unto my own kindred, wilt go,So shalt thou take a wife for my sonfor Isaac. And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman may not be willing to follow me into this land,May I take back thy son, into the land from whence thou earnest? And Abraham said unto him,Beware that thou do not take back my son thither! Yahweh, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, who took me out of the house of my father, and out of the land of my kindred, and, who spake to me, and who sware to me, saying, To thy seed, will I give this land, he, will send his messenger before thee, so shalt then take a wife for my son from thence. But if unwilling be the woman to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath,Only my son, shalt thou not take back thither So the servant placed his hand, under the thigh of Abraham, his lord,and sware to him, over this thing. Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way,all the goods of his master being in his hand,so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water,at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water, Then he said, O Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham! I pray thee cause it to fall out before me today, that thou deal in lovingkindness with my lord Abraham. Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water,and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water: so it shall come to pass that the young woman unto whom I shall say. Let down pray. thy pitcher that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and to thy camels also, will I give to drink, that, her! hast thou appointed for thy servant for Isaac, And, hereby, shall I get to know, that thou hast dealt in lovingkindness with my lord! And it came to pass, ere yet, he, had done speaking, that lo! Rebekah, was coming forth who had been born to Bethuel son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham,with her pitcher upon her shoulder, Now the young woman! was of very pleasing appearance, a virgin whom, no man, had known,and she went down unto the fountain, and filled her pitcher and came up. And the servant ran to meet her,and said, I pray thee let me drink a little water out of thy pitcher. And she said, Drink my lord,And she hastened and lowered her pitcher on her hand and let him drink. And when she had done giving him drink,she said For thy camels also, will I draw, until they have done drinking. So she hastened and emptied her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and ran again unto the well, to draw,and she drew for all his camels. Now the man, was eagerly watching her,keeping silence to seewhether Yahweh had prospered his way., or not. And it came to pass when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a ring of gold, half a shekel its weight,and two bracelets for her hands, ten of gold their weight; and said Whose daughter art, thou? I pray thee, tell me. Is there in the house of thy father a place for us to tarry the night? And she said unto him, Daughter of Bethuel, am, I, son of Milcah whom she bare to Nahor. And she said unto him, Both straw and fodder in plenty, have we,also a place to tarry the night. Then the man bowed his head, and bent himself down unto Yahweh; and said, Blessed be Yahweh. God of my lord Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his lovingkindness and his faithfulness, from my lord,Ibeing in the way, Yahweh led me unto the house of the brethren of my lord! And the young woman ran, and told the household of her mother,according to these words. Now, Rebekah, had a brother, whose name, was Laban,so Laban ran unto the man outside, unto the fountain. And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying, Thus, did the man speak unto me, that he came unto the man, and lo! he was standing by the camels near the fountain; and he said, Come in. thou blessed of Yahweh,Wherefore shouldst thou stand outside, when I have made ready the house and a place for the camels? So the man came in towards the house, and ungirded the camels,and there was given him straw and fodder for the camels, and water for bathing his own feet and the feet of the men who were with him; and was set before him to eat, But he said, I cannot eat, until I have spoken my words. And he saidSpeak! Then said he,Servant of Abraham, am I. Now, Yahweh, having blessed my lord exceedingly, and made him great,and given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels, and asses, then did Sarah wife of my lord, bear a son to my lord, after she had become old,so he gave to him all that he had; And my lord put me on oath saying,Thou shalt not take a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land, I, am dwelling; but, unto the house of my father, shalt thou go, and unto my family,and take a wife for my son. So I said unto my lord,Peradventure the woman will not follow me. And he said unto me,Yahweh, before whom I have walked to and fro, will send his messenger with thee, so shall he prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife for my son out of my kindred and out of the house of my father. Then, shalt thou clear thyself from mine oath, for thou shalt go in unto my kindred,and, if they will not grant her unto thee, then shalt thou be clear from mine oath. So I came in to-day, unto the fountain,and I said O Yahweh God of my lord Abraham! if, I pray thee thou art prospering my way whereon am going, here, am I stationed by the fountain of water,so then it shall come to pass that, the maiden that is coming forth to draw, and I shall say unto her Let me drink. I pray thee a little water out of thy pitcher; and she shall say unto me Both, thou, drink, and for thy camels also, will I draw, the same, shall be the woman whom Yahweh hath appointed for the son of my lord. Ere yet, I, could make an end of speaking unto mine own heart, lo! then Rebekah, coming forth, with her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went down to the fountain, and drew,and I said unto her Let me drink I pray thee! So she hastened and lowered her pitcher from off her, and said. Drink! and to thy camels also, will I give to drink,So I drank and the camels also, she let drink. Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said Daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom, Milcah, bare to him,Then put I the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands; and bowed my head and bent myself down unto Yahweh,and I blessed Yahweh God of my lord Abraham, who had led me in a way of faithfulness, to take the daughter of the brother of my lord for his son. Now, therefore, if ye are dealing in lovingkindness and faithfulness with my lord, tell me,and, if not, tell me, that I may turn unto the right hand or unto the left. Then answered Laban and Bethuel and said, from Yahweh, hath come forth the word,we cannot speak unto thee ill or well. Go! Rebekah, is before thee, Take her and go thy way,And let her become wife unto the son of thy lord, as Yahweh hath spoken. And it came to pass when Abrahams servant heard their words, that he bowed himself down towards the earth unto Yahweh. Then the servant brought forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment, and gave unto Rebekah,and precious things, gave he to her brother and to her mother. And they did eat and drink he, and the men who were with him, and they tarried the night,and when they arose in the morning, he said Let me go unto my lord! Then said her brother and her mother, Let the young woman remain with us some days or rather ten,After that, she shall go. And he said unto them, Do not hinder me, when, Yahweh, hath prospered my journey,Let me go, that I may take my journey unto my lord! Then said they, We must call the young woman and ask at her mouth. So they called Rebekah and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. So they let go Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abrahams servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister! become thou, thousands of ten thousands,And let thy seed take possession of the gate of them that hate them! Then mounted Rebekah and her young woman and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man,so the servant took Rebekah. and went his way. Now, Isaac, had come in at the entrance, of Beer-lahai-roi,for, he, was dwelling in the land of the South: and Isaac came forth to meditate in the field at the approach of evening,so he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! camels, coming in. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac,so she alighted with haste from off the camel; and said unto the servant, Who is this man that is walking in the field to meet us? And the servant said, That, is my lord. So she took the veil and covered herself. And the servant recounted to Isaac,all the things which he had done. And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her,and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother. And Abraham took another wife and her name, was Keturah; and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian,and Ishbak, and Shuah. And, Yokshan, begat Sheba and Dedan,and, the sons of Dedan, were Asshurim and Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher and Hanoch, and Abida. and Eldaah,all these, were the sons of Keturah. And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,and then sent them away from Isaac his son while he himself yet lived, eastward unto the land of the east. Now, these, are the days of the years of the life of Abraham which he liveda hundred and seventy-five years. So Abraham breathed his last, and died in a fine old age, old and satisfied,and was gathered unto his people, And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah,in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre; the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,there, was buried Abraham, with Sarah his wife. And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son,and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. Now, these, are the generations of Ishmael son of Abraham,whom hagar the Egyptian woman the handmaid of Sarah bare to Abraham; and these, are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names after their generations,the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam; and Mishma and Dumah, and Massa; Ha-dad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: these, same, are the sons of Ishmael and these, their names, by their villages and by their encampments,twelve princes, after their tribes. And these, are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years,and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered unto his people. And they stretched their habitations from Havilah as far as to Shur, which is over against Egypt, as thou goest in towards Assyria,over against all his brethren, he settled down. And, these, are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham,Abraham, begat Isaac; and it came to pass that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,sister of Laban the Syrian. to himself to wife. So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the sons within her struggled together, so she saidIf so, wherefore now am, I, ? And she went to seek Yahweh. And Yahweh said to her. Two nations, are in thy womb, And two races, from thy body, shall be parted,And, one race, shall be stronger, than the other race, And the elder, shall serve the younger. Then were fulfilled her days to bring forth,and lo! twins in her womb. And the first came forth red, all over, as a mantle of hair,so they called his name, Esau, And, after that, came forth his brother with his hand fast hold of the heel of Esau, so they called his name JacobNow, Isaac, was sixty years old when she bare them, And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field,but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents. And, Isaac, loved, Esau, because of the game he put in his mouth,but, Rebekah, was a lover of Jacob!. And Jacob had boiled pottage,when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished. So Esau said unto Jacob. Do let me devour some of the redthis red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom. And Jacob said,Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me. And Esau said, Here am I, on the point of dying,wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright? And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him,and sold his birthright to Jacob. And Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink and rose up, and went his way,thus Esau despised his birthright! And there came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine which happened in the days of Abraham,so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines towards Gerar; and Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, do not go down towards Egypt,Make thy habitation in the land, which I may name unto thee: Sojourn in this land, that I may be with thee and bless thee,for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father; and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed: Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice,and so kept my charge, my commandments my statutes and my laws. So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. Then asked the men of the place as to his wife, and he said, My sister, is she,For he feared to say My wife, lest the men of the place should slay me on account of Rebekah, for fair to Nook on, she is. And it came to pass when the days had lengthened out to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines, looked out through the lattice of a window,and he beheld and lo! Isaaclaughing with Rebekah his wife. So Abimelech called for Isaac, and said, But to she is, thy wife! How then, saidst thou, She is, my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because, I said, Lest I die on her account. Then, said, Abimelech, What is this thou hast done to us? A little more, and one of the people might have lien with thy wife, so shouldst thou have brought upon us, guilt. And Abimelech commanded all the people saying,He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely be put to death And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year, a hundredfold,seeing that Yahweh had blessed him. So the man waxed great,and went on and on waxing great until that he had waxed exceeding great. So he came to have possessions of flocks gild possessions of herds, and a large body of servants,and the Philistines envied him. And as for all the wells which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stepped them up, and filled them with dust. And Abimelech said unto Isaac,Get thee from us, for thou hast become far mightier than we. So Isaac went from thence,and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac again digged the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines stopped up after the death of Abraham,and he called their names, after the names which his father called them. And Isaacs servants digged in the valley,and found there a well of living water. And the herdmen of Gerar disputed with the herdmen of Isaac saying, Ours, is thee, water! So he called the name of the well Esek, because they had stirred up a quarrel with him. And they digged another well, and they disputed over that also,so he called the name thereof Sitnah. And he moved on from thence and digged another well, and they disputed not for it,so he called the name thereof. Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. And be went up from thence, to Beer-sheba. And Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father,Do not fear for with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant. So he builded there all altar and called on the name of Yahweh, and spread out there, his rent,and the servants of Isaac cut out there a well. And, Abimelech, came unto him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol, commander of his host. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore have ye come in mite me, seeing that, ye, hated me, and sent me away from you? And they said: We, saw plainly, that Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be we pray thee an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee,and let us solemnise a covenant with thee: That, thou wilt not do wrong by us, according as we touched not thee, and according as we did by thee nothing but good, and then sent thee away in peace, thee who, now, art blessed of Yahweh! So he made for them a banquet, and they did eat and drink, and rose up early in the morning, and took an oath each man to his brother, so Isaac let them go, and they departed from him in peace. And it came to pass, on the same day, that the servants of Isaac came in, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said to him, We have found water! So he called it, Shibah. For this cause, hath the name of the city, been Beer-sheba, unto this day. And when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith, daughter of Beeri. the Hittite; and Basemath, daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and they became a bitterness of spirit, to Isaac and to Rebekah. And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son and said unto him My son! And he said unto him, Behold me! And he said, Behold, I pray thee, I am old,I know not the day of my death. Now, therefore, take I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and catch for me game; and make for me dainty meats, such as I love and bring in to me, that I may eat,To the end my soul may bless thee, ere yet I lie! Now, Rebekah, was hearkening, when Isaac spake unto Esau his son, and Esau went his way to the field, to catch game, to bring in. Rebekah, therefore spake unto Jacob her son saying,Lo! I heard thy father, speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring in for me gains and make for me dainty meats, that I may eat; and let me bless thee in the presence of Yahweh before my death. Now, therefore my son, hearken unto my voice,in that which I am commanding thee: Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats, fine ones,that I may make of them dainty meats for thy father such as he loveth: Then shalt thou take them in unto thy father and he shall eat,To the end he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said unto Rebekah his mother, Lo! Esau my brother, is a hairy man, whereas, I, am a smooth man: peradventure my father might feel me, then should I be in his eyes as one that mocketh,and should bring upon myself a reproach, and not a blessing! And his mother said to him, Upon me, be thy reproach my son,only hearken unto my voice and go fetch for me. So he went, and fetched , and brought them in to his mother, and his mother made dainty meats, such as his father loved. Then took Rebekah the garments of Esau her elder son, the costly ones, which were with her in the house,and put them on Jacob her younger son: and the, skins of the kids of the goats, put she upon his hands,and on the smooth part of his neck; then placed she the dainty meats and the bread, which she had made ready, in the hand of Jacob her son. So he went in unto his father, and said My father! And he said Behold me! who art, thou, my son? And Jacob said unto his father I, am Esau thy firstborn, I have made ready, as thou didst bid me. Rise, I pray thee, sit up, and eat thou of my game, To the end thy soul may bless me. Then said Isaac unto his son. How is it thou hast been so quick in finding, my son? And he said, Because Yahweh thy God caused it so to fall out before me. Then said Isaac unto Jacob. Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee my sonwhether, thou thyself, art my son Esau, or not. So Jacob came near unto Isaac his father, and he felt him; then said he the voice is the voice of Jacob; But, the hands, are the hands of Esau. So he did not find him out, because, his hands were like the hands of Esau his brother hairy,so he blessed him. And he said, Thou thyself, art my son Esau? And he said, I am! So he said, Bring it near to me., that I may eat of the game of my son, To the end my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat, and be brought in to him wine, and he drank. Then Isaac his father said unto him,Come thou near I pray thee and kiss me my son. So he came near, and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him,and said. See! the smell of my son, As the smell of a field, which Yahweh hath blessed; Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,And abundance of corn and new wine: Let peoples serve thee And races bow down to thee, Become thou lord to thy brethren, And let the sons of thy mother bow down to thee,He that curseth thee, be accursed! And he that blesseth thee, be blessed! And it came to pass as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob,yea it came to pass when Jacob, had only just gone forth, from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother, came in from his hunting. Then, he too, made dainty meats, and brought in to his father,and said to his father, Let my father rise that he may eat of the game of his son, To the end thy soul may bless me! And Isaac his father said to him Who art, thou? And he said, I, am thy son thy firstborn, Esau. Then did Isaac tremble with an exceeding great trembling, and said Who then was it that caught game and brought in to me and I did eat of all ere yet thou didst come in and I blessed him? Yea blessed, shall he remain! When Esau heard the words of his father, then cried he out with an outcry loud and bitter exceedingly,and said to his father, Bless even me also, O my father! Then he said, Thy brother came in with deceit,and took away thy blessing. And he said, Is it because his name, is called, Jacob, that he hath tricked me, now twice? My birthright, he took away, And lo! now, he hath taken away my blessing! And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing? Then answered Isaac and said to Esau,Lo a lord, have I appointed him unto thee, And, all his brethren, lave I given to him as servants, And with corn and new wine, have I sustained him,And for theenow, what can I do, my son? And Esau said unto his father, But one blessing, hast thou, O my father? Bless, me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. Then answered Isaac his father and said unto him,Lo! of the fat parts of the earth, shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of the heavens, above; And on thy sword, shalt thou live, And thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau lay in wait for Jacob, on account of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him,and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father draw near, when I can slay Jacob my brother. Then were told to Rebekah, the words of Esau her elder son, so she sent and called for Jacob, her younger son, and said unto himLo! Esau, thy brother, is consoling himself as touching thee, to slay thee. Now, therefore, my son, hearken to my voice,and rise flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; And thou shalt dwell with him a few days,until that the wrath of thy brother turn away: until the turning away of the anger of thy brother from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him, and I send and fetch thee from thence. Wherefore should I lose, you both, in one day? So then Rebekah said unto Isaac, I am disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Heth,Should Jacob be taking a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these, of the daughters of the land, wherefore could I wish for life? Then Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him,and commanded him and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Rise, go thy way to Padan-aram to the house of Bethuel, thy mothers father,and take thee from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mothers brother. And, GOD Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, so shalt thou become a multitude of peoples. And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee,that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham. So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he took his journey to Padan-aram,unto Laban son of Bethuel, the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau. And Esau beheld that Isaac, when he blessed Jacob, and sent him to Padan-aram, to take to himself from thence a wife, that in blessing him, he laid command upon him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother,and took his journey to Padan-aram. So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan,in the eyes of Isaac his father: Esau therefore went unto Ishmael,and took Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham sister of Nebaioth, to himself to wife, in addition to the wives that he had. So Jacob went forth from Beer-sheba, and journeyed towards Haran. And he lighted on a place, and tarried the night there, because the sun had gone in,and he took of the stones of the place, and put for his pillow, and lay down in that place, And he dreamed, and lo! a stairway, planted earthwards, with, its top, reaching towards the heavens,and lo! messengers of God, ascending and descending thereon; and lo! Yahweh, standing by him,and he said, I, am Yahweh, God of Abraham thy father and God of Isaac,The land whereon, thou, art lying, to thee, will I give it and to thy seed; And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed. Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil,For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said. Surely, Yahweh was in this place, And I, knew it not. And he feared and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone which he halt lint for his pillow, and put it for a pillar,and poured out oil upon the top thereof; and called the name of that placeBeth-el,nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on; and I come back in prosperity unto the house of my father, Then will Yahweh prove to be my God, And, this stone which I have put for a pillar, shall be the house of God,And, of all which thou shalt give me, a tenth, will I tithe unto thee. Then Jacob lifted up his feet,and went his way towards the land of the sons of the East. And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well: so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep,and put hack the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place. And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said: From haran, are we. And he said to them, Know ye Laban, son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep. And he said Lo! the day is yet high, it is not time for gathering together the cattle,water the sheep, and go feed. And they said, We cannot, until that all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone, from off the mouth of the well,and then can we water the sheep. While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she. And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mothers brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mothers brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mothers brother, And Jacob kissed Rachel,and lifted up his voice, and wept. And when Jacob told Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebekahs son, then ran she, and told her father. And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sisters son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fondly kissed him, and brought him into his house,when he recounted to Laban all these things. And Laban said to him, Surely, my bone and my flesh, art thou. So he abode with him a month of days. Then said Laban to Jacob, Is it because my brother, thou art, that thou shouldst serve me for naught? Come tell me! What shall be thy wages? Now, Laban, had two daughters,the name of the elder, Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel, But, the eyes of Leah were weak,whereas, Rachel, was comely in form and comely in countenance. So Jacob loved Rachel,and he said, I will serve thee seven years, for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said, Better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man,Abide with me! So Jacob served for Rachelseven years,and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her. Then said Jacob unto Laban: Come give me my wife, for fulfilled are my days,that I may go in unto her. So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a banquet, And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her in unto him,and he went in unto her. And Laban gave her Zilpah, his handmaid, unto Leah his daughter. as handmaid. And it came to pass in the morning, that lo! it was Leah,and he said unto Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Was it not, for Rachel, I served with thee? Wherefore then hast thou deceived me? And Laban said, It must not be done so in our place,to give the later-born before the firstborn. Fulfil the week of this one,then must we give thee, the other one also, for the service wherewith thou shalt serve with me, yet seven years more. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of this one,and he gave him Rachel his daughterto him to wife. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid,to be hers as a handmaid. So he went in, unto Rachel also, and loved, Rachel also, more than Leah,and he served with him, yet seven years more. And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,whereas, Rachel, was barren. So Leah conceived, and hare a son, and called his name Reuben,for she said, Because, Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said. Because Yahweh heard that, I, was I hated, he gave me, this one also. So she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, Nowthis time, will my husband he bound unto me, For I have borne him three sons,For this cause, called she his name Levi. And she conceived again and bare a son, and said This time, will I praise Yahweh, For which cause, she called his name Judah. And she left off bearing. And Rachel saw she had borne no children unto Jacob, so Rachel became envious of her sister,and said unto Jacob, Come! give me children, or else, I die. Then kindled the anger of Jacob with Rachel,and he said, Am I, in the place of God, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? And she said, Lo! my handmaid, Bilhah. Go in unto her,that she may hear upon my knees, so that, I also, may be builded up by her! And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid, to wife,and Jacob went in unto her; and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son; and Rachel said God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name Dan. And Bilhah, Rachels handmaid conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob. Then said Rachel With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali. Then saw Leah, that she had left off bearing,so she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. And Zilpah, Leahs handmaid, bare to Jacob a son: and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name Gad. And Zilpah, Leahs handmaid bare a second son to Jacob; and Leah said, For my happiness, surely happy have daughters pronounced me. So she called his name, Asher. Then went Reuben, in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes, in the field, and brought them in unto Leah his mother, and Rachel said unto Leah, Pray give me, stone of the mandrakes of thy son And she said to her, Is it, a small thing, that thou hast taken away my husband? And wouldst thou take away, even the mandrakes of my son? Then said Rachel, Therefore, shall he lie with thee to-night, for the mandrakes of thy son. And Jacob came in from the field, in the evening, so Leah went out to meet him and said: Unto me, shall thou come in, for I have hired, thee, even with the mandrakes of my son. And he lay with her that night, And God hearkened unto Leah,and she conceived and bare to Jacob a fifth son. Then said Leah. God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar. And Leah conceived again and bare a sixth son to Jacob. Then said Leah, God hath dowered me even me with a hand-some dowry, Now! will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons. So she called his name, Zebulon. And afterwards she bare a daughter,so she called her name, Dinah. Then God remembered Rachel,and God hearkened unto her, and granted her to bear. So she conceived and bare a son,and said, God hath taken away my reproach; So she called his name Joseph, saying, Yahweh is adding unto me another son. And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Let me go that I may take my journey, unto my place, and to my land. Come, give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee and let me take my journey,for, thou, knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. And Laban said unto him, If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, I have divined that Yahweh hath blessed me for thy sake. And he said,Come, fix thy wages for me, that I may give it! And he said unto him, Thou, knowest how I have served thee,and how thy cattle have fared, with me. For it was, little I that thou hadstbefore I came and then it brake forth into multitude, and Yahweh blessed thee at my every step. Now, therefore, when am, I, also to do something for my own house? And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said: Thou shall give me, nothing at all, If thou wilt do for me this thing, I will return, I will shepherd thy flock I will keep it: Let me pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every young one that is speckled and spotted and every young one that is dark-coloured among the young sheep, and spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall he my wages. And my righteousness shall answer for me on a future day, when thou shall come in respecting my hire that is before thee, Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and dark-coloured among the young sheep, stolen, shall it be accounted, if found with me. Then said Laban, Lo! would it might he according to thy word! So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep,and delivered then into the hand of his sons; then put he a journey of three days between himself and Jacob,but, Jacob himself, continued tending the flocks of Laban that were left. So then Jacob took him rods of young storax, and hazel and maple,and peeled in them white stripes, laying bare the white which was on the rods. And he set the reds which he had peeled, in the channels in the troughs of water,where the flocks came in to drink straight before the flocks, and the females of the flock used to be in heat when they came in to drink; and the males of the flock were in heat before the rods,so the flocks brought forth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted. The rams also, did Jacob separate, and then set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-straked and all the dark-coloured, among the flocks of Laban,and he put his own droves by themselves, and put them not with the flocks of Laban. So it came to pass whensoever the stronger of the flocks were in heat, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flocks in the channels,that the females might be in heat among the rods; but, when the flocks were late in bearing, he did not set them,and so the late-born were Labans, out the strong ones Jacobs. Thus did the man break forth, exceedingly,thus came he to have flocks in abundance, and maid-servants, and men-servants and camels and asses. Then heard he the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that belonged to our father; Yea out of what belonged to our father, hath he made all this wealth. And Jacob looked upon the face of Laban,and lo! it was not with him as afore-time. Then said Yahweh unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred,that I may be with thee. So Jacob sent, and called for Rachel and for Leah, to the field unto his flock; and said to them, Beholding, am I the face of your father, that it is not towards me as aforetime,nevertheless, the God of my father, hath been with me; and, ye, know that with all my vigour, have I served your father. But, your father, hath deceived me, and hath changed my wages ton times,yet God hath not suffered him to deal harmfully with me. If thus he saith, The speckled, shall be thy wages, then do all the flock bring forth speckled,But if thus he saith, The ring-straked, shall be thy wages, then do all the flock bring forth ring-straked. So hath God stripped away the herds of your father, and given them to me. And it came to pass in the season when the flock were in heat, then lifted I mine eyes and beheld in a dream,and lo! the he-goats that were leaping upon the flock, were ring-straked speckled and dappled. And the messenger of God said unto me in a dream, Jacob! and I said, Behold me! Then he said Lift, I pray thee, thine eyes and behold All, the he-goats that are leaping upon the flock are ring-straked, speckled, and dappled,for I have seen all that Laban, has been doing to thee. I, am the GOD of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow to me a vow,Now, rise, go forth out of this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. Then responded Rachel and Leah, and said to him,Have we any longer a portion or an inheritance in the house of our father? Are we not accounted, aliens, to him seeing that having sold us, he hath then gone on devouring, our silver? Surely all the riches which God hath stripped off from our father, unto us, it belongeth, and unto our sons,Now, therefore, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. So Jacob arose,and mounted his sons and his wives on the camels; and drave away all his herds and all his goods which he had gathered, the gains he had gained, which he had gathered in Padan-aram; that he might go in unto Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. Now, Laban, had gone, to shear his sheep,so Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father, Thus Jacob stole away unawares to Laban, the Syrian,in that he had not told him that he was about to flee. So he fled, theand all that he had, and he arose, and passed over the River,and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead. And it was told Laban, on the third day,that Jacob had fled. So he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a journey of seven daysand overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. And God went in unto Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night,and said to him Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob either good or bad. So then Laban came up with Jacob,Jacob, having pitched his tent in the mountain, Laban, also, with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead. Then said Laban to Jacob, What hadst thou done, that thou shouldst steal away unawares to me,and shouldst carry off my daughters, as captives of the sword? Wherefore didst thou secretly flee, and rob me,and didst not tell me, that I might send thee away with rejoicing and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre; and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now, hast thou done, foolishly. It is in the power of my hand, to deal with thee for harm,but the God of your father, last night, spake unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob, either good or bad. But, now, though thou, didst even take thy journey, because thou, didst sorely long, for the house of thy father,, wherefore didst thou steal away my gods? And Jacob answered and said unto Laban,Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take by force thy daughters from me! He with whom thou find thy gods, shall not live! Before our brethren, note thou for thyself what is with me and take what is thine. Neither did Jacob know that, Rachel, had stolen them. Then entered Laban into the tent of Jacob and into the tent of Leah and into the tent of the two handmaids, and found nothing,then went he forth out of the tent of Leah, and entered into the tent of Rachel. Now Rachel, had taken the household gods and put them in the basket-saddle of the camel, and taken her seat upon them. And Laban felt about throughout all the tent, and found them not. And she said unto her father, Let it not be vexing in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up at thy presence, for, the way of women, is upon me. So he made search, but found not the household gods, And it was vexing to Jacob and he contended with Laban,and Jacob responded and said to Laban, What was my trespass, what my sin, that thou shouldst have come burning after me? Now that thou hast felt about among all my goods, what hast thou found of the goods of thine own house? Set it out here, right before my brethren and thy brethren,that they may give sentence betwixt us two. This twenty years time, have, I, been with theeThy ewes and thy she-goats, have not cast their young,And the rams of thy flock, have I not eaten, The torn, have I not brought in unto theeI bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it,Stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus have I beenBy day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night,So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes. This, hath been my lot twenty years in thy house,I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, And six years for thy sheepAnd thou didst change my wages ten times: But that the God of my fatherThe God of Abraham, and the Dread of IsaacProved to he mine, Surely even now, empty, hadst thou let me go? My humiliation and the wearying toil of my hands, God had seen, And therefore gave sentence last night! Then responded Laban and said unto Jacobthe daughters, are my daughters, And the sons, are my sons, And the sheep are my sheep, And, all that, thou, beholdest, To me doth it belong! But to my daughters, what can I do to these this day, Or to their sons whom they have borne? Now, therefore, come on! Let us solemnise a covenant, I and thou,So shall it be a witness betwixt me and thee. So Jacob took a stone,and set it up as a pillar. Then said Jacob to his brethrenGather stones. And they took stones and made a heap,and they did eat there, by the heap. And Laban called it, Jegar-sahadutha,but, Jacob, called it, Galeed. Then said Laban: This heap, be witness betwixt me, and thee, to-day. For this cause, is the name thereof called Galeed; also, The Watch Tower, as to which it is said, Yahweh watch betwixt me and thee, when we are parted one from another. If thou oppress my daughters, or if thou take wives besides my daughters,there may be no man with ussee! God, be witness betwixt me, and thee! And Laban said to JacobBehold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set betwixt me, and thee: A witness, be this heap, and, a witness, the pillar,That, I, am not to pass, unto thee, over this heap, And, thou, art not to pass, unto me, over this heap and this pillar for harm. The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt usthe Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac: and Jacob offered sacrifice in the mountain, and called on his brethren to eat bread. So they did eat bread, and tarried the night in the mountain. And Laban rose up early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban went his way and returned to his place. When, Jacob, had gone on his way, there met him, messengers of God. And Jacob said, when he saw them, the camp of God, is this! So he called the name of that place, Mahanaim. Then did Jacob send messengers before him unto Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus, shall ye say to my lord to Esau, Thus, saith thy servant Jacob, With Laban, have I sojourned, and tarried until now: And I have oxen and asses, flocks and men-servants, and maid-servants, So I must needs send to tell my lord, that I might find favour in thine eyes. And the messengers returned unto Jacob, saying,We came in unto thy brother unto Esau, moreover also he is on his way to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then was Jacob greatly afraid, and in distress. So he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two camps, And he said. Should Esau come upon the one camp, and smite it, yet shall the camp that is left escape. And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,Yahweh, who wast saying unto me,Return to thy land and to thy kindred that I may deal well with thee: I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant,For with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps. Deliver me I pray thee out of the hand of my brother out of the hand of Esau, for I, am afraid of him, lest he come in and smite mother as well as sons But, thou thyself, saidst,I wilt deal well with thee. So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, for multitude. And he tarried there that night, and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother: She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty; Milch camels, with their colts, thirty; Cows, forty; And bulls, ten; She-asses, twenty; And And he gave them into the hand of his Servants, each drove by itself, and said unto his servantsPass over before me, and, a breathing-space, shall ye put betwixt drove and drove. And be commanded the first one saying: When Esau my brother shall fall in with thee, and shall ask thee, saying Whose art thou? and whither wouldst thou go? and to whom belong these before thee? then shalt thou say, To thy servant Jacob: It is, a present, sent to my lord, to Esau; And behold he himself also is behind us, And he commanded the second also, and the third yea all that were going on behind the droves, saying,According to this word, shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. Then shall ye say, Also, lo! thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said: I must pacify him with the present that goeth on before me. And, after that, will I see his face: Peradventure he will accept me. So the present passed over before him,whereas he himself tarried that night in the camp. And he arose in that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons,and pressed over the ford of Jabbok. So he took them, and sent them over the brook,and sent over that which he had. And Jacob was left alone,and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn. And when he saw, that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh,and the hollow of Jacobs thigh was put out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Then said heLet me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go, except thou have blessed me Then he said unto himWhat is thy name? And he saidJacob. Then he saidNot Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel,For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed. Then asked Jacob and said, Do, I pray thee, tell me thy name! And he saidWherefore now, shouldest thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there, So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered, And the sun rose on him as soon as he had passed over Penuel,he, moreover was halting upon his thigh, For this cause, the sons of Israel eat not of the nerve of the large hip-sinew, which is by the hollow of the thigh, until this day,because he touched the hollow of the thigh of Jacob, in the nerve of the hip-sinew. Then Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! Esau, coming in,and with him, four hundred men. So he divided the childrenunto Leah and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids; and put the handmaids and their children first,and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next; but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother. Then ran Esau to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,and they wept. Then lifted he up his eyes, and beheld the women and the children, and said What are these to thee? And he saidThe children wherewith God hath favoured thy servant, Then came near the handmaids, theyand their children,and bowed themselves. Then came near Leah also with her children,and they bowed themselves. And afterwards, came near Joseph with Rachel, and they bowed themselves, Then said he, What to thee is all this camp, which I have fallen in with? And he said,To find favour in the eyes of my lord. Then said Esau, I have an abundance,my brother, be thine what thou hast! Then said Jacob, Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, have found favour in thine eyes, then thou wilt take my present at my hand,For on this account, hath my seeing thy face been like seeing the face of God in that thou wast well-pleased with me. Take, I pray thee my blessing which hath been brought in to thee, because God hath shewed me favour and because I have everything. So he was urgent with him and he took it. Then he said, Let us break up and go, and let me go on before thee. And he said unto him, My lord, is taking note, that, the children are tender,and the flocks and the herds are giving suck with me,and, should I overdrive them a single day, then would all the flocks die. Let my lord, I pray thee pass over before his servant, and let, me, lead on in my own easy way, at the pace of the cattle that are before me, and at the pace of the children, until that I come in unto my lord, towards Seir. Then said Esau: Let me leave, I pray thee, along with thee, some of the people who are with me! And he saidWhy so? let me find favour in the eyes of my lord! So Esau returned, that day, to his journey towards Mount Seir. But, Jacob, brake up towards Succoth, and built for himself a house, for his cattle, made he places of shelter, for which cause, the name of the place was called, Succoth. And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,when he came in from Padan-aram,and he encamped before the city. And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread out his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem,for a hundred kesitahs. And he set up there an altar,and called it, El-elohe-Israel. Then went forth Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob,to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the lend, saw her,so he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah, daughter of Jacob,and he loved the young woman, and spake to the heart of the young woman. Then spake Shechem unto Hamor his father, saying,Take me this girl to wife! Now, Jacob, had heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, but, his sons, happened to be with his cattle in the field,so Jacob kept quiet until they came in. Then came forth Hamor, father of Shechem, unto Jacob,to speak with him. Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field as soon as they heard, and the men were grieved, and it was vexing to them exceedingly,for, a disgraceful deed, had he done with Israel in lying with Jacobs daughter, seeing that so, it should not be done. So then Hamor spake with them sayingAs for Shechem my son, his soul hath be-come attached to your daughter,I pray you give her to him, to wife. And exchange ye daughters with us in marriage,your daughters, shall ye give to us, and our daughters, shall ye take to you. And with us, stroll ye dwell,and, the land, shall be before you, tarry, and go through it, and get possessions therein. Then said Shechem unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes,and, whatsoever ye may say unto me, will I give: Heap on me, exceedingly, dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me,but give me the young woman, to wife. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spake (because he had defiled Dinah their sister) and said unto themWe cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised,for a reproach, it would be to us. Only herein, can we consent to you,If ye will become like us, by circumcising to you every male, then will we give our daughters to you, and your daughters, will we take to us,and we will dwell with you, and become one people. But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and be gone. And their words looked fair in the eyes of Hamor,and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamors son; and the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacobs daughter,he, moreover being more honourable than all the house of his father. So Hamor entered with Shechem his son into the gate of their city,and they spake unto the men of their city, saying: As for these men, in peace, they are with uslet them therefore dwell in the land and go through it, for, the land, lo! it is roomy on both hands before them,their daughters, let us take to us for wives, and our daughters, let us give to them. Only herein, will the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people,If we circumcise to us every male, even as they are circumcised. Their herds and their substance, and all their beasts, shall they, not be, ours? Only, we must consent to them, that they may dwell with us. And they hearkened unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, even all that were going forth out of the gate of his city,and every male was circumcised, all that were going forth out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi, Dinahs brothers, took each man his sword, and came in upon the city, boldly,and slew every, male; Hamor also, and Shechem his son, slew they with the edge of the sword,and took Dinah out of the house of Shechem, and came forth, The sons of Jacob, came in upon the slain and plundered the city,because they had defiled their sister: their flocks, and their herds and their asses,and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, they took; and all their wealth and all their little ones, and their women, took they captive, and seized as plunder,even all that was in their houses. Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto LeviYe have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites,I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me,and I shall be destroyed both I and my house. And they said,As with a harlot, was he to deal with our sister. Then said God unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there,and make there an altar, to the GOD who appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. And Jacob said unto his house, and unto all who were with him,Put away the gods of the alien which are in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el,that I may make there an altar to the GOD who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went. So they gave unto Jacob all the gods of the alien which were in their hand, and the earrings which were in their ears,and Jacob hid them under the oak, which was by Shechem. And they brake up,and it came to pass that the terror of God, was on the cities which were round about them, so that they pursued not after the sons of Jacob. And Jacob came in towards Luz, which was in the land of Canaan, the same, is Beth-el,he and all the people who were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el,because, there, God revealed himself unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother, And Deborah, Rebekahs nurse died, and was buried below Beth-el, under the oak,so the name thereof was called, Allon-bacuth. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram,and blessed him. And God said to him, Thy name, is Jacob,Thy name shall no longer he called Jacob But, Israel, shall be thy name. So he called his name, Israel. And God said to himI, am GOD Almighty! Be fruitful and multiply, A nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee,And, kings, from thy loins, shall come forth; And, the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, To thee, will I give it,And to thy seed after thee, will I give the land. And God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone,and he poured out thereon a drink-offering, and poured thereon oil. And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el. Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth. So it came to pass when she was in hard-labour in her child-birth, that the midwife said to herDo not fear, for this also of thine, is, a son. And it came to pass when her soul was going forthfor she died, that she called his name Ben-oni,but, his father, called him, Ben-jamin. So Rachel died,and was buried on the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem. And Jacob set up a pillar, over her grave,the same, isThe Pillar of the Grave of Rachel until this day. Then Israel brake up,and spread his tent at a distance from Migdal Eder. And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve. The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,And Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon: The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin: And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah, Gad and Asher: These, are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him, in Padan-aram. Then came Jacob unto Isaac his father, to Mature, the city of Arba,the same, is Hebron, where had sojourned Abraham and Isaac. And the days of Isaac came to ben hundred and eighty years. And Isaac breathed his last, and died and was added unto his people, old, and satisfied with days,and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. Now these, are the generations of Esau the same, is Edom. Esau, took his wives of the daughters of Canaan,Even Adah, daughter of Elon, the Hittite, And Oholibamah daughter of Anah, son of Zibeon, the Hivite; And Basemath daughter of Ishmael sister of Nebaioth. So Adah bare to Esau, Eliphaz, and, Basemath, bare Reuel; and Oholibamah, bare Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These, are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. Then took Esau his wives, and his sons, and his daughters and all the souls of his house, and his herds and all his beasts, and all his possessions whatsoever he had gathered in the land of Canaan,and went into a land, away from the face of Jacob his brother, For their substance had become too great for them to dwell together,neither could the land of their sojournings sustain them, because of their herds, So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir, Esau, is Edom. And, these, are the generations of Esau father of Edom,in Mount Seir. These, are the name of the sons of Esau,Eliphaz son of Adah wife of Esau, Reuel son of Basemath wife of Esau. Then came the sons of Eliphaz to be,Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. Now, Timna, became the concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau, and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek. These, are the sons of Adah, wife of Esau. And, these, are the sons of Reuel, Nahath and Zerah Shammah and Mizzah,These were the sons of Basemath wife of Esau. And, these, were the sons of Oholibamah daughter of Anah, son of Zibeon, wife ofEsau,she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These, are the chiefs of the sons of Esau:The sons of Eliphaz, firstborn of Esau,Chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, these, the sons of Adah. And these, are the sons of Reuel, son of EsauChief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah,These are the chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom, these, the sons of Basemath wife of Esau. And these, are the sons of Oholibamah wife of Esau, Chief Jeush chief Jalam, chief Korah,These are the chiefs of Oholibamah daughter of Anah wife of Esau. These, are the sons of Esau, and, these, their chiefsthe same, is Edom. These, are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who were dwelling in the land,Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah; and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan,These, are the chiefs of the Horites the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. Then came the sons of Lotan to be, Hori and Hemam,And, the sister of Lotan was Timna. And, these, are the sons of Shobal, Alvan and Manahath, and Ebal,Shepho, and Onam. And, these, are the sons of Zibeon: Both Aiah and Anah,The same, is the Anah that found the warm springs in the desert, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. And these are the sons of Anah Dishon,and Oholibamah, is daughter of Anah. And, these, are the sons of Dishon,Hemdan and Eshban, and Ithran and Cheran. These, are the sons of Ezer,Bilhan and Zaavan, and Akan. These, are the sons of Dishan,Uz and Aran. These, are the chiefs of the Horites,Chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah; chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These, are the chiefs of the Horites, after their chiefs in the land of Seir. And, these, are the kings, who reigned in the land of Edom,before there reigned a king of the sons of Israel: There reigned in Edom, Bela, son of Beor,and the name of his city, was Dinhabah. Then died Bela,and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, from Bozrah. Then died Jobab,and there reigned in his stead, Husham, from the land of the Temanites. Then died Husham,and there reigned in his stead, Hadad, son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, and, the name of his city, was Avith. Then died Hadad,and there reigned in his stead, Samlah from Masrekah. Then died Samlah,and there reigned in his stead, Shaul, from Rohoboth of the River. Then died Shaul,and there reigned in his stead, Baal-hanan, son of Achbor. Then died Baal-hanan son of Achbor, and there reigned in his stead Hadar, and the name of his city, was Pau,and, the name of his wife, Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab. These then are the names of the chiefs of Esau after their families, after their places by their names,Chief Timnah, chief Alvah chief Jetheth; chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon; chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar; chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These, are the chiefs of Edomafter their dwellings in the land of their possession, the same, is Esau, father of Edom. So Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father,in the land of Canaan. These, are the generations of JacobJoseph, when seventeen years old, was shepherding with his brethren among the flocks, and, he, being a youth, was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah wives of his father,so then Joseph brought in the talk about themsomething bad, unto their father. Now, Israel, loved Joseph more than any of his sons, because he was to him, the son of his old age, and he had made him, a long tunic. So his brethren saw that their father loved him, more than any of his brethren, and they hated him, and could not bid him prosper, And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they went on yet more to hate him. And he said unto them, Hear ye I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand,and lo! round about came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou, reign, over us, shalt thou, have dominion over us? So they went on yet more to hate him, because of his dreams and because of his words. Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren, and said:Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me. So he related it unto his father, and unto his brethren,and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? Shall we, indeed come in, I, and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow our-selves down to thee to the earth? Then were his brethren jealous of him, but his father, marked the word. Now his brethren went their way,to feed their fathers flock in Shechem. So Israel said unto Joseph Are not, thy brethren, feeding the flock in Shechem? Come on! and let me send thee unto them. And he said to him Behold me! So he said to himGo, I pray thee, look after the welfare of thy brethren, and the welfare of the flock, and bring me back word. And he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came in towards Shechem. And a man found him, and to! he was wandering about in the field, so the man asked him sayingWhat seekest thou? And he said, My brethren, am, I, seeking,do tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding their flock. And the man said, They have broken up from hence, for I heard them saying Let us go our way towards Dothan. So Joseph went after his brethren, and found them, in Dothan. And they saw him afar off,and, ere yet he drew near unto them, they conspired against him, to put him to death. And they said each man unto his brother, Lo! that master of dreams yonder, coming in! Now, therefore, come! let us slay him and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say A cruel beast, hath devoured him,And let us see what will become of his dreams. And Reuben heard it, and rescued him out of their hand, and said Let us not smite him, so as to take his life! And Reuben said unto them Do not shed blood! Cast him into this pit, which is in the wilderness, but put not forth, a hand, against him! that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him unto his father. So it came to pass, when Joseph had come in unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his tunic, the long tunic which was upon him, and took him, and cast him into the pit, but the pit, was empty, there was in it no water. And when they had sat down to eat bread, they lifted up their eyes and looked, and lo! a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming in from Gilead,and, their camels, were bearing tragacanth gum, and balsam and cistus-gum, they were going their way, to take them down to Egypt. So Judah said unto his brethren,What profit that we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not, out own hand, be upon him, for our own brother, our own flesh, is he And his brethren hearkened. And there passed by certain Midianites travelling merchants, so they drew forth and uplifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver,and they brought Joseph into Egypt. And Reuben returned unto the pit, and lo Joseph was not in the pit, so he rent his clothes; and returned unto his brethren, and said,The, lad, is not! And, I, oh where can I, go? And they took Josephs tunic,and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood; and sent the long tunic and brought it in unto their father, and said This, have we found! Examine, we pray thee, whether it is the tunic of thy son, or not! So he examined it, and saidThe tunic of my son! A cruel beast hath devoured him,torn in piecestorn in pieces, is Joseph! And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins,and mourned over his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to console him but he refused to be consoled, and saidSurely I will go down unto my son mourning to hades! And his father wept for him. Now, the Midianites, sold him into Egypt,to Potiphar courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down away from his brethren,and turned aside unto a certain Adullamite, whose, name, was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose, name, was Shua,and he took her, and went in unto her; and she conceived and bare a son,and he called his name Er. And she conceived again and bare a son,and she called his name Chart. And she, yet again, bare a son, and called his name Shelah,and she, was at Chezib, when she bare him. And Judah took a wife, for Er his firstborn,and, her name, was Tamar. And it came to pass that Er, Judahs firstborn was displeasing in the eyes of Yahweh,so Yahweh put him to death, Then said Judah to Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and fulfil the duty of a brother-in-law unto her,and raise up seed, to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed would not be his,and so although he did go in unto his brothers wife, yet made he waste upon the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother. And it was displeasing, in the eyes of Yahweh what he had done,so he put, him also, to death, Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-lawRemain a widow in the house of thy father until Shelah my son grow up. For he said, Lest, he also, die, like his brethren. So Tamar went her way, and remained in the house of her father. And when the days were multiplied, then died Shuas daughter, Judahs wife,and Judah consoled himself and went up unto his sheep shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, towards Timnah. And it was told Tamar saying,Lo! thy father-in-law is going up towards Timnah, to the shearing of his sheep. So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she, had not been given him to wife. And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman,for she had covered her face. So he turned aside unto her. by the way, and said Grant it! I pray thee, let me come in unto thee! For he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, if thou shouldst come in unto me? And he said, I, will send a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give a pledge until thou send it? And he saidWhat is the pledge that I shall give thee? And She saidThy signet-ring, and thy guard, and thy staff that is in thy hand. So he gave them to her and came in unto her and she conceived by him. Then she arose and went her way, and put off her veil from her,and put on the garments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge at the hand of the woman,but he found her not. So he asked the men of her place saying. Where is the devotee, she that was in Enaim, by the way? And they said,Then hath been here no devotee. Then returned he unto Judah, and saidI found her not,moreover also, the men of the place said, There hath been here no devotee.. And Judah said: Thou must take it to her, lest we become a contempt,lo! I sent this kid, and, thou, hast not found her. And it came to pass that about three months after, it was told Judah, sayingTamar thy daughter-in-law hath been guilty of unchastity, moreover also lo! she hath conceived by unchastity. Then said Judah, Bring her forth and let her be burnt. When, she, was about to be brought forth, then, she herself, sent unto her father-in-law saying, By the man to whom these belong, have I, conceived! And she saidExamine, I pray thee, to whom belong the signet-ring, and the guard, and the staffthese! So Judah examined them and saidMore righteous than I! forasmuch, as I had not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. And, it came to pass at the time of her travail, that lo! twins, were in her womb. And it came to pass when she was in travail, that one put forth a hand,so the midwife took and bound upon his hand a crimson thread, sayingThis came first! And so it was that, no sooner had he withdrawn his hand, than lo! his brother had come. And she said, Wherefore hast thou made for thyself a breach? So his name was called Perez. And afterwards, came his brother, on whose hand was the crimson thread,so his name was called, Zerah. Now, Joseph, was taken down to Egypt,and Potiphar, courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners, an Egyptian bought him, at the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither. And it came to pass that Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man,and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian. And his lord saw, that, Yahweh, was with himand that whatsoever, he was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favour in his eyes and waited upon him,and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had, gave he into his hand. And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the house of the Egyptian, for Josephs sake,yea it came to pass, that the blessing of Yahweh, was with all that he had, in the house and in the field; so that he left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and took note with him of nothing, save only the bread which, he himself, was eating. And so it was that Joseph was comely in form and comely in countenance. And it came to pass after these things, that his lords wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph,and she saidCome! lie with me. And he refused and said unto his lords wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house,but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand: There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife,how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass, that although she Spake unto Joseph day after day, yet hearkened he not unto her to lie beside her to be with her. And it came to pass, when, on a certain day, he went into the house to attend to his business,and there was no man of the household, there in the house, that she caught him by his garment, sayingCome! lie with me. Then left he his garment in her hand, and fled and gut forth outside, And it came to pass when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,and fled forth outside, that she cried out to the men of her house and spake to them, saying, Look ye! he hath brought in to us a Hebrew man to insult us,He came in unto me, to lie with me, so I cried out with a loud voice. And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted high my voice, and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled and gut forth outside. So she laid by his garment beside her,until his lord should come into his house, Then spake she unto him, according to these words, saying,He hath been in unto methe Hebrew servant whom thou didst bring in to usto insult me. And it came to pass when I lifted high my voice and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled outside. And it came to pass, when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spake unto him saying, According to these words, hath thy servant done to me, Then was kindled his anger. So Josephs lord took him and delivered him up to the prison,: the place where, the prisoners of the king, were imprisoned,so he was there, in the prison. And it came to pass that, Yahweh, was with Joseph, and extended unto him lovingkindness,and gave him his favour in the eyes of the chief of the prison. So the chief of the prison delivered up, into Josephs hand all the prisoners who were in the prison,and of all that was doing them, he, was the doer. After nothing, was the chief of the prison looking, of whatever was in his hand,in that Yahweh, was with him, and whatsoever, he was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper. And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt, and the baker, had sinned against their lord the king of Egypt. Then fell the wroth of Pharaoh upon his two courtiers, upon the chief of the butlers, and upon the chief of the bakers; so he delivered them up into the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, into the prison,the place where Joseph was imprisoned. And the chief of the royal executioners charged Joseph with them and he waited upon them, and they were some days in ward. And they dreamed a dream they two, each man, his dream in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream,the butler and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning,and looked at them, and lo! they were sad. So he asked Pharaohs courtiers who were with him in the ward of his lords house, saying, Why are your faces troubled to-day! And they said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto themIs it not unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it. I pray you, to me. And the chief of the butlers related his dream to Joseph,and said to him, In my dream, then lo! a vine, before me; and, in the vine, three shoots,and the same at sprouting time, had shot up her blossom, and her clusters had brought to perfection ripe grapes. Now, the cup of Pharaoh, being in my hand, I took the ripe grapes and pressed them out into the cup of Pharaoh, and set the cup upon Pharaohs palm. And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof,The three shoots are three days: In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office, and thou shalt set the cup of Pharaoh in his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler. But if thou remember how I was with thee when it shall go well with thee, then wilt thou I pray thee do me a lovingkindness,and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me forth out of this house; For I was, stolen, out of the land of the Hebrews,and, even here, had I done nothing, that they should have put me in the dungeon, Then the chief of the bakers, seeing that he had well interpreted, said unto Joseph, I, too, was in my dream, when lo! three wicker baskets of fine bread were on my head; and, in the uppermost basket, was some of every kind of food for Pharaoh that a baker could make,but, the birds, kept eating them out of the basket from off my head. And Joseph responded and said, This, is the interpretation thereof, The three baskets, are, three days: In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. And it came to pass on the third day the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants, and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants; and restored the chief of the butlers to his butlership, so that he set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh; but, the chief of the bakers, he hanged,as, Joseph, had interpreted unto them. Yet the chief of the butlers made no mention of Joseph but did forget him. And it came to pass at the end of two years of days, that, Pharaoh, was dreaming, when lo! he was standing by the river (Nile); and lo! from the river, were coming up seven heifers, comely in appearance and fat in flesh,and they fed among the rushes. And lo! seven heifers more coming up after them out of the river, uncomely in appearance and lean in flesh,and they came and stood beside the heifers, by the lip of the river. Then did the heifers that were uncomely in appearance, and lean in flesh, eat up, the seven heifers that were comely in appearance and fat. So Pharaoh awoke. And he fell asleep, and dreamed a second time, when lo! seven ears, coming up on one stalk fat and good; and lo! seven ears, lean and shrivelled by an east wind, coming up after them. Then did the lean ears swallow up the seven fat and full ears. So Pharaoh awoke and lo! it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit became restless, so he sent and called for all the sacred scribes of Egypt and all her wise men,and Pharaoh related to them his dreams, a but there was no one that could interpret them. to Pharaoh. Then spake the chief of the butlers with Pharaoh saying, My faults, would mention this day. Pharaoh, was wroth with his servants,and put them in the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, me, and the chief of the bakers. Then must we needs dream, a dream in one night, I and he,each man, according to the interpretation of his dream, did we dream. And, there with us, was a young man, a Hebrew servant to the chief of the royal executioners, and we related to him, and he interpreted to us our dreams,to each manaccording to his dream, did he interpret, And it came to pass as he interpreted to us, so, it happened,me, he restored to mine office but him, he hanged. Then sent Pharaoh and summoned Joseph, and they hastened him out of the dungeon,so he shaved himself and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, A dream, have I dreamed, but none can interpreted it,but, I, have heard say concerning thee, that on hearing a dream, thou canst interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh saying, Not to me, doth it pertain! May, God grant in answer, the prosperity of Pharaoh! Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph,In my dream, there was I, standing on the lip of the river; When lo! out of the river, were coming up seven heifers, fat in flesh and comely in form,and they fed among the rushes. And lo! seven other heifers, coming up after them, poor and very uncomely in form and lean in flesh,I had never seen such in all the land of Egypt, for uncomeliness. Then did the lean and uncomely heifers eat up the first seven fat heifers; and they passed into their stomach yet could it not be known that they had passed into them, their appearance, being uncomely, as at the beginning. So I awoke. Then looked I in my dream,And lo! seven ears, coming up on one stalk, full and good; And lo! seven ears, withered lean shrivelled by an east wind growing up after them. Then did the lean ears swallow up, the seven good ears. So I told to me. Then said Joseph unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, is, one. What God is about to do hath he announced to Pharaoh. The seven good heifers, are, seven years, and, the seven good ears are, seven years,the dream, is, one. And the seven lean and uncomely heifers that were coming up after them, are seven years, and the seven lean ears, shrivelled by an east wind, will turn out to beseven years of famine. The very word that I spake unto Pharaoh, what, God, is about to do, hath he showed unto Pharaoh. Lo! seven years, coming in,of great plenty, in all the land of Egypt. Then shall arise seven years of famine, after them, so shall be forgotten all the plenty in the land of Egypt,and the famine shall consume the land; neither shall the plenty in the land be discernible, because of that famine coming after,for it shall be livery severe. And for that there was a repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh, twice, it is because the thing, is established, from God, and God is hastening to do it. Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise,and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, that he may appoint overseers over the land,so shall he take up a fifth of the land of Egypt, during the seven years of plenty. And let them gather up all the food of these seven good years that are coming in,and let them heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh as food in cities so shall they keep it. So shall the food become a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which shall come about in the land of Egypt,and the land shall not be cut off in the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh,and in the eyes of all his servants; and Pharaoh said unto his servants,Can we find such a one, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? So Pharaoh said unto Joseph, After God hath made known unto thee all this, there is no one discreet and wise like thee. Thou, shalt be over my house, and on thy mouth, shall all my people kiss,only as to the throne, will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. So Pharaoh took his ring from off his hands and put it upon Josephs hand,and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the chain of gold upon his neck; and made him ride in the second chariot which belonged to him, and they cried out before him. Bow the knee! thus setting him over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. I, am Pharaoh, Without thee, therefore shah no man raise his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Josephs name Zaphenath-paneah, and gave him Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, to wife,and Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt. Now, Joseph, was thirty years old, when he took his station, before Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Joseph went forth from before Pharaoh, and passed along through all the land of Egypt. And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, by handfuls, And he gathered up all the food of the seven years in which there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and laid up food in citiesthe food of the fields of the city. which were round about it, laid he up within it. Thus did Joseph heap up corn like the sand of the sea making it exceeding abundant,until one hath left off reckoning, because it cannot be reckoned. Now to Joseph, were born two sons, ere yet came in the year of famine,whom Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare to him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father. And, the name of the second, called he Ephraim, For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation. Then came to an end the seven years of the plenty,which was in the land of Egypt; and the seven years of famine began to come in, according as Joseph had said,and it came to pass that there was a famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt, there was bread. Yet was famine felt in all the land of Egypt, and the people made outcry; unto Pharaoh for bread,and Pharaoh said to all Egypt,Go ye unto Joseph, that which he saith to you, shall ye do. Now, the famine, was over all the face of the land,so Joseph opened all wherein it was and sold corn to the Egyptians, and the famine laid fast hold of the land of Egypt. All the earth also, came in to Egypt to buy corn, unto Joseph,because the famine had laid fast hold on an the earth. Then saw Jacob that there was corn in Egypt,and Jacob said to his sons, Wherefore look ye one at another? And he said, Lo I have heard that there is corn in Egypt,Go down thither and buy corn for us from thence, that we may live and not die. So Josephs ten brethren went down,to buy corn from the Egyptians; but, Benjamin, Josephs own brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren,for he said, Lest there befall him any mischief. Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn in the midst of them that camefor the famine was in the land of Canaan. Now, Josephhe, it was, that was in power over the land, he, it was that was selling corn to all the people of the land,so Josephs brethren came in, and bowed themselves down to him, with their faces to the earth. And Joseph beheld his brethren and recognised them,and made himself a stranger unto them and spake with them harsh things and said unto themWhence have ye come in? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food. And Joseph recognised his brethren,whereas they, recognised him not. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed regarding them,so he said unto themSpies, are, ye! to see the nakedness of the land, have ye come in! And they said unto him, Nay, my lord,but, thy servants, are come to buy food. All of us, are, sons of one man,honest men, are we: thy servants are not, spies. And he said unto him,Nay! but, the nakedness of the land, are ye come in to see. And they said: We, thy twelve servants, are, brethren, sons of one man in the and of Canaan,and lo! the youngest: is with our father this day, and, the one, is not! And Joseph said unto them,The very thing, that I spake unto you, sayingSpies, are, ye. Hereby, shall ye be proved,By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth from hence, save only by the coming in of your youngest brother hither. Sendfrom among youone that he may fetch your brother, but be, ye, held as prisoners, that your words may be proved whether, truth, is with you,and, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely, spies, ye are. So he drew them all together into ward, for three days. And Joseph said unto them on the third day, This, do and live,God himself, do, I, revere. If ye, are, honest men, one brother of you shall be kept as a prisoner in your house of ward,but, ye, go, take in corn for the famine of your houses; and your youngest brother, shall ye bring in unto me, that your words may be confirmed, and ye die not. And they did so. And they said each man unto his brotherVerily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he appealed unto us for favour and we hearkened not,therefore, hath come in unto us this distress. And Reuben responded to them, sayingSpake I not unto you saying, Do not sin against the child! And ye hearkened not? His very blood, therefore lo! it is required. But, they, knew not that Joseph was hearkening,for, the interpreter, was between them. So he turned away from them, and wept,then came back unto them and spake unto them, and took away from them Simeon, and bound him prisoner before their eyes. Then commanded Joseph that their bags should be filled with corn, and their silver be returned each mans into his sack, and provision be given for the journey,and it was done to them thus. So they lifted up their corn on their asses,and went their way, from thence. And the first opened his sack to give fodder to his ass at the inn,and beheld his silver, yea there, it was in the mouth of his sack! So he said unto his brethren My silver hath been returned, yea verily, there it is in my sack! Then went forth their heart and they turned tremblingeach man unto his brother saying. Wharf is this that God hath done to us? So they came in unto Jacob their father to the land of Canaan,and told him all that had befallen them saying: The man that is lord of the land spake unto us harsh things,and then delivered us up. as spies of the land. And we said unto him Honest men, are, we,we are not spies! Twelve brethren, are, we, sons of our father,the one, is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. Then said the man the lord of the land unto us, Hereby, shall I get to know that honest men, ye are,One brother of you, leave ye remaining with me, and corn for the famine of your houses, take ye and go your way; And bring ye in your youngest brother unto me, So must I get to know that ye are, not spies, but are honest men: Your brother, will I give up to you, and with the land, shall ye traffic. And it came to pass when, they, were emptying their, sacks then lo! each mans bundle of silver, was in his sack,and when they beheld their bundles of silverthey and their father, they were afraid, And Jacob their father said unto them, Me, have ye bereaved,Joseph, is not, and, Simeon, is not, and Benjamin, ye would take! Against me, have happened all these things. Then spake Reuben unto his father saying, My two sons, shalt thou put to death, if I bring him not unto thee,Come give him up upon my hand, and I, will restore him unto thee. And he said, My son shall not go down with you,For, his brother, is dead and, he alone, is left, and as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades. But the famine, was severe in the land. So it came to pass when they had made an end of eating the corn which they had brought in out of Egypt, that their father said unto them,Return buy for us a little food. Then spake Judah unto him saying,The man, did protest, to us sayingYe shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you. If thou art sending our brother with us, we will certainly go down, and buy for thee food; but, if thou art not sending him, we will not go down, for the man, said unto us Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you. And Israel said, Wherefore did ye ill to me,to tell the man, there yet remained to you a brother? And they said, The man did ask I concerning ourselves and concerning our kindred sayingIs your father yet alive? Have ye a brother? So we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we, at all know, that he would say, Bring down your brother? Then said Judah unto Israel his fatherCome! send thou down the young man with me that we may arise and go our way,and live and not die, both we and thou and our little ones. I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him,as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee all the days, For, if we had not lingered, surely now, had we come back here a second time. Then Israel their father said unto themIf so, then do this,Take of the song of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a present,A little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth gum and cistus gum, pistachio nuts, and almonds. And double silver, take in your hand,also the silver that was put back in the mouth of your sacks, carry ye back in your hand, peradventure it was an error, Your brother also, take ye,and arise go again unto the man. And, God Almighty, give you compassion before the man, so shall he send with you, your other brother, and Benjamin. But, as for me, when I am bereaved, I am bereaved! So the men took this present, double silver also, took they in their hand and Benjamin,and arose and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph. And Joseph sawwith themBenjamin, so he said to him that was over his house Bring the men into the house,and slay meat and make ready, for with me, shall the men eat at noon. So the men did as Joseph had said, and the man brought the men into Josephs house, Then were the men afraid because they had been brought into the house of Joseph, and they saidFor the matter of the silver that came back in our sacks at the beginning, have, we, been brought in,that he may turn round upon us and fall upon us, and take us for servants and our asses. So they drew near unto the man that was over Josephs house,and spake unto him at the entrance of the house; and said, May it please my lord! We, did indeed come down, at the beginning to buy food. And it came to pass when we had entered into the inn, that we opened our sacks, and lo! the silver of each man, in the mouth of his sack,our silver in its full weight,so we have bought it back in our hand! And, more silver, have we brought down in our hand, to buy food,we know not who put our silver in our sacks. And he saidPeace to you do not fear! Your God, and the God of your father, hath given you secret treasure, in your sacks, as for your silver, it came in unto me. And he brought forth unto them Simeon. So the man brought the men into Josephs house,and gave them water and they bathed their feet, and he gave them provender for their asses. And they made ready the present, against the coming in of Joseph at noon,for they heard that it was there they should eat bread. So when Joseph came into the house, they brought in to him the present which was in their hand into the house,and bowed themselves down to him to the earth. Then asked he after their welfare, and saidIs it well with your aged father, of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they saidIt is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down. Then lifted he up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother son of his mother, and saidIs, this, your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God, grant thee favour my son! And Joseph made haste for his compassions towards his brother were pent up, and he sought to weep,so he went into the inner chamber and wept there, Then bathed he his face and came forth,and restrained himself, and said Set on bread! So they set on for himby himself, and for themby themselves,and for the Egyptians that were eating with himby themselves, for the Egyptians might not eat, bread, with the Hebrews for an abomination, had that been to Egyptians. So they took their seats before him, the firstborn, according to his birthright and the youngest, according to his youth,and the men looked with amazement, each one at his companion. And he sent portions from before him unto them, and the portion of Benjamin exceeded the portions of them all, five-fold. And they drank and made merry with him. Then commanded he him who was over his house sayingFill the sacks of the men, with food, as much as they can carry, and put each mans silver in the mouth of his sack; and my cupthe cup of silver, shalt thou put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his corn-silver. So he did, according to the word of Joseph, which he had spoken. By the time, the morning, was light, the men, had been sent away, they, and their asses. They themselves, had gone out of the citythey had not gone far, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Rise chase after the men,so shalt thou overtake them and shalt say unto them, Wherefore have ye requited evil for good? Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby, he himself, doth divine? Ye have done evil in what ye have done. So he overtook them,and spake unto them these words. And they said unto him, Wherefore should my lord speak such words as these? Far be thy servants, from doing such a thing as this! Lo! the silver that we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan,how then could we steal out of the house of thy lord, silver or gold? With whomsoever of thy servants it can be found, he shall die,and, we also, will become my lords servants. And he said, Yea, now, according to your words, so, let it be,he with whom it is found, shall be my servant, Ye, however, shall be clear. So they hastened and took down each man his sack to the ground,and opened each man his sack. Then made he thorough search, with the eldest, he began, and with the youngest, he ended,and the cup was found in the sack of Benjamin! And they rent their mantles,and laded each man his ass, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brethren came into the house of Joseph, he, yet being there,and fell down before him to the earth. And Joseph said to them, What is this deed which ye have done? Know ye not that such a man as I, can even divine? Then said JudahWhat shall we say to my lord, how shall we speak and how shall we justify ourselves,when, God himself, hath found out the iniquity of thy servants? Behold us! my lords servants, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found. And he said, Far be it from me to do this thing! The man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he, shall be my servant, but as for you, go ye up in peace unto your father. Then Judah drew near unto him, and saidPardon my lord! Pray let thy servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let thine anger be kindled against thy servant,for, thus, art, thou as Pharaoh! It was, my lord, who asked his servants, saying,Have ye a father, or a brother? So we said unto my lord, We have an aged father, and the child of his old age a youth,his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother and, his father, loveth him. So then thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,that I may set mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father,as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother do come down with you, ye shall not again behold my face. So it came to pass when we had gone up unto thy servant, my father, that we told him the words of my lord. Then said our father,Go again buy us a little food, And we said, We cannot go down,If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down, for we cannot see the face of the man if, our youngest brother, is not with us. Then said thy servant my father, unto us,Ye yourselves, know, that, two, did my wife bear to me, and the one went forth from me, and I saidCertainly he hath been, torn in pieces, And I have never seen him since. As surely as ye take, this one also, away from before my face and there befall him any mischief, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs, with misfortune to hades. Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us,seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads soul, so surely shall it come to pass that when he sooth that the lad is not with us, then will he die. So shall thy servants bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow to hades. For thy servant, became surety for the lad, while away from my father saying,If I bring him not unto thee, then will I count myself a sinner against my father all the days. Now, therefore, I pray thee let thy servant remain instead of the lad, as servant to my lord,but as for the lad, let him go up with his brethren. For how can I go up unto my father, should the lad, not be with me? lest I look on the calamity, that shall find out my father, And Joseph could not restrain himself before all who were stationed near him, so he cried outHave forth every man from me! And there stood no man with him, when Joseph made himself known unto his brethren, Then gave he forth his voice in weeping,and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. Then said Joseph unto his brethren: I, am Joseph, is my father yet alive? But his brethren could not answer him, for they were terrified because of him. Then said Joseph unto his brethrenDraw near I pray you, unto me. And they drew near. And he saidI, am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. But, now, do not grieve, neither let it be vexing in your eyes, that ye sold me hither,for, to save life, did God send me before you. For these two years, hath the famine been in the midst of the land,and, yet five years, are there, in which there shall be neither ploughing, nor harvest. So then God sent me before you, to plant for you a remainder in the earth,and to save you alive, by a great deliverance, Now, therefore it was not ye, who sent me hither, but, God, himself,who also appointed me to be a father to Pharaoh, and a lord to all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt. Haste ye and go up unto my father, then shall ye say unto himThus saith thy son Joseph, God hath appointed me lord to all Egypt,come down unto me do not delay; so shalt thou dwell in the land of Goshen, and shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons sons,and thy flocks and thy herds and all that is thine; so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine,lest thou come to povertythou and thy house and all who are thine. Now lo! your own eyes do see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,that it is my own mouth, that doth speak unto you. As soon as ye have told my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, so soon shall ye hasten and bring down my father hither. Then fell he upon the neck of Benjamin his brother, and wept,and Benjamin wept on his neck. Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them,and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him. Now, the report, was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying, The brethren of Joseph have come in, And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. So then Pharaoh said unto JosephSay unto thy brethren This, do,lade your asses, and go enter into the land of Canaan; and fetch your father and your households and come in unto me,that I may give you the best of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land. Thou, therefore command them, This, do ye,Take you out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your little ones and for your wives, so shall ye bring your father and come in. Your eye, moreover, let it not look with pity upon your goods,for, the best of all the land of Egypt, is, yours. And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them waggons, at the bidding of Pharaoh,and gave them provisions for the way: to all of them, gave he to each man changes of raiment,but, to Benjamin, he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. Moreover, to his father, sent he as followethten he-asses, laden from the best of Egypt,and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and nourishing food for his father for the way. Thus sent he forth his brethren and they departed,and he said unto them, Do not fall out by the way. And they went up out of Egypt,and came into the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father. And they told him sayingJoseph: is, yet alive, yea, indeed, he, is ruler in all the land of Egypt. And his heart became faint, for he believed them not. So they spake unto him all the words of Joseph which he had spoken unto them h then saw he the waggons, which Joseph had sent to carry him,and the spirit of Jacob their father revived. And Israel said, Enough! Joseph my son is, yet alive, I must go and see him before I die! So Israel brake up, with all that he had, and came in to Beer-sheba,and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God said to Israel in the visions of the night, and he saidJacob! Jacob! And he saidBehold me! And he said: I, am GOD himself, the God of thy father,Be not afraid of going down to Egypt, seeing that for a great nation, will I plant thee there. I will go down with thee to Egypt, and will bring thee up, yea wholly up,and, Joseph, shall lay his own hand upon thine eyes. So Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba,and the sons of Israel brought Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had sent to bring him; and they took their cattle and the gains which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt,Jacob and all his seed with him: his sons, and his sons sons with him, his daughters, and his sons daughters, and all his seed, brought he with him into Egypt. Now, these, are the names of the sons of Israel who came into EgyptJacob and his sons,the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben: And, the sons of Reuben,Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi; And, the sons of Simeon,Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar,and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess; And the sons of Levi,Gershon, Kohath and Merari; And the sons of Judah,Er and Onan and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah,but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul; And, the sons of Issachar,Tola and Puvah, and Iob and Shimron; And the sons of Zebulon,Sered and Elon, and Jahleel. These, are the sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-aram, with Dinah also his daughter,All the souls of his sons and of his daughters, were thirty-three. And, the sons of Gad,Zaphon and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon,Eri and Arodi and Areli; And, the sons of Asher,Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister,and the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malchiel. These, are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,so she bare these to Jacob,sixteen souls. The sons of Rachel, Jacobs wife,Joseph and Benjamin; And there were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, bare to him,: Manasseh and Ephraim; And the sons of BenjaminBela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Resh,Muppim and Huppim, and Ard. These, are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob,all the souls, were fourteen. And, the sons of Dan,Hushim; And the sons of Naphtali,Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem. These, are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter,so she bare these to Jacob,all the souls, were seven. All the souls that came in with Jacob to Egypt that had come forth of his loins, besides Jacobs sons wives,all the souls, were sixty-six; and, the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt, were seventy. And he sent, Judah, before him unto Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen,so they came in towards the land of Goshen. Then yoked Joseph his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father towards Goshen,and he appeared unto him, and fell upon his neck, and wept upon his neck a good while. Then said Israel unto Joseph I am ready to die at last,now that I have seen thy face, in that thou art, yet alive. Then said Joseph unto his brethren and unto the house of his father, I must go up, and must tell Pharaohand must say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father, who were in the land of Canaan, have come in unto me. Now, the men, are feeders of flocks, for men of cattle, they are,and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have they brought in. So shall it come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call for you,and shall sayWhat is your occupation? Then shall ye sayMen of cattle, have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,To the end ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for an abomination to Egyptians, is every feeder of a flock, So then Joseph went in, and told Pharaoh, and saidMy father and my brethren, and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, are come in from the land of Canaan,and, here they are, in the land of Goshen. Moreover out of the whole number of his brethren, he took with him five men,and set them before Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto the brethren of JosephWhat is your occupation? And they said unto PharaohFeeders of flocks, are thy servants, both we and our fathers. And they said unto PharaohTo sojourn in the land, are we come in, for there is no pasture for the flocks which pertain to thy servants, for, severe, is the famine in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, let thy servants dwell we pray thee in the land of Goshen. Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph saying,Thy father and thy brethren, are come in unto thee. The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell,let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine. So Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and caused him to stand before Pharaoh,and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob: About how many, have been the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years,Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh,and came forth from the presence of Pharaoh. So then Joseph fixed the dwelling of his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt in the best of the land. in the land of Rameses,as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his fathers house,with bread, according to the need of their little ones. But, bread, was there none 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, So Joseph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt. and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which, they, were buying,and Joseph brought the silver into the house of Pharaoh. And the silver was spent out of the land of Egypt and out of the land of Canaan, so all the Egyptians came in unto Joseph, sayingDo give us bread, for why should we die before thee, although, silver, hath failed? Then said Joseph: Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle,if silver hath failed. So they brought in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses and for the cattle of the flock and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses,and he provided them with bread for all their cattle, throughout that year. When that year was ended, then came they unto him in the second year and said to himWe will not hide from my lord, how that the silver and the herds of beasts for my lord are come to an end,there is nothing left before my lord, save only our bodies and our ground: Wherefore should we die before thine eyes both we, and our ground? Buy thou us and our ground, for bread,and we and our ground will become servants to Pharaoh, and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and the ground, not lie waste. So Joseph bought all the ground of the Egyptians for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine had laid fast hold upon them,so the land became Pharaohs. And as for the people, he brought them into bondage as servants,from one end of the boundary of Egypt unto the other end thereof. Only, the ground of the priests, bought he not,for the priests had a statutory-portion, from Pharaoh and they had been eating their statutory-portion, which Pharaoh had given them, for which cause, they had not sold their ground. And Joseph said unto the people, Lo! I have bought you this day, and your ground for Pharaoh,see, here is seed for you, so shall ye sow the ground; and it shall come to pass that, of the yield, ye shall give a fifth to Pharaoh,but the four parts, shall be your ownfor seed for the field, and for your food and for them who are in your households and for food for your little ones. And they saidThou hast saved our lives! let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, so will we become Pharaohs servants. And Joseph appointed it for a statuteuntil this day, regarding the ground of Egypt, that Pharaoh, should take a fifth,only, the ground of the priests, was, theirs alone, it had not become Pharaohs. Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen,and gained possessions therein, and became fruitful and multiplied exceedingly. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years,so it came to pass that the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years. And the days of Israel drew near that he must die, so he called for his son for Joseph and said to himIf, I pray thee I have found favour in thine eyes, place, I pray thee thy hand under my thigh,so shalt thou deal with me in lovingkindness and faithfulnessDo not I pray thee, bury me in Egypt. When I shall lie down with my fathers, then shalt thou carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said: I, will do according to thy word. Then he said: Come, swear to me! And he sware to him. Then did Israel how himself down on the head of the couch. And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Lo! thy father, is sick. So he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and saidLo! thy son Joseph, coming in unto thee. So Israel strengthened himself, and sat up on the couch. Then said Jacob unto Joseph, GOD Almighty, appeared unto me in Luz in the land of Canaan,and blessed me; and said unto meBehold me! about to make thee fruitful, so will I multiply thee, and give thee to become a multitude of peoples,so will I give this land to thy seed after thee, as an age-abiding possession. Now, therefore thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came in unto thee in Egypt, are Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. But thine offspring which thou hast begotten after them, thine own shall they be,after the name of their brethren, shall they be called in their inheritance. But, as for me, when I came in from Padan, Rachel died by me, in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet there was a stretch of country to come into Ephrath,so I buried her there in the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem. Then Israel saw Josephs sons,and saidWho are these? And Joseph said unto his father, My sons, they are, whom God hath given me, in this place. And he saidBring them, I pray thee, unto me, that I may bless them. Now, the eyes of Israel, had become dim from old age,he could not see,so he drew them near unto him, and kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thine own face, had I not thought,and lo! God hath caused me to see even thy seed! And Joseph brought them out from beside his knees, and bowed himself down with his face towards the earth. And Joseph took them both,Ephraim in his right hand on Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand, on Israels right hand, and drew them near unto him. Then Israel put forth his right hand and laid it upon the head of Ephraim, though, he, was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh,crossing his hands, although, Manasseh, was the first-born. Thus blessed he Joseph, and said,God himselfbefore whom walked my fathers. Abraham and Isaac, God himselfwho hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day; The Messengerwho hath been my redeemer from all evilbless the lads! And may there be called upon them, my name, and the name of my fathers. Abraham and Isaac; And may they swarm into a multitude, in the midst of the earth! And Joseph saw that his father had laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim and it was displeasing in his eyes,so he took hold of his fathers hand to remove it from off the bead of Ephraim, on to the head of Manasseh. And Joseph said unto his fatherNot so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and saidI knowmy son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and he also, shall become great,but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations. And he blessed them on that day, sayingIn thee, let Israel bless himself saying, God set thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh! So he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph: Lo! I, am about to die,but it shall come to pass that, God will be with you, and will take you back into the land of your fathers. But, I, have given to thee one mountain-track above thy brethren,which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword and with my bow. Then called Jacob unto his sons,and saidGather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the days. Assemble yourselves and hear ye sons of Jacob,And hearken unto Israel your father! Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength,Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power: Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father,Then, wast thou profaneMy marriage-bed, he mounted! Simeon and Levi, are brethren,Instruments of violence, are their agreements: Into their circle, do not thou enter my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join mine honour! For in their anger, they slew brave men, And in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen. Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath because cruel,I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel. Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee when thy hand is on the neck of thy foes,The sons of thy father, shall bow them-selves down to thee: A lions whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stoopedhath crouched As a lionor as a lioness, Who shall rouse him? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commanders staff a from between his feet,Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples: Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his asss colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle: Darkerhis eyes, than wine,Whiterhis teeth than milk! Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down,Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part upon b Zidon. Issachar, an ass of strength,couching between the pens; Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground that it is pleasant,So he bendeth his shoulder to bear, And becometh a tributary servant. Dan, shall vindicate his people,as one of the tribes of Israel; It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path,That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards: For thy salvation, have I waited O Yahweh! Gad! a troop shall troop on him,But, he, shall troop on the rear. Out of Asher, fatness, is his feed,So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king. Naphtali, is a slender hind,That putteth forth antlers of beauty. A fruitful bough, is Joseph, A fruitful bough over a fountain,Branches creeping over a wail. So they attack him and have shot,So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows. But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel: From the GOD of thy father who doth help thee And GOD Almighty who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath,Blessings of breasts and womb: The blessings of thy father, have prevailed, Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age-abiding hills,They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head of him who was set apart from his brethren. Benjamin a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And at eventide, he divideth spoil. All these, are the twelve tribes of Israel,And this, is that which their father spake to them when he blessed them, Each man severally according to the blessing wherewith he blessed them. Then commanded he them and said unto themI, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers,within the cave, that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite: in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan,which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: There, buried they Abraham, and Sarah his wife, There, buried they Isaac, and Rebekah his wife,And there, buried I Leah: buying the field and the cave that is therein, from the sons of Heth. So Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, and gathered up his feet into the couch,and ceased to breathe and was gathered unto his people. And Joseph fell upon the face of his father, and wept upon him and kissed him. Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father,so the physicians embalmed Israel. And they fulfilled for him forty days, for so, are they wont to fulfil the days of the embalmed,and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. And, when the days of weeping for him were passed, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh saying,If I pray you, I have found favour in your eyes, speak ye I pray you in the ears of Pharaoh saying: My father, made me swear saying,Lo! I, am about to die,in my grave which I digged for myself in the land of Canaan, there, shalt thou bury me. Now, therefore, let me go up, I pray thee and bury my father, and return. And Pharaoh said,Go up., and bury thy father according as he made thee swear. So Joseph went up. to bury his father,and there went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt; and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father,only their little ones and their flocks and their herds, left they. in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him, both chariots and horsemen,so it came to pass that, the company, was exceeding great, And they came in, as far as the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they therean exceeding great and grievous walling,and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days. And when the dwellers in the landthe Canaanitessaw the mourning in the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, they said,A grievous mourning, this! for the Egyptians. For this cause, was the name thereof called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. And his sons did for him thus as he had commanded them; so his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah,which Abraham boughtwith the fieldfor a possession of a buryingplace from Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre. Then Joseph returned to Egypt he and his brethren and all who had been up with him to bury his father,after he had buried his father. Now when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they saidOh! if Joseph should lie in wait for us,and should return, to us, all the evil wherewith we requited him! So they sent in charge unto Joseph saying,Thy father, gave command before he died saying: Thus, shall ye say to JosephAh now! do forgive we pray thee the transgression of thy brethren and their sin in that with evil, they requited thee. Now, therefore grant forgiveness we pray thee, for the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father! And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. Then went his brethren also, and fell down before him,and said, Behold us! thine for servants. And Joseph said unto themDo not fear,although in place of God, I am. Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil,God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people. Now, therefore do not fear! I will nourish you and your little ones. Thus he consoled them, and spake unto their heart. And Joseph abode in Egypt, he, and his fathers house,and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraims, sons of three generationsmoreover the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Josephs knees. Then said Joseph unto his brethren, I, am about to die,but God will surely concern, himself for you, so will he take you up out of this land, into the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob. Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear saying,God will, surely concern, himself for you, So shall ye carry up my bones, from hence. So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old,and they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulon, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And it came to pass that all the persons who were descended from Jacob were seventy souls,but, Joseph, was already in Egypt. So then Joseph died and all his brethren, and all that generation. But the sons of Israel, were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with exceeding vigour,so that the land was filled with them. Then arose a new king over Egypt,who had not known Joseph. So he said, unto his people, Lo! the people of the sons of Israel are too many and mighty for us! Come on! let us shew ourselves wise with regard to them, lest they so multiply that it shall come to pass when war befalleth us, that they also, shall join themselves unto them who hate us, and shall make war upon us. and then go up out of the land. So they set over them chiefs of tribute, to the end they might humiliate them with their burdens,and they built store-cities for Pharaoh, even Pithom and Raamses. But the more they were humiliating them, the more, were they multiplying, and, the more, were they breaking forth, so they were filled with alarm because of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians rigorously made the sons of Israel serve; and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field,all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve. Then said the king of Egypt to the Hebrew midwives,of whom, the name of the one was, Shiphrah, and, the name of the other Puah; then he saidWhen ye act as midwives unto the Hebrew women, then shall ye look out for the sex,If it is, a son, then shall ye kill it, But, if it is, a daughter, then shall it live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them,but suffered the male children to live. Then called the king of Egypt for the midwives, and said to themWherefore have ye done this thing, that ye should let the male children live? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh. Because not like the Egyptian women, are the Hebrew women, for they are full of life, ere yes the midwife can come in unto them, they have given birth, So then God dealt well with the midwives,and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made for them households. Then gave Pharaoh command to all his people sayingEvery son that is born to the Hebrews, into the river, shall ye cast him; But every daughter, shall ye suffer to live. And there went a man of the house of Levi,and took a laughter of Levi. And the woman conceived and bare a son,and she saw him, that he was a goodly child, so she hid him three months. And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper-reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch,and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes upon the bank of the river. Then did his sister station herself at a distance,to see what would be done to him. So then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe by the river, and her, maidens, were walking by the side of the river,when she saw the ark in the midst of the rushes, and sent her handmaid, and fetched it. And she opened and beheld iteven the child, and lo! a boy weeping,so she took pity on him, and said, Of the children of the Hebrews, is this. Then said his sister unto Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse, of the Hebrew women,that she may nurse for thee the child? And Pharaohs daughter said to herGo. So the maid went, and called the mother of the child. And Pharaohs daughter said to herTake this child, and nurse it for me, and, I, will give thee thy wages. So the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him in to Pharaohs daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and saidFor out of the water, I drew him. And it came to pass in those days when Moses grew up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens,and saw, an Egyptian smiting a Hebrewof his brethren, So he turned this way and that, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And he went out on the second day, and lo! two Hebrews, striving together,so he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore shouldest thou smite thy fellow? And he saidWho hath set thee for a chief and a judge over us? To slay me, art thou thinking, as thou didst slay the Egyptian? Then was Moses afraid, and saidSurely the thing is, known! So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses,and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well. Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters,and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock. Then came the shepherds, and drave them away,so Moses rose up, and succoured them, and watered their flock, Then came they in unto Reuel their father,and he said, Wherefore have ye so early come in to-day? And they said, An Egyptian, delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,Moreover also he drew, for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughtersAnd where is he? wherefore is it that ye left the man? Call him that he may eat bread. And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man,and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom,for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land. And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented,and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude. And God heard their groaning,and God remembered his covenant, with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob; so then, God looked upon the sons of Israel,and God regarded. Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian,so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb. Then appeared the messenger of Yahweh unto him, in a flame of fire from the midst of the thorn-bush,so he looked and lo! the thorn-bush burning with fire and yet the thorn-bush, was not consumed. And, Moses said, Let me turn aside, pray, and see this great sight,why the thorn-bush, doth not burn up. And Yahweh saw, that he turned aside to see,so God called unto him out of the midst of the thorn-bush, and saidMoses! Moses! And he saidBehold me! And he saidDo not draw nigh hither,put off thy sandals from thy feet, for, the place whereon thou art standing is holy ground. And he saidI, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt,and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains; therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Amorite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me,moreover also, I have seen the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians are oppressing them. Now, therefore, come thou! that I may send thee unto Pharaoh,and bring thou forth my peoplethe sons of Israelout of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am, I, that I should go unto Pharaoh,and that I should bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt? And he saidI will be with thee, and, this, to thee, the sign, that, I have sent thee,When thou bringest forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall do service unto God, upon this mountain. And Moses said unto GodLo! as surely as, I, go in unto the sons of Israel, and say unto them, The God of your fathers, hath sent me unto you, So surely will they say unto meWhat is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I Will Become whatsoever I please, And he saidThus, shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, I Will Become hath sent me unto you. And God said yet further unto MosesThus shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel, Yahweh God of your fathers. God of Abraham God of Isaac and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This, is my name to times age-abiding, And, this, my memorial to generation after generation. Goand thou shalt gather together the eiders of Israel and shalt say unto them-Yahweh. God of your fathers, hath appeared unto me, the God of Abraham Isaac, and Jacob saying,I am, concerned, for you, and for what is done to you in Egypt; therefore do I sayI will bring you up out of the humiliation of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Amorite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,into a land flowing with milk and honey. So will they hearken to thy voice,and thou shalt go inthou, and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt and ye shall say unto himYahweh, God of the Hebrews, hath fallen in with us, Now, therefore let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God. But, I, know, that the king of Egypt will not suffer you to go,not even by a firm hand. So then I will put forth my hand and smite Egypt, with all my wonders, which I will d in the midst thereof,and, after that, he will send you forth. Thus will I give favour to this people in the eyes of the Egyptians,so shall it come to pass that when ye do go, ye shall not go empty; but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold and mantles,and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters, so shall ye spoil the Egyptians. Then responded Moses, and said, And lo! they will not believe me, neither hearken to my voice,for they will say, Yahweh, hath not appeared unto thee. And Yahweh said unto himWhat is this in thy hand? And he saidA staff. Then said heCast it to the earth. And he cast it to the earth, and it became a serpent,and Moses fled from the face thereof. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by its tail: So he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a staff in his hand: that they may believe that Yahweh, God of their fathers,God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob hath appeared unto thee. Then said Yahweh unto him, yet againBring, I pray thee, thy hand, into thy bosom. So he brought his hand, into his bosom,and then took it out, and lo! his hand, was leprous,like snow, And he saidPut back thy hand into thy bosom: So he put back his hand into his bosom,and then took it out of his bosom, and lo it had come again like his own flesh: thus shall it come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, then will they believe the voice of the next sign; and it shall come to pass if they will not believe even these two signs nor hearken to thy voice, then shalt thou take of the water of the river, and pour it out on the dry land,so shall the water which thou hast taken from the river, become, yea it shall become, blood, on the dry land. And Moses said unto YahwehPardon, O My Lord! not a man of words, am I, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant,for heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue, I am. Then Yahweh said unto himWho appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh,? Now, therefore go,and, I, will be with thy mouth, so will I direct thee, what thou shalt speak. And he saidPardon, O My Lord! send, I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh against Moses, and he saidIs there not Aaron, thy brother, the Levite? I know that he lean speak. Moreover also lo! he himself is coming forth to meet thee, as surely as he seeth thee, so surely will he rejoice in his heart. Then shalt thou speak unto him, and shalt put the words in his mouth,and, I, will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, so will I direct you what ye shall do. And, he, shall speak for thee unto the people,so shall it come to pass that he shall become thy mouth, and thou shalt become to him as God. And this staff, take thou in thy hand,wherewith thou shalt do the signs. So Moses went and returned unto Jethro his father-in-law and said to himLet me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren who are in Egypt, that I my see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses: Go and prosper. Then said Yahweh unto Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt,for all the men are dead who were seeking thy life. So Moses took his wife and his sons, and caused them to ride upon the ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt,and Moses took the staff of God in his hand. And Yahweh said unto Moses, When thou goest to return to Egypt, see as touching all the wonders which I have put in thy hand, that thou do them before Pharaohbut, I, will let his heart wax bold, and he will not suffer the people to go. Then shalt thou say unto Pharaoh, Thus, saith YahwehMy sonmy firstborn, is Israel; Therefore I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me, But if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I, am going to slay, thy son, thy firstborn. And it came to pass, on the way, in the resting-place for the night, that Yahweh fell upon him, and sought to kill him. So Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it down at his feet,and saidSurely, a bridegroom by rites of blood, art thou to me! So he let him go, Then, it was that she said, A bridegroom by rites of bloodwith regard to the rites of circumcision. And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Go thy way to meet Moses, towards the desert. So he went his way, and fell in with him in the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron, all the words of Yahweh wherewith he had sent him,and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. So Moses and Aaron went their way,and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel. And Aaron spake all the words which Yahweh had spoken unto Moses,and did the signs before the eyes of the people, And the people believed,and when they heard that Yahweh had concerned himself for the sons of Israel, and that he had looked upon their humiliation, then bent they their heads and bowed themselves down. And afterwards, Moses and Aaron went in and said unto Pharaoh,Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a festival to me in the desert. Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly. Israel, will I not let go! And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us,let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore O Moses and Aaron should ye loose the people from their works? Get you to your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Lo! manynow, are the people of the land,and are ye to make them rest from their burdens? So then Pharaoh gave command on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people and unto their overseerssaying: Ye shall no more give straw unto the people, for making the bricks as heretofore: Let them, go, themselves, so shall they gather for themselves straw: Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom,for idle, they are, on this account, it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God. The service must be made heavy on the men that they may labour on it,and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood. Then went forth the taskmasters of the people and their overseers, and spake unto the people,saying,Thus, saith Pharaoh, I am not going to give you straw, Ye yourselves go fetch you straw, of any ye can find,yet hath there not been diminished from your service a single thing. So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt,to gather stubble for straw: the taskmasters, meanwhile, being urgent saying,Complete your works, The task of a day, in its day, as when the straw was provided. Then were beaten the overseers of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them saying: Wherefore have ye not completed your task for making bricks, as heretofore, so also, yesterday and, to-day? Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus to thy servants? No straw, is given to thy servants, yet bricks,they keep saying to usmake ye! And lo, thy servants, are beatenthou dost, therefore, wrong thy people. But he said: Idle, ye areidle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh. Now, therefore, go labour, but, straw, shall not be given you,yet the tale of bricks, shall ye render. Then did the overseers of the sons of Israel see themselves to be in an evil case, when it was said,Ye shall not diminish from your bricksthe task of a day, in its day So they fell upon Moses and upon Aaron, stationing themselves to meet them,as they came forth from Pharaoh; and they said unto them, Yahweh look upon you and judge,in that ye have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword into their hand to slay us. And Moses returned unto Yahweh and said,O My Lord wherefore hast thou caused harm to this people? Wherefore now didst thou send me? seeing that from what time I came in unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done harm to this people, and thou hast not delivered, thy people, Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Now, shalt thou see, what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand, shall he let them go, and with a strong hand, shall he drive them out from his land. And Gods spake unto Moses,and said unto him, I, am Yahweh: I appeared, therefore, unto Abraham unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD Almighty,although, by my name Yahweh was I not made known to them; Moreover also I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,even the land of their sojournings wherein they sojourned. Moreover also, I heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians, were holding in servitude, So then I remembered my covenant. Therefore say thou to the sons of Israel-I, am Yahweh, Therefore will I bring you forth from under the burdens of Egypt, And will deliver you out of their service, And will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments; And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God,And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt: And I will bring you into the land as to which I uplifted my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,and will give it to you as an inheritance: I, am Yahweh. And Moses spake thus unto the sons of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses, through shortness of spirit, and through hard service. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Go in speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before Yahweh, saying,Lo! the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, how then shall Pharaoh, hear, I, also being of uncircumcised lips. Thus then did Yahweh speak unto Moses and unto Aaron, yea he gave them a charge unto the sons of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, for the bringing forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. These, are the heads of their ancestral house: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the families of, Reuben. And, the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitess. These, are the families of, Simeon. And, these, are the names of the sons of Levi by their generations, Gershon, and Kohath and Merari, And, the years of the life of Levi, were a hundred and thirty-seven years. The sons of Gershon, Libni and Shimei by their families. And the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath, were a hundred and thirty-three years. And the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. These, are the families of the Levites by their generations. So then, Amram took Jochebed, his fathers sister to himself to wife, and she bare to himAaron and Moses. And, the years of the life of Amram, were a hundred and thirty-seven. And the sons of Izhar, Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sons of Uzziel, Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to himself to wife,and she bare to himNadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah, Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. And Eleazar, son of Aaron took to himself of the daughters of Putiel, to himself to wife, and she bare to him Phinehas. These, are the heads of the fathers of the Levites by their families. The same, Aaron and Moses,to whom said Yahweh, Bring ye forth the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, according to their hosts: They who were to speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt: The same, Moses and Aaron. Thus came it to pass, that on a certain day, Yahweh spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt. So then Yahweh spake unto Moses, sayingI, am Yahweh: Speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, all that, I, am speaking unto thee. And Moses said before Yahweh,Lo! I, am of uncircumcised lips, how then will Pharaoh hearken unto me? Then said Yahweh unto MosesSee! I have appointed thee to be God unto Pharaoh,and, Aaron thy brother, shall be thy prophet! Thou, shalt speak all that which I may command thee, and, Aaron thy brother, shall speak unto Pharaoh, and he shall let the sons of Israel go out of his land. But, I, will suffer Pharaoh to harden his heart,so will I multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, so will I lay my hand on Egypt,and bring forth my hostsmy people the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, with great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I, am Yahweh, when I have stretched forth my hand over Egypt,and brought forth the sons of Israel out of their midst. And Moses and Aaron did ,as Yahweh commanded them, so, did they. Now Moses, was eighty years old, and, Aaron, eighty-three years old,when they spake unto Pharaoh. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying: When Pharaoh shall speak unto you saying, Shew for yourselves a wonder, then shalt thou say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and cast it down before Pharaoh let it become a sea-serpent. So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and did so as Yahweh had commanded,and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants and it became a sea-serpent, Then called Pharaoh also for the wise men and for the magicians,and they too, the sacred scribes of Egypt with their secret arts, did in like manner; yea they cast down each man his staff, and they became sea-serpents,but Aarons staff swallowed up their staves. Then waxed bold the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them,as spake Yahweh. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Dull, is the heart of Pharaoh,he hath refused to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morninglo! he is coming out to the waters, therefore shalt thou station thyself to meet him on the bank of the river,and the staff which was turned into a serpent, shalt thou take in thy hand. Then shalt thou say unto himYahweh God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee saying,Let my people go, that they may serve me in the desert,And lo! thou hast not hearkened hitherto. Thus, saith Yahweh, Hereby, shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh,Lo! I, am smiting with the staff that is in my hand upon the waters that are in the river and they shall be turned to blood; and, the fish that is in the river shall die and the river shall be loathsome,and the Egyptians, shall disdain, to drink water out of the river. And Yahweh said unto Moses,Say unto AaronTake thy staff, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams over their rivers, and over their pools and over all their collections of waterthat they may become blood,so shall there be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron, did so, as Yahweh commanded, and he lifted high the staff, and smote the waters which were in the river, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants,and all the waters which were in the river were turned to blood; and the fish that was in the river, died and the river became loathsome, so that the Egyptians could not drink water out of the river,thus came it to pass that blood was in all the land of Egypt. And the sacred scribes of Egypt did in like manner with their secret arts,so the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold and he hearkened not unto them, as spake Yahweh. Then Pharaoh, turned away, and entered into his houseneither applied he his heart, even to this. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink,for they could not drink of the water of the river. And seven days were fulfilled,after Yahweh had smitten the river. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,then shalt thou say unto himThus, saith Yahweh,Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if thou art, refusing, to let them go, lo! I, am plaguing all thy boundaries with frogs; so shall the river swarm with frogs, and they shall come up, and enter into thy house, and into thy bedchamber and upon thy couch,and into the house of thy servants and among thy people, and into thine ovens and into thy kneading-troughs: both against thee, and against thy people, and against all thy servants, shall come up the frogs. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Say unto AaronStretch forth thy hand with thy staff, over the streams over the rivers and over the pools,and bring up the frogs, over the land of Egypt. So Aaron stretched forth his hand, over the waters of Egypt,and the frog came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the sacred scribes did in like manner, with their secret arts,and brought up frogs over the land of Egypt. Then called Pharaoh for Moses and for Aaron and saidMake entreaty unto Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people,and I must lot the people go that they may sacrifice to Yahweh. And Moses said to PharaohExplain thyself unto me: For what time, shall I make entreaty for thee and for thy servants and for thy people, to cause the frogs to be cut off, from thee and from thy houses,only in the river, shall they remain? And he saidFor to-morrow. And he saidAccording to thy word! that thou mayest know that there is none like Yahweh, our God: so the frogs shall departfrom thee and from thy houses and from thy servants and from thy people,only in the river, shall they remain. Then went forth Moses and Aaron from Pharaoh,and Moses made outcry unto Yahweh, over the matter of the frogs which he had appointed for Pharaoh. And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses,and the frogs died, out of the houses and out of the yards, and out of the fields; and they piled them up, heapsheaps,and the land became loathsome. But when Pharaoh saw that there had come a respite, then made he his heart dull and hearkened not unto them,as spake Yahweh. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Say unto AaronStretch forth thy staff, and smite the dust of the land,so shall it become gnats in all the land of Egypt. And they did so, and Aaron stretched forth his hand with his staff and smote the dust of the land, and there canto to be gnats, among men and among beasts,all the dust of the land, became gnats, in all the land of Egypt. And the sacred scribes did in like manner with their secret arts, to bring forth the gnats, but they could not. So there came to be gnats, among men and among beasts. Then said the sacred scribes unto Pharaoh, The finger of God, it is! But the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold and he hearkened not unto them, as spake Yahweh. Then said Yahweh unto MosesRise thou early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo! he is coming forth to the waters,then shalt thou say unto himThus, saith Yahweh: Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if thou art not letting my people go, behold me! sending forthagainst thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses the gad-fly,and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of the gad-fly, moreover also the ground whereon, they are: then will I make to differ on that day, the land of Goshen wherein my people do dwell, so that there shall not be there a gad-fly! in order that thou mayest know, that I, Yahweh, am in the midst of the land; so will I put a separation betwixt my people and thy people. By to-morrow, shall come to pass this sign. And Yahweh did so, and brought a grievous gad-fly unto the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and in all the land of Egypt, and the land was laid waste by reason of the gad-fly. Then did Pharaoh cry outunto Moses and to Aaron,and said-Go your way, sacrifice to your God, in the land. And Moses said: Not meet, is it, to do thus, for, an abomination to the Egyptians, we should sacrifice to Yahweh our God. Lo! could we sacrifice that which is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes and they not stone us? A journey of three days, must we go, in the desert,then will we sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as, Yahweh, hath said unto us. Then said Pharaoh: I, will let you goso shall ye sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the desert, only ye shall not go a, very long, journey,make ye entreaty for me. And Moses said: Lo! I, am going out from thee and will make entreaty unto Yahweh, so will he take away the gad-flyfrom Pharaoh from his servants, and from his people tomorrow,only let not Pharaoh again deceive, in not letting the people go, to sacrifice to Yahweh. So Moses went out from Pharaoh,and made entreaty unto Yahweh. And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and took away the gad-fly, from Pharaoh from his servants and from his people,there remained not, one. And Pharaoh made his heart dull, this time also,and did not let the people go. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,then shalt thou say unto himThus, saith Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. But, if, refusing, thou art to let them go,and still art holding them fast, lo! the hand of Yahweh, is coming on thy cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the asses on the camels, on the herds and on the flocks,a very grievous pestilence; and Yahweh will make a difference between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of the Egyptians,so that there shall not die from among all that pertaineth to the sons of Israel, a thing! And Yahweh appointed a set timesaying, To-morrow, will Yahweh do this thing, in the land. So Yahweh did this thing, on the morrow, and all the cattle of the Egyptians died,but of the cattle of the sons of Israel, died not one. And Pharaoh sent, and lo! there had not died of the cattle of Israel, so much as one. But Pharaohs heart became dull, and he did not let the people go. Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take you your hands full of the ashes of an oven,and Moses shall scatter them towards the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh: then shall they become fine dust, over all the land of Egypt,and shall become on man and on beast, a burning sore, breaking out in pustules in all the land of Egypt. So they took the ashes of an oven and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them towards the heavens,and it came to pass that there was a burning sore in pustules breaking out, among men, and among beasts; and the sacred scribes could not stand before Moses, because of the burning sore,for the burning sore had come on the sacred scribes, and on all the Egyptians. But Yahweh let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold, and he hearkened not unto them,as spake Yahweh unto Moses. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Rise thou early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh,then shalt thou say unto himThus, saith Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that they may serve me; for this time, am I, sending all my plagues unto thy heart, and amongst thy servants and amongst thy people,to the intent thou mayest get to know, that there is none like me in all the earth. For now, might I have put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence,and thou shoulder have secretly disappeared from the earth; but, in very deed for this purpose, have I let thee remain, for the purpose of showing thee my might,and that my name may be celebrated in all the earth. Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my peoplein not letting them go? Behold me! raining down, about this time to-morrow, an exceeding heavy hail,such as hath not been in Egypt, from the day it was founded, even unto the present time. Now, therefore, sendbring into safety thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field,as touching all men and beasts which shall be found in the field and shall not be withdrawn into shelter, the hail shall come down upon them and they shall die. He that feared the word of Yahweh, among the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee, under shelter: but, whoso applied not his heart unto the word of Yahweh, left his servants and his cattle in the field. Then said Yahweh unto MosesStretch forth thy hand over the heavens, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt,on man and on beast, and on every herb of the field in the land of Egypt. So Moses stretched forth his staff over the heavens, and, Yahweh, gave forth thunderings and hail, and there came fire towards the earth,and Yahweh rained down hail, on the land of Egypt. So there came to be hail, and fire catching hold of itself, in the midst of the hall,exceeding heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt, from the very time it became a nation. And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast,and every herb of the field, did the hail smite, and every tree of the field, did it shiver. Only in the land of Goshen, where were the sons of Israel, was there no hail. Then sent Pharaoh, and called for Moses and for Aaron, and said unto themI have sinned this time,Yahweh, is the righteous one, and, I and my people, are the wrong-doers. Make ye request unto Yahweh, and it shall be enough without there being any more thunderings of God, and hail,and I must a let you go, and not again shall ye delay. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, will I spread out my hands unto Yahweh,the thunderings, shall cease, and, the hail, shall come no more,that thou mayest know, that to Yahweh, belongeth the earth. But as touching thee and thy servants, I know that not yet will ye stand in awe of Yahweh Elohim. Now, the flax and the barley, were smitten,for the barley, was in the ear, and, the flax, was in flower; but the wheat and the spelt, were not smitten,for they were, not ripe. So Moses went away from Pharaoh out of the city, and spread out his hands unto Yahweh,then did the thunderings and the hail cease, and, rain, was not poured out on the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunderings had ceased, he again sinned,and made his heart dull, he, and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold, and he did not let the sons of Israel go,as spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,for, I, have suffered his heart to be dull and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs, in their midst; and that thou mayest recount in the ears of thy son and thy sons son, what I did in derision of the Egyptians, and my signs which I displayed among them,so shall ye know that I, am Yahweh. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto himThus, saith Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, How long hast thou refused to humble thyself before me? Let my people go that they may serve me. But if, refusing, thou art to let my people go, behold me bringing in tomorrow a locust within thy bounds; and it shall cover the eye of the land, so that one shall not be able to see the land,and it shall eat the residue that hath escaped, that is left you from the hail, and shall eat up all the trees that sprout for you out of the field; and they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, such as thy fathers and thy fathers fathers have never seen, from the day they came to be on the ground, until this day. And he turned away, and came out from the presence of Pharaoh. Then said the servants of Pharaoh unto him, How long shall this become to us a snare? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Not yet, knowest thou, that Egypt is, ruined? So Moses and Aaron were brought back unto pharaoh, and he said unto themGo, serve Yahweh your God,who, are they that are going? And Moses said, With our young and with our old, will we go,with our sons and with our daughters with our flocks and with our herds, will we go,for, the festival of Yahweh, is ours. Then he said unto them: Let Yahweh, so, be with you, when I let go you and your little ones! Look out for, harm, is straight before your faces. Not so! Go, I pray you, ye grown men and serve Yahweh, for, that, is what, ye, were seeking. And they were driven out from the presence of Pharaoh. Then said Yahweh unto MosesStretch forth thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locust, that it may come up over the land of Egypt,and may eat up every herb of the land, all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and, Yahweh, caused an east wind to drive through the land, all that day, and all the night,when the morning, had come, the east wind, had brought the locust. And the locust came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled in all the bounds of Egypt,very grievous, before it, had not been such a locust as that, neither after it, should be one like it. So it covered the eye of all the land and the land was darkened, and it did eat every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail had left remaining,so that there was not left remaining any green sprout in the trees or in the herb of the field in all the land of Egypt. Then hastened Pharaoh, to call for Moses and for Aaron,and saidI have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you. Now, therefore, forgive I pray you my sinonly this time, and make entreaty to Yahweh your God,that he may take away from me, at least, this death. So he came out from Pharaoh,and made entreaty unto Yahweh; and Yahweh turned back a west wind strong exceedingly, and carried away the locust and cast it into the Red Sea,there was not left a single locust in all the bounds of Egypt. But Yahweh suffered the heart of Pharaoh to wax bold,and he did not let the sons of Israel go. Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Stretch forth thy hand over the heavens, that there may be darkness, over the land of Egypt,and that one may feel the darkness. So Moses stretched forth his hand over the heavens,and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days; they saw not one another neither rose any man from his couch for three days,but all the sons of Israel, had light in their dwellings. Then Pharaoh called out unto Moses and saidGo serve Yahweh, only, your flocks and your herds, shall be left,even your little ones shall go with you. And Moses said, Even thou thyself, shalt give into our hands sacrifices and ascending-offerings,so shall we present offerings to Yahweh our God. Moreover also, our own cattle, shall go with usthere shall not be left behind, a hoof, for thereof, must we take, to serve Yahweh our God,even we ourselves, cannot know wherewith we must serve Yahweh, until we have come in thither. And Yahweh let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold,and he was not willing to let them go. So Pharaoh said to himGet thee from me,take heed to thyselfdo not any more! see my face, for in the day thou dost see my face, thou shalt die. And Moses saidWell hast thou spoken,no more again to see thy face. Then said Yahweh unto MosesYet one plague, will I bring in upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, after that, he will let you go from hence,when he doth let you go, he will, altogether drive, you out from hence. Speak, I pray you, in the ears of the people,and let them askevery man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, articles of silver and articles of gold. And Yahweh gave the people favour, in the eyes of the Egyptians,even the man Moses himself, was exceeding great in the land of Egypt,in the eyes of Pharaohs servants and in the eyes of the people. And Moses said, Thus saith Yahweh,About midnight, am, I, going forth in the midst of Egypt; then shall every firstborn in the land of Egypt die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the handmaid who is behind the two millstones,and every firstborn of beasts; then shall there be a great outcry, in all the land of Egypt,such, as never was and, such, as shall not be again. But against none of the sons of Israel, shall a dog sharpen his tongue, neither against man nor beast,that ye may know that Yahweh maketh a difference between Egypt and Israel. So shall all these thy servants come down unto me and bow themselves down to me sayingGo forth, thou and all the people who are in thy footsteps, and after that, will I go forth. And he went forth from Pharaoh, in a heat of anger. And Yahweh had said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you,that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. So then, Moses and Aaron, did all these wonders before Pharaoh,but Yahweh let Pharaohs heart wax bold, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land. Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt saying This month, is, to you, a beginning of months,the first, it is, to you, of the months of the year. Speak ye unto all the assembly of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month, then let them take to them, each man a lamb for his ancestral household, a lamb for a household. But if the household be too small for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour that is near unto his house take one, according to the number of souls,each man according to his eating, shall ye number for the lamb. A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be,from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it. So shall it be yours, to keep, until the fourteenth day of this month,then shall all the convocation of the assembly of Israel slay it between the two evenings. And they shall take of the blood, and put upon the two door-posts and upon the upper-beam,upon the houses wherein they are to eat it. Then shall they eat the flesh, in the same night,roast with fire, and with unleavened cakes, with bitter herbs, shall they eat it. Do not eat of it underdone, nor cooked by boiling in water,but roast with fire, its head with it, legs, and with its inward parts. And ye shall let nothing thereof remain until morning,but that which is left remaining until morning, in the fire shall ye consume. And, thus, shall ye eat it,your loins, girded, your sandals, on your feet, and, your staff, in your hand,so shall ye eat it in haste, it is Yahwehs, passing over. I will pass along, therefore, throughout the land of Egypt this night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast,and against all the gods of Egypt, will I execute judgmentsI, Yahweh. Then shall the blood serve you for a sign, on the houses wherein ye are, then will I behold the blood, and will pass over you,and there shall be among you no plague to destroy, when I smite the laud of Egypt. So shall this day serve you for a memorial, and ye shall celebrate it, as a festival to Yahweh,to your generationsas an age-abiding statute, shall ye celebrate it. Seven days, unleavened cakes, shall ye eat, surely, on the first day, shall ye put away leaven, out of your houses,for whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of Israel, from the first day, unto the seventh day. Both on the first day, a holy convocation, and on the seventh daya holy convocation, shall there be to you,no work, shall be done therein, save only what must be eaten by every soul, that alone, shall be done by you. So then ye shall observe the unleavened cakes, because on this self-same day, brought I forth your hosts out of the land of Egypt,so then ye shall observe this day to your generations, as a statute age-abiding, In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, shall ye eat unleavened cakes,until the one-and-twentieth day of the month in the evening, For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses,for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land. Nothing leavened, shall ye eat,in all your dwellings, shall ye eat unleavened cakes. So then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,Proceed and take for yourselves one of the flock according to your families, and slay the passover. Then shall ye take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and strike the upper beam and the two door-posts, with the blood which is in the basin,and, ye, shall not go forth any man out of the entrance of his house, until morning, And Yahweh will pass along to plague the Egyptians, and when he beholdeth the blood upon the upper beam and upon the two door-pests, then will Yahweh pass over the entrance, and not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to inflict on you the plague. And ye shall observe this thing,for a statute to thee and to thy sons unto times age-abiding. And so it shall come to pass when ye shall enter into the land which Yahweh will give you as he hath spoken,and ye shall observe this service; and it shall come to pass that your sons shall say unto you,What is this your service? Then shall ye sayA passover sacrifice, it is to Yahweh, who passed-over the houses of the sons of Israel, in Egypt, when he plagued the Egyptians but our houses, he delivered. Then did the people bend their heads and bow themselves down. And the sons of Israel went their way and did,as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so, did they. And it came to pass, at midnight, that Yahweh, smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat upon his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the pit of his prison,and every firstborn of beasts. Then rose up Pharaoh by night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there arose a great outcry throughout Egypt,for there was not a house, where there was not one dead. So he called for Moses and for Aaron by night and saidRise ye, go forth out of the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel,and go serve Yahweh according to your word; also, your flocks and your herds, take ye, as ye spake and go your way,so shall ye bless, even me. And the Egyptians became urgent with the people, to send them in haste out of the land,for they saidWe all, are dying. So the people took up their dough, ere yet it was leavened,with their kneading-bowls, bound up in their mantles on their shoulders, And the sons of Israel, did according to the word of Moses,and asked of the Egyptians, articles of silver and articles of gold and mantles. And Yahweh, gave the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians and they gave them gladly,so they spoiled the Egyptians. Then did the sons of Israel break up from Rameses, towards Succoth,about six hundred thousand foot of men grown, besides little ones. Moreover also, a mixed multitude, came up with them,flocks also, and herds, exceeding much cattle, Then baked they the dough which they had brought out of Egyptinto round unleavened cakes for it had not been leavened,for they had been driven out of Egypt and could not tarry, and indeed no provisions, had they made ready for themselves. Now, the time during which the sons of Israel dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, yea it came to pass, on this self-same day, that all the hosts of Yahweh had come forth out of the land of Egypt. A night of solemn observances, it is unto Yahweh, for bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt,this same night, pertaineth to Yahweh, for solemn observances by all the sons of Israel to their generations. And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron: This, is the statute of the passover,No stranger, shall eat thereof; but, every mans servant bought with silver,when thou hast circumcised him, then, shall he eat thereof: An alien or a hireling, shall not eat thereof. In one house, shall it be eaten, thou shalt not take forth out of the house any of the flesh outside; and a, bone thereof, shalt thou not break. All the assembly of Israel, shall keep it. And when there may sojourn with thee a sojourner who may wish to keep a passover to Yahweh, there must be circumcised to him every male and then, may he draw near to keep it, so shall he be as a native of the land,but no uncircumcised male, shall eat thereof. One law, shall there be for the native, and for the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst. Thus did all the sons of Israel,as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so, did they. And it came to pass, on this self-same day, that Yahweh brought forth the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by their hosts. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Hallow to me every firstborn, that which any female first beareth among the sons of Israel, among men and among beasts,mine! it is. And Moses said unto the people to remember this day, on which ye came forth out of Egypt out of the house of slaves, that with strength of hand, did Yahweh bring you forth from hence,there shall not, therefore be eaten anything leavened. To-day, are, ye, coming forth,in the month Abib. And it shall be, when Yahweh shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, then shalt thou serve with this service, in this month. Seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,and on the seventh day, a festival to Yahweh. Unleavened cakes, shall be eaten for the seven days,neither shall there be seen with thee anything leavened, nor shall there be seen with thee leaven, within any of thy bounds, And thou shalt toll thy son, on that day, saying, because, of that which Yahweh did for me, when he brought me forth out of Egypt. And it shall be to thee for a sign upon thy hand and for a memorial between thine eyes, in order that the law of Yahweh may be in thy mouth,for with a strong hand, did Yahweh bring thee forth out of Egypt. So shalt thou observe this statute in its appointed time,from year to year. And it shall be when Yahweh shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware to thee and to thy fathers,and shalt give it thee, that thou shalt set apart whatsoever is born first, to Yahweh; and, of all firstlings of beasts which thou shalt have, the males, shall pertain to Yahweh. But every firstling of an ass, shalt thou redeem with a lamb or if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck,but every firstborn of men among thy sons, shalt thou redeem. And it shall be when thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What is this? Then shalt thou say unto him: With strength of hand, did Yahweh bring us forth out of Egypt out of the house of slaves. And it came to pass when Pharaoh had shown himself too hardened to let us go, then did Yahweh slay every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men even unto the firstborn of beasts. For this cause, am, I, sacrificing to Yahweh whatsoever is born first, of the males, and every firstborn of my sons, must I redeem. And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes,that, with strength of hand, did Yahweh bring us forth out of Egypt. And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead by the land-way of the Philistines, although it was near,for God saidLest the people be dismayed when they see war and turn back to Egypt. So God took the people round the desert-way of the Red Sea,and the sons of Israel went up armed, out of the land of Egypt. And Moses took the bones of Joseph, with him,for he had, taken an oath, of the sons of Israel saying, God will, surely visit, you, so then ye shall carry up my bones from hence with you. And they brake up from Succoth,and encamped in Etham, at the edge of the desert. Now, Yahweh, was going before themby day, in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way, and by night, in a pillar of fire to give them light,that they might journey day and night: the pillar of cloud by day ceased not, nor the pillar of fire by night,from before the people. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea,before Baal-zephon, over against it, shall ye encamp, by the sea. Then will Pharaoh say, of the sons of Israel, Entangled, they are in the land,the desert hath closed in upon them. So will I let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold, and he will pursue them, that I may get me honour over Pharaoh, and over all his forces, and the Egyptians shall know, that I, am Yahweh. And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt, that the people had fled,and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and they saidWhat is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? So he yoked his chariot,and his people, took he with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt,with warriors in every one. And Yahweh let the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt wax bold, and he pursued the sons of Israel,when the sons of Israel, were going out with a high hand. So the Egyptians pursued them and overtook them, encamping by the seaall the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his forces,by Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. Now when, Pharaoh, had drawn near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and lo! the Egyptians, moving along after them and they feared greatly, and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh. Then said they unto Moses, Was it because there were no graves in Egypt, that thou didst fetch us to die in the desert? What is this thou hast done to us, bringing us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians,for it is better for us, to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the desert? And Moses said unto the peopleDo not fear, stand still and see the salvation of Yahweh, which be will work for you to-day,for as for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall not again see them any more to times age-abiding. Yahweh, will fight for you,and, ye, shall forbear. And Yahweh said unto Moses, What outcry wouldst thou make unto me? Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they go forward; and, thou, lift high thy staff and stretch forth thy hand over the sea and cleave it asunder,that the sons of Israel may enter into the midst of the sea on dry ground; and, I, behold me letting the heart of the Egyptians wax bold, that they may enter after them,that I may get me honour over Pharaoh and over his forces, over his chariots, and over his horsemen, And the Egyptians shall know, that, I, am Yahweh,when I have gotten me honour over Pharaoh, over his chariots and over his horsemen. And the messenger of God who was going on before the camp of Israel removed, and came on behind them,and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them; so it came in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, so it became a cloud and darkness, and yet lighted up the night,so that the one came not near unto the other, all the night. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind all the night, and turned the sea into dry land,and the waters were cloven asunder. Then went the sons of Israel into the midst of the sea on the dry ground,and, the waters, to them, were a wall, on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and entered after themall the horses of Pharaoh his chariots and his horsemen,into the midst of the sea. And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked down into the camp of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and cloud, and confused the camp of the Egyptians; and he took off the wheels of their chariots, and made them drive heavily,so that the Egyptians saidWe must flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh, is fighting for them against the Egyptians. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea,that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned, towards morning, to its steady flow, when the Egyptians, were fleeing to meet it,thus Yahweh shook off the Egyptians into the midst of the sea; thus the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh that were entering after them into the sea,there was not left remaining among them so much as one. But the sons of Israel, had gone their way on dry ground in the saidst of the sea,and the waters had been to them a wall, on their right hand and on their left. Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel, out of the hand of the Egyptians,and Israel saw the Egyptians, dead on the shore of the sea. And when Israel saw the mighty hand wherewith Yahweh had wrought against the Egyptians, then did the people revere Yahweh,and they put their trust in Yahweh, and in Moses, his servant. Then, sang Moses, and the sons of Israel, this song unto Yahweh, and they spake, saying,I will sing to Yahweh, for he is exalted, exalted,The horse and his rider, hath he cast into the sea. My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation,This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high. Yahweh is a warlike one,Yahweh, is his name. The chariots of Pharaoh and his train, hath he cast into the sea,Yea, the choice of his warriors, were sunk in the Sedgy Sea. Roaring deeps, covered them,They went down in the raging depths like a stone. Thy right hand, O Yahweh is splendid in power,Thy right hand, O Yahweh dasheth in pieces a foe; And in the greatness of thine exaltation, dost thou tear down thine opposers,Thou dost send forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as straw; And with the blast of thy nostrils, heaped up are the waters, Upreared like a mound, are the flowing waves,Roaring deeps are congealed in the heart of the sea. Said the feeI will pursueovertake divide spoil,Take her fill of themshall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them outshall my hand. Thou didst blow with thy wind they were covered by the sea,They rolled like lead, into the waters so wide. Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,To be revered in praises, Doing a marvellous thing? Thou didst stretch forth thy right hand, earth swallowed them up. Thou hast led forth in thy lovingkindness, the people which thou hast redeemed,Thou hast guided them in thy might into the home of thy holiness. Peoples have heard they tremble,A pang, hath seized the dwellers of Philistia: Then, were amazed the chiefs of Edom, The mighty ones of Moab, there seizeth them, a trembling,Melted away, have all the dwellers of Canaan: There falleth upon them a terror and dread, With the greatness of thine arm, are they struck dumb as a stone,Till thy people pass over O Yahweh, Till the people pass over, which thou hast made thine own: Thou bringest them in and plantest them, In the mountain of thine inheritance, Thy dwelling-place to abide in which thou hast made, O Yahweh,A hallowed place O My Lord which thy hands have established. Yahweh, shall reign unto times age-abiding and beyond. For the horses of Pharaoh, with his chariots and his horsemen, entered into the sea, Then did Yahweh bring back upon them the waters of the sea,But the sons of Israel, had gone their way on the dry ground through the midst of the sea. Then took Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron the timbrel in her hand,and all the women came forth after her with timbrels and dances, And Miriam responded to the men, Sing to Yahweh for he is exaltedexalted, The horse and his rider, hath he cast into the sea. And Moses caused Israel to break up from the Red Sea, and they went out into the desert of Shur,and journeyed three days in the desert and found no water; and, when they came in towards Marah they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter,for this taut, was the name thereof called Marah. So the people murmured against Mosessaying, What are we to drink? And he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet,There, he appointed him a statute and regulation And, there, he put him to the proof. And he said: If thou, wilt indeed hearken, to the voice of Yahweh thy God, And the thing that is right in his eyes, thou wilt do, And so give ear to his commandments, And keep all his statutes, None of the sicknesses which I laid on the Egyptians, will I lay upon thee, For, I, am Yahweh, thy physician. Then came they in to Elim, and there, were twelve fountains of water and seventy palm-trees,so they encamped there, by the waters. Then moved they on from Elim, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel entered into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month, by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt. Then did all the assembly of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the desert; and the sons of Israel said unto themOh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh, in the land of Egypt, when we remained by the pot of flesh, when we did eat bread to the full,for ye have brought us forth into this desert, to cause all this multitude to die by famine. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Behold me! ruining down for you bread out of heaven,and the people shall go out and gather the portion for a day, on its day, that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law, or not. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall settle what they shall bring in,and it shall be twice as much as they gather day by day. So Moses and Aaron said unto all the sons of Israel,At eventide, then shall ye know that it was, Yahweh, who brought you forth, out of the land of Egypt; and, in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Yahweh, in that he hath heard your murmurings against Yahweh,what then are, we, that ye should murmur against, us? And Moses saidIn that Yahweh giveth you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning, to the full, in that Yahweh heareth your murmurings wherewith ye are murmuring against him, what then are, we? Not against us, do ye murmur but against Yahweh. And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, Draw near, before Yahweh,for he hath heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, when Aaron spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, then turned they towards the desert,and lo! the glory of Yahweh, had appeared in the cloud, Then spake Yahweh unto Mosessaying, I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel,speak unto them, sayingBetween the two evenings, shall ye eat flesh, and in the morning, shall ye be filled with bread,so shall ye know that I Yahweh am your God. And it came to pass, in the evening, that there came up quail, and covered the camp,and in the morning was the outpouring of dew, round about the camp; and when the outpouring of dew went up, then lo! on the face of the desert, a thin flake, thin as hoar-frost on the earth, And when the sons of Israel saw it they said one to anotherWhat is that? For they knew not what "that" was. Then said Moses unto them, "That" is the bread which Yahweh hath given you to eat. This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, Gather ye thereof, each man what he needeth for eating,an omer a head, by the number of your souls, each manfor them who are in his tent, shall ye take. And the sons of Israel did so,and gathered, less; and when they measured it with the omer, he who had gathered more had nothing over, and he who had gathered less had no lack: each man what he needed for eating, did they gather. And Moses said unto them,Let, no man leave thereof, until morning. But they hearkened not unto Moses, but certain men left thereof until morning, and it swarmed with worms and become loathsome,and Moses was wroth with them. Thus then they gathered it morning by morning, each man what he needed for eating, and as soon as the sun waxed hot, so soon it melted. And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered food twice as much, two omers for each one,so all the princes of the assembly came in, and told Moses. And he said unto themThat is what Yahweh spake. The observance of a holy sabbath to Yahweh, is to-morrow,what ye would bake, bake and what ye would boil, boil, and all that is left over, put by you to keep until the morning. So they put it by until the morning, as Moses had commanded,and it gave no unpleasant odour, neither was there a worm, therein. Then said MosesEat ye it to-day, for a sabbath, is to-day, unto Yahweh,to-day, ye shall not find it in the field. Six days, shall ye gather it,but on the seventh day, a sabbath, it shall not be therein. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went forth some of the people to gather,but they found not. Then said Yahweh unto Moses,How long have ye refused to keep my commandments and my laws? See because Yahweh hath given you the sabbath, for this cause, is, he, giving you on the sixth day, food for two days,abide ye every man in his place, let no man go forth from his dwelling, on the seventh day, So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna,and the same, was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof, like flat-cake with honey, And Moses saidThis, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, Fill an omer therefrom as a thing to be preserved to your generations,that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the desert, when I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt. So Moses said unto AaronTake a single basket, and put therein an omer-full of manna,and set it down before Yahweh, as a thing to be preserved to your generations. As Yahweh gave command unto Moses, so did Aaron set it down before the testimony, as a thing to be preserved, And, the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they entered into the land wherein they were to dwell,the manna, they did eat until they entered into the bounds of the land of Canaan. Now, an omer, is, the tenth of the ephah. And all the assembly of the sons of Israel set forward out of the desert of Sin, by their removings, at the bidding of Yahweh,and encamped in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. And the people found fault with Moses, and saidGive us water, that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why should ye find fault with me? Why should ye put Yahweh to the proof? So the people thirsted, there for water, and the people murmured against Moses,and saidWherefore is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill me and my sons and my cattle, with thirst? And Moses made outcry unto Yahweh saying, What am I to do, with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me. Then said Yahweh unto MosesPass over before the people, and take with thee some of the elders of Israel,thy staff also wherewith thou didst smite the river, take thou in thy hand, so shalt thou go thy way. Behold me! standing before thee, there upon the rock in Horeb, then shalt thou smite the rock and there shall come forth therefrom water, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. So he called the name of the place, Massah, and Meribah,because of the fault-finding of the sons of Israel, and because of their putting Yahweh to the proof, saying, Is Yahweh in our midst or is he not? Then came in Amalek,and fought with Israel, in Rephidim. And Moses said unto JoshuaChoose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek,to-morrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek,and Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. And it shall be when Moses shall lift on high his hands, then shall Israel prevail, but when he shall let down his hands, then shall Amalek prevail. But, the hands of Moses, were weary, so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat thereupon,and, Aaron and Hur, upheld his handson this side, one and on that side, one, and so his hands became steady, until the going in of the sun. So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword. Then said Yahweh unto MosesWrite this as a remembrancer in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Jeshuathat I will, wipe out, the remembrance of Amalek, from under the heavens. And Moses built an altar,and called the name thereof, Yahweh-nissi. And he saidBecause of a hand against the throne of Yah, Yahweh hath war with Amalek,from generation to generation! And Jethro, priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people,in that Yahweh had brought forth Israel out of Egypt. So Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife,after she had been sent home; and her two sons,of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land, and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for the God of my father, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, came in, with his two sons and his wife, unto Moses,into the desert where, he, was encamping, the mountain of God; and said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming in unto thee,and thy wife, and her two sons, with her. So Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself down to him and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare,and came into the tent. Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law, all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians, for Israels sake,all the hardship which had befallen them by the way, and how Yahweh had delivered them. Then did Jethro rejoice, for all the good which Yahweh had done to Israel,whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro saidBlessed be Yahweh, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh,Who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians: Now, I know, that, greater, is Yahweh than all the gods,Even in the thing wherein they were arrogant over them. Then took Jethro father-in-law of Moses, an ascending-offering and sacrifices to God,and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came in to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God. Now it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat, to judge the people,and the people stood by Moses, from the morning, until the evening. And when Moses father-in-law saw all that he, was doing for the people, he saidWhat is this thing which, thou, art doing for the people? Wherefore art, thou, sitting alone, with all the people, stationed by thee, from morning until evening? And Moses said to his father-in-law,Because the people come in unto me to seek God: When they have a matter, they come in unto me, then do I judge between a man and his neighbour,and make known the statutes of God and his laws. Then said Moses father-in-law unto him,Not good, is the thing that thou art doing. Thou wilt get quite worn out, both thou and this people that is with thee,for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou canst not do it, alone. Now, hearken thou to my voicelet me counsel thee, and may God be with thee: Be, thou, for the people, in front of God, so shalt, thou, bring the matters unto God; and shalt cause to shine upon them, the statutes and the laws,and make known to them the way wherein they should go, and the work they should do. Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the peoplemen of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,and place them over as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. So shall they judge the people at any time, and it shall be, all the great matters, shall they bring in unto thee, but all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge,so, lighten thou the burden for thyself, and let them bear it with thee. If, this thing, thou wilt do, and God shall command thee, then shalt thou be able to endure,yea, moreover, all this people, shall go in, unto their dwellings, contented. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said; and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they shall judge the people, at any time,the hard matters, shall they bring in unto Moses, but all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge. And Moses sent forth his father-in-law,and he went his way by himself unto his own land. In the third month, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day, came they into the desert of Sinai: then was it that they brake up out of Rephidim and came into the desert of Sinai, and encamped in the desert,yea Israel encamped there before the mountain. And when Moses, had gone up unto God, then called Yahweh unto him out of the mountain saying, Thus, shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, And tell the sons of Israel: Ye, have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,And how I bare you upon wings of eagles, And brought you in unto myself: Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel. Then came Moses, and called for the elders of the people,and put before them all these words which Yahweh had commanded him. And all the people responded together and said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do. And Moses took back the words of the people, unto Yahweh. Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! I, am coming unto thee in the veiling of cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with thee, moreover also, that, in thee, they may trust to times age-abiding. Then told Moses the words of the people unto Yahweh. And Yahweh said unto MosesGo unto the people, and thou shalt hallow them to-day, and to-morrow,and they shall wash their clothes; and shall be ready, by the third day,for on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. So then thou shalt set bounds for the people round about saying, Take heed to yourselvesthat ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch the boundary thereof, whosoever toucheth the mountain, shall, surely die. No hand shall touch it but he shall be, surely stoned, or be, surely shot, whether beast or man, he shall not live,When the rams horn soundeth, they themselves, shall come up within the mount, Then Moses went down out of the mount, unto the people,and hallowed the people, and they washed their clothes. And he said unto the people, Be ready, by the third day,do not approach a woman. And it came to pass on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly,and all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God out of the camp,and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount, And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire,and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly. And as oft as the sound of the horn went on and became exceeding loud, Moses, spake and, God, responded to him with a voice. Thus came Yahweh down upon Mount Sinai unto the top of the mount,and Yahweh called Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses went up. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go dawn adjure the people,lest they press through unto Yahweh to see, and so there fall from among them a multitude. Yea, even the priests who do approach unto Yahweh, must hallow themselves,lest Yahweh break in upon them. And Moses said unto Yahweh, The people cannot come up into Mount Sinai,for, thou thyself, hast adjured us saying: Set bounds to the mountain and hallow it. And Yahweh said unto himAway, down, then shalt thou come up, thou and Aaron with thee,but as for the priests and the people, let it not be that they press through to come up unto Yahweh lest he break in upon them. So Moses went down unto the people,and said And God spake all these words saying: I, am Yahweh thy God,who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants: Thou shalt not have other gods besides me. Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above,or that is in the earth beneath,or that is in the waters beneath the earth: thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve themFor, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, unto three and, unto four, of them that hate me; but shewing lovingkindness unto thousands ,of them who love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God for falsehood, for Yahweh will not let him go unpunished who uttereth his name for falsehood. Remember the sabbath day, to hallow it: Six days, shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but, the seventh day, is a sabbath unto Yahweh thy God,thou shalt do no work, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy servant, nor thy handmaid, nor thy beast, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates, For, in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, Honour thy father, and thy mother,that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee. Thou shalt not commit murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood. Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbours house,thou shalt not covet, thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his handmaid nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour. And, all the people, were witnessing the voices and the torches, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking,so then the people were struck with awe and shrank back, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak, thou, with us, and we will hear,but let not God speak with us lest we die. And Moses said unto the peopleDo not fear, for to the end he may prove you, hath God come,and to the end the reverence of him may be upon your faces that ye sin not. So then the people stood afar off, and, Moses, approached unto the thick gloom, where God was. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Thus, shalt thou say, unto the sons of Israel,Ye yourselves, have seen that out of the heavens, have I spoken with you. Ye shall not make beside me,neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves. An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending-sacrifices and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee and will bless thee. But if, an altar of stones, thou wilt make to me, thou shalt not build them hewn,for as soon as thou hast lifted, thy sharp tool, thereupon, thou hast profaned it; neither shalt thou go up, by steps unto mine altar,lest by any means thy shame be discovered thereupon. Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them. When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,but in the seventh shall he go out freelyfor nought. If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out,if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him. If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself. But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons,I will not go out free, then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post,and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life. And when a man shall sell iris daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants, If she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her in that he hath dealt treacherously with her. And if to his soul he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her. If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw. But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver. He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death. But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee. But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die. And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death. And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death. And he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death. And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist,and he die not, but shall fall to his bed; if he rise and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted,only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him. And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged; nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is. And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, hut there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the womans husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges. But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life; eye for eye, tooth for tooth,hand for hand, foot for foot, brand for brand, wound for wound,stripe for stripe. And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye; or, if, the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth. And when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox, shall be quit. But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death. If, a sin-covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him: if, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him; if, a servant the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned. And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it,and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass, the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof,and the dead beast, shall be his. And when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox and divide the silver thereof, and the dead ox also, shall they divide, Or if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall surely make good,an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his. When a man stealeth an ox or a sheep, and slayeth it, or selleth it, with five of the herd, shall he make goodfor the ox, or with four of the flock, for the sheep. If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood: should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him,he is surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft. If the thing stolen is found in his handwhether ox or ass or sheep, alive, with two, shall he make restitution. When a man causeth a field or a vineyard to be depastured, or hath sent in his own cattle and stripped the field of another, he shall, surely make restitution, out of his own field, according to the yield thereof; or if, all the field, he depasture, with the best of his own field, or with the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. When a fire breaketh out and hath come upon thorns and so there is consumed a stack of sheaves, or the standing corn, or the field, he that kindled the fire, shall surely make restitution. When a man giveth unto his neighbour silver or jewelry, to keep, and it is stolen out of the house of the man: if the thief be found, he shall give in restitution double, if the thief be not found, then shall the owner of the house be brought near unto God to swear that he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour. For any affair of trespassfor an ox, for an ass, for a sheep, for a mantle for anything lost as to which one could sayThis is it, unto God, shall come the affair of them both,he whom God shall condemn, shall make restitution of double to his neighbour. When a man delivereth unto his neighbour, an ass, or an ox or a sheep, or any beast, to keep,and it dieth or is fractured, or is driven away, no one beholding, the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour,then shall the owner thereof accept it and he shall not make restitution. But, if it be verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof. If it be, verily torn in pieces, he shall bring it in as a witnessfor that which was torn, he shall not make restitution. And when a man asketh aught of his neighbour, and it is fractured or dieth, its owner, not being with it, he shall, surely make restitution. If, its owner, was with it, he shall not make restitution,if it is, hired, it cometh into its hire. And, when a man enticeth a virgin who is not betrothed, and lieth with her, he shall, surely pay a purchase-price, that she may be his wife. If her father utterly refuse, to give her to him, silver, shall he weigh out, according to the purchase-price of virgins. A sorceress, shalt thou not suffer to live. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. He that sacrificeth to the gods shall be devoted to destruction,except to Yahweh alone. And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away,for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt. Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate: if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry: so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword,and your wives, shall become widows, and your, sons fatherless. If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my peopleunto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest,thou shalt not lay upon him interest. If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him; for that is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin,wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear because, gracious, I am. God, shalt thou not revile,and a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse. Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay,the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me. Thus, shalt thou do with thine ox with thy sheep, a seven days, shall it be with its dam, on the eighth day, shalt thou give it to me. Holy men, therefore shall ye truly become to me,and flesh in the field torn to pieces, shall ye not eat, to the dogs, shall ye cast it. Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong. Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness,neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead, Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel. When thou meetest the ox of thine enemy, or his ass, going astray, thou shalt, surely bring it back, to him. When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload, Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel. From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless imam And, a bribe, shalt thou not take,for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous. And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the laud of Egypt. And six years, shalt thou sow thy land,and shalt gather the yield thereof; but the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still so shall the needy of thy people eat, and what they leave, shall the wild-beast of the field eat,in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard with thine oliveyard. Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath,that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed. And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself,and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth. Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year. The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep,seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, as I commanded thee at the appointed time of the month Abib; for, therein, camest thou forth out of Egypt,and they shall not see my face, empty-handed. And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingatheringat the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. Three times in the year, shall all thy males see the face of the Lord, Yahweh. Thou shalt not offer with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice,neither shall the fat of my festival-sacrifice remain until morning. The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam. Lo! I, am sending a messenger before thee, to guard thee in the way,and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voicedo not vex him,-for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him. But if thou wilt indeed hearken, to his voice, and so wilt do all that I may speak, then will I be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries; for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee inunto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite,so will I destroy them. Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works,but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars. So shall ye serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless thy bread and thy water,and I will take away sickness out of thy midst. There shall be nothing casting its young or barren in thy land,the number of thy days, will I make full. My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee. And I will send the hornet, before thee,and it shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. I will not drive them out from before thee, in one year,lest the land should become a desolation, so would the wild-beast of the field multiply over thee. Little by little, will I drive them out from before thee. until thou become fruitful, then shalt thou take possession of the land. So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates),for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant: they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me,for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare! And unto Moses, he saidCome up unto Yahwehthou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, so shall ye bow yourselves down from afar. And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him. So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do. Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain, and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel: and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending-sacrifices,and slew peace-offerings to Yahweh, of oxen. Then took Moses half of the blood, and put it in basins, and half of the blood, dashed he over the altar: then took he the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do, and will hearken, Then Moses took the blood, and dashed over the people, and said, Lo! the blood of the covenant which Yahweh hath solemnised with you, over all these words. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and they saw the God of Israel,and under his feet, like a pavement of sapphire, and like the very heavens for brightness; and against the nobles of the sons of Israel, put he not forth his hand,so then they had vision of God, and did eat and drink, Then said Yahweh unto MosesCome thou up unto me in the mountain and remain thou there,for I must give thee tables of stone and the law and the commandment, which I have written to direct them. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up into the mountain of God; but, unto the elders, he saidTarry for us here, until we return unto you. And lo! Aaron and Hur, are with you, he that hath a cause, let him draw near unto them. So then Moses wont up into the mountain,and the cloud covered the mountain. And the glory of Yahweh rested upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days,then called he unto Moses on the seventh day, out of the midst of the cloud. And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire h on the top of the mountain,in the sight of the sons of Israel. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended into the mountain. And it came to pass that Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they take for me a heave-offering,of every man whose heart urgeth him, shall ye take my heave-offering. And, this is the heave-offering which ye shall take of them,gold and silver and bronze; and blue, and purple, and crimson and fine linen, and goats hair; and rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins and acacia wood; oil for giving light,perfumes for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense; onyx stones, and setting stones,for the ephod and for the breastpiece: So shall they make for me a sanctuary,and I will make my habitation in their midst: according to all that, I, am shewing thee, the pattern of the habitation, and the pattern of all the furnishings thereof, even so, shall ye make it. And they shall make an ark of acacia wood,-two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it,and thou shalt make thereon a rim of gold, round about. And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and shalt put them on the four feet thereof,even two rings on the one side thereof, and two rings on the other side thereof. And thou shalt make staves, of acacia wood,and shalt overlay them with gold. And thou shalt bring in the staves into the rings, on the sides of the ark,to bear the ark therewith, In the rings of the ark, shall remain the staves,they shall not be removed therefrom. And thou shalt put into the ark,the testimony which I will give unto thee. And thou shalt make a propitiatory, of pure gold,two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold,of beaten work, shalt thou make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory. And make thou one cherub out of this end, and the other cherub out of that end,out of the propitiatory, shall ye make the cherubim upon the two ends thereof. And the cherubim shall be spreading out two wings on highmaking a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with their faces one towards the other,towards the propitiatory, shall be the faces of the cherubim. And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark above,and in the ark, shalt thou put the testimony, which I will give unto thee. And I will meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony,whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for toe sons of Israel. And thou shalt make a table, of acacia wood, two cubits, the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. and thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,and shalt make thereto a rim of gold, round about; and thou shalt make thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about,and shalt make a rim of gold to the border thereof, round about; and thou shalt make to it four rings of gold,and shalt place the rings on the four corners which pertain to the four feet thereof: adjoining the border, shall be the rings,as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table; and thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and shalt overlay them with gold,and the table shall be lifted there, with; and thou shalt make its dishes and its pans and its basins and its bowls, for pouring out therewith,of pure gold, shalt thou make them. And thou shalt place upon the table Presence-bread, before me continually. And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold, of beaten work, shall the lampstand be made, even its base and its shaft its cups, its apples, and its blossoms of the same, shall be: with, six branches, coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand, out the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand, out of the other side thereof: three cups like almond-flowers, in the one branch apple and blossom, and thine cups like almond-flowers in the other branch apple and blossom, so, for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand. And in the lampstand itself, four cups,like almond-flowersits apples, and its blossoms; and an apple under two branches of the same, and, another apple, under two other branches of the same, and another apple under two other branches, of the same,for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand: their apples and their branches, of the same, shall be,all of it, of one beaten work, of pure gold. And thou shalt make the lamps thereof seven, and one shall light up its lamps, and it shall give light, over against the face thereof. And, its snuffers, and its snuff-trays of pure gold. With a talent of pure gold, shall he make it, with all these vessels, And see thou and make them, by the pattern of them, which thou wast caused to behold in the mount Also the habitation shalt thou make, with ten curtains, of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson, with cherubim, the work of a skilful weaver, shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain twenty-eight cubits, and, the breadth four cubits, of each curtain, one measure, for all the curtains. The five curtains, shall be joined, one to another, and, the other five curtains, joined, one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue on the border of each curtain, at the edge of the set,and, thus, shalt thou do in the border of the curtain, that is outmost in the second set: fifty loops, shalt thou make, in the one curtain, and fifty loops, shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain which is in the second set, the loops being opposite, one to another. And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold,so shalt thou join the curtains one to another, with the clasps, and thus shall the habitation be one. And thou shalt make curtains of goats hair, for a tent, over the habitationeleven curtains, shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain, thirty cubits, and the breadth, four cubits, of each curtain,one measure, to the eleven curtains. And thou shalt join the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves, and thou shalt fold back the sixth curtain, in the forefront of the tent. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the border of the one curtain, that is outmost in the set, and fifty loops on the border of the curtain, of the second set. And thou shalt make fifty clasps of bronze, and bring the clasps into the loops, so shalt thou join the tent, and it shall be one. And the overplus that remaineth in the curtains of the tent,the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over at the back of the habitation. And, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth, in the length of the curtains of the tent shall be hung over the sides of the habitation on this side and on that side to make a covering. And thou shalt make a covering, for the tent, of rams skins dyed red,and a covering of badgers skins, above. And thou shalt make boards for the habitation,of acacia wood to stand up: ten cubits, the length of the board, and a cubit and a half cubit the breadth of each board: two tenons, to each board, united one to another,thus, shalt thou make, for all the boards of the habitation, So then thou shalt make the boards for the habitation, twenty boards, on the south side southwards. And forty sockets of silver, shalt thou make under the twenty boards,two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets, under the next board, for its two tenons. And on the second side of the habitation, towards the north, twenty boards; and their forty sockets of silver,two sockets, under the one board, and, two sockets, under the next board. And for the hinderpart of the habitation, westward, shalt thou make six boards. And, two boards, shalt thou make, for the comers of the habitation,in the hinderpart: that they may be double beneath, and at the same time, they shall be entire on the top thereof, into each ring,thus, shall it be for them both, for the two corners, shall they be. So shall they be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,two sockets, under the one board, and, two sockets, under the next board. And thou shalt make bars, of acacia wood,five, for the boards of the one side of the habitation, and five bars, for the boards of the other side of the habitation, and five bars, for the boards of the side of the habitation, at the hinderpart westward; with the middle bar in the midst of the boards,running along from end to end. And the boards, shalt thou overlay with gold, and their rings, shalt thou make of gold, as receptacles for the bars,and thou shalt overlay the liars with gold. So shalt thou rear up the habitation, according to the fashion thereof, which thou wast caused to see in the mount. And thou shalt make a veil, of blue and purple, and crimson and fine-twined linen,of the work of a skilful weaver, shall it be made, with cherubim; and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold,upon four sockets of silver, And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps,and shalt bring in thither, within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a division for you between the holy and the most holy. And thou shalt place the propitiatory, upon the ark of the testimony,in the most holy . And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table, on the side of the habitation, southward,and the table, shalt thou place on the north side. And thou shalt make a screen for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple and crimson, and fine-twined linen,the work of an embroiderer. And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and shalt overlay them with gold, and their hooks And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood,of five cubits length and five cubits breadth four square, shall the altar be, and three cubits the height thereof. And thou shalt make its horns upon its four corners, of the same, shall be its horns,and thou shalt overlay it with copper. And thou shalt make its pans for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls, and its flesh-hooks and its fire-pans,all its vessels, shalt thou make of bronze. And thou shalt make to it a grating, a network of bronze,and thou shalt make upon the network, four rings of bronze, upon the four corners thereof. And thou shalt place it under the margin of the altar beneath,so shall the network reach unto the midst of the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood,and shalt overlay them with copper. And the staves shall be brought into the rings,so shall the staves be on the two sides of the altar in lifting it: Hollow with boards, shalt thou make it,as it was showed thee in the mount, so, shall they make it. And thou shalt make the court of the habitation,on the south side southward, hangings for the court of fine-twined linen, a hundred cubits in length to the one side; and the pillars thereof twenty, with their sockets twenty, of bronze,and the hooks of the pillars and their cross-rods of silver. And, so, for the north side in length, hangings a hundred cubits,and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty. of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their cross-rods of silver. And, the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings fifty cubits,their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And, the breadth of the court on the east side eastward, fifty cubits; and fifteen cubits the hangings for the side-piece,their pillars three, and their sockets three; and, for the second side-piece, fifteen hangings,their pillars three, and their sockets three, And for the gate of the court, a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen, the work of an embroiderer,their pillars four, and their sockets four. All the pillars of the court round about, to be joined with cross-rods of silver, and their hooks of silver,and their sockets of bronze, The length of the court, a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty throughout and the height five cubits of fine-twined linen,and their sockets, of bronze. All the utensils of the habitation, throughout all the service thereof,and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, of bronze. Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto theepure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light,that the lamp may lift up its flame continually. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is by the testimony, shall Aaron and his sons order it from evening until morning, before Yahweh,a statute age-abiding, to their generations, from the sons of Israel. Thou thyself, therefore bring near unto theeAaron thy brother and his sons with him out of the midst of the sons of Israel, that they may minister as priests unto me,Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar sons of Aaron. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother,for glory and for beauty. Thou thyself, therefore, shalt speak unto all the wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,and they shall make Aarons garments, to hallow him for ministering as priest unto me. These, therefore are the garments which they shall makea breastpiece, and an ephod and a robe, and a tunic of checker work, a turban and a girdle,so shall they make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and for his sons, for ministering as priests unto me. They themselves, therefore, shall take the gold, and the blue and the purple,and the crimson, and the fine linen. And they shall make the ephod,of gold, blue and purple crimson and fine-twined linen, the work of a skilful weaver. Two joining shoulderpieces, shall there be to it upon the two extremities thereof that it may be joined together, And the curious band for fastening it, that is upon it, like the work thereof of the same, shall it be,of gold blue and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen, And thou shalt take two onyx stones,and engrave upon them the names of the sons of Israel: six of their names, on the one stone,and the names of the six that remain, on the second stone according to their births: with the work of a stone engraver, like seal-ring engravings, shalt thou engrave the two stones, after the names of the sons of Israel,to be encircled with settings of gold, shalt thou make them. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel,so shall Aaron bear their names before Yahweh upon his two shoulders, for a memorial. And thou shalt make ouches of gold; and two chains of pure gold, like cord, shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the ouches. And thou shalt make a breastpiece for giving sentence the work of a skilful weaver, like the work of the ephod, shalt thou make it, of gold, blue, and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen, shalt thou make it. Four-square, shall it be double,a span the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set therein a setting of stones, four rows of stones,one rowa sardius, a topaz and an emerald, the first row; and the second row a carbuncle a sapphire and a diamond; and the third row an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper,enclosed with gold, shall they be when they are set. And the stones shall be after the names of the sons of Israeltwelve, after their names,as the engravings of a seal-ring everyone after his name, shall they be, for the twelve tribes, And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords of wreathen work,of pure gold. And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, two rings of gold,and thou shalt place the two rings, upon the two ends of the breastpiece. And thou shalt hang the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,upon the ends of the breastpiece; and the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, shalt thou fasten upon the two ouches, so shalt thou hang them upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forefront thereof. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece upon the border thereof, which is on the side of the ephod inwards. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and place them upon the two shoulderpieces of the ephod beneath, on the front of the face thereof, over against its joining, above the curious band of the ephod: that they may bind the breastpiece by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue, so that it may remain upon the curious band of the ephod, and the breastpiece not be removed from of the ephod. So shall Aaron bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece for giving sentence upon his heart when he goeth into the holy place,for a memorial before Yahweh continually. Thus shalt thou place, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, the lights and the perfections, so shall they be upon the heart of Aaron when he goeth in before Yahweh,so shall Aaron bear the sentence of the sons of Israel, upon his heart before Yahweh continually. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod wholly of blue; and the opening for his head shall be in the midst thereof,a border, shall there be to the opening thereof round about the work of a weaver, like the opening of a coat of mail, shall there be to it, it must not be rent. And thou shalt make upon the skirts thereof pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson, upon the skirts thereof round aboutand bells of gold in the midst of them round about: a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate,upon the skirts of the robe, round about. And it shall be upon Aaron, for ministering,so shall be heard the sound of himwhen he goeth into the holy place, before Yahweh, and cometh out, and dieth not. And thou shalt make a burnished plate, of pure gold,and shalt engrave thereupon, like the engravings of a seal-ring, Holiness to Yahweh. And thou shalt put it upon a cord of blue, so shall it be upon the turban,upon the forefront of the turban, shall it be. So shall it be upon the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the hallowed things, which the sons of Israel shall hallow, for all their hallowed gift,and it shall be upon his forehead continually, that there may be acceptance for them before Yahweh. And thou shalt weave, in checker work the tunic of fine linen, and shalt make a turban of fine linen,and, a girdle, shalt thou make the work of an embroiderer. And, for the sons of Aaron, shalt thou make tunics, and shalt make for them girdles,and caps, shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt clothe therewith Aaron thy brother, and his sons, with him,and shalt anoint them and install them, and hallow them, so shall they minister as priests unto me. And thou shalt make for them breeches of linen, to cover their unseemliness, from the loins even unto the thighs, shall they be; so shall they be upon Aaron and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they approach unto the altar, to minister in the holy place, lest they bear iniquity, and die,a statute age-abiding, to him and to his seed after him. And, his, is the thing which thou shalt do to them to hallow them, that they may minister as priests unto me,Take one young bullock and two rams without defect; and bread unleavened and cakes unleavened with oil poured over, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil,of fine wheaten meal, shalt thou make them; and thou shalt place them in one basket, and bring them near in the basket,and the bullock, and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons, shalt thou bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,and shalt bathe them in water. And thou shalt take the garments and clothe Aaronwith the tunic, and with the robe of the ephod, and with the ephod, and with the breastpiece,and shalt gird him with the curious band of the ephod; and shalt put the turban upon his head,and place the holy crown upon the turban. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his bead,so shalt thou anoint him. His sons also, shalt thou bring near,and clothe them with tunics; and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and twist round for them caps, so shall they have priesthood by a statute age-abiding,so shalt thou install, Aaron and his sons. And thou shalt bring near the bullock, before the tent of meeting,and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullock; then shalt thou slay the bullock before Yahweh,at the opening of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and place upon the horns of the altar, with thy finger,and all the remaining blood, shalt thou pour out at the foundation of the altar; and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, with the fat which is upon them, and burn as incense on the altar: but the flesh of the bullock and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn up with fire, outside the camp,a sin-bearer, it is. One ram also, shalt thou take, and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands, upon the head of the ram; then shalt thou slay the ram,and take its blood, and dash upon the altar round about; but the ram itself, shalt thou cut up into its pieces,and shalt bathe its inner part, and its legs, and lay upon its pieces and upon its head; and shalt burn the whole ram as incense on the altar, an ascending-sacrifice, it is to Yahweh,a satisfying odour, an altar-flame to Yahweh, it is. Then shalt thou take the second ram,and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the head of the ram; then shalt thou slay the ram, and take of its blood, and place upon the tip of the ear of Aaron and upon the tip of the ear of his sonsthe right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot,and shalt dash the blood upon the altar round about. Then shalt thou take of the blood that is upon the altar and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle upon Aaron and upon his garments, and upon his sons and upon the garments of his sons with him,so shall he be hallowedhe, and his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons, with him. Then shalt thou take from the ramthe fat and the fat-tail and the fat that covereth the inner part and the caul of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder,for, a ram of installation, it is, and one round-cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,out of the basket of unleavened cakes, which is before Yahweh; and shalt lay the whole upon the trends of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons,then shalt thou wave them to and fro as a wave-offering, before Yahweh; and shalt take them from their hand, and burn them as incense on the altar upon the ascending-sacrifice,as a satisfying odour, before Yahweh, an altar-flame, it is to Yahweh. Then shalt thou take the breast from the ram of installation which is for Aaron, and shalt wave it as a wave-offering, before Yahweh,so shall it be thy share, And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up, from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons; so shall it belong to Aaron and to his sons for an age-abiding statute from the sons of Israel, for a heave-offering, it is,and, a heave-offering, shall it remain, from the sons of Israel out of their peace-offerings, their heave-offering to Yahweh. And, the holy garments which belong to Aaron, shall belong to his sons, after him,-to be anointed therein, and to he installed therein, Seven days, shall they be put on by him from among his sons who is priest in his stead,by him who goeth into the tent of meeting, to minister in the holy place. And, the ram of installation, shalt thou take,and shalt boil its flesh, in a holy place; and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket,at the opening of the tent of meeting: thus shall they eat those things wherewith a propitiatory-covering hath been made, to install them, to hallow them, but, a stranger, shall not eat, for holy, they are. And, if there be left over of the flesh of installation, or of the bread until the morning, then shalt thou burn up what is left over, in the fire, it shall not be eaten for holy, it is. So then thou shalt do for Aaron and for his sons, in this manner, according to all which I have commanded, thee,seven days, shalt thou install them. And a sin-bearing bullock, shalt thou offer daily, for them who are to be covered by propitiation, and shalt make a sin-cleansing for the altar, when thou puttest a propitiatory-covering thereon,and shalt anoint it to hallow it. Seven days, shalt thou put a propitiatory-covering over the altar, and so shalt hallow it, thus shall the altar become most holy; whosoever toucheth the altar, must be holy. This, moreover, is what thou shalt offer upon the altar, two lambs of a year old day by day, continually: The one lamb, shalt thou offer in the morning, and the second lamb, shalt thou offer between the evenings; and a tenth part of fine meal mingled with a fourth part of the hin of beaten oil, and, as a drink-offering, a fourth part of the hin of wine,with the one lamb. And the second lamb, shalt thou offer between the evenings,-according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, shalt thou offer with it, for a satisfying odour, an altar-flame, to Yahweh: a continual ascending-sacrifice to your generations, at the opening of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh, where will meet with you, to speak unto thee there. So will I meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be hallowed by my glory. Thus will I hallow the tent of meeting, and the altar,and, Aaron and his sons, will I hallow, to minister as priests unto me. Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel, and will be their God; and they shall know that, IYahweh, am their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might make my habitation in their midst, IYahweh, their God. And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it: a cubit, the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof four square, shall it be,and two cubits, the height thereof, of the same, the horns thereof, And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and thou shalt make to it a border of gold round about. And, two rings of gold, shalt thou make to it, under the border thereof upon the two corners thereof, shalt thou make them on the two sides thereof,so shall they become receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood,and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt place it before the veil, which is by the ark of the testimony,before the propitiatory which is upon the testimony, where I will meet thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense,morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it; and, when Aaron lighteth the lamps, between the evenings, shall he burn it,a continual incense before Yahweh, to your generations. Ye shall not cause to ascend thereupon strange incense, nor an ascending-sacrifice, nor a meal-offering,and a drink offering, shall ye not pour out thereupon. But Aaron shall put a propitiatory-covering upon the horns thereof, once in the year: of the blood of the sin-bearer for propitiatory-coverings, once in the year, shall he put a propitiatory-covering thereupon to your generations, most holy, it is to Yahweh. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel, by their numberings, then shall they give every man a propitiatory-covering for his soul to Yahweh, when they are numbered,that there may be among them no plague when they are numbered. This, shall they giveevery one that passeth over to them that have been numbereda half-shekel by the shekel of the sanctuary,the shekel is twenty gerahsthe half-shekel, shalt be a heave-offering to Yahweh. All who pass over to the numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, shall give the heave-offering of Yahweh. The rich, shall not give more, and the poor, shall not give less, than the half-shekel,when they give the heave-offering of Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls. So then thou shalt take the silver for the propitiatory-coverings from the sons of Israel, and shalt expend it upon the service of the tent of meeting,thus shall it be for the sons of Israel as a memorial before Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying And thou shalt make a laver of bronze, and its stand of bronze for bathing,and thou shalt place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put therein water. So shall Aaron and his sons bathe thereat,their hands, and their feet. When they enter the tent of meeting, they shall bathe with water so shall they not die,or when they approach unto the altar to minister, to burn as incense an altar-flame to Yahweh: so then they shall bathe their hands and their feet and shall not die,and it shall be to them an age-abiding statute, to him and to his seed to their generations. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying Thou, therefore, take to theeprincipal spices,self-flowing myrrh, five hundred, and fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; and, cassia, five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary,and, oil olive, a hin. And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer,an oil for holy anointing, shall it be. And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting,and the ark of the testimony; and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand, and its utensils,and the incense altar, and the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and all its utensils,-and the laver, and its stand. So shalt thou hallow them, and they shall be most holy,whosoever toucheth them, shall be holy. Aaron also, and his sons, shalt thou anoint,so shalt thou hallow them to minister as priests unto me. And unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying, An oil for holy anointing, shall this be to me, to your generations. Upon the flesh of a common man, shall it not be poured, and according to the proportions thereof, shall ye not make any like it,holy, it is, holy, shall it be to you. Whosoever compoundeth any like it, and whosoever bestoweth thereof upon a stranger, shall he out off from among his people. Then said Yahweh unto MosesTake to thee aromatic spices stacte and onycha, and galbanum,aromatic spices, and pure frankincense,weight for weight, shall it be. And thou shalt make of it an incense, a perfume the work of a perfumer,salted, pure, holy. And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and place thereof before the testimony, in the tong of meeting, where I am to meet with thee,most holy, shall it be to you. And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the proportions thereof, ye shall not make for yourselves,holy, shall it be to thee, to Yahweh. Whosoever shall make like it, to smell of it shall be cut off from among his people. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: See, I have called by name, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah; and have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship; to devise skilful designs, to work in gold and in silver, and in bronze; and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the carving of wood,to work in all manner of workmanship, I myself, therefore, lo! I have given with him Oholiab, son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted, have I put wisdom,so shall they make all that I have commanded thee the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony; and the propitiatory which is thereupon, and all the utensils of the tent; and the table, and its utensils, and the pure lampstand, and all its utensils,and the incense altar; and the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and all its utensils, and the laver, and its stand; and thee cloths of variegated stuff, and the holy garments, for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for ministering as priests; and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place, according to all which I have commanded thee, shall they do. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses saying Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep, for, a sign it is betwixt me and you to your generations, that ye may know that I Yahweh do hallow you. Therefore shall ye keep the sabbath, for holy, it is unto you, he that profaneth it shall be surely put to death; verily whosoever doeth therein any work that souls shall be cut off from the midst of its people: Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, is a holy sabbath-keeping of rest unto Yahweh,whosoever doeth work on the sabbath day, shall be, surely put to death. Therefore shall the sons of Israel keep the sabbath,by making it a Day of Rest to your generations, as an age-abiding covenant: between me and the sons of Israel, a sign it is unto times age-abiding,for in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day, he rested, and was refreshed. Then gave he unto Moses, as he finished speaking with him in Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony,tables of stone, written with the finger of God, And, when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto himUp, make for us gods, who shall go before us, for, as for this Mosesthe man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the rings of gold, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons and of your daughters,and bring them unto me. And all the people of themselves brake off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf, and they saidThese, are thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made proclamation, and said, A festival to Yahweh, to-morrow! So they rose up early, on the morrow, and offered ascending-sacrifices, and brought near peace-offerings, and the people sat down, to eat and to drink, and then rose upto make sport! Then spake Yahweh unto MosesGo get thee down, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, they have made for themselvesa molten calf, and have bowed themselves down thereto mad have sacrificed thereto, and have said. These, are thy gods, O Israel, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. So then Yahweh said unto Moses,I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is. Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them, and may make of thee And Moses besought the face of Yahweh his God,and saidWherefore, O Yahweh, should thine anger kindle upon thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great might and with a firm hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak sayingFor mischief, hath he taken them forth to slay them among the mountains, and to make an end of them from off the face of the ground? Turn thou from the kindling of thine anger, and be grieved over the calamity to thy people, Have remembrance of Abraham, of Isaac and of Israel thy servants to whom thou didst swear by thyself, and didst speak unto them saying, I will multiply your seed, as the stars of the heavens,and, all this land of which I have spoken, will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it to times age-abiding. So then Yahweh was grieved,over the calamitywhich he had spoken of inflicting on his people. And Moses turned and went down out of the mount, with the two tables of testimony in his hand,tables written upon on both sides of them, on this and on that, were they written. Now as for, the tables, the work of God, they were,and, as for the writing, the writing of God, it was, graven upon the tables. And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,so he said unto MosesThe noise of war, in the camp! But he saidNot the noise of the cry of heroism, nor yet the noise of the cry of defeat,the noise of alternate song, do I hear. And it came to pass when he drew near unto the camp, and saw the calf, and the dancings, that the anger of Moses kindled, and he cast out of his hands the tables, and brake them in pieces at the foot of the mountain. Then took he the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it till it became powder, and strewed it on the face of the waters, and made the sons of Israel drink. And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee,that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord kindle,thou thyself, knowest the people, that ready for mischief, they are. So they said to meMake for us gods, who shall go before us,for, as for this, Mosesthe man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him. And I said to themWhosoever hath gold let them break it off, So they gave it to me,and I cast it into the fire, and there came outthis calf. And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were,for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies. So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp, and saidWho is for Yahweh? To me! Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi, And he said to themThus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh,pass through and return from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his neighbour. So the sons of Levi did, according to the word of Moses,and there fell from among the people on that day, about three thousand men. And Moses saidInstall yourselves to-day, unto Yahweh, yea every man for his son and for his brother,so will he bestow upon you to-day, a blessing. And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye, have sinned a great sin,Now, therefore, I must go up unto Yahweh, Peradventure, I may make a propitiatory-covering for your sin. So Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said,Oh now, this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselvesgods of gold. Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written, And Yahweh said unto Moses,Him who hath sinned against me, must I blot out of my book. Now, therefore, go lead the people to the place of which I spake to thee, lo! a my messenger, shall go before thee,But, in the day when I do visit, then wilt I visit upon them their sin. And Yahweh plagued the people,for what they had done with the calf, which Aaron made. Then spake Yahweh unto MosesGet thee away, go up from hence, thou, and the people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt,into the land of which I sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed, will I give it; And I will send before thee a messenger,-and will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; into a land flowing with milk and honey,for I will not go up in thy midst in that a stiff-necked people, thou art, lest I consume thee in the way. And when the people heard these evil tidings, they afflicted themselves,and they put not, any man, his ornaments upon him. Then said Yahweh unto MosesSay unto the sons of Israel, Ye, are a stiff-necked people, in one momentif I should go up in thy midst, should I make an end of thee,Now, therefore lay down thine ornaments from off thee, that I may see what I must do with thee. So then the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, And, Moses, proceeded to take a tent, and pitch it by itself outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and he called it, The Tent of Meeting,and so it came to pass that whosoever was seeking Yahweh went out unto the tent of meeting, which was on the outside of the camp. And it came about, that, when Moses went out unto the tent, all the people used to rise up, and station themselves every man at the opening of his tent,and they watched Moses, until he entered the tent. And it came to pass that when Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and stood at the opening of the tent,and spake with Moses. And when all the people beheld the pillar of cloud, standing at the opening of the tent, then all the people rose up and bowed themselves down, every man at the entrance of his tent. Thus Yahweh used to speak unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend,and when he returned unto the camp, his attendant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, moved not from the midst of the tent. Then said Moses, unto Yahweh, See! thou art saying unto meTake up this people, and yet thou hast no let me know whom thou wilt send with me,though thou thyself, didst sayI acknowledge thee by name, Yea, moreover, thou hast found favour in mine eyes. Now, therefore, if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, let me know, I beseech thee, thy way, that I may acknowledge thee, to the intent I may find favour in thine eyes,see thou, therefore, that this nation is thine own people. So then he said,Mine own presence, shall go on thus will I give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence is not going on, do not take us up from hence. Whereby, indeed, shall it be known then that I have found favour in thine eyes, I, and thy people? Shall it not be, by thy going on with us? So shall we be more distinguished, I, and thy people, than any people that are on the face of the ground. Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Even this thing, which thou hast spoken, will I doFor thou hast found favour in mine eyes, And I have acknowledged thee by name. And he said,Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. And he said,I, will cause all my goodness to pass before thee. And will proclaim myself by the name Yahweh, before thee, And will show favour, unto whom I may show favour, And will have compassion on whom I may have compassion. But be saidThou canst not see my face, For no son of earth can see me, and life And Yahweh, said, Lo! a place near me,So then thou shalt station thyself upon the rock: And it shall be while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in the cleft of the rock,and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: Then will I take away my hand, and thou shalt see behind me, But, my face, must not be seen. And Yahweh said unto MosesHew thee two tables of stone, like the first,and I will write upon the tables the words which were upon the first tables which thou didst break in pieces; and be thou ready by the morning,and thou shalt come up. in the morning, into Mount Sinai; then shalt thou station thyself for me there upon the top of the mount; and, no man, may come up with thee, and let no man so much as be seen in all the mount,and let not even the flocks or the herds, feed in front of that mountain. So he hewed two tables of stone like the first and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up into Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him,and took in his hand two tables of stone. And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and took his station with him there,and proclaimed himself by the name Yahweh. So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,Yahweh, Yahweh, A God of compassion and favour,Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness: Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers, Upon sons, And upon sons sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation. Then Moses made haste,and bent his head towards the earth and bowed himself down; and saidIf, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, O My Lord, I pray thee let My Lord go on in our midst,although a stiff-necked people, it is, so wilt thou pardon our iniquity and our sin and take us as thine own. And he saidLo! I, am about to solemnise a covenant,-in presence of all thy people, will I do marvellous things, which have not been created in any part of the earth nor among any of the nations,so shall all the people in whose midst thou, art see the work of Yahweh for a fearful thing, it is, which I, am doing with thee. Take thou heed what, I, am commanding thee this day,behold me! driving out from before theethe Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Take heed to thyself, Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, whereupon, thou, art about to enter,Lest he become a snare in thy midst; For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver,And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell. For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD,For as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is: Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land,And then as surely as they go unchastely after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice; And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons,And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods. Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee. The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, which I commanded thee, at the set time, in the month Abib,for in the month Abib, camest thou forth out of Egypt. Every one that is the first to be born, is mine,and every one of thy cattle that is born a male, firstling of oxen or sheep. But the firstling of an ass, thou mayst redeem with a lamb, and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck. Every firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou redeem, and he must not see my face, with empty hand. Six days, shalt thou labour, but on the seventh day, shalt thou rest,in plowing time and in harvest, shalt thou rest. And the festival of weeks, shalt thou make to thee, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest,and the festival of ingathering, at the closing in of the year: three times in the year, shall every one of thy males see the face of the Lord Yahweh the God of Israel. For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders,and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year. Thou shalt not slay, along with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice,neither shall remain to the morning, the sacrifice of the festival of the passover. The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh, thy God, Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Write for thyself these words, for according to the tenor of these words, have I solemnized with thee, a covenant, and with Israel. So then he was there, with Yahweh, forty days and forty nights, bread, did he not eat and, water, did he not drink, and he wrote upon the tables, the words of the covenant, the ten words. And it came to pass, when Moses came down out of Mount Sinai, with the two tables of testimony in the hand of Moses, when he came down out of the mount, that, Moses, knew not that the skin of his face shone, through his having spoken with him. And Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, and lo! the skin of his face shone, and they stood in awe of drawing nigh unto him. So then Moses called unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the assembly returned unto him,and Moses spake unto them. And afterwards, came nigh, all the sons of Israel, and he gave them in commandment all that Yahweh had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. And when Moses had made an end of speaking with them, he put over his face a veil: but, as often as Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, be put aside the veil until he came out,and, as often as he came out and spake unto the sons of Israel, that which he had been commanded, the sons of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses face shone,so Moses again put the veil over his face, until he went in to speak with him. And Moses called together all the assembly of the sons of Israel and said unto them,These are the things which Yahweh hath commanded to do them. Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keeping, unto Yahweh, whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall not kindle a fire, in any of your dwellings,on the sabbath day. And Moses spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying, Take ye from among you, a heave-offering to Yahweh, every one whose heart is willing shall bring it in, even the heave-offering of Yahweh, gold and silver and bronze: and blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and goats-hair; and rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and acacia wood; and oil for giving light, and aromatic spices for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense; and onyx stones and setting stones, for the ephod, and for the breastpiece. And, all the wise-hearted among you, shall come in, that they may make, all that which Yahweh hath commanded: the habitation, its tent, and its covering,its clasps its boards, and its bars its pillars, and its sockets: the ark with its staves the propitiatory, and the screening veil; the table with its staves and all its utensils, and the Presence-bread: the lampstand for giving light, with its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for giving light; and the incense altar, with its staves, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense,and the entrance screen, for the entrance of the habitation; the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and the bronze grating which pertaineth thereto, its stoves and all its utensils, the laver and its stand; the hangings for the court, its pillars and its sockets,and the screen for the gate of the court: the pins of the habitation, and the pins of the court, and their cords; the cloths of variegated stuff for ministering in the sanctuary,the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for ministering as priests. So all the assembly of the sons of Israel went forth from the presence of Moses; and they brought inevery man whose heart lifted him up,and, every one whose spirit made him willing, brought in the heave-offering of Yahweh, for the construction of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. Yea they brought inthe men with the women,all who were willing-hearted, brought inbracelets and nose-ornaments and rings, and buckles, all manner of jewels of gold, even every man who waved a wave-offering of gold unto Yahweh. And, every man with whom was found blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and goats-hair,and rams skins dyed red and badgers skins brought them in. Every one who would heave a heave-offering of silver or bronze, brought in the heave-offering of Yahweh,and, every one with whom was found acacia wood for any construction for the service, brought it in. And, all the women who were wise-hearted, with their hands, did spin,and brought in that which they had spunthe blue, and the purple, the crimson, and the fine linen. And, all the women whose hearts lifted them up with wisdom, span the goats-hair. And the princes, brought in the onyx stones and the setting stones,for the ephod and for the breastpiece; and the aromatic spices, and the oil,for giving light, and for anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. fehlt And Moses said unto the sons of IsraelSee! Yahweh hath called by name,Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and filled him with the spirit of God,in, wisdom in understanding and in knowledge, and in all manner of execution; to devise skilful designs,to work in gold and in silver and in bronze; and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the cutting of wood,to work in any manner of skilful workmanship, To teach also, hath be put in his heart, him, and of Oholiabson of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; hath filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of workmanship of cutter, and deviser and embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in crimson and in fine linen and of the weaver,workers of any manner of workmanship, and devisers of skilful designs. Thus shall Bezaleel and Oholiab work, and every man that is wise-hearted, in whom Yahweh hath put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work any manner of workmanship for the holy service,according to all that Yahweh hath commanded. So then Moses called upon Bezaleel, and upon Oholiab, and upon every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom,every one whose heart lifted him up, to draw near unto the work, to do it. And they took, from the presence of Moses, all the heave-offering which the sons of Israel had brought in for the work of the holy service to do it,howbeit, they, brought in unto him yet more free-will offerings, meriting by morning. Then came in all the wise men who were doing all the holy work,man by man from his work which, they, were doing; and spake unto Moses, saying, More than enough, are the people bringing in, than is needed for the service pertaining to the work; which Yahweh hath commanded to be done. So Moses gave commandment and they passed a proclamation throughout the camp, saying, Let, neither man nor woman, make any more material for the holy heave-offering. So the people were restrained from bringing in. For the material was enough for all the work, to make it,and to spare. Then did all the wise-hearted among the workers of the material make the habitation of ten curtains, of fine-twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson, with cherubim the work of the skilful weaver, did he make them. The length of each curtain, was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four cubits, for each curtain,one measure, had all the curtains. And he joined the five curtains, joined he one to another, And he made loops of blue upon the border of the first curtain, at the edge of the set,thus, made he in the border of the other curtain at the edge of the second set: Fifty loops, made he in the first curtain, and fifty loops, made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set,the loops being, opposite, one to another. And he made fifty clasps of gold,and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps, and so the habitation became, one. And he made curtains of goats-hair, for the tent over the habitation, eleven curtains, did he make them: the length of each curtain, was thirty cubits, and, four cubits, was the breath of each curtain,one measure, had the eleven curtains. And he joined five of the curtains by themselves,and the six curtains, by themselves. And he made fifty loops upon the border of the curtain that was outmost in the one set and fifty loops, made he upon the border of the curtain of the second set. And he made fifty clasps of bronze,to join together the tent, that it might become one. And he made a covering to the tent, of rams skins dyed red,and a covering of badgers skins, above. And he made the boards for the habitation, of acacia wood, for standing up: ten cubits, the length of each board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board: two tenons to each board, united one to another,thus, made he for all the boards of the habitation. And he made the boards for the habitation, twenty boards, for the south side southwards; and, forty sockets of silver, made he, under the twenty boards, two sockets, under the first board, for its two tenons, and, two sockets, under the next board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the habitation to the north quarter, made he twenty boards; and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets, under the first board, and, two sockets, under the next board. And, for the hinder part of the habitation westward, made he six boards; and two boards, made he for the corners of the habitation,in the hinderpart. Thus were they to be double beneath, and at the same time, should they be entire, at the top thereof, into each ring, thus, did he for them both, for the two corners. Thus were there to be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, were sixteen sockets, two sockets apiece under each board. And he made bars of acacia wood,five, for the boards of the first side of the habitation, and five bars, for the boards of the other side of the habitation, and, five bars, for the boards of the habitation at the hinderpart westward. And he made the middle bar,to run along in the midst of the boards, from end to end. And the boards, overlaid he with gold and their rings, made he of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. And he made the veil, of blue and purple and crimson and fine-twined linen,of the work of a skilful weaver, made he it, with cherubim. And he made for it four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold their hooks of gold, and cast for them, four sockets of silver. And he made a screen for the opening of the tent, of blue and purple and crimson and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; and the five pillars thereof and their hooks, and he overlaid their capitals and their cross-rods, with gold, but, their five sockets, were of bronze. And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without,-and made for it a rim of gold, round about; and he cast for it four rings of gold, upon the four feet thereof,even, two rings, on the one side thereof and, two rings, on the other side thereof; and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold; and he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, for lifting the ark. And he made a propitiatory of pure gold,two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof: and he made two cherubim, of gold, of beaten work, did he make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory: one cherub, out of this end, and, one cherub, out of that end, out of the propitiatory itself, made he the cherubim, out of the two ends thereof: and the cherubim were spreading out their wings on high making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with, their faces, one towards the other, towards the propitiatory, were the faces of the cherubim, And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits, the length thereof and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof, And he overlaid it with pure gold,and he made thereto a rim of gold round about: and he mane thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about, and he made a rim of gold to the border thereof round about: and he cast for it, four rings of gold, and placed the rings upon the four corners, which pertained to the four feet thereof: near to the border, were the rings, as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table; and he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,for lifting the table; and he made the utensils which were to be upon the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls, and its basins for pouring out therewith, of pure gold. And he made the lampstand, of pure gold, of beaten work, made he the lampstand, its base and its shafts, its cups, its apples and its blossoms were, of the same; with, six branches coming 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: three cups like almond-flowers in the one branchapple and blossom, and, three cups like almond-flowers, in the next branch, apple and blossom, so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand; and in the lampstand itself, four cups, like almond-flowers, its apples and its blossoms: with, an apple, under the two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, and, an apple, under the next two branches of the same, for the six branches coming out of the same: their apples and their brunches were of the same, all of it one beaten work, of pure gold. And he made the lamps thereof seven,with its snuffers and its snuff-trays, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold, made he it,and all the utensils thereof. And he made the incense altar, of acacia wood,a cubit, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and two cubits the height thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof. And he overlaid it with pure goldthe top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about. And two rings of gold, made he theretobeneath the rim thereof, upon the two corners thereof, upon the two sides thereof,as receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith. And he made the staves of acacia wood,and overlaid them with gold. And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense,the work of a perfumer. And he made the altar for the ascending-sacrifice of acacia wood,five cubits, the length thereof and, five cubits, the breadth thereof foursquare, and, three cubits, the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof, upon the four corners thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof,and he overlaid it with bronze. And he made all the utensils of the altarthe pans and the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls, the flesh-hooks and the fire-pans,all the utensils thereof, made he of bronze. And he made to the altar a grating, of network of bronze,under the margin thereof beneath as far as the midst thereof. And he cast four rings in the four corners to the grating of bronze,as receptacles for the staves, And he made the staves of acacia wood,and overlaid them with bronze. And he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the altar, to lift it therewith,hollow with boards, did he make it. And he made the laver of bronze, and the stand thereof of bronze,with the mirrors of the female hosts who did service at the opening of the tent of meeting. And he made the court,on the south side southward, the hangings of the court of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; their pillars, twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze,the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver: and, on the north side, a hundred cubits, their pillars, twenty, and, their sockets twenty, of bronze,the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver. And on the west side, hangings, fifty cubits, their pillars, ten, and, their sockets, ten,and, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver. And on the east side towards the dawn, fifty cubits: hangings, fifteen cubits, for the side-piece,their pillars, three, and, their sockets three; and, for the second sidepiece on this side and on that of the gate of the court, hangings, fifteen cubits,their pillars three, and their sockets, three. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. And, the sockets for the pillars, were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver,and the overlaying of their capitals, was silver,and, they themselves, were filleted with silver, even all the pillars of the court, And, the screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, blue and purple and crimson, and fine-twined linen,and, twenty cubits, in length, and the height, according to the breadth, of five cubits, to match the curtains of the court; and, their pillars, were four, and, their sockets, four, of bronze,their hooks, of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods, of silver. And, all the pins for the habitation, and for the court round about, of bronze. These, are the details of the habitationthe habitation of testimony, which were detailed at the bidding of Moses,the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. So then Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses. And, with him, was Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artificer and skilful weaver,and an embroidererin blue, and in purple and in crimson and in fine linen. As for all the gold that was used for, he work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, it came to pass that the gold of the wave-offering was nine-and-twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary. And, the silver of them who were numbered of the assembly, was one hundred talents,and one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary; a bekah per head, that is a half shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for all that passed over to them who had been numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. And it came to pass that the hundred talents of silver were used for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil,one hundred sockets with the hundred talents a talent for a socket. And with the thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five, made the hooks for the pillars,and overlaid their capitals and united them with connecting-rods. And the bronze of the wave-offering, was seventy talents,and two thousand and four hundred shekels. And he made therewith, the sockets for the opening of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze and the grating of bronze which pertained thereto,and all the utensils of the altar, and the sockets for the court round about, and the sockets for the gate of the court,and all the pins for the habitation and all the pins for the court round about. And of the blue and the purple, and the crimson, made they cloths of variegated stuff for ministering in the sanctuary,and they made the holy garments which were for Aaron,As Yahweh commanded Moses. So he made the ephod,of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine twined linen, And they did beat out the plates of gold and he proceeded to cut them into threads, to work into the midst of the blue and into the midst of the purple and into the midst of the crimson, and into the midst of the fine linen,with the work of a skilful weaver. Shoulder-pieces, made they thereto, for joining,at its two edges, was it joined. And as for the curious fastening girdle which was thereon, of the same, it was according to the working thereof, gold blue, and purple, and crimson and fine twined linen,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in ouches of gold,graven with the engravings of a seal-ring, after the names of the sons of Israel. And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he made the breastpiece the work of a skilful weaver like the work of the ephod,of gold blue and purple and crimson, and fine twined linen. Foursquare, it was doubled, made they the breastpiece,a span, was the length thereof, and, a span, the breadth thereof, doubled. And they set therein four rows of stones,one row sardius, a topaz and an emerald, the first row; and the second row,a carbuncle a sapphire, and a diamond; and the third row,an opal an agate and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper,enclosed in ouches of gold, when they were set And as for the stones, after the names of the sons of Israel, they were twelve, after their names,with the engravings of a seal-ring, each one, after his name, for the twelve tribes, And they made, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords of wreathen work,of pure gold. And they made two ouches of gold, and two rings of gold,and they placed the two rings upon the two ends of the breastpiece; and they placed the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,-upon the ends of the breastpiece; and the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, placed they upon the two ouches,and placed them upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forefront thereof. And they made two rings of gold, and put on the two ends of the breastpiece, upon the border thereof, which is towards the ephod, inwards. And they made two other rings of gold, and placed them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod below on the front of the face thereof, to match the joining thereof.above the curious girdle of the ephod, And they bound the breastpiece by the rings thereof into the rings of the ephod, with a cord of blue that it might remain upon the curious girdle of the ephod, and the breastpiece not be removed from upon the ephod,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he made the robe of the ephod, the work of a weaver, wholly of blue; with the opening of the robe in the midst thereof, like the opening of a coat of mail,a border to the opening thereof round about it might not be rent open. And they made upon the skirts of the robe, pomegranatesof blue and purple and crimson,twined. And they made bells of pure gold, and placed the bells in the midst of the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe, roundabout, in the midst of the pomegranates: a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe, round about, to minister inAs Yahweh commanded Moses. And they made the tunics of fine linen the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons: and the turban of fine linen, and the ornamental caps of fine linen,and the linen drawers, of fine twined linen: and the girdle of fine twined liner, and blue and purple and crimson the work of an embroiderer,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And they made the burnished plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote thereupon a writing, with the engravings of a seal-ring Holy unto Yahweh. And they placed there, upon a cord of blue, to fasten it upon the turban up above, As Yahweh commanded Moses. Thus was finished all the work of the habitation of the tent of meeting,thus did the sons of Israel, according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they. And they brought in the habitation unto Moses, the tent, and all its furniture,its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets; and the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the screening veil; the ark of the testimony, with its staves,and the propitiatory; the table all its utensils, and the Presence-bread; the pure lampstand the lamps thereof the lamps to be put in order, and all the utensils thereof,and the oil for giving light; and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the fragrant incense,and the screen for the opening of the tent; the altar of bronze and the grating of bronze which pertaineth thereto, the staves thereof, and all the utensils thereof,the laver, and its stand, the hangings of the court its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pins,and all the utensils for the service of the habitation for the tent of meeting; them cloths of variegated stuff, for ministering in the sanctuary,the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for ministering as priests. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel make all the work. And Moses looked upon all the structure and lo! they had made it, as Yahweh had commanded, so, had they made it,and Moses blessed them. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony,and shalt screen the ark with the veil; and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon,and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof; and thou shalt place the altar of gold for incense, before the ark of the testimony,and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation; and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending-sacrifice,before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar, and shalt put therein water, And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the habitation and all that is therein,and shalt hallow it. and all the furniture thereof so shall it be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils,and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy: and thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand,and shalt hallow it. And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons, unto the opening of the teat of meeting,and shalt bathe them in the water; and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments,and shalt anoint him and hallow him so shall he minister as priest unto me. His sons also, shalt thou bring near,and shalt clothe them with tunics; and shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me,so shall their anointing remain to them for an age-abiding priesthood, to their generations. And Moses did,according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so did he. Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared. Yea Moses reared the habitation, and placed its sockets, and fixed its boards, and fastened its bars,and reared its pillar Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he took and placed the testimony within the ark, and put the staves upon the ark,and placed the propitiatory upon the ark, above; and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he placed the table in the tent of meeting,on the side of the habitation northward,outside the veil; and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the lampstand, in the tent of meeting, over against the table,on the side of the habitation southward; and mounted the lamps before Yahweh,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting,before the veil; and burned thereupon the fragrant incense,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation; and, the altar of ascending-sacrifice, put he at the entrance of the habitation of the tent of meeting,and he caused to ascend thereupon the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar,and put therein water for bathing; and Moses and Aaron and his sons thenceforth bathed thereat,their hands and their feet; when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And he reared the court round about to the habitation and to the altar, and put up the screen of the gate of the court,and Moses finished the work. Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting,and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation; and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon,and the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation. And whensoever the cloud ascended from off the habitation, then did the sons of Israel set forward, in all their journeyings; but if the cloud did not ascend, then did they not set forwarduntil the day when it did ascend. For, the cloud of Yahweh, was upon the habitation by day, and, a fire, came to be by night therein,in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeyings.

Then called he unto Moses,and Yahweh spake unto him, out of the tent of meeting, saying: Speak thou unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them When any man, would bring near from among you an oblation, unto Yahweh, from the beasts, from the herd or from the flock, shall ye bring near your oblation. If an ascending-sacrifice, be his oblationof the herd, a male without defect, shall he bring near,unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall he bring it, for its acceptance, before Yahweh. Then shall he lean his hand, upon the head of the ascending-sacrifice,and it shall be accepted for him to put a propitiatory covering over him; and he shall slay the young bullock before Yahweh,and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and shall dash the blood against the altar round about, that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Then shall he flay the ascending-sacrifice,and cut it up into its pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest shall place fire upon the altar,and arrange wood, upon the fire. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head and the fat,upon the wood, that is on the fire, that is on the altar. But its inwards and its legs, shall they bathe with water,then shall the priest make, of the whole, a perfume at the altar, an ascending-sacrifice an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But, if of the flock, be his oblation,of the sheep or of the goats, for an ascending-sacrifice, a male without defect, shall he bring near. And he shall slay it on the side of the altar northward, before Yahweh,and the sons of Aaron the priests shall dash its blood against the altar round about. And he shall cut it up into its pieces, and its head, and its fat,and the priest shall arrange them upon the wood that is on the fire, that is on the altar, But the inwards and the legs, shall he bathe in water,then shall the priest bring near the whole and make a perfume at the altar, an ascending-sacrifice, it is an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh. But, if, of birds, be the ascending-sacrifice of his oblation unto Yahweh, then shall he bring near of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons, his oblation. And the priest shall bring it near unto the altar shall nip off its head, and make a perfume at the altar,and its blood shall be drained out upon the wall of the altar. Then shall he take away its crop with its plumage,and cast it beside the altar, eastward, into the place of fat ashes; and he shall cleave it in its wingshe shall not divide it asunder, so shall the priest make a perfume therewith, at the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire,an ascending-sacrifice, it is, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh. But, when any person would bring near as an oblation, a meal-offering, unto Yahweh, of fine meal, shall be his oblation,and he shall pour out thereon oil, and place thereon, frankincense; so shall he bring it in unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he shall grasp therefrom a handful of the fine meal thereof and of the oil thereof, besides all the frankincense thereof,and the priest shall make a perfume with the memorial thereof at the altar, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But, the remainder of the meal-offering, pertaineth unto Aaron and unto his sons,most holy, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh. Moreover, when thou wouldst bring near as an oblation of a meal-offering, something baked in an oven, round unleavened cakes of fine meal, overflowed with oil, , or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. But, if, a meal-offering, on a girdle, be thine oblation, of fine meal, overflowed with oil unleavened, shall it be; parting it into pieces, then shalt thou pour thereon oil,a meal-offering, it is, But, if a meal-offering of the boiler, be thine oblation, of fine meal with oil, shall it be made. Then shalt thou bring in the meal-offering that is made of these, unto Yahweh,and one shall bring it near unto the priest, and he shall take it near unto the altar. Then shall the priest uplift out of the meal-offering, a memorial thereof, and make a perfume at the altar,an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But the remainder of the meal-offering pertaineth to Aaron and to his sons,most holy from among the altar-flames of Yahweh. None of the meal-offerings which ye bring near unto Yahweh shall be made into anything leavened,for, of no leaven and Of no syrup, may ye make a perfume, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh. As for an oblation of first-fruits, ye shall bring them near unto Yahweh,but unto the altar, they shall not take them up, as a satisfying odour. And, every meal-offering oblation of thine, with salt, shalt thou season, and thou shelf not suffer to be lacking the salt of the covenant of thy God, from upon thy meal-offering,upon every oblation of thine, shalt thou offer salt. But, if thou wouldst bring near a meal-offering of first-ripe corn, unto Yahweh, of green ears roasted in fire crushed grain of garden-land, shalt thou bring near thy meal-offering of first-ripe corn. And thou shalt place thereon, oil and shalt put thereon, frankincense,a meal-offering, it is. Then shall the priest make a perfume, with the memorial thereof,from the crushed grain thereof and from the oil thereof, besides all the frankincense thereof,an altar-flame, unto Yahweh. But, if a peace-offering, be his oblation, if, of the herd, he himself, be bringing near,whether male or female, without defect, shall he bring it near before Yahweh. Then shall he lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it at the entrance of the tent of meeting,and the sons of Aaron the priests shall dash the blood against the altar round about, Then shall he bring near out of the peace-offering, an altar-flame unto Yahweh,the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins,and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it. Then shall the sons of Aaron make thereof a perfume at the altar, upon the ascending-sacrifice which is on the wood, which is on the fire,an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But, if out of the flock, be his oblation for a peace-offering unto Yahweh, whether male or femalewithout defect, shall he bring it near. If a young sheep, he himself, be bringing near as his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. And he shall lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and shall slay it before the tent of meeting,and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood thereof against the altar round about. Then shall he bring near out of the peace-offering, an altar-flame unto Yahweh, the fat thereof the fat-tail thereof entire close to the backbone, shall he remove it,and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; and the two kidneys, with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,and the caul that is on the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. Then shall the priest make a perfume, at the altar,the food of an altar-flame, unto Yahweh. But if a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. And he shall lean his hand upon its head, and shall slay it before the tent of meeting,and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood against the altar, round about. Then shall he bring near therefrom as his oblation an altar-flame unto Yahweh,the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is on the loins,the caul upon the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. Then shall the priest make a perfume at the altar,the food of an altar-flame for a satisfying odour,all the fatunto Yahweh. An age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat. And Yahweh spake, unto Moses, saying: Speak thou unto the sons of Israel, sayingWhen any person, shall sin by mistake, departing from any of the commandments of Yahweh, as to things which should not be done, and shall do any one of them, If, the anointed priest, shall sin, so as to bring guilt upon the people, then shall he bring near for his sin which he hath committed a choice young bullock without defect, unto Yahweh as a sin-bearer. And he shall bring in the bullock unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh,and shall lean his hand upon the head of the bullock, and shall slay the bullock before Yahweh. And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock,and bring it into the tent of meeting; and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood,and sprinkle of the blood seven times, before Yahweh, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. Then shall the priest put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting,and, all the blood of the bullock, shall he pour out at the base of the altar of ascending-sacrifice, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting, And all the fat of the sin-bearing bullock, shall he heave up therefrom,the fat that covereth over the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them which is upon the loins,and as for the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it: just as it is heaved up from the ox of the peace-offering,and the priest shall make of them a perfume on the altar of ascending-sacrifice, But, as for the skin of the bullock and all its flesh with its head and with its legs,and its inwards, and its dung, he shall take forth the entire bullockunto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place unto the outpoured heap of fat-ashes, and shall burn it up on wood in the fire,upon the outpoured heap of fat-ashes, shall it be burned up. And, if the whole assembly of Israel, shall make a mistake, and a matter be hidden from the eyes of the convocation,and so they do something, whereby they depart from any of the commandments of Yahweh as to things which should not be done, and become guilty; and the sin shall become known, which they have committed therein, then shall the convocation bring near a choice young bullock as a sin-bearer, yea they shall bring it in. before the tent of meeting; and the elders of the assembly shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullock before Yahweh,and shall slay the bullock, before Yahweh; and the anointed priest shall bring in of the blood of the bullock,into the tent of meeting; and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood,and shall sprinkle of the blood seven times before Yahweh, upon the face of the veil; and, some of the blood, shall he put upon the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and, all the blood, shall he pour out at the base of the altar of ascending-sacrifice, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and, as for all the fat thereof, he shall heave up therefrom,and make a perfume at the altar. And he shall do to the bullock, as he did to the sin-bearing bullock, so shall he do with this,and the priest shall put a propitiatory-covering over them, and it shall be forgiven them. And he shall take forth the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and burn it up, just as he burned up the first bullock,the sin-bearer of the convocation, it is. When a prince, shall sin,and shall do something, departing from any of the commandments of Yahweh his God as to things which should not be done, by mistake and shall become aware of his guilt; or his sin wherein he hath sinned he made known unto him, then shall he bring in. as his oblation a he-goat a male without defect; and shall lean his hand upon the head of the goat, and shall slay it in the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice before Yahweh,a sin-bearer, it is. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-bearer with his finger, and put upon the horns of the altar of ascending-sacrifice; and, the blood thereof, shall he pour out at the base of the altar of ascending-sacrifice; and with all the fat thereof, shall he make a perfume at the altar, as with the fat of the peace-offering,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him because of his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. And, if, any person, shall sin, by mistake from among the people of the land,by his doing anything departing from any of the commandments of Yahweh, as to things which should not be done, and shall become aware of his guilt; or his sin which he hath committed shall be made known unto, him, then shall he bring in, as his oblation, a kid of the goats a female, without defect, for his sin which he hath committed; and shall lean his hand upon the head of the sin-bearer,and shall slay the sin-bearer in the place of the ascending-sacrifice. Then shall the priest take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put upon the horns of the altar of ascending-sacrifice,and all the bleed thereof, shall he pour out, at the base of the altar; and all the fat thereof, shall he remove as the fat from off the peace-offering was removed, and the priest shall make a perfume at the altar, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh,so shall the priest put propitiatory-covering over him, and it shall be forgiven him. And, if a lamb, he bring in. as his oblation for a sin-bearer, a female without defect, shall he bring in; and shall lean his hand upon the head of the sin-bearer,and shall slay it as a sin-bearer, in the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice. Then shall the priest take of the blood of the sin-bearer with his finger, and put upon the horns of the altar of ascending-sacrifice,and all the blood thereof, shall he pour out, at the base of the altar; and all the fat thereof, shall he remove as the fat of the lamb is removed, from the peace-offering, and the priest shall make a perfume therewith at the altar, upon the altar-flames of Yahweh,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him on account of his sin which he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. Any person, moreover, whensoever he shall sin in that, when he heareth a voice of swearing, he himself, being a witness either seeing or knowing,if he do not tell and so hath to bear his iniquity: Or, any person, who toucheth anything unclean, whether the carcase of an unclean wild-beast or the carcase of an unclean tame-beast, or the carcase of an unclean creeping thing,and it is hidden from him, he himself being unclean, and he becometh aware of his guilt: Or whensoever one shall touch the uncleanness of man, as regardeth any uncleanness of his, wherewith one may become unclean,and it be hidden from him, and then he himself, getting to know it becometh aware of his guilt: Or, any person, whensoever he shall swear, speaking unadvisedly with the lips, to harm or to help, as regardeth anything wherein the son of earth may speak unadvisedly by way of oath, and it be hidden from him,and then, he himself, getting to know it, becometh aware of his guilt as regardeth any one of these things. Then shall it be, when he becometh aware of his guilt, as regardeth any one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned; and shall bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh for his sin which he hath committed, a female from the flocka lamb or a kid of the goatsas a sin-bearer,so shall the priest put propitiatory-covering over him, because of his sin. And, if his hand can-not reach sufficient for a lamb, then shall he bring in to bear his guiltfor that he hath sinnedtwo turtle-doves, or two young pigeons unto Yahweh,one for a sin-bearer, and one for an ascending-sacrifice. And he shall take them in unto the priest, who shall bring near that which is for a sin-bearer first,and shall nip through the neck close to the head but shall not divide it asunder. And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-bearer upon the wall of the altar, and the remainder of the blood, shall he drain out at the base of the altar,a, sin-bearer, it is. And of the second, shall he make an ascending-sacrifice according to the regulation,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, because of his sin which he hath committed and it shall be forgiven him. But if his hand cannot lay hold of two turtledove, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring in as his oblationbecause he hath sinnedthe tenth of an ephah of fine meal for bearing sin,he shall not put thereon oil, neither shall he lay thereon frankincense, for a sin-bearer, it is. And he shall bring it in unto the priest, and the priest shall take therefrom a handful, as the memorial thereof, and shall make a perfume at the altar, upon the altar-flames of Yahweh,a sin-bearer, it is. So shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, on account of his sin which he hath committed, departing from some one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him,then shall it be the priests, like the meal-offering. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying Whensoever, any person, shall commit a trespass, and shall take away by mistake, from the holy things of Yahweh, then shall he bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, a ram without defect out of the flock, with thine estimate in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt-bearer: that, moreover, which he took away from the sanctuary, shall he make good and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto, and shall give it to the priest,and, the priest, shall put a propitiatory-covering over him with the guilt-bearing ram and it shall be forgiven him. And if any person when he shall sin, and do something, departing from any of the commandments of Yahweh, as to things which should not be done,though he knew it not, shall so become guilty, and shall bear his iniquity, then shall he bring in a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer unto the priest,and the priest shall put a propitiatory-covering over him, on account of his mistake which he made though he knew it not and it shall be forgiven him: a guilt-bearer, it is,he was, verily guilty against Yahweh. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying When any person, shall sin, and shall commit a trespass against Yahweh,and shall withhold something of the truth from his neighbour in respect of a deposit, or a pledge or anything plundered, or shall use extortion with his neighbour; or shall find something lost and shall withhold some-thing of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood,as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby; and so it shall come about that he shall commit sin and then become aware of his guilt, then shall he return the plunder which he had plundered, or the extortion which he had extorted, or the deposit that was deposited with him,or the lost thing which he hath found: or in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it in the day he becometh aware of his guilt; but, his guilt-bearer, itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh,a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer, unto the priest. So shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him before Yahweh, and it shall be forgiven him,on account of any one thing, of all which one might do, so as to become guilty therein. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the ascending-sacrifice,the same, is the ascending-sacrifice, which is upon the hearth, upon the altar, nil the night until the morning,and the fire of the altar, shall be kept burning therein. So then the priest shall put on his upper garment of linen, and, breeches of linen, shall he put on over his flesh, then shall he take up the fat-ashes, whereto the fire consumeth the ascending-sacrifice on the altar,and shall put them beside the altar. Then shall he put off his garments, and put on other garments,and shall carry forth the fat-ashes unto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place, And, the fire on the altar, shall be kept burning therein, it shall not be suffered to go out, but the priest shall kindle up thereon pieces of wood, morning by morning,and shall set in order thereupon the ascending-sacrifice, and shall make a perfume thereon with the fat-pieces of the peace-offerings: fire, shall continually be kept burning on the altar, it shall not be suffered to go out. And, this, is the law of the meal-offering,the sons of Aaron shall bring it near before Yahweh, unto the front of the altar. Then shall one lift up therefrom a handful of the fine meal of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering,and shall make a perfume at the altar, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, shall the memorial thereof be, unto Yahweh. And the remainder thereof, shall Aaron and his sons eat,as unleavened cakes, shall it be eaten, in a holy place, within the court of the tent of meeting, shall they eat it. It shall not be baked into anything leavened, as their portion, have I given it, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh,most holy, it is, like the sin-bearer, and like the guilt-bearer, Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it, an age-abiding statute to your generations from among the altar-flames of Yahweh,every one that toucheth them shall be hallowed. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying This, is the oblation of Aaron and his sons, which they shall bring near unto Yahweh in the day when he is anointed, The tenth of an ephah of fine meal, as a continual meal-offering,half thereof in the morning, and half thereof in the evening; on a pan, with oil, shall it be made when well mingled, shalt thou bring it in,in baked portions, as a meal-offering in pieces, shalt thou bring it near as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. And the priest that is anointed in his stead from among his sons, shall prepare it, an age-abiding statute, that unto Yahweh, shall a perfume, of the entire gift, be made: yea, every meal-offering of a priest, shall be, entireit shall not be eaten. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, This, is the law of the sin-bearer. In the place where the ascending-sacrifice is slain, shall the sin-bearer be slain, before Yahweh, most holy, it is. The priest who maketh it a sin-bearer, shall eat it,in a holy place, shall it he eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. Every one who toucheth the flesh thereof, shall be hallowed; and when one sprinkleth some of the blood thereof upon a garment, that whereon it was sprinkled, shalt thou wash in a holy place. But, the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled, shall be broken,or, if, in a vessel of bronze, it hath been boiled, then shall the vessel be scoured and rinsed in water. Any male among the priests may eat thereof,most holy, it is. But, no sin-bearer whereof any of the blood is taken into the tent of meeting to make a propitiatory-covering in the sanctuary, shall be eaten,with fire, shall it be consumed. And this, is the law of the guilt-bearer,most holy, it is! In the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice, shall they slay the guilt-bearer; and, the blood thereof, shall one dash against the altar, round about; and, as for all the fat thereof, one shall bring near therefrom,the fat-tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards; and the two kidneys, with the fat that is upon them, which is upon the loins,and the caul upon the liver, up to the kidneys, shall he remove it. And the priest shall make a perfume with them at the altar, an altar-flame unto Yahweha guilt-bearer, it is, Any male among the priests, may eat thereof,in a holy place, shall it be eaten, most holy, it is. As the sin-bearer, so the guilt-bearer,one law, for them,the priest who maketh a propitiatory-covering, therewith,to him, shall it belong, And, as for the priest who bringeth near the ascending-sacrifice of any man, the skin of the ascending-sacrifices which he hath brought near, to the priest himself, shall it belong. And as for any meal-offering that may be baked in an oven, or anything that hath been prepared in a boiler or on a girdle, to the priest that bringeth it nearto him, shall it belong, And, as for any meal-offering overflowed with oil or dry,to all the sons of Aaron, shall it belong, to one as much as to another. And, this, is the law of the peace-offering which one may bring near unto Yahweh. If, for thanksgiving, he bring it near, then shall he bring near, with the thanksgiving sacrifice perforated cakes unleavened, overflowed with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil,and of fine flour moistened, perforated cakes overflowed with oil. With perforated cakes of leavened bread, shall he bring near his oblation, with his peace-offering of thanksgiving, Then shall he bring near therefrom one of each oblation, a heave-offering unto Yahweh,to the priest who dasheth the blood of the peace-offeringto him, shall it belong. But, as for the flesh of his peace-offering of thanksgiving, on the day of bringing it near, shall it be eaten,he shall not leave thereof until morning, But, if, a vow or a freewill offering, be his sacrifice of oblation, in the day he bringeth near his sacrifice, shall it be eaten, and on the morrow, then may the remainder thereof, be eaten; but as for the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice, on the third dayin fire, shall it be consumed. And, if any of the flesh of his peace-offering, be at all eaten, on the third day, he that brought it near it shall not be reckoned to him, unclean, shall it be,and the person who shall eat thereof, shall bear his iniquity. And, the flesh that toucheth anything unclean, shall not be eaten, in fire, shall it be consumed,but, as for the flesh, any one who is clean, may eat flesh. But as for the person who shall eat flesh from the peace-offering, which pertaineth unto Yahweh, while his uncleanness is on him, then shall that person be cut off from among his kinsfolk. Yea, as for, any person, whensoever he shall touch anything uncleanthe uncleanness of man or an unclean beast, or any unclean disgusting thing,and then eateth of the flesh of a peace-offering that pertaineth unto Yahweh, then shall that person be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,No fat, of ox or sheep or goat, shall ye eat: and though the fat of what dieth of itself and the fat of that which has been torn in pieces, may be used for any other service, yet shall ye, in nowise eat it. Nay, as touching any one who eateth the fat of any beast, wherefrom he might bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh, then shall the person that eateth be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And no manner of blood, shall ye eat, in any of your dwellings,whether of bird or of beast: as touching any person who eateth any manner of blood, then shall that person be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel saying,He that offereth his peace-offering unto Yahweh, shall bring in his own oblation unto Yahweh out of his peace-offering: his own hands shall bring in the altar-flames of Yahweh,the fat with the breast, he shall bring it in, the breast, to wave it as a wave-offering before Yahweh. Then shall the priest make a perfume with the fat at the altar,and the breast shall be for Aaron and for his sons. But, the right shoulder, shall ye give as a heave-offering, unto the priest,from among your peace-offerings he that bringeth near the blood of the peace-offerings and the fat from among the sons of Aaron, to him, shall belong the right shoulder for a portion. For, the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder, have I taken of the sons of Israel, out of their peace-offerings,and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as an age-abiding statute, from the sons of Israel. This, is what pertaineth to the anointing of Aaron and to the anointing of his sons out of the altar-flames of Yahweh, in the day when he brought them near, to minister as priests unto Yahweh: which Yahweh commanded to give them in the day when he anointed them, from among the sons of Israel,an age-abiding statute to their generations. This is the lawfor the ascending-sacrifice, for the meal-offering, and for the sin-bearer, and for the guilt-bearer,and for the installation-offerings, and for the peace-offering: which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai,in the day when he commanded the sons of Israel to bring near their oblations unto Yahweh in the desert of Sinai. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Take thou Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil,and the sin-bearing bullock, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened cakes; and all the assembly, call thou together,unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Moses did, as Yahweh commanded him,and the assembly was called together, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. Then said Moses unto the assembly,This is the thing, which Yahweh hath commanded to be done. So Moses brought near Aaron and his sons,and bathed them with water, and put upon him the tunic and girded him with the band, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and girded him with the curiously-woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him therewith; and he put upon him the breastpiece,and placed, in the breastpiece, the Lights and the Perfections; and he put the turban upon his head,and put upon the turban, on the forefront thereof the burnished plate of goldthe holy crown, As Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the habitation and all that was therein,and hallowed them; and he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times,and anointed the altar, and all the utensils thereof and the laver and its stand to hallow them and he poured of the anointing oil, upon the head of Aaron,and anointed him, to hallow him. And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron and clothed them with tunics and girded them with bands, and wrapped round for them turbans,As Yahweh commanded Moses. Then was led near the sin-bearing bullock,and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the sin-bearing bullock, Then was it slain, and Moses took the blood and put blood, poured he forth at the base of the altar, and hallowed it putting a propitiatory-covering thereupon. And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat,and Moses made a perfume at the altar. But the bullock itself, and its skin and its flesh and its dung, consumed he with fire, outside the camp,As Yahweh commanded Moses, Then was brought near the ram for the ascending-sacrifice,and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the ram; and it was slain,and Moses dashed h the blood against the altar round about; and the ram itself, was cut up into its pieces,and Moses made a perfume with the head and with the pieces and with the fat; but the inwards and the legs, were bathed in water,and Moses made a perfume with the whole ram at the altar, an ascending-sacrifice, it wasfor a satisfying odour an altar-flame, it was unto Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses. Then was brought near the second ram, the ram of installation, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the ram; and it was slain, and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put upon the tip of Aarons right ear,and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. Then were brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot,and Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about. And he took the fat and the fat-tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat,and the right shoulder; and out of the basket of unleavened-cakes that was before Yahweh, took he one round unleavened-cake and one round oil-cake, and one wafer, and put them upon the fat portions, and upon the right shoulder; and placed the whole upon the opened palms of Aaron, and upon the opened palms of his sons,and waved them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh. And Moses took them from off their opened palms, and made a perfume at the altar upon the ascending-sacrifice,an installation, they were for a satisfying odour, an altar-flame, it was unto Yahweh. And Moses took the breast, and waved it as a wave-offering, before Yahweh,of the ram of installation, unto Moses it belonged, as a portion, As Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses took of the anointing oil and of the blood that was upon the altar, and sprinkled upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons and upon the garments of his sons with him,and hallowed Aaron, his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him. And Moses said unto Aaron and unto his sons Boil ye the flesh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there, shall ye eat it, and the bread which is in the basket of installation,as I have been commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons, shall eat it. But, that which is left of the flesh, and of the bread, with fire, shall ye consume. And from the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall ye not go forth for seven days, until the day that filleth up the days of your installation,because for seven days, will he install you: as hath been done this day, hath Yahweh commanded to be done, to put a propitiatory-covering over you. Even at the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall ye abide day and night for seven days, and shall keep the watch of Yahweh and shall not die,for, so, am I commanded. And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh had commanded through the mediation of Moses. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called for Aaron, and for his sons,and for the elders of Israel; and said unto AaronTake for thyself a choice calf, as a sin-bearer, and a ram for an ascending-sacrifice, each without defect,and bring them near before Yahweh; and unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying,Take ye a he-goat, as a sin-bearer, and a calf and a young sheep, each a year old, without defect for an ascending-sacrifice; and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh, and a meal-offering overflowed with oil,for, to-day, doth, Yahweh, appear unto you. So they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting,and all the assembly drew near, and stood before Yahweh. And Moses saidThis, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded that ye shall do,that the glory of Yahweh may appear unto you. and Moses said unto AaronDraw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-bearer and thine ascending-sacrifice, and put a propitiatory-covering about thyself and about the people,and offer the oblation of the people and put a propitiatory-covering about them, As Yahweh hath commanded. So Aaron drew near unto the altar,and slew the sin-bearing calf which was for himself; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put blood, poured he out at the base of the altar; and with the fat and the kidneys and the caul a from the liver, of the sin-bearer, made he a perfume at the altar,As Yahweh commanded Moses. But, the flesh and the skin, consumed he with fire, outside the camp. Then slew he the ascending-sacrifice,and the sons of Aaron presented unto him the blood, and he dashed it against the altar round about. And the ascending-sacrifice, presented they unto him piece by piece thereof also the head,and he made a perfume upon the altar: and he bathed the inwards and the legs,and made a perfume upon the ascending-sacrifice at the altar. Then brought he near the oblation of the people,and took the sin-bearing goat which pertained to the people, and slew it and made therewith a sin-bearer, like the first. Then brought he near the ascending-sacrifice,and offered it, according to the regulation, Then brought he near the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and made a perfume upon the altar,in addition to the ascending-sacrifice of the morning. Then slew he the ox, and the ram, as a peace-offering, which pertained unto the people,and the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him, and he dashed it against the altar, round about; and the portions of fat from the ox,and from the ram, the fat-tail, and the covering, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver; and they put the portions of fat upon the breasts,and he made a perfume with the fat at the altar; but the breasts and the right shoulder, did Aaron wave as a wave-offering, before Yahweh,as Moses commanded, Then Aaron lifted up his hands towards the people, and blessed them,and he came down from offering the sin-bearer, and the ascending-sacrifice and the peace-offering. And when Moses and Aaron had entered into the tent of meeting,and had come forth, and blessed the people, then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the people; yea, there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed upon the altar, the ascending-sacrifice and the portions of fat,and all the people beheld and shouted, and fell down upon their faces. Then Aarons sons, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer and placed therein fire, and put thereon incense,and brought near before Yahweh strange fire, which he had not commanded them. Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,and they died before Yahweh. Then said Moses unto AaronThe very thing, that Yahweh spake, sayingIn them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,And Aaron, was dumb. Then called Moses unto Mishael, and unto Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron,and said unto themDraw near bear away your brethren from before the sanctuary, unto the outside of the camp. So they drew near and bare them away, in their tunics, unto the outside of the camp,as spake Moses. Then said Moses unto Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sonsYour heads, ye may not bare and your garments, ye shall not rend so shall ye not die, neither against all the assembly, will he be wroth,but let, your brethren the whole house of Israel, bewail the consuming fire wherewith Yahweh hath consumed. But, from the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall ye not go forth, lest ye die, for, the anointing oil of Yahweh is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. Then spake Yahweh unto Aaron, saying: Wine and strong drink, thou mayest not drink,thou nor thy sons with thee when ye enter into the tent of meeting, so shall ye not die,an age-abiding statute to your generations; That ye may make a difference, between the sacred and the common,and between the unclean and the clean; And may teach the sons of Israel,all the statutes which Yahweh hath spoken unto them, by the mediation of Moses. Then spake Moses unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar his sons that were left, Take ye the meal-offering that is left of the altar-flames of Yahweh, and eat it unleavened beside the altar,for, most holy, it is; therefore shall ye eat it in a holy place, for, thine by statute, and thy sons by statute, it is, from among the altar-flames of Yahweh,for, so, am I commanded. And the wave-breast, and the heave-shoulder, shall ye eat in clean place, thou, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee,for as thine by statute and thy sons by statute, have they been given, from among the peace-offerings of the sons of Israel. The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast upon the altar-flames of the fat portions, shall they bring in, to wave as a wave-offering, before Yahweh,so shall they be thine, and thy sons with thee, by an age-abiding statute, As Yahweh hath commanded. Now, as for the sin-bearing goat, Moses diligently sought it but lo! it had been burnt up,then was he wroth against Eleazar and against Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying: Wherefore did ye not eat the sin-bearer in the holy place? for most, holy, it is,and thee same, hath he given you that ye may bear the iniquity of the assembly, to put a propitiatory-covering over them before Yahweh. Lo! the blood thereof had net been taken into the holy place, within,ye should have, indeed eaten, it, in a holy place, as I commanded. Then spake Aaron unto MosesLo! this very day, when they had brought near their own sin-bearer, and their own ascending-sacrifice, there befell me such things as these,if, then, I had eaten of the sin-bearer this day, would it have been well-pleasing in the eyes of Yahweh? And, when Moses heard that, then was it well-pleasing in his eyes. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them: Speak ye unto the sons of Israel saying,These are the living things which ye may eat, of all the beasts which are upon the earth: Whatsoever parteth the hoof and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud among beasts, that, may ye eat. Nevertheless, these, shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, and of them that part the hoof,the camel, because though he, cheweth the cud, yet, the hoof, he parteth not, unclean, he is to you; And, the coney, because, though he cheweth the cud, yet, the hoof, he parteth not,unclean, he is to you; And the hare, because though she cheweth the cud, yet the hoof, she parteth not,unclean, she is to you; And, the swine, because though he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, yet, the cud, he cheweth not,unclean, he is to you; Of their flesh, shall ye not eat, and, their carcase, shall ye not touch,unclean, they are to you. these, may ye eat, of all that are in the waters,all that have fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the rivers, them, may ye eat. But, all that have not fins and scales, in the seas and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living souls that are in the waters, an abomination, they are unto you; and an abomination, shall they remain to you,of their flesh, ye shall not eat, and their carcases, shall ye abhor. Whatsoever hath not fins and scales in the waters, an abomination, it is unto you. And, these, shall ye abhor of birds, they shall not be eaten, an abomination, they are,the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey; and the vulture, and the falcon, after its kind; every raven, after its kind; and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull,and the hawk after its kind; and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern; and the swan and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture; and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind,and the mountain-cock and the bat. Every creeping thing that flieth, that goeth on all-fours, an abomination, it is unto you. Nevertheless, these, may ye eat, of all creeping things that fly, that go on all-fours,such as have legs above their feet, to leap therewith, upon the earth these of them, may ye eat: the swarming-locust after its kind, and the devouring locust after its kind,and the chargol-locust after its kind, and the chagab-locust after its kind. But every creeping thing that flieth, which hath four feet, an abomination, it is unto you; and, for these, shall ye count yourselves uncleanwhosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the evening; and whosoever beareth away aught of the carcase of them, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. As for every kind of beast which, though it parteth the hoof, yet is not cloven-footed nor cheweth the cud, unclean, they are unto you,every one who toucheth them shall be unclean. And, all that go upon their paws, among all the living things that go on all-fours, unclean, they are unto you,whoso toucheth the carcase of them, shall be unclean until the evening. And, he that beareth away the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening,unclean, they are unto you. And, these, unto you, shall be unclean, among the creeping things that creep upon the earth,the weasel and the mouse, and the lizard after its kind; and the ferret and the chameleon and the wall-lizard,and the winding lizard, and the mole. These, are they which are unclean to you among all that creep,whosoever toucheth them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening; and, everything whereon any of them shall fall when they are dead shall be uncleanof any articles of wood, or cloth, or skin, or sackcloth, any article wherewith any work is done,shall be put in water and shall be unclean until the evening, and then be clean, And, as for any earthen vessel whereinto any of them may fall, everything therein shall be unclean, and, the vessel itself, shall ye break in pieces. Of all the food that may be eaten, that whereon shall come water, shall be unclean,and, all drink which might be drunk in any vessel, shall he unclean. And, everything whereon shall fall any part of the carcase of them shall be unclean, oven or fire-range, it shall be destroyed, unclean, they are,and, unclean, Shall they remain to you. Notwithstanding, a fountain or cistern wherein is a gathering of waters shall be clean,but, he that toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean. And when any part of the carcase of them shall fall upon seed for sowing, which is to be sown, the same is, clean. But, when water shall be put upon seed, and there shall fall thereon any part of the carcase of them, unclean, it is to you. And, when any of the beasts which are yours for food shall die, he that toucheth the carcase of it shall be unclean until the evening. And, he that eateth of the carcase of it, shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening,he also that carrieth away the carcase thereof shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And, any creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, an abomination, it isit shall not be eaten. Everything that goeth upon the belly, and everything that goeth upon all-fours, even to everything having many feet, as regardeth any creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, ye shall not eat them for, an abomination, they are. Do not make your persons abominable, with any creeping thing that creepeth,neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should become unclean thereby. For, IYahweh, am your God, therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and remain holy; for, holy, am, I,therefore shall ye not make your persons unclean, with any creeping thing that crawleth upon the earth; for, IYahweh, am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your God,therefore shall ye be holy, for, holy, am, I. This, is the law of beast and of bird, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters,and as to every soul that creepeth upon the earth: That ye may make a differencebetween the unclean and the clean,and between the living thing that may be eaten, and the living thing which may not be eaten. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, A woman when she conceiveth seed and giveth birth to a male child, then shall she be unclean seven days, according to the days of her removal in her sickness shall she be unclean. And, on the eighth day, shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised. And, for thirty-three days, shall she continue in the blood of purification,no hallowed thing, shall she touch, and, into the sanctuary, shall she not enter, until her days of purification are fulfilled. But if, a female child, she bear, then shall she be unclean two weeks as in her removal,and, for sixty-six days, shall she continue in the blood of purification. And, when the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring in a lamb, the choice of its year, as an ascending-sacrifice, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove, as a sin-bearer, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest; and he shall bring it near before Yahweh so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over her, and she shall be clean from her fountain of blood. This, is the law for her that hath given birth, to a male child or to a female. But, if her hand findeth not sufficiency for a lamb, then shall she take two turtle doves or two young pigeons, one for an ascending-sacrifice and one for a sin-bearer,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over her, and she shall he clean. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying When, any man, shall havein the skin of his flesha rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it shall become in the skin of his flesh the plague-spot of leprosy, then shall he be brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests; and the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his fleshif, the hair in the plague, have turned white and the appearance of the spot be deeper than the skin of his flesh, the plague-spot of leprosy, it is,so the priest shall view him and pronounce him unclean. But, if the bright spot, though white in the skin of his flesh, is not deeper in appearance than the skin, and, the hair, hath not turned white, then shall the priest shut up the plagued one, seven days. And the priest shall view him on the seventh day, and lo! if the spot hath stayed to his sight, and the spot hath not spread in the skin, then shall the priest shut him up seven days more, Then shall the priest view him on the seventh day, a second time, and lo! if the spot is, faint, and the spot hath not spread in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him cleanit is, a scab, and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. But if the scab shall have, verily spread, in the skin, since he was shown to the priest that he might be cleansed, then shall he shew himself again unto the priest; and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if the scab hath spread in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him uncleanleprosy, it is. When, the plague of leprosy, cometh to be in any human being, then shall he be brought in unto the priest; and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if there is a white rising in the skin and, the same, hath turned the hair white,and there be a wound of raw flesh in the rising, an old leprosy, it is in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean,he shall not shut him up, for unclean, he is. But, if the leprosy, cometh quite out, in the skin, and the leprosy covereth all the skin of him that, is plagued, from his head even unto his feet,so far as appeareth to the eyes of the priest, then shall the priest takes view and lo! if the leprosy hath covered all his flesh, then shall he pronounce clean him that was plagued,all of it, hath turned white, clean, he is. But, the very day there appeareth in him raw flesh, be shall be unclean; so then the priest shall view the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean,as for the raw flesh, unclean, it is, leprosy, it is. Or, if the raw flesh turn again and be changed to white, then shall he come in unto the priest; and the priest shall view him, and lo! if the spot hath changed to white, then shall the priest pronounce clean him that was plaguedclean, he is. And, when, any ones flesh, hath, in the skin thereof, a boil,and then it is healed; but in the place of the boil, is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish white, then shall it be shown unto the priest. And the priest shall take a view and lo! if the appearance thereof, is lower than the skin, and, the hair thereof, hath turned white, then shall the priest pronounce him uncleanthe plague-spot of leprosy, it, is, in the boil, broken out. But, if the priest shall view it and lo! there is no white hair therein, and it is not deeper than the skin, and, in itself, is faint, then shall the priest shut him up seven days; and, if it, clearly spreadeth, in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him uncleana plague-spot, it is. But if in its place the bright spot stayeth hath lint spread, a boil, it is,and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Or, when, any ones flesh, hath in the skin thereof a fiery burning,and the burning wound becometh a bright spot reddish white, or white, then shall the priest view itand lo! if the hair is turned white in the bright spot and the appearance thereof is deeper than the skin, leprosy, it is, broken out, in the burning,so the priest shall pronounce him unclean, the plague-spot of leprosy, it is. But, if the priest shall view it and lo! there is not, in the bright spot white hair, and it is not deeper than the skin but, itself, is faint, then shall the priest shut him up seven days; and the priest shall view him on the seventh day,if it, hath plainly spread in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean, the plague-spot of leprosy, it is. But, if, in its place the bright spot hath stayed, and hath not spread in the skin, but, itself, is faint, the rising of a burning, it is,and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for only the inflaming of the burning, it is. And, when there cometh to be in, any man or woman, a spot,in the head or in the beard, then shall the priest view the spot and lo! if, the appearance thereof, is deeper than the skin, and, therein, is yellow, thin hair, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean a scall, it is, a leprosy of the head or of the beard, it is. But when the priest vieweth the spot, and lo! there is, no appearance, of it deeper than the skin, and, no dark hair, is therein, then shall the priest shut up him that hath the plague-spot of scall, seven days; and the priest shall view the spot on the seventh day, and lo! if the scall hath not spread, and there hath not come to be therein yellow hair,and, the appearance of the scall, is not deeper than the skin, then shall he shave himself, but the scall, shall he not shave, and the priest shall shut up him who hath the scall seven days, more; then shall the priest view the scall, on the seventh day, and lo! if the sea hath not spread in the skin, and, the appearance thereof, is not deeper than the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. But, if the scall do indeed spread in the skin,after he hath been pronounced clean, then shall the priest take a view, and lo! if the scall hath spread in the skin, the priest shall not search for the yellow hairunclean, he is. But, if in his eyes, the scall is at a stay, and dark hair hath grown up therein, the scall is healed, clean, he is,and the priest shall pronounce him clean. And when either, man or woman, hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots,bright spots that are white, then shall the priest take a view and lo! if, in the skin of their flesh, are bright spots that are dull white, dead white spot, it is, that hath broken through in the skinclean, he is. And, when, any mans, head loseth its hair, though, bald, he is, clean. And if, in front, his head loseth its hair, though bald in the forehead, he is, clean. But, should there be, in the baldness behind, or in the baldness in front, a spot that is reddish white, leprosy broken out, it is, in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front. So the priest shall view it, and lo! if, the rising-spot, be reddish white in his baldness behind or in his baldness in front,like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, a leprous man, is he, unclean, he is,unclean, shall the priest pronounce him in his head, is his plague. Now, as for the leper in whom is the plague, His clothes, shall be rent, And, his head, shall be bare, And, his beard, shall he cover,And, Unclean! Unclean! shall he cry. All the days that the plague is in him, shall he continue unclean, Unclean, he is,Alone, shall he remain, Outside the camp, shall be his dwelling. And, when, in a garment, there is a plague-spot of leprosy,whether in a garment of wool, or a garment of flax; either in warp or in weft, made with flax, or with wool,or in a skin, or in anything wrought of skin; and the spot cometh to be of a greenish yellow or reddish, in the garment or in the skin, whether in warp or in weft, or in any utensil of skin, the plague-spot of leprosy, it is,and shall be shown unto the priest; and the priest shall view the spot,and shall shut up him that is plagued seven days; then shall he view the spot, on the seventh day if the spot hath spread in the garment whether in warp or in weft, or in the skin, or anything which may be made of skin for service, the spot is a fretting leprosy, unclean, it is. Then shall he burn up the garment whether it be m the warp or the weft in wool or in flax, or any utensil of skin, wherein shall be the plague-spot,for, a fretting leprosy, it is, in fire, shall it be burnt up. But if the priest shall take a view, and lo! the spot has not spread, in the garment, either in warp or in weft,or in any utensil of skin, then shall the priest give command, and they shall wash that wherein is the spot,and he shall shut it up seven days more; then shall the priest take a view after the plagued garment hath been washed and lo! if the spot hath not changed its look, then though the spot hath not spread, yet unclean, it is, in the fire, shalt thou burn it up,a sunken spot, it is, in the back thereof, or in the front thereof. And, if the priest hath taken a view, and lo! the spot is, faint, since it hath been washed, then shall he rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, whether out of the warp or out of the weft; and, if it appear still in the garmenteither in the warp or in the weft, or in any utensil of skin, a breaking out, it is,in the fire, shalt thou burn up that wherein is the plague. But, as for the garmentwhether the warp or the weft or any utensil of skin which thou shalt wash, and the plague shall depart therefrom, then shall it be washed a second time, and shall be clean. This, is the law as to the plague-spot of leprosy, in a garment of wool or of flax, whether in the warp or the weft, or in any utensil of skin,To pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying This, shall be the law of the leper, in the day when he is declared clean,he shall be brought in unto the priest; then shall the priest go forth unto the outside of the camp,and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if the plague of leprosy hath been healed out of the leper,; then shall the priest give command,and there shall be takenfor him that is to be cleansedtwo living clean birds,and cedar wood, and crimson am hyssop; and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain,within an earthen vessel over living water: as for the living bird, he shall take, it, and the cedar wood and the crimson, and the hyssop,and shall dip them and the living bird, in the blood of the bird that hath been slain over the living water; and shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy, seven times,and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird over the face of the field. And he that is to be declared clean shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and be clean, and, afterwards, shall he come into the camp,and dwell outside his tent, seven days; and it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave off all the hair of his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair, shall he shave off,and shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water so shall he be clean. And, on the eighth day, he shall take two he-lambs, without defect, and one ewe-lamb, the choice of its year without defect,and three-tenths of fine meal for a meal-offering, overflowed with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest that is cleansing him shall cause the man that is to be cleansed, and those things to stand before Yahweh, at the opening of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and bring him near as a guilt-bearer and the log of oil,and shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh; and shall slay the lamb in the place where the sin-bearer and the ascending-sacrifice are slain, in the holy place,for like the sin-bearer, the guilt-bearer, is the priests, most holy, it is. Then shall the priest take of the blood of the guilt-bearer, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed,and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot; and the priest shall take of the log of oil,and shall pour it upon the palm of the priests left hand, and the priest shall dip his right finger of the oil that is on the palm of his left hand,and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh: and of the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of his hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,upon the blood of the guilt-bearer; and that which remaineth of the oil that is on the palm of the priests hand, he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, before Yahweh. Then shall the priest offer the sin-bearer, and shall put a propitiatory-covering over him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness,and, afterwards, shall he slay the ascending-sacrifice. And the priest shall cause the ascending-sacrifice, and the meal-offering to ascend at the altar,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, and he shall be clean. But if he be poor and his hand hath not enough, then shall he take one he-lamb as a guilt-bearer to be waved to put a propitiatory-covering over him,and one-tenth of fine meal, overflowed with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil, and two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, for which his hand hath enough,so shall one be a sin-bearer, and the other an ascending-sacrifice. And he shall bring them in on the eighth day, for his cleansing, unto the priest,unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh. Then shall the priest take the guilt-bearing lamb and the log of oil,and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Yahweh. Then shall the guilt-bearing lamb be slain, and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt-bearer, and put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed,and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot; also of the oil, shall the priest pour out,on the palm of his own left hand; and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger, of the oil that is on the palm of his left hand,seven times, before Yahweh; then shall the priest put, of the oil that is on the palm of his hand, upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,upon the place of the blood of the guilt-offering; and that which remaineth of the oil which is on the palm of the priests hand, shall he put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed,to put a propitiatory-covering over him before Yahweh. Then shall he offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons,of that for which his hand hath enough; even that for which his hand hath enough,the one as a sin-bearer and the other as an ascending-sacrifice, upon the meal-offering,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him that is to be cleansed before Yahweh. This is the law for him in whom hath been the plague of leprosy, whose hand hath not enough for that which pertaineth to his cleansing. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying: When ye enter into the land of Canaan which I am about to give you for a possession,and I put a plague-mark of leprosy in a house, of the land of your possession, then shall he that owneth the house come in, and tell the priest, saying,A kind of plague-mark, appeareth to me in the house; and the priest shall give command, and they shall empty the house, ere yet the priest cometh in to view the mark, so that he do not pronounce unclean all that is in the house,and, after this, shall the priest come in to view the house: then shall he view the mark and lo! if the mark is in the walls of the house, with sunken places greenish yellow or reddish,and they appear to be lower than the wall, then shall the priest come forth out of the house, unto the entrance of the house,and shall shut up the house seven days; and the priest shall return on the seventh day,and take a view, and lo! if the mark hath spread in the walls of the house, then shall the priest give command, and they shall pull out the stones, wherein is the mark,and cast them forth outside the city, into an unclean place; and, the house itself, shall he cause to be scraped on the inside round about,and they shall pour out the mortar which they have scraped off, outside the city, into an unclean place; and shall take other stones, and put in the place of the stones,and, other mortar, shall he take and plaster the house. But if the mark again breaketh out in the house, after the taking out of the stones,and after the scraping of the house and after the plastering,; then shall the priest come in, and take a view, and lo! if the mark hath spread in the house, a fretting leprosy, it is in the house unclean, it is, and he shall pull down the house,the stones thereof, and the timber thereof and all the mortar of the house,and shall carry them forth outside the city, into an unclean place. And as for him that entereth into the house, all the days it is shut up, he shall be unclean until the evening; And, he that lieth in the house, shall wash his clothes, and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. But, though the priest do come, into the house, and take a view, yet lo! if the plague-mark hath not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then shall the priest pronounce the house clean, for, healed, is the plague. Then shall he take to cleanse, the house, two birds,and cedar wood, and crimson, and hyssop; and shall kill one bird,within an earthen vessel over living water; and take the cedar wood and the hyssop, and the crimson and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the living water,and sprinkle the house seven times; and so cleanse the house, with the blood of the bird and with the living water,and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop, and with the crimson; and shall let go the living bird unto the outside of the city, unto the face of the field,so shall he put a propitiatory-covering over the house and it shall be clean. This, is the law,for every plague-mark of leprosy and for scall; and for garment leprosy, and for house ; and for rising, and for scab and for a bright spot; to give instruction, on the day of declaring unclean, and on the day of declaring clean,This is the law of leprosy. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and ye shall say unto them,When, any man whatsoever, hath a flowing from his flesh, his flux, is, unclean. And, this shall be his uncleanness in his flux,whether his flesh is running with his flux or his flesh hath closed from his flux, his uncleanness, it is. All the bed whereon he that hath the flux lieth, shall be unclean,and, every piece of furniture whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening. And, he that sitteth on that whereon he that hath the flux hath sat, shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. And, he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening, And, when he that hath a flux spitteth on him that is clean, then shall he wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening. And, every saddle whereon he that hath the flux rideth, shall be unclean. And, whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening; and, he that carrieth them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. And, whomsoever he that hath the flux toucheth, not having rinsed, his hands in water, then shall he wash his clothes, and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening, And the earthen vessel which he that hath the flux toucheth shall be broken in pieces,and, every vessel of wood, shall be rinsed in water. And when he that hath the flux becometh clean from his flux, then shall he number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes,and bathe his flesh in living water, and be clean. And, on the eighth day, he shall take for himself two turtle doves or two young pigeons,and come in before Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest; and the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-bearer and the other as an ascending-sacrifice,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him, before Yahweh, because of his flux. And, when there goeth out from, any man, an outflow of seed, then shall he bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. And, in the case of any garment or any skin whereupon there shall come to be an outflow of seed, then shall it be washed in water, and be unclean until the evening. Also, a woman with whom man lieth carnally, then shall they bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. And, when a, woman, hath a flow, and her flow in her flesh is, blood, seven days, shall she continue in her removal, and whosoever toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening; and, whatsoever she lieth upon in her removal, shall be unclean,and, whatsoever she sitteth upon, shall be unclean; and whosoever toucheth her bed, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening; and, whosoever toucheth any thing whereon she sitteth shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening; and, whether, on her bed, it is, or on any thing whereon she hath been sitting, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the evening; and if man shall even lie with her, and her cause for removal be upon him, then shall he be unclean seven days,and, all the bed whereon he shall lie, shall be unclean. And when any womans, flow of blood lasteth many day, outside the time of her removal, or when it floweth beyond her removal, all the days of her unclean flow, shall she be as in the days of her removalunclean, she is. All the bed whereon she lieth during all the days of her flow, like her bed in her removal, shall be to her,and, every thing whereon she sitteth, shall be, unclean, like the uncleanness in her removal; and whosoever toucheth them, shall be unclean,and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening. But, if she he clean from her flow, then shall she count to her-self seven days and afterwards, shall she count herself clean. And, on the eighth day, shall she take to herself two turtle doves, or two young pigeons,and bring them in unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the priest shall offer the one as a sin-bearer, and the other as an ascending-sacrifice,so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over her, before Yahweh, because of her unclean flow. Thus shall ye warn the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, And they shall not die in their uncleanness, By reason of their making unclean my habitation which is in their midst. This, is the lawOf him that hath a flux,And of him from whom goeth an outflow of seed, making unclean thereby; And of her that is unwell with her cause for removal, And of him whose flux floweth, For the male, and for the female,And for a man who lieth with her that is unclean. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,when they had offered strange fire before Yahweh and died. And Yahweh said unto MosesSpeak unto Aaron thy brother, that he do not come at all times into the holy place, within the veil,into the presence of the propitiatory, which is upon the ark, so shall he not die, for, in the cloud, will I appear upon the propitiatory. Herewith, shall Aaron come into the holy place,With a bullock the choice of the herd as a sin-bearer, and a ram as an ascending-sacrifice. A holy tunic of linen, shall he put on and drawers of linen, shall be upon his flesh, and with a band of linen, shall he gird himself, and with a turban of linen, shall his head be wrapped about,holy garments, they are, therefore shall he bathe in water his flesh, and so put them on. And, from the assembly of the sons of Israel, shall he receive two he-goats, for bearing sin,and one ram, as an ascending-sacrifice. Then shall Aaron bring near the sin-bearing bullock which is for himself,and put a propitiatory-covering about himself, and about his household. Then shall he take the two goats,and cause them to stand before Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats,one lot for Yahweh, and one lot for Azazel. Then shall Aaron bring near the goat over which came up the lot for Yahweh,and shall make of hint a sin-bearer; but, the goat over which came up the lot for Azazel, shall he cause to stand alivebefore Yahweh to put a propitiatory-covering over him,to send him away unto Azazel, towards the desert. So Aaron shall bring near the sin-bearing bullock which is for himself, and shall put a propitiatory-covering about himself, and about his household,and shall slay the sin-bearing bullock which is for himself; and shall take the censer-full of burning coals of fire from off the altar from before Yahweh, and his hands full of fragrant incense, beaten small,and bring within the veil; and shall put the incense upon the fire before Yahweh,and the cloud of incense shall cover the propitiatory which is over the testimony, and he shall not die. Then shall he take of the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle with iris finger upon the face of the propitiatory, eastwards,and before the propitiatory, shall he sprinkle seven times, of the blood, with his finger. Then shall he slay the sin-bearing goat which is for the people, and bring in its blood, within the veil,and do with its blood, as he did to the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle it, upon the propitiatory and before the propitiatory: so shall he put a propitiatory-covering, over the holy place because of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions to the extent of all their sins,and, so, shall he do for the tent of meeting which abideth with them, in the midst of their uncleanness. And no human being, shall be in the tent of meeting, when he cometh in to make a covering by propitiation in the holy place, until he goeth out,so shall he put a propitiatory-covering about himself and about his household and about all the convocation of Israel. Then shall he go out unto the altar which is before Yahweh and shall put a propitiatory-covering thereupon,and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put upon the horns of the altar, round about; and shall sprinkle upon it, of the blood with his finger seven times,and shall cleanse it and hallow it, from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel. And, when he hath made an end of covering by propitiation the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, then shall he bring near the living goat. And Aaron shall lean his two hands upon the head of the living goat, and confess over him, all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, to the extent of all their sins,and shall put them upon the head of the goat, and then send him away, by the hand of a man appointed towards the desert: so shall the goat hear upon him all their iniquities into a lone land,and he shall set the goat free, in the desert. Then shall Aaron come into the tent of meeting, and put off the linen garments which he put on when he came into the holy place,and shall leave them there; and shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments,and go forth, and offer his own ascending-sacrifice, and the ascending-sacrifice of the people, so shall he put a propitiatory-covering about himself, and about the people; and, with the fat of the sin-bearer, shall he make a perfume at the altar. And he that sent away the goat unto Azazel, shall washhis clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,and, after that, shall he come into the camp. And the, sin-bearing bullock, and the sin-bearing goat whose blood was brought in to make a propitiatory-covering in the holy place, shall be carried forth outside the camp,and they shall burn up, in fire, their skins and their flesh, and their dung; and he that hath burned them, shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,and, after that, shall he come into the camp. And it shall become unto you, a statute age-abiding,In the seventh month on the tenth of the month, Shall ye humble you souls And, no work, shall ye do, The home-born, Or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst; For on this day, shall a propitiatory-covering, be put over you, to cleanse you,From all your sins before Yahweh, shall ye be clean. A sabbath of sacred rest, it is unto you, Therefore shall ye humble your souls, A statute age-abiding. Therefore shall the priest who shall be anointed, and installed, to minister as priest in the stead of his father make propitiation,So then he shall put on the linen garments the holy garments; And make propitiation for the holy sanctuary, And for the tent of meeting, and for the altar, shall he make propitiation,Over the priests also and over all the people of the convocation, shall he put a covering by propitiation. So shall this become unto you an age-abiding statute,to put a propitiatory-covering over the sons of Israel because of all their sins, Once in the year. And he did, As Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying: What man soever, there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goat, in the camp,or who slayeth it outside the camp; and, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, bringeth it not in, to present as an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood, shall be imputed to that manblood, hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people: to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which they are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahwehunto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest,and that so as peace-offerings unto Yahweh, they may offer them. Then shall the priest dash the blood against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh; so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away,a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations. Wherefore, unto them, shalt thou say: What man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst,who causeth to go up an ascending-offering, or a sacrifice; and unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, doth not bring it in, to offer it unto Yahweh, then shall that man be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people. For as for the life of the flesh, in the blood, it is, therefore have, I, given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over your lives,for the blood, it is, which, by virtue of the life, maketh propitiation. For this cause, have I said unto the sons of Israel, Not a person from among you shall partake of blood,Even the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst, shall not partake of blood. And, what man soever, there may be of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, who taketh by hunting any wild-beast or bird that may be eaten, then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust; for, as for the life of all flesh, the blood thereof, for the life thereof, standeth, therefore have I said unto the sons of IsraelOf the blood of no manner of flesh, shall ye partake, For, the life of all flesh is the blood thereof; whoso partaketh thereof, shall be cut off. And, in the case of any person who eateth that which died of itself or was torn in pieces, whether he be home-born, or a sojourner, then shall he wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening, and then be clean. But, if he wash them not, and his flesh, he do not bathe, then shall he bear his iniquity. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,IYahweh, am your God: After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do,And after the doings of the land of Canaan whither, I, am bringing you in, shall ye not do, And, in their statutes, shall ye not walk: My regulations, shall ye do, And, my statutes, shall ye observe to walk therein,IYahweh, am your God. Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them,I, am Yahweh. No person whatsoever, unto any of the near kin of his own flesh, shall approach to uncover the parts of shame,I, am Yahweh. The shame of thy father, even the shame of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover,thy mother, she is, thou shalt not uncover her shame. The shame of thy fathers wife, shalt thou not uncover,thy fathers shame, it is. The shame of thy sister daughter of thy father or daughter of thy mother, born at home or horn abroad, thou shalt not uncover their shame. The shame of the daughter of thy son or the daughter of thy daughter, thou shalt not uncover their shame,for, thine own shame, they are. The shame of the daughter of thy fathers wife, born to thy father, she being, thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her shame. The shame of thy fathers sister, shalt thou not uncover,thy fathers near of kin, she is. The shame of thy mothers sister, shalt thou not uncover,for, thy mothers near of kin, she is. The shame of thy fathers brother, shalt thou not uncover unto his wife, shalt thou not approach, thine aunt, she is. The shame of thy daughter-in-law, shalt thou not uncover,thy sons wife, she is, thou shalt not uncover her shame. The shame of thy brothers wife, shalt thou not uncover,the shame of thy brother, it is. The shame of a woman, and of her daughter, shalt thou not uncover,neither the daughter of her son nor the laughter of her daughter, shalt thou take, to uncover her shame, near of kin, they are, wickedness, it is. And, a woman unto her sister, shalt thou not take,to cause rivalry, by uncovering her shame besides her own while she is living. And unto a woman during her removal for uncleanness, shalt thou not approach, to uncover her shame. And of the wife of thy neighbour, shalt thou not have carnal knowledge,to commit uncleanness with her. And none of thy seed, shalt thou deliver up, to cause to pass through to Molech,that thou profane not the name of thy God, I, am Yahweh. And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind,an abomination, it is. And of no beast, shalt thou have carnal knowledge to commit uncleanness therewith,neither shall a woman present herself to a beast to couch down thereto,confusion, it is. Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things,For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you. Therefore hath the land become unclean, and I have visited the iniquity thereof upon it,and the land hath vomited her inhabitants. Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations,whether the home-born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst; For all these abominations, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land hath become unclean: So shall the land not vomit you, through your making it unclean,as it vomited the nation which was before you. For whosoever shall have anything to do with any of these abominations, the persons who have, shall be cut off, out of the midst of their people. Therefore shall ye keep my charge, So that ye may have nothing to do with any of the abominable statutes with which they have had to do before you, So shall ye not make yourselves unclean thereby,IYahweh, am your God. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel and thou shalt say unto themHoly, shall ye be,For holy, am IYahwehyour God Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And my sabbaths, shall ye observe,IYahweh, am your God. Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves,IYahweh, am your God. And when ye would offer a peach-offering unto Yahweh, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted. On the day, ye offer it, shall it be eaten, and on the morrow,but, that which remaineth until the third day, in fire, shall be consumed. And, if it, be eaten, on the third day, unclean, it is it shall not be accepted, But he that eateth it, his iniquity, shall bear, because that which had been hallowed unto Yahweh, hath he profaned,so then that person shall be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly clear the border of thy field, in reaping,nor shalt thou gather up the gleaning of thy harvest. And, thy vineyard, shalt thou not go over again, nor gather, every single grape: for the poor and for the sojourner, shalt thou leave them, IYahweh, am your God. Ye shall not steal,nor deceive nor lie one man to another; Nor swear by my name falsely,And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh. Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob ,The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, Nor, before the blind, place a stumbling-block,So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God I, am Yahweh. Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart,Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him in sin: Thou shalt not take vengeance neither shalt thou cherish anger against the sons of thy people, So shalt thou love thy neighbour as thyself,I, am Yahweh. My statutes, shall ye observe, Thy beasts, shalt thou not cause to breed in two kinds, Thy field, shalt thou not sow with two sorts of seed,And a garment woven of diverse threads, shalt thou not suffer to come upon thee. And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, she being a bondmaid, acquired for a husband, and neither, redeemed, nor, freedom, given her, inquisition, shall be made they shall not be put to death, because she was not free; but he shall bring in his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,even a ram as a guilt-bearer; and the priest shall put propitiatory-covering over him with the guilt-bearing ram before Yahweh, on account of his sin which he hath committed,so shall he have forgiveness, from his sin which he hath committed. And when ye come into the land, and plant any manner of fruit-tree, then shall ye count as uncircumcised the fruit thereof, three years, shall it be to you as if unclean, it shall not be eaten. But, in the fourth year, all the fruit thereof shall be hallowed for a festival of thanksgiving unto Yahweh. And in the fifth year, shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase,IYahweh, am your God. Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof,Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic. Ye shall not shave in a circle around your head,nor shalt thou disfigure the fringe of thy beard. Cuttings for a dead person, shall ye not make in your flesh. And punctures in your persons, shall ye not print,I, am Yahweh. Do not profane thy daughter by causing her to be unchaste,lest the land fall to unchastity, and so the land be filled with wickedness. My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And my sanctuary, shall ye revere,I, am Yahweh. Do not turn unto mediums, Nor, for oracles, make search, To render yourselves unclean with them, IYahweh, am your God. Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder,So shalt thou stand in awe of thy GodI, am Yahweh. And, when there sojourneth with thee a sojourner in your land, ye shall not oppress him: As one home born from among yourselves, shall be unto you the sojourner who sojourneth with you, So shalt thou love him as thyself, For, sojourners, became ye, in the land of Egypt,IYahweh, am your God. Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment,in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have,IYahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations and do them,I, am Yahweh. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Unto the sons of Israel, therefore shalt thou say, What man soever, there may be of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech, he shall, surely be put to death,the people of the land shall stone him with stones; I, also, will set my face against that man, and will cut him off out of the midst of his people,because of his seed, hath he given unto Molech, seeing that he hath made unclean my sanctuary, even to the extent of profaning my holy name. But, if the people of the land, do even hide, their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech,so as not to put him to death, then will I myself, set my face against that man, and against his family,and will cut him off, and all that follow unchastely after himin going unchastely after Molechout of the midst of their people. The person also that turneth unto mediums and unto oracles, in going unchastely after them, then will I set my face against that person, and will cut him off out of the midst of his people. Therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and be holy,Because IYahweh, am your God. Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and do them,IYahweh, am he that is hallowing you. When, any man whatsoever, curseth his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death,his father or his mother, hath he cursed, his blood, shall be upon himself. And, any man, who committeth adultery with the wife of any other man, he that committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour shall surely be put to deaththe adulterer, and the adulteress. And any man who lieth with his fathers wife, the shame of his father, hath uncovered,they both shall, surely be put to deaththeir blood shall be upon themselves. And any man who lieth with his daughter-in-law, they both shall, surely be put to death, confusion, have they wroughttheir blood shall be upon themselves. And any man who lieth with mankind as with womankind, an abomination, have both of them wrought,they shall, surely be put to death,their blood, shall be upon themselves. And, any man, who taketh a woman and her mother, wickedness, it is,in fire, shall both he and they be consumed, that wickedness be not in your midst. And, any man, who hath carnal knowledge of a beast, shall, surely be put to death,and, the beast, shall ye slay. And, a woman, who approacheth unto any beast, to couch down thereto, then shalt thou slay the woman and the beast,they shall surely be put to death,their blood, shall be upon themselves. And, any man, who taketh his sisterhis fathers daughter or his mothers daughter, and vieweth her shame, and, she, vieweth his shame, a disgrace, it is,they shall therefore be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people,the shame of his sister, hath he uncoveredhis iniquity, shall he bear. And, any man, who lieth with a woman having her sickness, and uncovereth her shame, her fountain, hath he exposed, she, also hath uncovered her fountain of blood,they shall therefore both be cut off out of the midst of their people. And the shame of thy mothers sister, or of thy fathers sister, shalt thou not uncover,for his near of kin, hath he exposedtheir iniquity, shall they bear. And, any man, who lieth with his uncles wife, the shame of his uncle, hath he uncovered,their sin, shall they bearchildless, shall they die. And, any man, who taketh his brothers wife, impurity, it is,the shame of his brother, hath he uncoveredchildless, shall they remain. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,So shall the land whereinto I am bringing you to dwell therein, not vomit you forth; So shall ye not walk in thestatutes of the nations, which I am casting out from before you,For all these things, had they done, Therefore I abhorred them; And said unto youYe, shall possess their soil, Yea, I myself, will give it you to possess it, A land flowing with milk and honey,IYahweh, am your God, who have distinguished you from the peoples; Therefore shall ye make a distinctionBetween the clean beasts, and the unclean,And between the unclean birds and the clean,So shall ye not make your persons abominable with beast, or with bird or with anything which creepeth upon the ground, which I have distinguished for you, as unclean. Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, IYahweh,Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine. And as touching man or woman, when there shall be in them a familiar spirit, or the spirit of an circle, they shall, surely be put to death,with stones, shall they be stonedtheir blood, shall be upon themselves. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Say unto the priests, the sons of Aaron,yea thou shalt say unto them, For a dead person, shall no one make himself unclean among his people: Saving for his kin, that are near unto him, for his mother or for his father, or for his son or for his daughter, or for his brother; or for his sister, a virgin who is near unto him, who belongeth not unto a husband,for her, he may make himself unclean: He shall not make himself unclean being a chief among his people,by profaning himself: They shall not make a baldness behind in their head, And the border of their beard, shall they not cut off,And, in their flesh, shall they not make incisions. Holy persons, shall they be unto their God, and not profane the name of their God,for, the altar-flames of Yahweh, the food of their God, do they bring nearTherefore shall they be holy. A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take,For holy, he is unto his God. Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near,Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am IYahweh, who am making you holy. And, the daughter of any priest, when she profaneth herself by unchastity, Her father, she, doth profane, with fire, shall she be consumed. And, as for the high priest from among his brethren upon whose head is poured the anointing oil, and who is installed, by putting on the garments, His head, shall he not bare, And, his garments, shall he not rend; And, unto no persons b of the dead, shall he go in,For his father or for his mother, shall he not make himself unclean; And, out of the sanctuary, shall he not go forth, so shall he not profane the sanctuary of his God,for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon himI, am Yahweh. But, he, shall take a woman in her virginity: A widow or a divorced woman or one dishonouredan unchaste woman, these, shall he not take, But, a virgin from among his own kinsfolk, shall he take to wife; So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk,For IYahweh, do hallow him. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Aaron, saying,No man of thy seed, unto their generations in whom shall be any blemish, shall come near, to present the food of his God. Surely, no man in whom is any blemish, shall come near,No man who is blind or lame, or hath a flat nose, or is lanky; nor any man who hath a broken foot,or a broken hand; or is hump-backed or a dwarf, or hath defective vision,or hath scurvy or scab, or is crushed in the stones: No, man in whom is a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest, shall approach, to bring near the altar-flames of Yahweh,a blemish, is in him, the food of his God, shall he not approach to bring near: Of the food of his God, both of the most holy,and the holy, may he eat: Only, unto the veil, shall he not come in and unto the altar, shall he not approachbecause, a blemish, is in him, so shall he not profane my sanctuaries, For, IYahweh, am hallowing them. And Moses spake And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, That they hold sacredly aloof from the holy things of the sons of Israel, so as not to profane my holy name,in the things which they are hallowing unto meI, am Yahweh. Say unto themUnto your generations, as touching any man who cometh near from among any of your seed, unto the hallowed things which the sons of Israel may hallow unto Yahweh, while his uncleanness is upon him, then shall that person be cut off from before meI, am Yahweh. No man soever of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or hath a flux, shall eat of the holy things, until he be clean,And as for him who toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; or a man who toucheth any creeping thing, which is unclean to him,or any human being who hath uncleanness, to the extent of any thing that maketh him unclean, any person who toucheth any such, shall then be unclean until the evening,and shall not eat of the hallowed things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. When the sun tooth in, then is he clean,and thereafter, he may eat of the hallowed things, for, his food, it is. That which dieth of itself or is torn in pieces, shall he not eat to make himself unclean thereby,I, am Yahweh. Therefore shall they keep my charge, and shall not bear, for it, sin, and die therein, when they profane it,IYahweh, am hallowing them. And, no stranger, shall eat what is hallowed,neither, one who dwelleth with a priest nor a hireling shall eat what is hallowed. But when, a priest, buyeth any person, as the purchase of his silver, he may eat thereof,and, the children of his household, they, may eat of his food. And, when, a priests daughter, belongeth to a husband, who is a stranger, she, of the heave-offering of the hallowed things, may not eat. But, when a priests daughter, cometh to be a widow or divorced and hath no seed, and so she returneth unto the house of her father, as in her youth, of the food of her father, she may eat,but no stranger, shall eat thereof. And, when, any man, eateth what is hallowed, by mistake, then shall he add the fifth part of it thereunto, and give unto the priest the hallowed thing: So shall they not profane the hallowed things of the sons of Israel,which they heave up unto Yahweh; nor cause them to bear guilty iniquity, when they eat their hallowed things,For, IYahweh, am hallowing them. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto themWhat man, soever, of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, may bring near his oblation, as regardeth any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings which they may bring near unto Yahweh, as an ascending-sacrifice, that ye may be accepted, a male without defect, of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats: whatsoever hath in it a blemish, shall ye not bring near,for it shall not he accepted for you. And, whosoever would bring near a peace-offering unto Yahweh, to consecrate a vow or as a freewill-offering with a bullock or a sheep, without defect, shall it be, to be accepted, no, blemish, shall be therein. Blind, or broken, or rent, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scab, ye shall not bring these near unto Yahweh,and no, altar-flame, shall ye present therefrom upon the altar, unto Yahweh. Whether an ox or a lamb long or short limb, as a free-will offering, thou mayest offer it, but, for a vow, it shall not he accepted. But that which is bruised in the stones or broken therein, or torn or cut, shall ye neither bring ear unto Yahweh, nor on your own land, shall ye offer. Even at the hand of the son of a stranger, shall ye not bring near the food of your God of any of these,for, their damage is in them, a blemish, is in them, they shall not be accepted for you. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: When, a beeve or a sheep or a goat, is brought forth, then shall it be seven days under its dam,and, from the eighth day and onwards, it shall be accepted as an oblation of an altar-flame unto Yahweh, Whether cow or eweit and its young, shall ye not slaughter on one day. And when ye would offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Yahweh, for your acceptance, shall ye offer it. On the same day, shall it be eaten, ye shall not leave thereof until morning,I, am Yahweh. So then ye shall observe my commandments, and do them,I, am Yahweh. So shall ye not profane my holy name, So shall I be hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel,I, am Yahweh, who am hallowing you; Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your God,I, am Yahweh. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel and thou shalt say unto them, As for the appointed seasons of Yahweh, which ye shall proclaim as holy con-vocations, these, are theymy appointed seasons: Six days, shall work be done, but, on the seventh day, shall there be a sabbath of sacred rest a holy convocation, no work, shall ye do,a sabbath, shall it be unto Yahweh, in all your dwellings. These, are the appointed seasons of Yahweh, holy convocations,which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season: In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is a Passover unto Yahweh; and on the fifteenth day of this month, is the festival of unleavened cakes unto Yahweh,seven daysunleavened cakes, shall ye eat. On the first daya holy convocation, shall there be to you: no laborious work, shall ye do. So then ye shall bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh, seven days,on the seventh day, a holy convocation, no laborious work, shall ye do. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them:When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, and ye reap the harvest thereof, then shall ye bring in a sheaf of the first-ripe corn of your harvest, unto the priest; and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, that ye may be accepted,on the morrow of the sabbath, shall the priest wave it. And ye shall offer on the day when ye wave the sheaf, a he-lamb without defect, the finest of its year for an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh; and the, meal-offering thereof shall be two-tenth parts of fine meal overflowed with oil, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh a satisfying odour,and, the drink-offering thereof, mine, the fourth of a hin. And neither bread, nor roasted corn, nor garden-land grain, shall ye eat, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought in the oblation of your God,an age-abiding statute unto your generations, in all your dwellings. Then shall ye keep count to yourselves from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day ye brought in the wave sheaf,seven sabbaths complete, shall there be: until on the morrow of the seventh sabbath, ye count fifty days,then shall ye bring near a new meal-offering unto Yahweh. Out of your dwellings, shall ye bring in two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah, of fine meal, shall they be, with leaven, shall they be baked,first-fruits unto Yahweh. Then shall ye bring near with the bread seven he-lambs without defect of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams,they shall be an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, an altar-flame of satisfying odour unto Yahweh. Then shall ye offer one he-goat, as a sin-bearer,and two he-lambs, of the first year, as a peace-offering. And the priest shall wave them, with the firstfruits bread, as a wave-offering before Yahweh, with the two he-lambs,holy, shall they be unto Yahweh, for the priest. And ye shall make proclamation on this self-same daya holy convocation, shall it be unto you; no laborious work, shall ye do,an age-abiding statute in all your dwellings, unto your generations. And, when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly clear the border of thy field when thou reapest, and, the gleanings of thy field, shalt thou not glean,for the poor and for the sojourner, shalt thou leave them. IYahweh, am your God. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying:In the seventh month on the first of the month, shall there be unto you a sacred rest, a trumpet-blowing commemoration a holy convocation: no laborious work, shall ye do,but ye shall bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, Surely on the tenth of this seventh month, is, the Day of Propitiation, a holy convocation, shall it be to you, therefore shall ye humble your souls,and bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh. And, no work, shall ye do, on this selfsame day,for a day of propitiation, it is, to put a propitiatory-covering over you before Yahweh your God. For, whosoever be the person that shall not be humbled on this selfsame day, then shall he be cut off from among his kinsfolk. And, whosoever be the person that shall do any work on this selfsame day, then will I destroy that person from the midst of his people. No work, shall ye do,an age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings. A sabbath of sacred rest, shall it be unto you, so shall ye humble your souls,on the ninth of the month in the evening, from evening to evening, shall ye keep your sabbath. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying:On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, shall be the festival of booths, for seven days, unto Yahweh. On the first day, a holy convocation,no laborious work, shall ye do. Seven days, shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh: on the eighth daya holy convocation, shall there be unto you so shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahwehthe closing of the feast, it is, no laborious work, shall ye do. These, are the appointed seasons of Yahweh, which ye shall proclaim, as holy convocations,for bringing near as an altar-flame unto Yahweh, an ascending-sacrifice, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice and a drink-offering, each days appointment on its own day: besides the sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your presents, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which ye shall give unto Yahweh. Surely, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the yield of the land, shall ye celebrate the festival of Yahweh seven days,on the first day, a sacred rest, and, on the eighth day, a sacred rest. So then ye shall take you, on the first day, boughs of goodly trees, branches, of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and poplars of the ravine,and shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, seven days. So shall ye celebrate it as a festival unto Yahweh, seven days in the year,a statute age-abiding, to your generations. In the seventh month, shall ye celebrate it; In booths, shall ye dwell seven days;All the home-born in Israel, shall dwell in booths: To the end that your generations may know, that, in booths, made I the sons of Israel to dwell, when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,IYahweh, am your God. So then Moses declared, the appointed seasons of Yahweh, unto the sons of Israel. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Command the sons of Israel, That they bring unto theepure oil olive, beaten, for giving light,to cause the lamp to burn up continually. Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron order it, from evening until morning, before Yahweh continually,a statute age-abiding, to your generations. Upon the pure lampstand, shall he order the lamps,before Yahweh, continually. And thou shalt take fine meal, and bake it, in twelve cakes,of two-tenths, shall each cake be. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row,upon the pure table, before Yahweh. And thou shalt put upon each row pure frankincense,so shall it belong unto the bread as a memorial, an altar-flame unto Yahweh. Sabbath day by sabbath day, shall he order it before Yahweh continually,from the sons of Israel as an age-abiding covenant: so shall it be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place,for most holy, shall it be unto him from among the altar-flames of Yahweh, a statute age-abiding. And forth went the son of a woman of Israelhe being the son of a man of Egyptin the midst of the sons of Israel; and the son of the woman of Israel, and a man of Israel, reviled one another in the camp. And the son of the Israelitish woman uttered contemptuously the Name, and reviled. So they brought him in unto Moses,now, the name of his mother, was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; and they put him in ward,that a clear answer might be given to them at the mouth of Yahweh. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Bring forth him that reviled unto the out-side of the camp, then shall all that heard lean their hands upon his head,and all the assembly shall stone him. And, unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak saying,What man soever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And, he that contemptuously uttereth the name of Yahweh, shall be, surely put to death, all the assembly shall, surely stone, him,as the sojourner so the home-born, when he contemptuously-uttereth the Name, he shall be put to death. And, when, any man, by smiting taketh the life of any human being, he shall be surely put to death, And he that by smiting taketh away the life of a beast, shall make it good,life for life. And, when, any man, inflicteth a blemish upon his neighbour, as he hath done, so, shall it be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, as he inflicteth a blemish upon a human being, so, shall one be inflicted upon him. And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,-and he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death. One rule, shall ye have, as the sojourner, so the home-born, shall be,For, IYahweh, am your God. So then Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, and they took forth the reviler, unto the outside of the camp, and stoned him with stones. Thus, the sons of Israel did, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them:When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh. Six years, shalt thou sow thy field, and, six years, shalt thou prune thy vineyard,and gather the increase thereof; but, in the seventh yeara sabbath of sacred rest, shall there be unto the land, a sabbath unto Yahweh: thy field, shalt thou not sow, and, thy vineyard, shalt thou not prune; that which groweth of itself of thy harvest, shalt thou not reap; and the grapes of thine unpruned vines, shalt thou not cut off: a year of sacred rest, shall there be to the land. So shall the sabbath of the land be unto you for food: unto thee, and unto thy servant and unto thy handmaid,and unto thy hireling, and unto thy settlers that are sojourning with thee; and unto thy tame-beasts, and unto the wild-beasts that are in thy land, shall belong all the increase thereof for food. And thou shalt count to thee seven weeks of years, seven years, seven times,so shall the days of the seven weeks of years become to thee forty-nine years. Then shalt thou cause a signal-horn to pass through in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month: on the Day of Propitiation, shall ye cause a horn to pass throughout all your land. So shall ye hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land to all the dwellers thereof,a jubilee, shall it be unto you, and ye shall return, every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family, shall ye return. A jubilee, shall that fiftieth year be unto you,ye shall not sow, neither shall ye reap the self-grown corn thereof, nor cut off the grapes of the unpruned vines thereof. For, a jubilee, it is, holy, shall it be unto you,out of the field, shall ye eat her increase. In this same jubilee year, shall ye return every man unto his possession. And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbours hand, do not overreach one another. By the number of years after the jubilee, shalt thou buy of thy neighbour,by the number of the years of increase, shall he sell unto thee; according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof,because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee. So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God,for, IYahweh, am your God. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them,so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence; and the land shall yield her fruit; and ye shall eat to the full,and shall dwell with confidence thereupon. And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase! Therefore will I command my blessing upon you, in the sixth year,and it shall make the increase of three years; and ye shall sow, the eighth year, and eat of old store,until the ninth year until the coming in of the increase thereof, shall ye eat old store. The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land,for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me. And, in all the land of your possession, a right of redemption, shall ye give to the land. When thy brother waxeth poor, and so selleth aught of his possession, then may his kinsman that is near unto him come in, and redeem that which was sold by his brother. And, when, any man, hath no kinsman,but his own hand getteth enough, so that he findeth what is needed to redeem it, then shall he reckon the years since he sold it, and restore the overplus to the man to whom he sold it,and shall return to his possession. But, if his hand have not found enough to get it back unto him, then shall that which he sold remain in the hand of him that bought it, until the year of the jubilee,and shall go out in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession. And, when, any man, selleth a dwelling-house in a walled city, then shall his right of redemption remain until the completion of a year after he sold it,for, days, shall his right of redemption remain. But, if it be not redeemed before the end of a full year, then shall the house that is in the city that hath walls be confirmed, beyond recovery, to him who bought it, unto his generations,it shall not go out in the jubilee. But as for the houses of villages which have no wall round about them, with the fields of land, shall it be reckoned,a right of redemption, shall belong to it, and, in the jubilee, shall it go out. And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, an age-abiding right of redemption, shall pertain unto the Levites. And, if one of the Levites should not redeem, then shall the sale of the house and the city of his possession go out in the jubilee; for, the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession, in the midst of the sons of Israel. But the field of the pasture-land of their cities, shall not be sold,for an age-abiding possession, it is unto them. And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee. Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God,so shall thy brother live with thee. Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest,neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food. IYahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become your God, And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman: as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee,until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee: then shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him,and shall return unto his family, and unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return. For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God. And as for thy bondman and thy bond-maid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about youfrom them, may ye buy bondman and bond-maid. Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with youof them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land,so shall they become yours, as a possession; and ye may take them as an inheritance for your sons after you to inherit as a possession, unto times age-abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen,but, over your brethren the sons of Israela man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him with rigour. And, when the hand of the sojourner and settler with thee getteth possessions, and thy brother with him, waxeth poor,and so he selleth himself to the sojourner a settler with thee, or to one who hath taken root, of the family of the sojourner, after that he hath sold himself, a right of redemption, pertaineth to him,one of his brethren, may redeem him; or, his uncle or his uncles son, may redeem him, or, a near flesh-relation of his, of his family, may redeem him, or, his own hand may have gotten enough, and, so he may redeem himself. Then shall he reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of the jubilee,and the silver for which he was sold shall be by the number of years, according to the days of a hired servant, shall he be with him. If there is yet a multitude of years, according to them, shall he return, as his redemption price, of the silver of him that bought him. Or, if but a small remainder of years, until the year of the jubilee, then shall he reckon to himself, according to the years thereof, shall he return his price of redemption. As a servant hired year by year, shall he be with him, he shall not rule over him with rigour, before thine eyes. But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him. For, unto me, are the sons of Israel, bondmen, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I, Yahweh, am your God. Ye shall not make unto you idols,neither image nor pillar, shall ye set up for yourselves, nor sculptured stone, shall ye place in your land, to bow yourselves down thereunto,-For, I Yahweh, am your God. My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And, my sanctuary, shall ye revere,I, am Yahweh. If, in my statutes, ye will walk,And my commandments, ye will observe, and do them, Then will I give your rains in their season,And the land shall yield her increase, And, the trees of the field, shall yield their fruit. Then shall your threshing reach unto the vintage, And, the vintage, shall reach unto the seedtime,And ye shall eat your food to the full, And shall dwell securely in your land. And I will give peace in the land, And ye shall lie down, and nothing shall make you afraid; And I will take away vicious beasts out of the land; And, the sword, shall not go through your land. And ye shall chase your foes,And they shall fall before you by the sword; And, five, of you shall chase, a hundred, And, a hundred, of you shall put ten thousand to flight,So shall your foes fall before you, by the sword. And I will turn unto you, And make you fruitful,And multiply you, And will establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store well seasoned,And the old from before the new, shall ye put forth. And I will set my habitation in your midst,And my soul shall not abhor you; But I will walk to and fro in your midst, And will be unto you a God, And, ye, shall be unto me a people. IYahweh, am your God who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; so I brake in pieces the staves of your yoke, and caused you to walk, erect. But, if ye will not hearken unto me, And will not do all these commandments; And if, my statutes, ye refuse, And, my regulations, your souls shall abhor,So that ye will not do all my commandments, But shall break my covenant I also, will do this unto youI will set over you, for terror, consumption and fever, Causing the eyes to fail and the soul to pine away,And ye shall sow, in vain, your seed, for it shall be eaten by your foes. And I will set my face against you, And ye shall be smitten before your foes,-And be trodden down by them who hate you, And shall flee when no one is pursuing you. And, if even with these things, ye will not hearken unto me, Then will I yet further correct you seven times, for your sins. So will I break your pomp of power, And will set your heavens as iron, and your land as bronze; And your strength shall be spent in vain,And your land shall not yield her increase, And the trees of the land, shall not yield their fruit. If therefore, ye will go in opposition to me, And not be willing to hearken unto me, Then will I yet further plague you seven times according to your sins; And will send among you the wild-beast of the field And it shall rob you of your children, And cut off your cattle, And make you few in number; And your roads shall be silent. And, if, by these things, ye will not be corrected by me,But will go in opposition to me, Then will, I also, go in opposition to you. And, I, even I, will plague you seven times for your sins; And will bring in upon you a sword that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy. When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,And ye shall eat and not be filled. And, if, with this, ye will not hearken to me,But will go in opposition to me, Then will I go in a rage of opposition to you,And I, even I, will correct you seven times for your sins; And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons,Yea, even the flesh of your daughters, shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places And cut down your sun-pillars, And cast your caresses upon the calluses of your manufactured gods,Thus shall my soul abhor you. And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb,And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour; And, I, will make the land dumb, And your foes that dwell therein shall regard it with dumb amazement: When, even you, I scatter among the nations, And make bare after you, a sword, Then shall your land become an astonishment, And your cities become a desolation. Then, shall the land be paid her sabbaths, All the days she lieth desolate, While, ye, are in the land of your fees,Then, shall the land keep sabbath, And pay off her sabbaths: All the days she lieth desolate, shall she keep sabbath,the which she kept not as your sabbaths,while ye dwelt thereupon. And as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing; And they shall stumble one upon another as from before a sword, when, pursuer there is none; And ye shall not have wherewith to stand before your foes; And ye shall perish among the nations,And the land of your fees shall eat you up; And they who are left of you, shall melt away in their iniquity, in the lands of your foes; Yea also, in the iniquity of their fathers with them, shall they melt away. Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me, I also, must needs go in opposition to them, and bring them into the land of their foes,Save only that, if, even then, their uncircumcised heart shall be humbled, And, even then, they shall accept as a payment the punishment of their iniquity, Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob Yea moreover, my covenant with Isaac, Yea moreover, my covenant with Abraham, will I remember; And the land, will I remember. For, the land, shall be left of them, And shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them, They also, accepting, as a payment, the punishment of their iniquity, Because, yea because, my regulations, they refused, And my statutes, their soul abhorred. And yet even so when they are in the land of their foes I have not refused them Neither have I abhorred them To make an end of them, To break my covenant with them,For, IYahweh, am their God. Therefore will I remember in their behalf 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 GodIYahweh. These are the statutes and the regulations and the laws, which Yahweh granted between himself, and the sons of Israel,in Mount Sinai by the mediation of Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel and thou shall say unto themWhen any man would consecrate and pay a vow by thine estimate of lives unto Yahweh, then shall, thine estimate be for the male from twenty years of age even to sixty years of age, yea thine estimate shall befifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary; but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels. And, if it be from five years of age even unto twenty years of age, then shall thine estimate be for the male, twenty shekels,and, for the female, ten shekels. And, if it he from a month old even unto five years old, then shall thine estimate befor the male, five shekels of silver,and, for the female, thine estimate three shekels of silver. And if it be from sixty years of age and upwards, if a male, then shall thine estimate be fifteen shekels,and, for the female, ten shekels. But if he be, too poor, for thine estimate, then shall he present himself before the priest, and the priest shall estimate him,according to that which the hand of him who would vow can attain to, shall the priest estimate him. And if it be a beast whereof men may bring near an oblation unto Yahweh, all that whereof aught is given to Yahweh, shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change itgood for bad or bad for good,but if he, do, change beast for beast, then shall, both it and what was given in exchange for it be holy. And, if it be any unclean beast whereof men may not bring near an oblation to Yahweh, then shall he present the beast before the priest: and the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad,according to thine estimate, O priest, so, shall it be. But if he should please to redeem, it, then shall he add the fifth part thereof unto thine estimate. And, when, any man, would hallow his house to be holy unto Yahweh, then shall the priest estimate it, whether it is good or bad,as the priest shall estimate it, so, shall it stand. But, if he that halloweth it, would redeem his house, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto and it shall be his. And if of the field of his possession any man would hallow unto Yahweh, then shall thine estimate be according to the seed thereof,the seed of a homer of barley, at fifty shekels of silver. If, from the year of jubilee, he would hallow his field, according to thine estimate, shall it stand. But if after the jubilee he would hallow his field, then shall the priest reckon to him the silver, according to the years that remain, until the year of the jubilee,and it shall be abated from thine estimate. But, if he that hath hallowed it should be pleased to redeem, the field, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto and it shall be assured to him. But if he will not redeem the field, but have sold the field to another man, it shall be redeemable no longer; so shall the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, be holy unto Yahweh as a devoted, field,to the priest, shall belong the possession thereof. If, however, a field that he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession, he would hallow unto Yahweh, then shall the priest reckon to him the amount of thine estimate until the year of the jubilee,and he shall give thine estimate, in that day, as holy unto Yahweh. In the year of the jubilee, shall the field return unto him from whom he bought it to him whose it was as a possession in the land. And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel,twenty gerahs, make the shekel. Only the firstling which is born a firstling to Yahweh, among beasts, no man shall hallow it,whether ox or sheep, unto Yahweh, it belongeth. But, if it be among the beasts that are unclean, then shall he ransom it by thine estimate, and add the fifth part of it thereunto,but, if it is not redeemed, then shall it be sold by thine estimate. Only no devoted thing which any man shall devote unto Yahweh, of all that belongeth to him,of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be either sold or redeemed,as to every devoted thing, most holy, it is unto Yahweh. As touching any one devoted, who may be devoted from among men he shall not be ransomed,he must be, surely put to death. And, as for all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth,as something holy unto Yahweh. But, if any man should be pleased, to redeem, aught of his tithes, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto. And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh. He shall not examine whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it,or, if he do in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, be holy, it shall not be redeemed. These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel,in Mount Sinai.

Then spake Yahweh unto Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tent of meeting,on the first of the second month in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt saying: Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, every male, by their polls; from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel,ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; and with you, shall be one man for each tribe,each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be. These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur; Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab; Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon; Of the sons of Joseph,Of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; Of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan. These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being princes of the tribes of their fathers,heads of the thousands of Israeli. So then Moses and Aaron took these men, who were distinguished by name; all the assembly also, called they together on the first of the second month,and they declared their pedigree according to their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards by their polls. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he mustered them in the desert of Sinai. And they were The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigreesby their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty-six thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Simeon, in their pedigree by their families by their ancestral houses,such as were numbered of him, in the counting of names by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Simeon, fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. Of the sons of Gad, in their pedigreeby their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war: such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Gad, forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty. Of the sons of Judah, in the r pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy-four thousand and six hundred. Of the sons of Issachar, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty year old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty-four thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Zebulun, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years rid and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of JosephOf the sons of Ephraim, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Manasseh, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty-two thousand, and two hundred. Of the sons of Benjamin, in their pedigrees by their families, by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty-five thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Dan, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty-two thousand, and seven hundred. Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty-one thousand, and five hundred. The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty-three thousand, and four hundred. These, are they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the twelve princes of Israel did number, the princes acting each one for his ancestral house. So then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel; so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst. For Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Only the tribe of Levi, shalt thou no number, nor the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up, in the midst of the sons of Israel. But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp. And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up, but the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death. So then the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man, near his own camp, and, every man, near his own standard, by their hosts; but the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony. Thus did the sons of Israel,according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they. Then spake Yahweh onto Moses and onto Aaron saying: Every mannear his standard with the ensigns belonging to their ancestral houses, shall the sons of Israel encamp,at a distance round about the tent of meeting, shall they encamp. And they who encamp eastwards towards sunrise, shall he the standard of the camp of Judah by their hosts,even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Ammi-nadab; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,seventy-four thousand and six hundred, Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Issachar,even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; and his host even they who are numbered of them,fifty-four thousand and four hundred. The tribe of Zebulun, even the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon; and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. All they who are num-bered to the camp of Judah. a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward. the standard of he camp of Reuben south-wards, by their hosts,even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; and his host, even they who are numbered of him,forty-six thousand, and five hundred. Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon,even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. Then the tribe of Gad, even the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,forty-five thousand, and six hundred and fifty. All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben,a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward. Then shall set forward the tent of meetingthe camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps,as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof by their standards. the standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts westwards,even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,forty thousand, and five hundred. Then by him, the tribe of Manasseh, even the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,thirty-two thousand and two hundred. Then the tribe of Benjamin, even the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,thirty-five thousand and four hundred. All they who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim a hundred and eight thousand and one hundred by their hosts, and they in the third rank, shall set forward. the standard of the camp of Dan, north-wards by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai: and his host, even they who are numbered of them,sixty-two thou-sand and seven hundred. Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Asher,even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,forty-one thousand and five hundred. Then the tribe of Naphtali,even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan; and his host, even they who are numbered of them,fifty-three thousand and four hundred, All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards. These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses,all they who were numbered of the camps by their hosts were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel,As Yahweh commanded Moses. Thus did the sons of Israel,according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they encamp by their standards, and so, did they set forward, every one by his families near his ancestral house. Now, these, were the pedigrees of Aaron and Moses,in the day when Yahweh spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. And these, are the names of the sons of Aaronthe firstborn Nadab,and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These, are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed,who were installed to minister as priests. But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh in the desert of Sinai, and sons, had they none,so then Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests, in the presence of Aaron their father. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,so shall they wait upon him; so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,to do the laborious work of the habitation; so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,to do the laborious work of the habitation. Thus shalt thou give the Levites unto Aaron and unto his sons,given, given, they are unto him, from among the sons of Israel; but unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying I, therefore, lo! I have taken the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth, from among the sons of Israel,so shall the Levites be mine; for, mine, is every firstborn, in the day when I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, hallowed unto myself every firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast,mine, did they become, and belong unto me, Yahweh. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, in the desert of Sinai, saying: Number thou the sons of Levi, by their ancestral houses, by their families,every male, from one month old and upwards, shalt thou number them. So then Moses numbered them according to the bidding of Yahweh,as he was commanded. And these were the sons of Levi, by their names,Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And these, the names of the sons of Gershon by their families,Libni and Shimei. And, the sons of Kohath, by their families Amram, and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are theythe families of the Levites by their ancestral houses. To, Gershon, belonged the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites,these, are theythe families of the Gershonites. They who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old, and upwards,they who were num-bered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward. And, the prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites, was Eliasaph son of Lael. And, the charge, of the sons of Gershon, was over the tent of meeting, the habitation, and the tent,the covering thereof, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the court which was near the habitation and near the altar, round about,and the cords thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof. And to Kohath, belonged 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 theythe families of the Kohathites. In, the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, there were eight thousand and six hundred, to keep the charge of the sanctuary. The, families of the sons of Kohath, were to encamp,on the side of the habitation, south-ward. And the prince of the ancestral house of the families of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel. And their charge, wasthe ark and the table and the lampstand and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary wherewith they were to minister,and the screen, as to all the laborious work thereof. And the prince of the princes of the Levites, was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest,to have the oversight of them that were to keep the charge of the sanctuary. To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,these, are theythe families of Merari. And they who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, were six thousand, and two hundred. And the prince of the ancestral house of the families of Merari, was Zuriel son of Abihail,on the side of the habitation, were they to encamp northward. And the oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari, wasthe boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof,and all the furniture thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof; also the pillars of the court round about and their sockets,and their pins and their cords. But, they who were to encamp before the habitation eastwards before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons. to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death. All they who were numbered of the Levites whom Moses And Yahweh said unto Moses: Number thou every firstborn male belonging to the sons of Israel, from one month old and upwards,and reckon up the number of their names; then shalt thou take the Levites for me, me Yahweh, instead of every firstborn among the sons of Ishmael,also the cattle of the Levites, instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel. So then Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him,every firstborn among the sons of Israel. And it was sothat all the firstborn of the males in the counting of names from one month old and upwards of such as were numbered of them,were two-and-twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy-three. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Take the Levites, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, instead of their cattle,so shall the Levites belong unto me, me Yahweh; and as the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three,who are mere than the Levites, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll,by the shekel of the sanctuary, shalt thou take it, twenty gerahs to the shekel; and shalt give the silver to Aaron and to his sons,as the ransom of them that are in excess over them. So Moses took the redemption silver from them who were in excess over them who were redeemed by the Levites: from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, took he the silver,a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, And Moses gave the redemption silver to Aaron and to his sons at the bidding of Yahweh,As Yahweh commanded Moses. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron saying: Reckon up the sum of the sons of Kohath, out of the midst of the sons of Levi,by their families by their ancestral house: from thirty years old, and upwards, even unto fifty years,every one that can enter into the host, to do service in the tent of meeting. This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting,the most holy things, So then Aaron and his sons shall enter when the camp is to set forward, and take down the screening veil,and enwrap therein the ark of the testimony; and put thereon a covering of badgers skin, and spread a complete wrapper of blue over above,and put in the staves thereof. And over the Presence-table, shall they spread a wrapper of blue and put thereon the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the libation cups, the perpetual bread also, thereupon, shall remain; and they shall spread over them a wrapper of crimson, and cover the same with a covering of badgers skin,and shall put in the staves thereof. Then shall they take a wrapper of blue, and cover the light-giving lampstand, and the lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof and the snuff-trays thereof,and all the oil-vessels, thereof, wherewith they minister thereunto; and shall put the same and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of, badgers skin,and shall put it upon a frame. And upon the altar of gold, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and shall cover the same in a covering of badgers skin,and shall put in the staves thereof, And they shall take all the utensils of attendance wherewith they attend in the sanctuary, and put them within a wrapper of blue, and cover the same in a covering of badgers skin,and put them on a frame. Then shall they remove the fat-ashes from the altar,and spread over it a wrapper of purple; and put thereupon all the utensils thereof wherewith they minister thereuponthe fire-pans, the flesh-hooksand the shovels and the tossing-bowls, all the utensils of the altar,and shall spread over it covering of badgers skin and put in the staves thereof. So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which, is holy, else should they die, these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. But the care of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, the light-giving oil, and the fragrant incense, and the perpetual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the care of all the habitation, and all that is therein, both as to the sanctuary, and as to the furniture thereof. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites. This, therefore, do ye for them, so shall they live and not die when they approach the most holy place,Aaron and his sons shall enter and set them man by man over his labour, and unto his burden; but they shall not enter to see, for a moment, that which is holy, else should they die. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: reckon up the sum of the sons of Gershon even of them also,by their ancestral house by their families; from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shalt thou number them,All that may enter to take rank in the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting. This, shall be the labour of the families of the Gershonites,in labouring and in bearing: they shall bear the curtains of the habitation and the tent of meeting, the covering thereof and the covering of badgers skin which is over above it,and the screen, at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is near the habitation and near the altar round about, and their cords, and all their articles of service, and all that is to be done to them when they shall do their labour, At the bidding of Aaron and his sons, shall he all the labour of the sons of the Gershonites, to the extent of their every burden, and to the extent of all their labour,so shall ye appoint unto them in charge their every burden. This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting,and, the charge of them, shall be in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. As for the sons of Merari,by their families by their ancestral house, shall ye number them; from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shall ye number them,all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting, And, this, shall be their charge of the burdens, to the extent of all their labour in the ten of meeting, the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and he pillars thereof and the sockets thereof: and the pillars of the court round about and their sockets anti their pins and their cords, to the extent of all their articles, to the extent of all their labour, and by names, shall ye put under their care the articles of their charge of burdens. This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of Merari, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting,in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest. Then did Moses and Aaron, and the princes of the assembly, number the sons of the Kohathites, by their families, and by their ancestral house; from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old, all that might enter the host, to labour in the tent of meeting; and they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to be two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. These, were they who were num-bered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might labour in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh by the mediation of Moses. And they who were numbered of the sons of Gershon,by their families, and by their ancestral house; from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years old, all that might enter the host, to labour in the tent of meeting,: yea they who were numbered of them, by heir families, by their ancestral house,were found to betwo thousand, and six hundred, and thirty. These, are they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who might labour in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh. And they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families by their ancestral house; from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old,all that might enter the host to labour in the tent of meeting; yea they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to bethree thousand and two hundred. These, are they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh, by the mediation of Moses. All they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel did number, even the Levites, by their families and by their ancestral house; from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old, all that might enter, to toil in the work of labouring and in the work of bearing burdens, in the tent of meeting, yea, they who were numbered of them were found to beeight thousand, and five hundred, and eighty. At the bidding of Yahweh, were they put in charge by the mediation of Moses, man by man, over his labour and over his burden,yea, they who were put in charge by him, were they, whom Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Command the sons of Israel, that they send forth out of the camp, every leper, and every one that hath a flux,and every one that is unclean by the dead: whether male or female, ye shall send them forth, unto the outside of the camp, shall ye send them,that they make not their camps unclean, in the midst whereof, I, have my habitation. And the sons of Israel did so, and sent them forth unto the outside of the camp,as Yahweh spake unto Moses, so, did the sons of Israel. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel: When any man or woman, shall do aught of an human sin, in acting unfaithfully against Yahweh,and that person shall become aware of his guilt, then shall they confess their sin which they have done, and he shall make good that wherein he is guilty, in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,and give to him against whom he is guilty, But if one have no kinsman unto whom he may make goad that wherein he is guilty, then that wherein he is guilty, which is to he restored to Yahweh, shall be the priests,besides the ram of propitiation, wherewith a propitiatory-covering is to be put over him. And every heave-offering, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel which they bring near to the priest, unto him, shall it belong. And, every mans hallowed things, shall be, his own,what any man giveth to the priest, shall be his. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,When any mans wife, shall turn aside, and commit against him an act of unfaithfulness; and a man shall lie with her carnally, and it shall be concealed from the eyes of her husband and he kept close but, she, hath committed uncleanness,though witness, there is none against her, and she, hath not been caught; but there shall pass over him a spirit of jealousy, and he shall become jealous of his wife, she having committed uncleanness,or there shall pass over him a spirit of jealousy, and he shall become jealous of his wife, she not, having committed uncleanness, then shall the man bring in his wife unto the priest, and shall bring in her offering for her, the tenth of an ephah of the meal of barley,he shall not pour thereon oil, nor put thereon frankincense, for a jealousy gift, it is, a reminding gift bringing to mind iniquity. Then shall the priest bring her near,and cause her to stand before Yahweh; and the priest shall take hallowed water in an earthen vessel,and of the dust which shall be upon the floor of the habitation, shall the priest take, and put into the water; and the priest shall cause the woman to stand before Yahweh, and shall bare the head of the woman, and shall place upon her hands the reminding gift, it being a jealousy gift,and in the hand of the priest, shall be the deadly water that bringeth a curse; and the priest shall put her on oath and shall say unto the woman:If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside in uncleanness, instead of thy husband, be thou clear from this deadly water that causeth a curse. But, if, thou, hast turned aside, instead of thy husband and if thou hast made thyself unclean,in that a man hath known thee carnally, other than thy husband, then shall the priest put the woman on oath with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Yahweh give thee up for a curse and for an oath in the midst of thy people,in that Yahweh shall give up thy thigh to fall away, and thy womb to swell: so shall this water that causeth a curse enter into thy body, causing womb to swell and thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. Then shall the priest write these curses in a scroll,and wipe them out into the deadly water; and shall cause the woman to drink the deadly water that causeth a curse,and the deadly water that causeth a curse shall enter into her. Then shall the priest take from the hand of the woman the jealousy meal-offering,and shall wave the meal-offering before Yahweh, and bring it near unto the altar; and the priest shall take a handful from the meal-offering, a remembrancer thereof, and make a perfume at the altar,and afterwards, shall cause the woman to drink the water. And as soon as he causeth her to drink, the water, then shall it be, that, if she have fallen into uncleanness and committed unfaithfulness against her husband, as soon as the deadly water that causeth a curse hath entered into her, so soon shall her womb swell and her thigh fall away,thus shall the woman be-come a curse in the midst of her people. But, if the woman have not fallen into uncleanness, but is pure, then shall she be clear and shall bear seed. This, is the law of jealousies,when a wife shall turn aside instead of her husband, and fall into uncleanness; or when there passeth over, a husband, a spirit of jealousy, and he becometh jealous of his wife, then shall he cause the woman to stand before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law: thus shall the man be clear of iniquity; but that woman, shall bear her iniquity. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,When any man or woman, would make the special vow of One Separate, by separating himself unto Yahweh, from wine and strong drink, shall he separate himself, neither vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong drink, shall he drink,and no liquor of grapes, shall he drink, no grapes fresh or dried, shall he eat. All the days of his separation, of nothing that is made from the grapevine from the seeds even to the skin, shall he eat. All the days of his vow of separation, no razor, shall pass over his head,until the days are fulfilled for which he shall separate himself to Yahweh hallowed, shall he be, letting the locks of the hair of his head grow long. All the days for which he hath separated himself unto Yahweh to no dead person, shall he go in. Neither for his father nor for his mother nor for his brother nor for his sister, shall he make himself unclean-not even for them, should they die,because, his separation unto God, is upon his head, All his days of separation hallowed, is he unto Yahweh. But if one that is dying should die by him in a moment suddenly, then shall he count unclean his head of separation,and shall shave his head, on the day he cleanseth himself, on the seventh day, shall he shave it. And on the eighth day, shall he bring in. two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons,unto the triest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the priest shall make, of one a sinbearer and of one an ascending-sacrifice, and so put a propitiatory-covering over him, for that he sinned in respect of the dead person,thus shall he hallow his head on that day. Then shall be separate unto Yahweh his days of separation, and shall bring in a he-lamb a year old as a guilt-bearer,and, the first days, shall be lost because his separation, was made unclean. And, this, is the law of the Separate One, on the day when he fulfilleth his days of separation, he shall be brought in unto the entrance of the tent of meeting: then shall he bring near as his offering unto Yahweh.one he-lamb a year old, without defect for an ascending-sacrifice, and one ewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin-bearer,and one ram, without defect for a peace-offering; and a basket of unleavened cakesfine meal in round cakes overflowed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened bread, anointed with oil,with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings. Then shall the priest bring near before Yahweh,and offer his sin-bearer and his ascending-sacrifice; and the ram, shall he offer as a peace-offering unto Yahweh, besides the basket of unleavened cakes,and the priest shall offer the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof, Then shall the Separate One shave, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, his head of separation,and take the hair of his head of separation, and put upon the fire, which is under the peace-offering. Then shall the priest take the shoulder far boiling from the ram, and one unleavened round cake from the basket, and one unleavened thin cake,and place them on the hands, of the Separate One after he hath shaven off his separation; and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering before Yahweh, hallowed, it is for the priest, besides the wave breast, and be-sides the heave leg,and, afterwards, may the Separate One drink wine. This is the law of One Separate what he shall vow, his offering unto Yahweh with respect to his separation, besides what his hand may obtain: as required by the vow that he shall vow, so, must he do, with respect to the law of his separation. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons saying Thus, shall ye bless the sons of Israel,saying unto them: Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee: Yahweh cause his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee: Yahweh lift up his face unto thee, and appoint unto thee peace. Thus shall they put my name upon the sons of Israel,and, I, myself, will bless them. And it came to pass, on the day when Moses made an end of rearing up the habitation and anointing it, and hallowing it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar, and all the utensils thereof,both of anointing them, and hallowing them, that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,they being princes of the tribes, they being the inert who stood over them who were numbered: yea then brought they in as their offering, before Yahwehsix covered waggons, and twelve oxen, a waggon for every two of the princes and an ox for each one,yea they brought them near before the habitation. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Take of them, so shall they be for doing the laborious work of the ten of meeting,and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to the need of his laborious work. So Moses took the waggons, and the oxen,and gave them unto the Levites: two of the waggons and four of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Gershon,according to the need of their laborious work; and four of the waggons, and eight of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Merari,according to the need of their laborious work, in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest; but, unto the sons of Kohath, gave he none,because as to the laborious work of the sanctuary which pertained unto them, upon their shoulders, were they to carry it. So then the princes offered for the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed,yea the princes offered their oblation before the altar, And Yahweh said unto Moses: Each prince on his appointed day, thus shall they offer their oblation, for the dedication of the altar. And so it was, that, he who on the first day, offered his oblation,was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah; and his offering, wasone charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil for a meal-offering; one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Nashon, son of Amminadab. On the second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought his offering. He offered as his oblationone charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and, as peace-offering two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar. On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun,Eliab, son of Helon: his offering,one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon, of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon. On the fourth day, the prince of he sons of Reuben,Elizur, son of Shedeur: his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of Silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold full of incense: one choice young bullock one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; ones young he-goat for a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Elizur, son of Shedeur. On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon,Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold, full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat as a sin-bearer; and, as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai. On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad,Eliasaph, son of Deuel: his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Deuel. On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim,Elishama, son of Ammihud: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold, full of incense; one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud. On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh,Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur: his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice: one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin,Abidan, son of Gideoni: his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof,one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering; one spoon, of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Abidan, son of Gideoni. On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof,one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon, of ten of gold, full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran; his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold, full of incense; one choice young bullock, one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering of Pagiel, son of Ochran. On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat as a sin-bearer; and, as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, this, was the offering of Ahira, son of Enan. This, was the offering for the dedication of the altar in the day when it was anointed, from the princes of Israel,twelve chargers of silver twelve tossing bowls of silver, twelve spoons of gold; a hundred and thirty , by the shekel of the sanctuary; twelve spoons of gold full of incense, ten shekels each spoon by the shekel of the sanctuary,all the gold of the spoons, a hundred and twenty . All the herd for the ascending-sacrifice,twelve bullocks twelve rams twelve he-lambs of the first year with their meal-offering,twelve young he-goats for the bearing of sin; and all the herd for the peace-offering, twenty-four bullocks sixty rams, sixty he-goats sixty he-lambs of the first year,this, was the offering for the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed. And when Moses entered into the tent of meeting, that He might speak with him, then heard he the Voice speaking unto him from off the propitiatory that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim,so He spake unto him. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto Aaron, and thou shalt say unto him,When thou lightest up the lamps, over against the front of the lampstand, shall the seven lamps give light. And Aaron did so, over against the front of the lampstand, lighted he up the lamps thereof,As Yahweh commanded Moses, Now, this, was the work of the lampstandbeaten work of gold both in the shaft thereof and in the flowers thereof, was it beaten work, according to the appearance which Yahweh caused to appear unto Moses, so, made he the lampstand. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Take the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,and thou shalt purify them. And, thus, shalt thou do unto them, to purify them, sprinkle upon them sin-cleansing water,then shall they, cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and shall wash their clothes and so make themselves pure. Then shall they take a choice young bullock, with the meal-offering thereof even fine meal overflowed with oil,and a second choice young bullock, shalt thou take. as a sin-bearer. Then shalt thou bring the Levites near, before the tent of meeting,and shalt call together all the assembly of the sons of Israel; and shalt bring the Levites near before Yahweh,and the sons of Israel shall lean their hands upon the Levites; and Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Yahweh, from among the sons of Israel,so shall they be for performing the laborious work of Yahweh. And, the Levites, shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullocks; then make thou of the one a sin-bearer and of the other an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over the Levites. Thus shalt thou cause the Levites to stand before Aaron and before his sons,thus shalt thou offer them as a wave-offering unto Yahweh; thus shalt thou separate the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel,thus shall the Levites become mine. And after that, shall the Levites enter to do the labour of the tent of meeting,so shalt thou purify them, and offer them as a wave-offering, For, given, given, they are unto me, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth from among the sons of Israel, have I taken them unto me. For mine, is every firstborn among the sons of Israel, among men and among beasts,on the day when I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, did I hallow them unto me. Therefore have I taken the Levites,instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel; therefore have I given the Levites as a gift unto Aaron and unto his sons, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the laborious work of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to put a propitiatory-covering over the sons of Israel,so shall there be among the sons of Israel, no plague, by the coming nigh of the sons of Israel unto the sanctuary. And Moses and Aaron and all the assembly of the sons of Israel did thus unto the Levites,according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses as touching the Levites, so, did the sons of Israel unto them. And the Levites accepted the cleansing from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Yahweh,and Aaron put a propitiatory-covering over them to make them pure. And after that, went the Levites in to do their laborious work in the tent of meeting, before Aaron and before his sons,as Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so, did they unto them. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying; This is what concerneth the Levites,from twenty-five years old and upwards, shall they enter to take rank in the host, for doing the laborious work of the tent of meeting; but from the age of fifty years, shall they retire from taking rank in the labour, and shall do laborious work no more; yet shall they wait upon their brethren in the tent of meeting, by keeping charge, but laborious work, shall they not perform,thus, shalt thou do unto the Levites, as touching their charges. And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt in the first month, saying: Let the sons of Israel therefore, keep the passover in its appointed season: on he fourteenth day of this month between the two evenings, shall ye keep it, in its appointed season,according to all the statute thereof and according to all the regulations thereof, shall ye keep it. Then spake Moses unto the sons of Israel that they should keep the passover. So they kept the passover in the first , on the fourteenth day of the month between the two evenings, in the desert of Sinai,according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel. But so it was that there were, certain men who had become unclean by a dead person, and could not keep the passover on that day,therefore came they near before Moses and before Aaron on that day. Then said those men unto him, We, are unclean by a dead person,wherefore should we become of less esteem for want of offering the oblation of Yahweh in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel? And Moses said unto them,Stay, and let me hear, what Yahweh shall command concerning you! Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,Though, any man, be unclean by a dead person or be on a journey afar off, whether in the case of yourselves or of your generations, yet shall he keep a passover unto Yahweh. In the second month, on the fourteenth day between the two evenings, shall they keep it,with unleavened cakes and bitter herbs, shall they eat it. They shall not leave thereof until morning, and no bone, shall they break thereinaccording to all the statutes of the passover, shall they keep it. But as for the man who is, clean, and no a journey, doth not chance to be and yet faileth to keep the passover, that person shall he cut off from among his kinsfolk,for the oblation of Yahweh, hath he not offered in its appointed season, his own sin, shall, that man, bear. When moreover there may sojourn with you a sojourner, who would keep a passover unto Yahweh, according to the statute of the passover, and according to the regulation thereof, so, must he keep Now, on the day the habitation was reared, the cloud covered the habitation, even the tent of the testimony,and in the evening, it was over the habitation, like an appearance of fire, until morning, Thus, came it to pass continually, the cloud, covered it,and an appearance of fire, by night; but at the bidding of the upgoings of the cloud from off the tent, then, after that, the sons of Israel set forward,and in the place where the cloud abode, there the sons of Israel encamped: at the bidding of Yahweh, the sons of Israel set forward, and at the bidding of Yahweh, they encamped,all the days that the cloud abode upon the habitation, they remained encamped. And when the cloud lengthened out its stay upon the habitation, many days, then would the sons of Israel keep the watch of Yahweh, and would not set forward. And, so it was, when the cloud would be a few days upon the habitation, at the bidding of Yahweh, they remained encamped, and at the bidding of Yahweh, they set forward. And, so it was, when the cloud would be from evening until morning, as soon as the cloud went up in the morning, so soon did they set forward: whether by day or by night, as soon as the cloud went up, so soon did they set forward. Whether for two days or a month or a year, the cloud lengthened out its stay upon the habitation abiding thereupon, the sons of Israel remained encamped and set not forward,but at the upgoings thereof, they set forward. At the bidding of Yahweh, they encamped, and at the bidding of Yahweh, they set forward,the watch of Yahweh, they kept, at the bidding of Yahweh by the hand of Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Make thee two trumpets of silver, of beaten work, shalt thou make them,and they shall be unto thee for calling the assembly, and for setting forward the camps. As soon as they blow therewith, so soon hall all the assembly assemble themselves unto thee, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. And, if, only once, they blow, then shall the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, gather themselves unto thee. But when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards; and when ye blow a second alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped southwards,an alarm, shall they blow for setting them forward, But in calling together the convocation, ye shall blow but shall not sound an alarm. And, the sons of Aaron the priests, shall blow with the trumpets,and it shall be unto you for a statute age-abiding, unto your generations. And when ye go into war in your land against thee assailant that assaileth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets,and bring yourselves to mind before Yahweh your God, and be saved, from your enemies, And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings,so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. IYahweh, am your God. And so it came to pass in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony; and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran. Thus then did they set forward for the first time,at the bidding of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses. So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon. Then was taken down the habitation,and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the habitation. Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts,and over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel. Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in. Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim by their hosts,and over his own host, was Elishama son of Ammihud; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni. Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts,and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan. These, were the settings-forward of the sons of Israel by their hosts,thus did they set forward. Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: Setting forward, are we unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you,Oh come with us and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel. And he said unto him, I will not go,but unto my own land, and unto my own kindred, will I go. Then said he: I beseech thee, do not forsake us,for, on this account, hast thou come to know of our encamping in the desert, so shalt thou be unto us as eyes; and it shall be if thou wilt go with us,yea it shall be that with the very good wherewith Yahweh shall do us good, will we do good unto thee. So then they went forward, from the mountain of Yahweh, a journey of three days,and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, was going before them a journey of three days, to search out for them a resting-place, And the cloud of Yahweh, was over them by day,when they set forward out of the camp. And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Arise, O Yahweh! and scattered be thy foes, Let them that hate thee flee before thee; But when it rested, he said,Return, O Yahweh! unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel. And it came to pass that when the people were giving themselves up to murmuring, it was grievous in the ears of Yahweh,so Yahweh hearkened, and kindled was his anger, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and consumed the uttermost part of the camp. Then did the people make outcry unto Moses,and Moses prayed unto Yahweh, and the fire sank down. So he called the name of that place, Taberah because there burned among them the fire of Yahweh. \fs15 Moreover the mixed multitude that was in their midst concealed not their lusting,and so even the sons of Israel, fell away and wept, and said: Who will grant us to eat flesh? We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money,the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick. But, now, our soul is dried up, there is nothing at all,unless, unto the manna, our eyes. Now, the manna, was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof like the appearance of bdellium, The people used to go about and pick it up, and grind it with a pair of mill-stones, or pound it in a mortar, and boil it in a pot, and make it into round cakes,then was the taste thereof like the taste of a sweet cake made with oil. When the dew came down upon the camp by night, the manna came down thereupon. So then Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the entrance of his tent,then kindled the anger of Yahweh fiercely, and in the eyes of Moses, it was grievous. And Moses said unto YahwehWherefore hast thou let thy servant come to grief, and wherefore have I not found favour in thine eyes,that thou shouldest lay the burden of all this people upon me. Did, I, conceive all this people, or, I, beget them,that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father carrieth a suckling, unto the soil which thou didst swear unto their fathers? Whence should, I, have flesh to give to all this people,for they keep weeping by me saying, Oh give us flesh that we may eat! Unable, am, I, by myself, to carry all this people,for they are too heavy for me. But if, in this way, thou art going to deal with me, slay me, I beseech thee, slay, if I have found favour in thine eyes,and let me not see my grief, Then said Yahweh unto MosesGather thou unto me seventy men, from among the elders of Israel, of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people and their overseers,then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there with thee. Then will I come down, and speak with thee there, and will take of the spirit that is upon thee and put upon them,and they shall carry, with thee, the burden of the people, and, thou, shalt not carry it by thyself. And, unto the people, shalt thou say: Hallow yourselves by to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh, for ye have wept in the ears of Yahweh sayingWho will grant us to eat flesh? for it was well with us in Egypt,so then Yahweh will give you flesh and ye shall eat. Not one day, shall ye eat nor two days,nor five days nor ten days, nor twenty days: for a month of days until it cometh forth out of your nostrils, so shall it become to you a loathsome thing,because ye have refused Yahweh who is in your midst, and have wept before him, saying, Wherefore now came we forth out of Egypt? And Moses said, Six hundred thousand footmen, are the people in whose midst am, I, yet thou hast saidFlesh, will I give unto them, a and they shall eat for a month of days. Shall the flocks and herds, be slaughtered for them, that it may suffice for them? Shall all the fishes of the sea, be gathered together unto them that it may suffice for them? Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Shall the hand of Yahweh, fail? Now, shalt thou see whether my word come to pass unto thee or not. And Moses went forth and spake unto the people the words of Yahweh,and gathered together seventy men from among the elders of the people, and caused them to stand round about the tent. Then Yahweh came down, in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took e of the spirit that was upon him, and gave unto the seventy menthe elders. And it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and then did so no more. Now there were two men left behind in the campthe name of the one, was Eldad and the name of the other, Medad, so then the spirit, rested on themthey, being among them who were written, though they hint not gone forth unto the tent,but they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses and said,Eldad and Medad, are prophesying in the camp! Then responded Joshua son of Nun the attendant of Moses from his youth, and said,My lord Moses forbid them! But Moses said unto him, Art, thou, jealous for, me? Oh would that, all the people of Yahweh, were prophets! Yea let Yahweh put his spirit upon them! Then was Moses received back into the camp,he and the elders of Israel. Now, a wind, had sprung up, from Yahweh, and cut off quails from the sea, and let them lie over the campas it were a days journey here and a days journey there, round about the amp,and as it were two cubits on the face of the land. And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and gathered the quails, he that did least, gathered ten homers,and they spread them out for themselves spreading away, round about the camp. The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed,when the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague. And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavahbecause there, they buried the people who had lusted, From Kibroth-hattaavah, the people set forward to Hazeroth,and they remained in Hazeroth. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken,for, a Cushite woman, had he taken. And they said: Is it only and solely with Moses, that Yahweh hath spoken? With us also, hath he not spoken? And Yahweh heard it. Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly,above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground. Then said Yahweh suddenly, unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they three went out. Then Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent,and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both went forth. Then said he Hear, I beseech you my words. When ye have your prophet, As Yahweh in a vision, will I make myself known, unto him; In a dream, will I speak with him. Not so, my servant Moses,In all my house, trusty, is he: Mouth to mouth, do I speak with him And plainlynot in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh, doth he discern,Wherefore then, were ye not afraid to speak against my servantagainst Moses? And the anger of Yahweh kindled upon theme and he departed. And, when, the cloud, removed from off the tent,lo! Miriam, leprous, like snow! And Aaron turned unto Miriam and lo! leprous! Then said Aaron unto Moses,Oh my lord, do not I beseech thee lay upon us sin, although we have made ourselves foolish, and although we have sinned. Let her not, I beseech thee, remain like the still-born,which when it is born of its mother, the half of its flesh is consumed. Then Moses made outcry unto Yahweh, saying,O GOD, I beseech thee grant healing. I beseech thee unto her. And Yahweh said unto Moses: If, her own father, had, but spat, in her face, would she not, have acknowledged the shame for seven days? Let her shut herself up for seven days, outside the camp, and afterwards, let her be received back. So Miriam shut herself up, outside the camp, for seven days,and, the people, set not forward, until Miriam had been received back. Then afterwards, did the people set forward from Hazeroth, and encamped in the desert of Paran. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Send for thee men and let them spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving unto the sons of Israel,one man each for the tribe of his fathers, shalt thou send, each one a prince among them. So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh,all of them, great men, heads of the seas of Israel, were they. And, these, are their names,Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur; Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, son of Hori; Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh; Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, son of Joseph; Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun; Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, son of Raphu; Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, son of Sodi; Of the tribe of Josephof the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, son of Gemalli; Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael; Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, son of Vophsi; Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, son of Machi. These, are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land,but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan,and said unto themGo up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain; And shall see the land, what it is,And the people that dwell thereupon, Whether they are, strong, or weak, Whether they are, few or many; And what, the land, is, wherein they dwell, Whether it is, good, or, bad,And the cities within which they dwell, Whether in camps or in strongholds; And what the land is, Whether, fat, or, lean, Whether there is timber therein or is not, Then shall ye pluck up courage and take of the fruit of the land. Now the days, were the days of the first-fruits of grapes. So they went up, and spied out the land,from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the entering in of Hamath. Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt. And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence a branch with one cluster of gropes, and bare it on a pole between two,also of the pomegranates and of the figs. That place, was called, The Ravine of Escholon account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel. \fs15 And they returned from spying out the land,at the end of forty days. So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh,and brought back wordunto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land. And they recounted unto him, and said, We entered into the land whither thou didst send us, and surely it doth flow with milk and honey, and, this, is the fruit thereof. Nevertheless surely mighty, are the people that dwell in the land,and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the Anak, saw we there. Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite, and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain And the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses,and said unto themLet us go straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it. But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people,for stronger, are they than we. So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying,As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great stature. And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak Then did all the assembly lift up, and give forth their voice,and the people wept throughout that night. And all the sons of Israel, murmured against Moses and against Aaron,and all the assembly said unto themOh that we had died in the land of Egypt, Or in this wilderness, oh that we had died! Wherefore then is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones, will become a prey! Would it not be well for us to go back towards Egypt? And they said, one to another,Let us appoint a head and let us go back towards Egypt. Then did Moses and Aaron fall upon their faces,before all the convocation of the assembly of the sons of Israel. But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of them who spied out the land, rent their clothes; and spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying,As for the land through which we passed to spy it out, Good, is the land, exceedingly, If Yahweh delight in us, then will he bring us into this and, and give it unto us,A land which doth flow with milk and honey. Only against Yahweh, do not rebel. Do not, ye, fear the people of the land, For our food, they are,Their shade hath departed, from over them. And Yahweh is with us, Do not fear them! But when all the assembly bade stone them with stones, the glory of Yahweh, appeared, in the tent of meeting, unto all the sons of Israel. Then said Yahweh unto How long! must this people, despise me? And how long can they not believe in me. in view of all the signs which I have done in their midst? Let me smite them with pestilence, and disinherit them,And make thee into a nation greater and more mighty than they! Then said Moses unto Yahweh,So shall the Egyptians hear, For thou hast brought up. in thy might, this people out of their midst; And will tell it unto the inhabitants of this land: They have heard, That, thou, Yahweh, art in the midst of this people,That eye to eye, is he seenthou, Yahweh, And thy cloud, is standing over them, And in a pillar of cloud, thou thyself, art going on before them by day, And in a pillar of fire, by night. As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak saying: Because Yahweh, was not able, to bring in this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, therefore did he slay them in the desert. Now, therefore, I beseech thee let the might of My Lord, be magnified,according as thou didst speak saying: Yahwehslow to anger and great in lovingkindness, Forgiving iniquity and transgression: Though he will not leave, wholly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, Upon a third generation, and upon a fourth. Pardon I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, According to the greatness of thy lovingkindness,And according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even thus far. And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to thy word; Nevertheless as I live,and that all the earth may be filled with the glory of Yahweh, Verily, none of the men who have been beholding my glory and my signs, which I have done in Egypt and in the desert,and have put me to the proof these ten times, and have not hearkened unto my voice, shall see the land, which I sware to their fathers,yea, none of my despisers, shall see it. But my servant Calebbecause there was another spirit with him, and he followed me fully, therefore will I bring him into the land whereinto he entered, and his seed, shall possess it. Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are dwelling in the valley,to-morrow, turn ye away; and set yourselves forward towards the desert by the way of the Red Sea. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: How long, as regardeth this evil assembly, re they to be murmuring against me? The murmuring of the sons of Israel which, they, have been murmuring against me, have I heard, Say unto them: As I live, is the oracle of Yahweh: Surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so, will I do unto you: In this desert, shall your dead bodies fall And none of you who were numbered in all your counting, from twenty years old and upwards,who have murmured against me, none of you, shall enter into the land, as to which I uplifted my hand to give you an abode therein,save Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun: whereas, your little ones, of whom ye said, they should become, a prey, I will bring them in, and they shall acknowledge the land which ye refused. But, your own dead bodies, shall fall in this desert; and your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities,until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert. By the number of the days wherein ye spied out the landforty days, each day for a year, shall they bear your iniquitiesforty years,so shall ye know my opposition. IYahweh, have spoken, Verily this, will I do to all this evil assembly, who have conspired against me,In this desert, shall they be consumed And there, shall they die. Now as for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land,who returned and caused all the assembly to murmur against him by giving out rumour against the land, they diedthe men who gave out an evil rumor of the land,by the plague, before Yahweh. But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh! remained aliveof those men who went to spy out the land. And Moses spake these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people were greatly depressed. So they arose early in the morning, and went up into the top of the mountain, saying,We are heretherefore will we go up into the place as to which Yahweh hath said that we have sinned. But Moses said, Wherefore is it that, ye, are going beyond the bidding of Yahweh,since that cannot prosper? Do not go up, For Yahweh is not in your midst,Lest ye be smitten down before your enemies. For, the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are there before you, So shall ye fall by the sword,For inasmuch as ye have turned back from following Yahweh, Therefore will Yahweh not be with you. But they presumptuously ascended into the top of the mountain,though, neither, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh nor Mosses moved out of the midst of the camp. So ten the Amalekites and the Canaanites, that dwelt in that mountain, came down,and smote them and routed them even unto Hormah. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shall say unto them,When ye shall enter into the land of your dwelling-places, which, I, am giving unto you; and ye would offer, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh an ascending-offering or a sacrifice, for celebrating a vow or as a freewill-offering, or in your appointed seasons,by way of offering a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock, then shall he that bringeth near his oblation bring near unto Yahweh a meal-offering, of fine meal a tenth part overflowed with the fourth part of a hin of oil; wine also for a drink-offering, the fourth part of a bin, shalt thou offer with the ascending-offering or with the sacrifice,for each he-lamb. Or, with a ram, thou shalt offer a meal-offering, of fine meal, two tenths,overflowed with oil, the third of a hin; wine also, for a drink-offering, the third of a hin, shalt thou bring near as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. And when thou wouldest offer a choice young bullock as an ascending-offering or sacrifice,for celebrating a vow or as a peace-offering unto Yahweh, then shall he bring near with his choice young bullock, a meal-offering, of fine meal three tenths,overflowed with half a hin of oil; wine also, shalt thou bring near for a drink-offering, half a hin,for an altar-flame of satisfying odour unto Yahweh. Thus and thus, shall it be done, for each ox, and for each ram,and for each young one among the sheep, or among the goats: according to the number which ye shall offer, thus and thus, shall ye do for each one according to their number. Every one born in the land, thus and thus, shall offer these things,when bringing near an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. And when there shall sojourn with you a sojourner, or one who is in your midst to your generations, and he would offer an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, as ye offer, so, shall he offer, In the convocation, one statute, shall there be for you and for the sojourner who sojourneth,an age-abiding statute unto your generations, as ye are, so, the sojourner, shall be before Yahweh: one law and one regulation, shall there be for yourselves and for the sojourner that sojourneth with you. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,When ye enter into the land whereinto I, am bringing you, then shall it be, when ye eat the bread of the land, that ye shall heave up a heave-offering unto Yahweh. Of the first of your meal, shall ye heave up, a cake, as a heave-offering,like the heave-offering of grain, so shall ye heave it. Of the first of your meal, shall ye give unto Yahweh a heave-offering,unto your generations. And when ye shall make a mistake, and not observe all these commandments,which Yahweh hath spoken unto Moses; even all that Yahweh hath given unto you in command, by the hand of Moses,from the day that Yahweh gave command, and onward unto your generations, then shall it beif, any from the eyes of the assembly, it hath been done by mistake, that all the assembly shall offer one choice young bullock for an ascending-sacrifice as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof, according to the regulation,and one young he-goat as a sin-bearer. So shall the priest put a propitiatory, covering over all the assembly of the sons of Israel and pardon shall be granted unto them,because a mistake, it was, they, therefore have brought in their offeringan altar-flame unto Yahweh and their sin-bearer before Yahweh for their mistake: and pardon shall be granted unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel and unto the sojourner that sojourneth in their midst,for, in the case of all the people, it was, by mistake. And if, any one person, shall sin by mistake, then shall he bring near a she-goat of the first year as a sin-bearer; and the priest shall put a propitiatory-covering over the person who hath made the mistake, when he hath sinned by mistake before Yahweh, even put a propitiatory-covering over him, and pardon shall be granted him. For the native born among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner that sojourneth in their midst, one law, shall there be unto youfor acting by mistake. But, as for the person who acteth with a high handof the native born or of the sojourners, Yahweh himself, he, reproacheth,therefore shall that person be cut off out of the midst of his people. Because the word of Yahweh, hath he despised, and his commandment, hath he broken, that person shall be surely cut off, his iniquity, is in himself. While the sons of Israel were in the desert, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. And they who found him gathering sticks, brought him near, unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly. And they put him in ward,because it was not clear what they should do unto him. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, The man shall be, put to death,all the assembly, stoning him with stones, outside the camp. So then all the assembly, put him forth, outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, That they shall make them fringes on the corners of their garments unto their generationsand shall put upon the fringe of the corner a cord of blue: so shall they serve you as fringes, and when ye see then, then shall ye call to mind all the commandments of Yahweh, and shall do them,and shall not spy out, after your own hearts, and after your own eyes for things, after which, ye, are ready to go unchastely away: to the intent ye may call to mind, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. IYahweh, am your Godwho brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to become your God,I,Yahweh, am your God. Then took Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth sons of Reuben; and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown; and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and in the midst of them, is Yahweh,Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh? And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known who are his, and who is the holy one and will cause him to come near unto himself,yea him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself. This do,Take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly; and place therein fire, and put thereon incense before Yahweh, to-morrow, So shall it bethat, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he shall be the holy one. Too much for you ye sons of Levi! And Moses said unto Korah,Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi! Is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them? But having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek priesthood also? Wherefore thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,But Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him? Then sent Moses, to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab,and they said We will not come up: Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us? Certainly not into a land flowing with milk and honey, hast thou brought us, nor given unto us an inheritance of field and vineyard,The eyes of those men, wilt thou dig out? We will not come up. Then was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal-offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Thou, and all thine assembly, come ye before Yahweh,thou, and they, and Aaron to-morrow. And take ye each man his censer and put thereon incense, then shall ye bring near before Yahweh, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty Censers,and, thou and Aaron, each man his censer. So they took each man his censer and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense,and took their stand at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered together against them all the assembly, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the assembly. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou he wroth. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the assembly, saying,Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. So Moses rose up, and went, unto Dathan and Abiram,then went, after him the eiders of Israel. And he spake unto the assembly, sayingRemove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,lest ye be carried off, in all their sins. So they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on every side,and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones. Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh hath sent me, to do all these works,verily, not out of my own heart: If, as all human beings die, these do die, and the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath not sent me. But, if, a cremation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down alive unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised Yahweh. And it came to pass as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive unto hades,and the earth, closed pen them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. Fire also came forth, from Yahweh,and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Say unto Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the midst of the burning, and the fire, scatter thou yonder,for they have been hallowed. As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten-out plates as an overlay for the altar, for hey had brought them near before Yahweh and hallowed them,so shall they become a sign unto the sons of Israel. And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze, which the consumed men had brought near,and heat them out into plates for overlaying the altar: a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses with regard thereto. And all the assembly of the sons of Israel murmured, on the morrow, against Moses and against, Aaron, saying,Ye, have caused the death of the people of Yahweh. And it came to pass, when the assembly gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned towards the tent of meeting, and lo! the cloud had covered it: and the glory of Yahweh, appeared. And Moses and Aaron came in, before the tent of meeting. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Lift yourselves up out of the midst o this assembly, that I may consume them, as in a moment,And they fell upon their faces. Then said Moses unto AaronTake the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense , and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory-covering over them,for wrath hath gone forth from before Yahweh the plague, hath begun. Then took Aaron, as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the convocation, and lo! the plague had begun among the people,so he placed the incense, and put a propitiatory-covering over the people: thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,and the plague was restrained. And so it was that they who died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred,besides them who died over the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,when, the plague, had been restrained. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto he sans of Israel and take of them one staff each for an ancestral house of all their princes, by their ancestral houses, twelve staves,each mans name, shalt thou write upon his staff; and, Aarons name, shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi,for, one staff, shall there be for the head of their ancestral house. Then shalt thou lay them up in the tent of meeting,before the testimony, where I meet with you. So shall it come to pass, that, the man whom I shall choose, his staff, shall bud,so will I cause to cease from against me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, wherewith they, are murmuring against you. And Moses spake unto the sons of Israel and every one of their princes gave unto him, a staff apiece, for each prince, by their ancestral houses, twelve staves,and the staff of Aaron, was in the midst of their staves. So Moses laid up the staves before Yahweh,in the tent of the testimony. And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses entered into the tent of the testimony; and lo! the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi, had budded,yea it had brought forth buds and bloomed blossoms, and borne ripe almonds. So then Moses brought forth all the staves, from before Yahweh, unto all the sons of Israel,and they saw and took, each man his own staff. And Yahweh said unto MosesPut back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, to be kept as a sign unto such as are perverse,that thou mayest bring to an end their murmurings against me that they die not. Thus did Moses,as Yahweh commanded him, so, did he. Then spake the sons of Israel unto Moses saying: Lo! we have breathed our lastwe are lost, we are, all, lost: whosoever draweth neardraweth nearunto the habitation of Yahweh, dieth,are we ever to have made an end of breathing our last? And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and the house of thy father with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary,and, thou, and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. Therefore also thy brethren of the tribe of Levi the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they dieboth they, and ye. So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,but a stranger, shall not come near unto you. So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,that there no more be wrath against the sons of Israel. I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,unto you, as a gift are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting. But thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work, as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near shall be put to death. And Yahweh spake unto Aaron, I, therefore, lo! I have given unto thee the charge of my heave-offerings,as to all the hallowed things of the sons of Israelunto thee, have I given them. as pertaining to the anointing, and unto thy sons. for a statute age-abiding, This, shall be thine, out of the things most holy, out of the fire,their every oblationto the extent of their every meal-offering, and their every sin-bearer, and their every guilt-bearer wherewith they make amends unto me, most holy unto thee, shall it be and unto thy sons. As something most holy, shall ye eat it,every male, shall eat it, holy, shall it be unto thee. This, therefore, shall be thinethe heave-offering of their gift even all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, unto thee, have I given them and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee by a statute age-abiding,every one that is clean in thy house, shall eat it. All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn,the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them. The firstfruits of all that is in their land which they shall bring in unto Yahweh, thine, shall it be,every one that is clean in thy house, shall eat it: every devoted thing in Israel, thine, shall it be: every thing that is born first of all flesh that may be offered unto Yahweh among men and among beasts, shall be thine,only thou shalt, redeem, the firstborn of men, and the firstborn of unclean beasts, shalt thou redeem. And, as to the redemption price thereof, from a month old, shalt thou redeem, by thine estimate five shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary,twenty gerahs, it is. Only a firstling ox or a firstling sheep or a firstling goat, shalt thou not redeem, hallowed, they are,their blood, shalt thou dash against the altar and of their fat, shalt thou make a perfume, an altar-flame, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh: and their flesh, shall be thine,as the wave-breast and as the right leg, thine, shall it be: all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel shall heave up unto Yahweh, have I given unto thee and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee by a statute age-abiding,an age-abiding covenant of salt, it is before Yahweh, for thee and for thy seed with thee. Then said Yahweh unto Aaron: In their land, thou shalt have no inheritance, and no allotted portion, shalt thou have in their midst,I, am thine allotted portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel. And unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance,the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting: that the sons of Israel come near no more, unto the tent of meeting,to bear sin, to die. So shall the Levites themselves perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age-abiding, unto your generations, and in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. Because the tenth of the sons of Israel which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave-offering, have I given unto the Levites as an inheritance,for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Unto the Levites, therefore shalt thou speak and shalt say unto them, When ye shall take of the sons of Israel the tenth which I have given unto you from them as your inheritance, then shall ye offer up therefrom the heave-offering of Yahweh, a tenth of the tenth. shall your heave-offering be reckoned your own,as corn out of the threshing-floor, and as the abundance out of the wine-press. Thus, shall ye also, offer up the heave-offering of Yahweh, out of all your tenths which ye shall take from the sons of Israel,and give therefrom the heave-offering of Yahweh, unto Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts, shall ye offer up every b heave-offering of Yahweh,out of all the best thereof, the hallowed pert thereof out of it. And thou shalt say unto them,When ye offer the best thereof out of it, then shall it be reckoned to belong unto the Levites, as the increase of the threshing-floor and as the increase of the wine-press, And ye shall eat it in any place, ye, and your household,for a reward, it is unto you, the allotted portion for your laborious work in the tent of meeting. And ye shall not by reason of it bear sin, when ye offer up the best thereof, out of it; and the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, shall ye not profane neither shall ye die. And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded, saying,Speak unto the sons of IsraelThat they bring unto thee a red heifer, without defect wherein is no blemish, and whereupon hath come no yoke. Then shall ye give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall take her forth unto the outside of the camp, and she shall be slain before him; and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,and shall sprinkle towards the front of the tent of meeting: of her blood, seven times; and the heifer shall be burned up before his eyes,her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung shall be burned up. Then shall the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and crimson,and east lute the midst of the burning up of the heifer. And the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards come into the camp,but the priest shall be unclean until the evening, And, he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water,and be unclean until the evening, Then shall a man that is clean gather up the ashes of the heifer, and put them by, outside the camp, in a clean place,so shall they be for the assembly of the sons of Israel to keep for water of separation it is a taking away of sin. Then shall he that gathered up the ashes wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening,so shall it be for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst by a statute age-abiding. He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days. He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he be clean,but if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he not be clean, Whoso-ever toucheth the dead the person of the human being that dieth and doth not cleanse himself from sin, the habitation of Yahweh, hath he made unclean; that person therefore shall be cut off out of Israel,because, the water of separation, was not dashed upon him, unclean, shall he be, his uncleanness is yet upon him. This, is the lawWhen, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent and every one who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is. And, whosoever toucheth on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. And they shall take, for him that is un-clean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin-bearer,and living water shall be put thereon in a vessel, Then shall a man that is clean take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there,and upon him that touched the bone or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself or the grave; and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day,so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water and be clean in the evening. But in the ease of the man who shall be unclean and shall not cleanse himself from sin, that person shall be cut off, out of the midst of the convocation,for, the sanctuary of Yahweh, hath he made unclean, the water of separation, hath not been dashed upon him unclean, he is. So shall it be unto them for statute age-abiding,and, he that sprinkleth the water of separation, shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until the evening; and, whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean,and the person who toucheth it shall be unclean until the evening. Then came the sons of Israel the whole assembly, into the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people dwelt in Kadesh,and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the assembly,so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people contended with Moses,and spake saying, Would then we had died a when our brethren died, before Yahweh! Wherefore then hast thou brought the convocation of Yahweh into this desert,to die there, we, and our cattle? And wherefore did ye cause us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this wretched place?not a place of seeds, and figs, and vines and pomegranates, even water, is there none to drink. And Moses and Aaron went in from the presence of the multitude unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces,and the glory of Yahweh appeared unto them. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Take the staff and gather together the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, then shall ye speak unto the cliff before their eyes and it shall give forth it waters,so shalt thou bring forth unto them water, out of the cliff, and shalt cause the assembly, and their cattle to drink. And Moses took the staff from before Yahweh,as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered together the convocation before the cliff,and he said unto them: Hear I pray you ye rebels! Out of this cliff, must we bring forth for you water? And Moses lifted high his hand and smote the cliff with his staff, twice,and there came forth water in abundance, and the assembly and their cattle, did drink. Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them. The same, were the waters of Meribah that is "Contention" in that the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh,and so he hallowed himself among them. And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh, unto the king of Edom,Thus, saith thy brother Israel, Thou thyself, knowest all the distress which befell us; and how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we abode in Egypt, many days, rod that the Egyptians ill-treated us, and our fathers; and we made outcry unto Yahweh, and he heard our voice, and sent a messenger, and brought us forth out of Egypt,lo! then, we, are in Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy boundary, Let us, we pray thee, pass through thy landwe will not pass through field or vineyard, nor will we drink the waters of a well,by the kings road, will we gowe will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left, until we get through thy boundary. And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through my land,lest with the sword, I come out to meet thee. And the sons of Israel said unto himBy the highway, will we go up, and if thy waters, we should drinkI, and my cattle then would I give the price thereof,onlyit is nothing!with my feet, would I pass through. And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out to meet him, with a strong people, and with a firm hand. Thus did Edom refuse to give Israel passage through his boundary,and Israel turned away from him. Then set they forward from Kadesh,and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron in Mount Hor,near the boundary of the land of Edom saying: Aaron shall be withdrawn unto his kinsfolk, fur he shall not enter into the land. which I have given unto the sons of Israel,because ye spurned my bidding, at the waters of Meribah. Take thou Aaron, and Eleazar his son,and bring them up Mount Hor; and strip thou Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son,and, Aaron, shall be withdrawn and shall lie there. And Moses did as Yahweh commanded,and they went up into, Mount Hor, in sight of all the assembly. And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there, in the top of the mount,and Moses and Eleazar came down out of the mount. And all the assembly saw that Aaron was dead; and they bewailed Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel had entered by the way of Atharim,so he made war with Israel, and took some of them captive. Then Israel vowed vow unto Yahweh, and said,If thou wilt, surely deliver up, this people into my band, then will I utterly destroy their cities. And Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanite into his hand, so he utterly destroyed them, and their cities, and called the name of the place Hormah that is, Utter Destruction. Then brake they up from Mount Hor, by way of the Red Sea, to go round the land of Edom,and the soul of the people became impatient because of the way, So then the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the desert? for there is neither bread nor water, and our soul, doth loathe this contemptible bread! And Yahweh sent among the people the poisonous serpents, and they bit the people,and much people out of Israel died. Then tame the people of Israel unto Moses and saidWe have sinned in that we spake against Yahweh and against thee, Pray thou unto Yahweh, that he may take from us the serpent. So Moses prayed for the people. Then said Yahweh unto MosesMake thee a like serpent, and put it upon standard,and it shall come to pass, that, any one who is bitten, as soon as he seeth it, shall live. So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon the standard,and it came to passthat if the serpent had bitten any man, as soon as he directed his look unto the serpent of bronze, he lived. And the sons of Israel brake up,and encamped in Oboth. And they brake up from Oboth,and encamped in Ije-Abarim, in the desert which is over against Moab, towards the rising of the sun. From thence, brake they up,and encamped in the ravine of Zered. From thence, brake they up, and encamped on the other side of Arnon which is in the desert, that cometh forth out of the boundary of the Amorites,for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. For this cause is it said, in the Book of the Wars of Yahweh, Waheb with a hurricane, And the ravines of Arnon; And the bottom of the ravines, that extendeth toward the dwelling of Ar,And adjoineth to the boundary of Moab, And from thence, towards Beer,the same, is the well whereof Yahweh said unto Moses, Gather together the people, that I may give them water. Then, sang Israel this song,Spring thou up, O well! Respond ye thereunto; A well!princes digged it, Nobles of the people, delved it, With a sceptre, With their staves. And, from the desert, to Mattanah; and from Mattanah, to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel, to Bamoth; and, from Bamoth of the valley, which is in the field-country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah,which over-looketh Jeshimon. Then sent Israel messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying: Let me pass through thy land we will not turn aside into field or into vineyard, nor will we drink the water of a well,by the kings road, will we go, until we get through thy boundary. And Sihon suffered not Israel to pass through his boundary, but Sihon gathered together all his people, and came forth to meet Israel, towards the desert, and entered Jahaz, and fought with Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword,and took possession of his land, from Arnon unto Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon, for strong, was the boundary of the sons of Ammon. So Israel took all these cities,and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages; for, as for Heshbon, the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, it was, he, having fought with the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon. For this cause, say the poetsEnter ye Heshbon,Built and prepared be the city of Sihon; For, a fire, hath come forth out of Heshbon, A flame, out of the stronghold of Sihon; It hath consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab, Thou art lost, O people of Chemosh,He hath given up his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto the king of the Amorites, Sihon. Then we shot themHeshbon is destroyed, as far as Dibon,Then laid we waste as far as Nophah, A fire reacheth unto Medeba. So then Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured the villages thereof,and dispossessed the Amorites that were there. Then turned they, and went up by the way of Bashan,and Og, king of Bashan, came forth to meet themhe and all his people, to give battle at Edrei. Then said Yahweh unto MosesDo not fear him, for into thy hand, have I delivered him and all his people, and his land,Therefore shalt thou do unto him, as thou didst unto Sihon king of he Amorites, who was dwelling in Heshbon. So then they smote him and his sons and all his people, until there was not left him a remnant,and took possession of his land. Then did the sons of Israel break up,and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho. And Balak son of Zipper saw all that Israel had done unto the Amorites; and Moab shrank with great fear from the presence of the people because, many, they were,and Moab was alarmed at the presence of the sons of Israel. So Moab said unto the elders of MidianNow, shall the gathered host lick up all that are round about us, as the ox doth lick up the verdure of the field. But, Balak son of Zippor, was king unto Moab at that time. So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people to call him,saying Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea he, is tarrying over against me. Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee curse me this people. For stronger, he is than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land,For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And the whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand,so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto themTarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. And God came in unto Balaam,and said, Who are these men with thee? Then said Balaam unto God,Balak, son of Zipper king of Moab, hath sent unto me: Lo! the people that hath come forth out of Egypthe covereth the eye of the land. Now, do come, do revile me him, Peradventure I shall prevail in making war with him, And shall drive him out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them,Thou shalt not curse the people, For blessed, he is. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your own land,For Yahweh hath refused to let me go with you. So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak,and said, Balaam refused to come with us. Then added Balak again,to send princes, more and weightier than these. And they came in unto Balaam,and said unto himThus, said Balak son of Zipper, Do not be withheld, I pray thee from coming unto me: For I will honour, thee, exceedingly, and all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore I pray thee oh revile me this people. And Balaam responded and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. Now, therefore abide here, I pray you even ye,for the night,that I may get to know what further Yahweh may be speaking with me. And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto himIf, to call thee, the men have come in, arise go with them,But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do. So Balaam arose in the morning, and sad-dled his ass,and went with the princes of Moab. Then kindled the anger of God, because he was going, and the messenger of Yahweh stationed himself in the way, to withstand him,as he was riding upon his ass, his two young men being with him. And the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road with his drawn sword in his hand, so the ass turned aside out of the road and went into the field,and Balaam smote the ass, to make her turn back into the road. But the messenger of Yahweh took his stand, in a hollow pass of the vineyards,with a fence on this side, and a fence on that side. And when the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh, she squeezed herself against the wall, and squeezed the foot of Balaam against the wall,and again he smote her. And the messenger of Yahweh went on further, and took his stand in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn to the right hand or to the left. And, when the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh, she sank down under Balaam,then was Balaams anger kindled, and he smote the ass with the staff. And Yahweh opened the mouth of the ass,and she said unto BalaamWhat have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me, these three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Surely thou hast been making sport of me,Would there had been a sword in my hand, for, now, would I have slain thee. Then said the ass unto BalaamAm not I thine own ass on which thou hast ridden all thy life, until this day? Have I, been wont, to do unto thee, thus? And he said, Nay! Then did Yahweh unveil the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road, with his sword drawn in his hand,so he bent his head and bowed down before him. And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass, these three times? Lo! I, myself, am come forth to withstand thee, because headlong was thy way before me. And the ass hath seen me, and hath turned aside at ray presence these three times: Unless she had turned aside from my presence, yea now even thee, had I slain, but, her, had I suffered to live. Then said Balaam unto the messenger of YahwehI have sinned, for I knew not, that, thou, wast stationed to meet me in the road,Now, therefore, if it be displeasing in thine eyes, I must get me back again. And the messenger of Yahweh said unto BalaamGo with the men: Only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou speak. So Balaam went his way with the princes of Balak. And Balak heard that Balaam, was coming,so he went forth to meet him unto a city of Moab which was upon the boundary of Arnon, which was in the utmost part of the boundary. And Balak said unto Balaam: Did I not, send, unto thee, to call thee? Wherefore didst thou not come unto me? Am I not in very deed, able to honour thee? And Balaam said unto BalakLo! I am come unto thee, Now, can, I, possibly, promise any-thing? The word that God shall put in my mouth, that, must I speak. So Balaam went with Balak,and they entered Kiriath-huzoth. And Balak sacrificed herd and flock,and sent unto Balaam, and unto the princes that were with him. And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal,and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people. Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars,and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken,and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my wayperadventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height. And God came unto Balaam,so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar. And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam,and saidReturn unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak. So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending-sacrifice,he, and all the princes of Moab. So he took up his parable and said,From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel. How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged. Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him,Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself. Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his! Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing. And he answered and said,Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak? Then said Balak unto himCome, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but all of him, shalt thou not see,and so revile me him from thence. And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah,and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice,while, I, meet him yonder. And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth,and saidReturn unto Balak and thus shalt thou speak. So he came in unto him and, there he was-stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken? Then took he up his parable and said,Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor! GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent,Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? Lo! to bless, have I received ,And I will bless, nor will I take it back. He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel,Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst: GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his: Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel,Now, shall it be saidOf Jacob and of Israel, What hath GOD wrought! Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down till be eat the torn, And the blood of the slain, he drink. Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither revile, him,nor bless him. And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak,Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do? And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place,peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him. from thence. So Balak took Balaam,unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars,and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam said,and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. And when Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, he went not as at other times to invoke enchantments,but set towards the desert, his face. So Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes,then came upon him the Spirit of God; and he took up his parable, and said,The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye; The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes: How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob,Thy habitations, O Israel: Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river,Like aloe-trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters: He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters,And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom. GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth: He hath knelthath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed. Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands,and Balak said unto BalaamTo revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast kept on blessing, these three times. Now, therefore, flee thou unto thy place,I said, I will, highly honour, thee; but lo! Yahweh hath kept thee back from honour. And Balaam said unto Balak,Was it not so that even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto m, I spake saying- Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to, do good or ill, out of my own heart,what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak? Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people,Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people in the after-part of the days. So he took up his parable and said,The oracle of Balaam, son of Beer, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye; The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High,Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes: I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh,There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Mesh, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous; So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes,But, Israel, is doing valiantly; Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress. And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and saidThe beginning of nations,Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish. And when he saw the Kenite, he took up hi parable, and said,Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest; Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain,How long shall Assyria hold thee captive? And he took up his parable, and said,Alas who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD; When, ships, from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew,And he too, is even to perish? Then Balaam arose, and went and returned unto his place,and, Balak also, went his way. And Israel remained among the acacias,and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab; who invited the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,so the people did eat, and did bow themselves down unto their gods. Thus Israel let himself be bound unto Baal-peor, and the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel. And Yahweh said unto MosesTake all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh. in the face of the sun,that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel,Slay ye each one his men, who have let them-selves he herald unto Baal-peor. And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, when they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest saw it, so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; and went in after the man of Israel into the pleasure-tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, in her parts of shame,so the plague was restrained from against the sons of Israel. Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses saying: Phinehas on of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath front against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst, so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel. in my jealousy. Wherefore say,Behold me! giving unto him my covenant of peace; so shall it prove to be unto him and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age-abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory-covering over the sons of Israel. Now, the name of the man of Israel that was smitten, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri son of Salu,prince of an ancestral house of the Simeonites; and, the name of the woman who was smitten, the Midianitess, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur,the head of his kindred, of an ancestral house in Midian, was he. And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: Besiege the Midianites,and ye shall smite them: for, besiegers, were they unto you, with their wiles wherewith they beguiled you, over the matter of Peor,and over he matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was smitten in the day of the plague, over the matter of Peor. And it came to pass, after the plague, that Yahweh spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying: Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses,every one able to go forth to war in Israel. So then Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them, in the waste plains of Moab,by the Jordan near Jericho saying: From twenty years old and upwards, As Yahweh commanded Moses, and the sons of Israel, who had come forth out of the land of Egypt. Reuben, the firstborn of Israel,the sons of Reuben, To Hanoch, pertained the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites; To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites,To Carrel, the family of the Carmites. These, are the families of the Reubenites,and they who were numbered of them were found to beforty-three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty. Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab; and the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram,The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them upwith Korah also, when the assembly died,when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning; But, the sons of Korah, died not. The sons of Simeon, by their families, To Nemuel, pertained the family of the Nemuelites, To Jamin, the family of the Jaminites,To Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites,To Shaul, the family of the Shaulites: These, are the families of the Simeonites,two and twenty thousand and two hundred. The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites,To Shuni, the family of the Shunites; To Ozni, the family of the Oznites,To Eri, the family of the Erites; To Arod, the family of the Arodites,To Arelites, the family of the Arelites: These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them,forty thousand and five hundred. The sons of Judah, Er and Onan,but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And so, as to the sons of Judah, by their families, it was found thatTo Shelah, pertained the family of the Shelanites, To Perez, the family of the Perezites,To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; And, as to the sons of Perez, it was found thatTo Hezron, pertained the family of the Hezronites,To Hamul, the family of the Hamulites: These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them,seventy-six thousand, and five hundred, The sons of Issachar, by their families, Unto Tola, pertained the family of the Tolaites,To Puvah, the family of the Puvites; To Jashub, the family of the Jashubites,To Shimron, the family of the Shimronites: These, are the families of Issachar. as to them who were numbered of them,sixty-four thousand, and three hundred. The sons of Zebulun, by their families, To Sered, pertained the family of the Seredites, To Elon, the family of the Elonites,To Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites: These are the families of the Zebulunites as to them who were numbered of them,sixty thousand, and five hundred. The sons of Joseph by their families,Manasseh, and Ephraim. The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead,To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites. These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites,To Helek, the family of the Helekites; And Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; And, Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; And Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; And, Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. Now Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only, daughters,and, the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah Milcah, and Tirzah. These, are the families of Manasseh,and, they who were numbered of them,fifty-two thousand, and seven hundred. These are the sons of Ephraim by their families, To Shuthelah, pertained the family of the Shuthelahites, To Becher, the family of the Becherites,To Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. And, these, are the sons of Shuthelah, To Eran, pertained the family of the Eranites. These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them,thirty-two thousand, and five hundred, These, are the sons of Joseph by their families. The sons of Benjamin by their families, To Bela, pertained the family of the Belaites, To Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites,To Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; To Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites,To Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites. These, are the sons of Benjamin by their families,and they who were numbered of them,were forty-five thousand and six hundred. These, are the sons of Dan, by their families: To Shuham, pertained the family of the Shuhamites,These, are the families of Dan by their families: All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty-four thousand, and four hundred. The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites,To Beriah, the family of the Beriites; To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites; And, the name of the daughter of Asher, was Serah. These, are the families of the sons of Asher as to them who were numbered of them,fifty-three thousand and four hundred. The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites: To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali, by their families,and they who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and four hundred. These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and lice thousand,seven hundred and thirty, Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Unto these, shall be apportioned the land as an inheritance by the number of names. For the large one, thou shalt make large his inheritance, and for the small one, thou shalt make small his inheritance,unto each one, in proportion to them who were numbered of him, shall he given his inheritance. Nevertheless by lot, shall the land be apportioned,by the names of the tribes of their fathers, shall they inherit. At the bidding of the lot, shall be apportioned his inheritance,between large and small. And these, are they who were numbered of the Levites by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites. These, are the families of LeviThe family of the Libnites, The family of the Hebronites, The family of the Mahlites, The family of the Mushites, The family of the Korahites,And, Kohath, begat Amram; and the name of the wife of Amram, was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt,and she bare to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister: And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,Eleazar and Ithamar; But Nadab and Abihu died,when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh: And they who were numbered of them were found to betwenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwardsfor they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel. These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest,when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho. And among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest,when they numbered the sons of Israel in the desert of Sinai. For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb on of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun. Then came near the daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh pertaining to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph,these being the names of his daughters, Mahlah Noah and Hoglah and Milcah, and Tirzah. So they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the assembly,at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying: Our father, died in the desert, although, he, was not among the assembly that conspired against Yahweh, in the assembly of Korah,but, in his own sin, died he; and sons, had he none. Wherefore should the name of our father be withdrawn out of the midst of his family, because he had no son? Give ye unto us a possession, ill the midst of the brethren of our father. And Moses brought near their cause before Yahweh. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: A right thing, are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking: Thou shalt, surely give, them a possession for an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father,and shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass over unto them. And unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying,When, any man, shall die, having no son, then shall ye cause his inheritance to pass over to his daughter. And, if he hath no daughter, then shall ye give his inheritance unto his, brethren. And if he hath no brethren, then shall ye give his inheritance unto the brethren of his father. And, if his father hath no brethren, then shall ye give his inheritance unto his blood-relation that is near unto him of his family, and he shall possess it,So shall it serve the sons of Israel as a regulative statute, As Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go up into this mount of Abarim,and see, the and which I have given unto the son of Israel; And, when thou hast seen it, then shalt thou also be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk,as Aaron thy brother was withdrawn; because ye resisted my biddingin the desert of Zin when the assembly contended,that ye should hallow me regarding the waters, before their eyes,the same, were the waters of Meribah, of Kadesh in the desert of Zin. Then spake Moses unto Yahweh saying: Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly; who may go out before them and who may come in before them, and who may take-them out and who may bring them in,that the assembly of Yahweh become not as sheep that have no shepherd. And Yahweh said unto Moses: Take thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit,then shalt thou lean thy hand upon him; and shalt cause him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly,and shalt charge him before their eyes; and shalt put some of thine honour upon him,that all the assembly of the sons of Israel may hearken. And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and at the bidding thereof, shall they come inhe, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly. And Moses did Yahweh commanded him,and took Joshua, and caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly; and leaned his hands upon him and charged him,As Yahweh spake by the hand of Moses. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Command the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,My offering, my food for my altar-flames my satisfying odour, shall ye take heed to offer unto me in its season, Therefore shalt thou say to them. This, is the altar-flame, which ye shall offer unto Yahweh,he-lambs a year old, without defect, two day, as a continual ascending-sacrifice. The one lamb, shalt thou offer in the morning,and the other lamb, shalt thou offer between the two evenings; also the tenth of an ephah of fine meal for a meal-offering,overflowed with beaten oil the fourth of a hin: a continual ascending-sacrifice,which was offered in Mount Sinai, as a satisfying odour an altar-flame unto Yahweh. Also he drink-offering thereof the fourth of a hin for each lamb,in a holy place, shall it be poured out as a libation of strong drink unto Yahweh. And, the other lamb, shalt thou offer between the two evenings; like the meal-offering of the morning, and like the drink-offering thereof, shalt thou offer, an altar flame a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But, on the sabbath day, two he-lambs a year old without defect, and two-tenths of fine meal as a meal-offering, overflowed with oil and the drink-offering thereof: the ascending-sacrifice of a sabbath, on its own sabbath,besides the continual ascending-sacrifice and the drink-offering thereof. And in the beginnings of your months, shall ye bring near an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without defect; and three-tenths of fine meal, as a meal-offering, overflowed with oil, to each bullock,and two-tenths of fine-meal as a meal-offering, overflowed with oil, to each ram; and a tenth, severally, of fine meal as a meal-offering, overflowed with oil, to each lamb,an ascending-sacrifice, a satisfying odour, an altar-flame unto Yahweh. And as their drink-offerings, half a hin, shall be to a bullock and the third of a hin to a ram, and the fourth of a hin to a lamb, of wine,This, is the ascending-sacrifice of a month in its month, for the months of the year. Also one he-goat as a sin-bearer unto Yahweh,besides the continual ascending-sacrifice, shall it be offered, with the drink-offering thereof. And, on the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be a passover unto Yahweh; and, on the fifteenth day of this month, a festival,seven days, unleavened cakes, shall be eaten. On the first day, a holy convocation,no laborious work, shall ye do; but ye shall bring nearas an altar-flamean ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh,two choice bullocks and one ram,and seven he-lambs a year old, without defect, must they be for you; and, for their meal-offering, fine meal, overflowed with oil,three-tenths for a bullock, and two-tenths for a ram, shall ye offer; a tenth, severally, shalt thou offer for each lamb,for the seven lambs,; also one he-goat for bearing sin, to put a propitiatory-covering over you: in addition to the ascending-sacrifice of the morning, which is for the continual ascending-sacrifice, shall ye offer these. Like these, shall ye offer, daily, for seven days, as the food of the altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh,besides the continual ascending-sacrifice, shall it be offered, with the drink-offering thereof. And on the seventh day, shall ye have, a holy convocation,no laborious work, shall ye do. And on the day of firstfruits when ye bring near a new meal-offering unto Yahweh, in your weeks, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do; but ye shall bring near as an ascending-sacrifice, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks one ram,seven he-lambs a year old; also their meal-offering, fine meal, overflowed with oil,three-tenths for each bullock, two-tenths for the one ram; a tenth severally, for each lamb,of the seven lambs; one young he-goat,for putting a propitiatory-covering over you: in addition to, the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof, shall ye offer them,without defect, shall they be for you, with their drink-offerings. And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, a holy convocation, shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do,a day of loud acclamation, shall it be unto you. Therefore shall ye offer, as an ascending-sacrifice for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, one choice bullock one ram,seven he-lambs a year old without defect; and as their meal-offering, fine meal, overflowed with oil,three-tenths to a bullock two-tenths to a ram; and one-tenth to each lamb,of the seven lambs; and one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,for putting a propitiatory-covering over you: in addition to the monthly ascending-sacrifice with the meal-offering thereof and the continual ascending sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof according to their regulation,for a satisfying odour, an altar-flame, unto Yahweh. And on the tenth of this seventh month, a holy convocation, shall there be unto you,when ye shall humble your souls,no work, shall ye do; but ye shall bring near, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh a satisfying odour, one choice bullock one ram,seven he-lambs a year old, without defect, shall they be for you; and, as their meal-offering, fine meal overflowed with oil,three-tenths to a bullock, two-tenths to the one ram; a tenth severally to each lamb,of the seven lambs; one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to, the propitiatory sin-bearer, and the continual ascending-sacrifice, with its meal-offering and their drink-offerings. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do, but ye shall celebrate a festival unto Yahweh, seven days. Then shall ye bring near as an ascending-sacrificean altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh,thirteen choice bullocks two rams,fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect, shall they be; and, as their meal-offering, fine-meal over-flowed with oil, three-tenths to each bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two-tenths to each ram, of the two rams; and a tenth severally, to each lamb,of the fourteen lambs; also one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the second day, twelve choice bullocks two rams,fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offerings and their drink-offeringto the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. And on the third day, eleven bullocks two rams,and fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to he rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams,fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the fifth day, nine bullocks two rams,fourteen he-lamb, a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings,to the bullocks to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation: also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof. And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect; with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings to the bullocks, to the rams, and to the lambs, by their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offerings thereof, And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old, with-out defect: with their meal-offering and their drink-offering, to the bullock, to the rams, and to he lambs by their number, according to their regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer, in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof on the eighth day, a closing feast shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do; but ye shall bring nearas an ascending-sacrifice, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahwehone bullock, one ram,seven he-lambs a year old, without defect: their meal-offering and their drink-offeringsto the bullock to the ram, and to the lambsby their number, according to the regulation; also one young he-goat as a sin-bearer,in addition to the continual ascending-sacrifice, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. These, shall ye offer unto Yahweh in your appointed seasons,besides your vow-offerings and your freewill offeringsas your ascending-sacrifices, and as your meal-offerings, and as your drink-offerings and as your peace-offerings. So Moses told the sons of Israel,According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel saying: This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded- When, a man, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, or swear an oath to bind a bond upon his soul, he shall not break his word,according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth, shall he do. And, when, a woman, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, and bind a bond, in the house of her father, in her youth; and her father shall hear her vow or her bond which she bindeth upon her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her, then shall all her vows stand, and every bond which she hath bound upon her soul shall stand. But, if her father forbade her, in the day when he heard, none of her vows or her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand,and, Yahweh, will pardon her, because her father forbade her. But, if she, belonged to a husband, when her vows were taken upon her,or a rash utterance fell from her lips, wherewith she put a bond upon her soul; and her husband heard it, and on the day that he heard, he held his peace at her, then shall her vows stand and her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand, But if, on the day her husband heard, he forbade her, then shall he have made of none effect her vow that is upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she put a head upon her soul,and, Yahweh, I will pardon her. But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her. But, if in the house of her husband, she vowed, or bound a bond upon her soul. with an oath; and her husband heard, and held his peace at her, did not forbid her, then shall all her vows stand, and every bond which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand. But if her husband, did make, them, of none effect, on the day he heard, nothing which came forth out of her lipsof her vows, or of the bond of her soul, shall sand,her husband, made it of none effect, and Yahweh, will pardon her: As for any vow, or any oath of binding, to humble ones soul, her husband, may make it stand, or, her husband, may make it of none effect. But if her husband do hold his peace, at her, from day to day, then shall he cause all her vows to stand, or all her bonds which are upon her,cause them to stand, because he held his peace at her, on the day when he heard. And, if he, do make them of none effect, after that he hath heard them, then shall he bear her iniquity. These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in the house of her father. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Exact thou the avenging of the sons of Israel, from the Midianites,and, afterwards, shalt thou be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk. So Moses spake unto the people saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war, and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian. A thousand from each tribe,of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war. And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe,twelve thousand, armed for war. And Moses sent them a thousand of each tribe to the war,them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand. So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and slew every male: and the kings of Midian, slew they besides their other slain namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian,Balaam also, son of Beor, slew they with the sword. And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones,all their cattle also and all their flocks and all their substance, carried they off as a prey; all their cities also in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire. Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty,both of man and beast; and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israelthe captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp,unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho. And Moses, and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly, went forth to meet them,unto the outside of the camp. Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force,the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds who were coming in from the warring host. And Moses said unto them,Have ye saved alive every female? Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor,and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh! Now, therefore, slay ye every male among the young,every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye. But all the young of womankind that hay, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves. Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days,whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,. Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goats-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin). Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses: Surely the gold and the silver,the bronze the iron, the tin and the lead, whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire and it shall be clean, only with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye shall pass through water. And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and be clean,and after-wards, shall ye come into the camp. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beat,thou and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly; and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host,and all the assembly. Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahwehfrom the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred,of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock: out of their half, shall ye take unto Eleazar the priest as a heave-offering unto Yahweh. And out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock of all b the cattle,and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was,of the flock, six hundred and seventy-five thousand; and, of the herd, seventy-two thousand; and, of the asses, sixty-one thousand; and, of the human persons, even of the woman-kind who had not cohabited with man,all the per-sons, thirty-two thousand. And the half, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was,the number of the flockthree hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred; and so, the tribute unto Yahweh, out of the flock, wassix hundred and seventy-five; and the herd, thirty-six thousand,and the tribute of them unto Yahwehseventy-two; and the asses, thirty thousand and five hundred,and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty-one; and the human persons, sixteen thousand,and the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty-two persons. And Moses gave the tributethe heave-offering of Yahweh, unto Eleazar the priest,As Yahweh commanded Moses. And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel,which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host, the half allotted unto the assembly, wasof the flock, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, and five hundred; and, of the herd, six and thirty thousand; and, of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred; and, human persons, sixteen thousand. So then Moses tookout of the half belonging to the sons of Israel the allotted portion one out of fifty, of the human beings and of the beasts,and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses. Then came near unto Moses the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host,the princes of thousands and the princes of hundreds; and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand,and there is not missed from among us, a man! Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath foundarticles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings earrings and buckles,to put a propitiatory-covering over our souls before Yahweh. So Moses, and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them,all the wrought articles. And all the gold of the heave-offering which they offered up unto Yahweh, wassixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels,of the princes of thousands, and of the princes of hundreds. The men of the host, had taken prey, each man for himself. So then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the princes of thousands, and hundreds,and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh. Now, much cattle, had come into the possession of the sons of Reuben and of the sons of Gad, an exceeding mighty number. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, lo! the place, was a place for cattle. So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came in,and spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of assembly, saying, As touching Atroth and Dibon, and Jazer and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh,and Sebam and Nebo, and Beon- the land which Yahweh smote before the assembly of Israel, a land for cattle, it is,and, thy servants, have cattle. And they saidIf we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land he given unto thy servants, for a possession,do not take us over the Jordan. Then said Moses unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of Reuben,Shall, your brethren, go into the war, and ye, settle down here? Wherefore, then, should ye dissuade the heart of the sons of Israel, from passing over into the land which Yahweh hath given to them? Thus, did your fathers,when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea, to view the land, and they went up as far as the ravine of Eschol, and viewed the land, and then dissuaded the heart of the sons of Israel from entering into the land, which Yahweh had given them. Then was the anger of Yahweh kindled on that day,and he aware, saying: Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upwards, shall see the soil, which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac and unto Jacob, because they have not followed after me fully; save Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, and Joshua, son of Nun,for they followed after Yahweh, fully. So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel, and he made them wander in the desert, forty years,until all the generation who had done the evil in the eyes of Yahweh, had wasted away! Lo! therefore, ye have arisen in the room of your fathers, brood of sinful men,to heap up yet more upon the heat of the anger of Yahweh, towards Israel. If ye do turn away from following him, then will he yet again leave them behind in the desert,so shall ye bring destruction upon all this people. Then came they near unto him, and said, Folds, for flocks, would we build for our cattle, here,and cities for our little ones; but, we, would arm ourselves promptly, before the sons of Israel, until that we have brought them into their place,so should our little ones remain in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. We would not return unto our houses,until the sons of Israel have possessed themselves each man, of his inheritance. For we would not inherit with them, over the Jordan, and onwards,because our inheritance hath come unto us on this side the Jordan towards sunrise. And Moses said unto them, If ye will indeed do this thing,if ye will arm yourselves, before Yahweh, for the war; and every armed man of you pass over the Jordan before Yahweh,until he hath dispossessed his enemies, from before him; and the land be subdued before Yahweh then afterwards, shall ye return, and shall be acquitted by Yahweh and by Israel,and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh. But, if ye shall not do this, lo! ye will have sinned against Yahweh,and take note of your sin, that it will find you out. Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks,and then that which hath gone forth from your mouth, ye shall do. Then spake the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben unto Moses, saying,thy servants, will do, as, my lord, is giving command. Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, shall remain there in the cities of Gilead; and thy servants, will pass over every one armed for war, before Yahweh to battle,as, my lord is speaking. So Moses gave command concerning them, unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the headset the fathers of the tribes, of the sons of Israel; and Moses said unto themIf the sons of Gad and the son of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every one armed for the war before Yahweh, and the land be subdued before you, then shall ye give unto them the land of Gilead, for a possession. But, if they will not pass over armed, with you, then shall they accept a possession in your midst, in the land of Canaan. Then responded the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, saying,That which Yahweh had spoken unto thy servants, so, will we do. We, will pass over armed, before Yahweh into the land of Canaan,then shall be ours, the possession of our inheritance across the Jordan. So then Moses gave unto them even unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of Reuben and unto the half tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land by her cities with boundaries, even the cities of the land round about. And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth,and Aroer; and Atroth-shophan and Jazer, and Jogbehah; and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran,fortified cities and folds for flocks. And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh,and Kiriathaim, and Nebo and Baal-meontheir names being changed, and Sibmah,and they gave names to the cities which they built. Then went the sons of Machir son of Manasseh to Gilead, and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein, So Moses gave Gilead unto Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein. And Jair, son of Manasseh, went, and captured their encampments,and called them Havvoth-jair. \fs15 And, Nobah, went, and captured Kenath, with the villages thereof,and called it Nobah, after his own name. These, are the departures of the sons of Israel whereby they came forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts,in the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote their coming forth by their departures, at the bidding of Yahweh,and these, are their departures by their comings forth. So then they brake up from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover, came forth the sons of Israel with an uplifted hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians; when the Egyptians, were burying them whom Yahweh had smitten among them, every firstborn,when, upon their gods, Yahweh had executed judgments, Thus then the sons of Israel brake up from Rameses,and encamped in Succoth. And they brake up from Succoth,and encamped in Etham, which is at the edge of the desert. And they brake up from Etham, and turned upon Pi-hahiroth, which is over against Baal-zephon,and encamped before Migdol. And they brake up from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea towards the desert,and went their way a journey of three days in the desert of Etham, and encamped in Marah. And they brake up from Marah, and came in towards Elim; there being, in Elim, twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-tree, so they encamped there. And they brake up from Elim,and encamped by the Red Sea. And they brake up from the Red Sea,and encamped in the desert of Sin. And they brake up from the desert of Sin,and encamped in Dophkah. And they brake up from Dophkah,and encamped in Alush. And they brake up from Alush,and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. And they brake up from Rephidim,and encamped in the desert of Sinai. And they brake up from the desert of Sinai,and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah. And they brake up from Kibroth-hattaavah,and encamped in Hazeroth. And they brake up from Hazeroth,and encamped in Rithmah. And they brake up from Rithmah,and encamped in Rimmon-perez. And they brake up from Rimmon-perez,and encamped in Libnah. And they brake up from Libnah,and encamped in Rissah. And they brake up from Rissah,and encamped in Kehelathah. And they brake up from Kehelathah,and encamped in Mount Shepher. And they brake up from Mount Shepher,and encamped in Haradah. And they brake up from Haradah,and encamped in Makheloth. And they brake up from Makheloth,and encamped in Tahath. And they brake up from Tahath,and encamped in Terah. And they brake up from Terah,and encamped in Mithkah. And they brake up from Mithkah,and encamped in Hashmonah. And they brake up from Hashmonah,and encamped in Moseroth. And they brake up from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan. And they brake up from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad. And they brake up from Hor-haggidgad,and encamped in Jotbathah, And they brake up from Jotbathah,and en-camped in Abronah. And they brake up from Abronah,and encamped in Eziongeber. And they brake up from Eziongeber,and encamped in the desert of Zin, the same, is Kadesh. And they brake, up from Kadesh,and encamped in Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom; and Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor, at the bidding of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month. Now, Aaron, was a hundred and twenty-three years old, when he died in Mount Hor. And a Canaanite king of Arad, who was dwelling in the South, in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming in of the sons of Israel. And, they brake up from Mount Hor,and encamped in Zalmonah. And they brake up from Zalmonah,and encamped in Punon. And they brake up from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. And they brake up from Oboth,and encamped in Iye-abarim, within the bounds of Moab. And they brake up from Iyim,and encamped in Dibon-gad. And they brake up from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. And they brake up from Almon-diblathaim,and encamped among the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they brake up from the mountains of Abarim,and encamped in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan neat Jericho. Thus did they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim that is, "The acaciameadows" in the waste plains of Moab. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,When ye do pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then shall ye dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and shall destroy all their figured stones,all their molten images, also shall ye destroy, and all their high places, shall ye lay waste. So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein,for unto you, have given the land to possess it. And ye shall take your inheritance in the land by lot by your familiesfor the large one, ye shall make large his inheritance, and for the small one, make small his inheritance, whithersoever the lot cometh out to him, his, shall, it be, by the tribes of your fathers, shall ye take your inheritance. But if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall it be. that they whom ye leave remaining of them will become pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and will harass you, concerning the land, wherein, ye are settling down. And it shall be, that as I thought to do unto them, I will do unto you. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: Command the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, When, ye, are coming into the land of Canaan, this is the land which shall fall unto you, as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan, by the boundaries thereof. Ye shall therefore have a south corner, from the desert of Zin, on the side of Edom,so shall ye have a south boundary, from the end of the salt sea, eastward: and the boundary shall go round for you from the south towards the cliffs of Akrabbim, then cross over towards Zin, and the extension thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, then shall it reach out to Hazar-addar, and cross over towards Azmon; then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt,and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea. And, for a west boundary,ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary. And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary,From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor: From Mount Hor, ye shall draw a line to the entering in of Hamath,and the extension of the boundary shall be towards Zedad: then shall the boundary reach out towards Ziphron, and the extension thereof, be to Hazar-enan. This, shall serve you as a north, boundary. Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary,from Hazar-enan towards Shepham; and the boundary shall go down from Shepham towards Riblah, on the east of Ainthen shall the boundary go down and strike on the side of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward: then shall the boundary go down towards the Jordan, and the extension thereof be to the salt sea. This shall be your land by the boundaries thereof round about. And Moses commanded the sons of Israel saying,This, is the land, which ye shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh had commanded to be given to the nine tribes and the half tribe. For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites by their ancestral house, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, by their ancestral house, have received, and, the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance: the two tribes, and the half tribe, have received their inheritanceon this side Jordan near Jericho, eastwards, towards sunrise. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: These, are the names of the men who shall receive for you the land, as an inheritance, Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, son of Nun. Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land, as an inheritance. These, therefore, are the names of the men,For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; And, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud: For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, a princeBukki, son of Jogli: For the sons of Joseph, For the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a prince,Hanniel son of Ephod; And, for the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a prince,Kemuel, son of Shiphtan; And, for the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a prince,Elizaphan, son of Parnach; And, for the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a prince,Paltiel son of Azzan; And, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, a prince,Ahihud son of Shelomi: And, for the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a prince,Pedahel, son of Ammihud. These, are they whom Yahweh hath commanded to receive for the sons of Israel their inheritance, in the land of Canaan. And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the waste plains of Moab,by Jordan, near Jericho, saying: Command the sons of Israel, that they give unto the Levitesout of the inheritance which they possesscities to dwell in,pasture land also unto the cities, round about them, shall ye give unto the Levites. So shall the cities be theirs, to dwell in,and their pasture lands, shall, ye for their cattle and for their goods and for all their beasts. And, the pasture lands of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levite, shall be,from the wail of the city, and outwards, a thousand cubits round about So ye shall measureon the outside of the citythe eastward quarter two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter two thousand by the cubit and the north quarter two thousand by the cubit, with, the city, in the midst. This, shall be unto them the pasture lands of the cities, And, among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give that the manslayer may flee thither,and besides them, ye shall give, forty-two cities, All the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be forty-eight cities,them, and their pasture lands, And as touching the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the sons of Israel from the many, shall ye take many, and from the few, shall ye take few,each, according to his inheritance, which they shall inherit, shall We of his cities unto the Levites. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan, then shall ye find for you, convenient cities, cities of refuge, shall they be unto you,and the manslayer, who hath slain a person, by mistake, shall flee thither. So shall the cities serve you for places of refuge from the redeemer,that the manslayer may not die, until he has stood before the assembly, for judgment, And as touching the cities which ye shall give six cities of refuge, shall there be unto you. Three of the cities, shall ye give, on this side the Jordan, and three of the cities, shall ye give in the land of Canaan,cities of refuge, shall they be. For the sons of Israel and for the sojourner. and for the settler in your midst, shall these six cities serve, as places of refuge,that any one may flee thither who hath slain a person, by mistake. If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,a manslayer, shall surely die. Or if with a stone thrown by hand, where-by one might die, he smote him and he died, a manslayer, he is,the man-slayer, shall surely die, Or, if with hand-weapon of wood, wherewith one might die, he smote him and he died a manslayer, he is,the manslayer shall surely die. The blood-redeemer, he, shall put to death the man-slayer,when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death. Or if with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died, or if with enmity, he hath smitten him with his band and he is dead, then shall he that dealt the blow, be surely put to death. a manslayer, he isthe blood-redeemer shall put to death the man-slayer, when he lighteth upon him. But if suddenly, without enmity, he shall thrust him, or hurl upon him any missile, without design; Or with any stone whereby one might die without seeing him, and it fall upon him, and he dieth; he, not being at enmity with him, nor seeking to harm him, then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood-redeemer,according to these regulations; and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the blood-redeemer, and the assembly shall restore him unto his city of refuge whither he had fled,and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who hath been anointed with the hallowing oil. But if the man-slayer, go out, of the bounds of his city of refuge, whereinto he hath fled; and the blood-redeemer, find him, outside the bounds of his city of refuge, then may the blood-redeemer slay the slayer, without being guilty of blood; for in his city of refuge, should he have remained, until the death of the high priest,and, after the death of the high priest, might he have returned into the land which he doth possess. So shall these serve you as a regulative statute unto your generations,wheresoever ye may dwell. Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall, the slayer be slain,but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put him to death. And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,but he, must surely be put to death. And ye shall accept no ransom for him that hath fled to his city of refuge, if he should return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it; thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel. Then came near the heads of fathers, belonging to the family of the sons of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, out of the families of the sons of Joseph,and spake before Moses, and before the princes, heads of fathers belonging to the sons of Israel; and they saidUnto my lord, did Yahweh give command, to bestow the land as an inheritance, by lot, unto the sons of Israel,my lord, therefore, was commanded by Yahweh, to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughter. When, therefore, unto any one from among the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, they become wives their inheritance shall disappear out of the inheritance of our fathers, and be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall be received,and so out of the lot of our inheritance, shall it disappear, And when the jubilee shall come to the sons of Israel, then shall their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall be receivedand, out of the, inheritance of the tribe of our fathers, shall their inheritance disappear. Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel, at the bidding of Yahweh saying,A right thing, are, the tribe of the sons of Joseph, speaking, This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, as to the daughters of Zelophehad saying: Unto whomsoever it may be good in their eyes, let them become wives,save only unto the family of the tribe of their father, let them become wives. So shall no inheritance belonging to the sons of Israel go round from tribe to tribe,for the sons of Israel shall, each one, cleave, unto the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, And, every daughter possessing all inheritance from among the tribes of the sons of Israel, unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, shall become wife,to the intent that the sons of Israel may possess each one the inheritance of his fathers; and no inheritance go round from one tribe to another tribe,for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall cleave, each one unto his own inheritance. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the daughters of Zelophehad. Thus then did Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milchah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, become wives, unto the sons of their fathers brethren. Unto men from among the families of the son of Manasseh son of Joseph, became they wives,and so their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father. These are the commandments and the regulations which Yahweh gave in charge, by the hand of Moses, unto the sons of Israel,in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

These, are the words, which Moses spake unto all Israel, over the Jordan,in the wilderness in the waste plain over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban and Hazeroth and Di-zahab: eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir, as far as Kadesh-barnea. And it came to pass, in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in charge for them; after he had smitten Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,and Og, king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, in Edrei: over the Jordan, in the land of Moab, did Moses take in hand to expound this law, saying: Yahweh our God, spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Long enough, have ye dwelt in this mountain: Turn ye and set yourselves forward, and enter into the hill country of the Amorites, and into all the places near, in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and in the coast of the sea,the land of Canaan and the Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. See! I have set before you the land,enter and possess the land, which, Yahweh sware unto your fathers to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them, and unto their seed, after them. So spake unto you, at that time saying, I am unable, by myself, to carry you. Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude. Yahweh, the God of your fathers, be adding unto you the like of you, a thousand times,and bless you, as he hath spoken unto you! How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies? Set forth for youmen wise and discerning, and known to your tribes,that I may appoint them to be heads over you. And ye answered me,and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken to be done. So I took heads for your tribes wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes. And I charged your judges, at that time, saying,Ye are to hear between your brethren and shall judge righteously, between each magi and his brother and his sojourner. Ye shall not take note of faces in judgmentso the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth,but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it. So I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. And when we brake up from Horeb, we came through all that great and terrible desert which ye saw, by way of the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us,and we entered in as far as Kadesh-barnea. Then said I unto you,Ye are come in as far as the hill-country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God, is giving unto us. See thouYahweh thy God hath set before thee the land,go uptake possession as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee, do not fear, neither be dismayed. And ye came near unto me all of you, and said Let us send men before us, that they may search out for us the land,and bring us back word, the way by which we must go up, and the cities whereinto we must enter, And the thing, was good in mine eyes,so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe. And they turned and went up the hill-country, and entered in as far as the ravine of Eshcol, and explored it. And they took in their hand of the fruit of the country, and bare it down unto us, and brought us back word, and said, Good is the land, which Yahweh our God, is giving unto us. Nevertheless ye were not willing to go up,but rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, your God; and murmured in your tents and said, Because Yahweh hated us, hath he brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither, are, we, to go up? Our own brethren, have made our heart melt sayingA people greater and taller than we, cities large and walled-up into the heavens,yea, moreover sons of Anakim, have we seen there. Then I said unto you,Ye must not tremble, nor be afraid of them: Yahweh your God, who is going before you, he, will fight for you,according to all that he did with you in Egypt, before your eyes; also in the desert which thou hast seen, where Yahweh thy God carried thee as a man will carry his son, throughout all the way that ye journeyed, until ye entered as far as, this place. But in this firing, ye were putting no trust in Yahweh your God; who was going before you in the wayto search out for you a place, where ye might encamp,in the fire by night, that ye might get sight of the way wherein ye should go, and in the cloud, by day. And Yahweh heard the voice of your words,and was wroth and swaresaying: Surely, not one of these men, this wicked generation,shall see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers: saving Caleb son of Jephunneh, he, shall see it, and unto him, will I give the land through which he hath trodden, and unto his sons,because he hath wholly followed Yahweh. Even with me, did Yahweh show himself angry, for your sakes, saying,Even thou, shalt not enter therein. Joshua son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he, shall enter in thither, him, strengthen thou, for he, shall cause Israel to inherit it. And your little ones, of whom ye said they should become, a prey, and your sons who to-day know not good and evil, they, shall enter in thither,and unto them, will I give it, and they, shall possess it. But as for you, turn ye, for your part,and set forward towards the desert, by way of the Red Sea. Then responded ye and said unto meWe have sinned against Yahweh, We, ourselves, will go up, and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God hath commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye foolishly went up towards the hill-country. Then said Yahweh unto meSay unto them Ye shall not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst,lest ye should be smitten before your enemies. So I spake unto you howbeit ye hearkened not,but rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, and presumptuously went up the hill-country. Then came forth the Amorites who were dwelling in that country, to meet you, and they chased you, as do, bees; and struck you down in Seir, as far as Hormah. So then ye returned and wept before Yahweh,but Yahweh hearkened not unto your voice, nor gave ear unto you. And ye abode in Kadesh many days,how many were the days that ye abode Then turned we, and set forward towards the desert by way of the Red Sea, as Yahweh, spake unto me; and we encompassed Mount Seir many days. And Yahweh spake unto me, saying: Long enough, have ye encompassed this mountain,turn yourselves north, wards. And, the people, command thou saying, Ye are about to pass through the boundary of your brethren the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir,and should they he afraid of you, take ye good heed to yourselves: do not engage in strife with them, for I will not give you of their land, so much as place for the tread of a foot-sole,for as a possession to Esau, have I given Mount Seir. Food, shall ye buy of them with silver so shall ye eat,yea even water, shall ye buy of them with silver so shall ye drink. For Yahweh thy God, hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand, he hath considered thy traversing of this great desert,these forty years, hath Yahweh thy God been with thee, thou hast lacked, nothing. So we passed on, a way from our brethren the sons of Esau who dwell in Seir, from the way of the waste plain, from Elath, and from Ezion-geber,and we turned and passed on by way of the desert of Moab. And Yahweh said unto meDo not lay siege to Moab, nor engage in strife with them in battle,for I will not give unto thee of his and as a possession, for unto the sons of Lot, have I given Ar, as a possession. the Emim, formerly dwelt therein,a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim. Giants, used, they also, to be accounted like the Anakim,but the Moabites, called them Emim. And in Seir, dwelt the Horim aforetime, but, the sons of Esau, dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead,as did Israel unto the land of his own possession, which Yahweh had given unto them. Now, arise, and pass ye over the ravine of Zered. So we passed over the ravine of Zered. Now, the days in which we journeyed from Kadesh-barnea, as far as where we crossed the ravine of Zered, were thirty-eight years,until all the generation of the men of war were consumed out of the midst of the camp, as Yahweh had sworn unto them. Yea, even the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them out of the midst of the camp,until they were consumed. So it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed by dying, out of the midst of the people, then spake Yahweh unto me, saying: Thou, art passing, to-day, the boundary of Moab even Ar; so wilt thou draw near over against the sons of Ammon, do not thou besiege them neither engage in strife with them,for I will not give of the land of the sons of Ammon unto thee as a possession, for unto the sons of Lot, have I given it as a possession. A land of giants, used, that also, to be accounted,giants, dwelt therein aforetime, but the Ammonites, called them Zamzummim: a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim,but Yahweh destroyed them from before them, and they took their possessions, and dwelt in their stead: as he did for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir,when he destroyed the Horim from before them, and they took their possessions and have dwelt in their stead, even unto this day. The Avvim also, who dwelt in settlements as far as Gaza, Caphtorim, who were coming forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. Arise ye, set forward and cross over the ravine of Arnon, see! I have given into thy handSihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite and his land, begintake possession,and engage in strife with him in battle. This day, will I begin to extend the dread of thee and the fear of thee over the face of the peoples under all the heavens,who will hear the report of thee, then will they quake and writhe in pain because of thee. So I sent messengers out of the desert of Kademoth, unto Sihon, king of Heshbon,with words of peace saying: I would pass along through thy land, by the road, by the road, will I go,I will not turn aside, to the right hand or to the left: Food for silver, shalt thou sell me so will I eat, and water for silver, shalt thou let me have, so will I drink,only I would pass through on my feet; as the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, did to me, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar,until that I pass over the Jordan, into the land which, Yahweh our God, is giving unto us. But Sihon king of Heshbon, was not willing, to let us pass along through it,for Yahweh thy God had suffered him to make his spirit harsh and his heart bold, that he might give him into thy hand(as this day). Then said Yahweh unto me, See! I have begun to deliver up before thee Sihon and his land,begin take possession, that thou mayest make a possession of his land. So then Sihon came out to meet us he, and all his people, to give battle at Jahaz. And Yahweh our God delivered him up before us,and we smote him and his sons, and all his people And we captured all his cities, at that time, and devoted to destruction every city of males, with the women and the little ones,we left not remaining a survivor: only the cattle, made we our prey,and the spoil of the cities which we captured. From Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon and the city that is in the ravine even as far as Gilead, there was not a fortress that proved too high for us,the whole, did Yahweh our God deliver up before us. Only unto the land of the sons of Ammon, didst thou not come near,all the side of the Jabbok ravine, nor the cities of the hill country, nor any which Yahweh our God had forbidden to us. Then turned we and went up, the way of Bashan; and Og king of Bashan, came out to meet us, he, and all his people, to give battle at Edrei. And Yahweh said unto me: Do not fear him, for into thy hand, have I delivered him and all his people and his land,so then thou shalt do unto him, as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites who was dwelling in Heshbon. Then did Yahweh our God deliver into our hand, Og also, king of Bashan and all his people,so we smote him until there was not left remaining to him a survivor. And we captured all his cities, at that time, there was no fortress which we took not from them,sixty cities all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these, were fortified cities each with a high wall, folding gates and a bar,besides country towns exceeding many. And we devoted them to destruction, doing unto them as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,devoting to destruction every city of males, the women, and the little ones. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, made we our prey. Thus did we at that time take the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites (which was over the Jordan),from the ravine of Arnon as far as Mount Hermon. Sidonians, call Hermon Sirion,but, the Amorites, call it Senir. All the cities of the table-land, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,unto Salecah, and Edrei,cities of the kingdom of Og, in Bashan. For, only Og, king of Bashan was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof and four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore-arm of a man. And this land, took we in possession at that time,from Aroer which is by the ravine of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites; but the remainder of Gilead, and all Bashan the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh,all the region of the Argob with all Bashan. The same, is called, A land of giants. Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob, as far as the boundary of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites,and called them after his own name The Bashan of Havvoth-jair unto this day. And, unto Machir, gave I Gilead; And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites, gave Ifrom Gilead even as far as the ravine of Arnon, the middle of the ravine and boundary,even as far as the Jabbok ravine, the boundary of the sons Ammon; the Waste Plain also and the Jordan and boundary,from Chinnereth, even as far as the sea of the Waste Plain the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah, on the east. So I commanded you, at that time saying,Yahweh your God hath given unto you this land to possess it, armed, shall ye pass over before your brethren the sons of Israel all the sons of valour, Only, your wives and your little ones and your cattleI know that ye have much cattleshall abide in your cities which I have given unto you; until that Yahweh shall give rest unto your brethren, as well as you, so shall, they too, possess the land which, Yahweh your God, is giving unto them, over the Jordan,then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given unto you. Jeshua also, commanded I, at that time saying,Thine are the eyes, that have seen all that Yahweh your God hath done unto these two kings, thus, will Yahweh do unto all the kingdoms whereunto thou, art passing over: ye shall not fear them,for, Yahweh your God, he, it is that is fighting for you. Then sought I Yahweh at that time, for a favour saying: My Lord Yahweh, thou thyself, hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy firm hand,as to which, what GOD is there, in the heavens or in the earth, that can do according to thy doings, and according to thy mighty deeds? Let me pass over, I pray thee that I may see the good land that is over the Jordan,this good mountain, and the Lebanon. But Yahweh had been provoked with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me,and Yahweh said unto me, Enough for thee! do not add a word unto me further in this matter. Ascend the top of the Pisgah, and lift up thine eyeswestward, and northward and southward and eastwardand see with thine own eyes,for thou shalt not pass over this Jordan. But command thou Joshua and confirm him and embolden him,for, he, shall pass over before this people, and, he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. So we abode in the valley, over against Beth-peor. Now, therefore, O Israel, hearken thou unto the statutes, and unto the regulations, which, I, am teaching you, to do ,to the end ye may live and enter and possess the land, which, Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving unto you. Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you. Yours are the eyes, that have seen what Yahweh did in Baal-peor, for every man who went after Baal-peor, did Yahweh thy God destroy out of thy midst; but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day. See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it. Therefore shall ye observe, and do , for that, will be your wisdom, and discernment, in the eyes of the peoples,who will hear all these statutes, and will sayNevertheless, a people wise and discerning, is this great nation. For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it,like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him. Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day? Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy sons sons: What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words,which they must learn that they may revere me all the days which they are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach. So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens,darkness, cloud, and thick gloom. Then spake Yahweh unto you out of the midst of the fire,a voice of words, ye were hearing, no form, were ye seeing, there was only a voice. Then declared he unto you his covenant which he commanded you to do, the ten words,and wrote them upon two tables of stone. And unto me, gave Yahweh command, at that time, to teach you statutes and regulations,that ye should do them, in the land whereinto ye are passing over to possess it. Ye must take diligent heed, therefore unto your own souls, for ye saw no manner of form, on the day Yahweh spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness,a model of male or female; a model of any beast that is in the earth,a mode of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens; a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground,a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth; or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the starsall the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens; whereas you, hath Yahweh taken, and brought you forth out of a smelting-pot of iron, out of Egypt,that ye might become his own inherited people as at this day. But, Yahweh shewed himself angry with me, for your sakes,and sware that I should not pass over the Jordan, and that I should not enter into the good land, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving unto thee as an inheritance; for, I, am about to die in this land, I am not to pass over the Jordan,but, ye, are to pass over, and possess this good land. Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he hath solemnised with you,and so make for yourselves an image, the form of anything, the which Yahweh thy God hath forbidden thee; seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is,a jealous GOD. When thou shalt beget sons, and sons sons, and become careless in the land and break faith and make an image the form of any thing, and shalt do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God provoking him to anger, I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speed, from off the land which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess,ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste; and Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples,and ye shall have left remaining of you men easily counted, among the nations whither Yahweh will drive you; and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man,wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him,when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. In thy distress, when all these things have found thee outin the afterpart of the days, thou wilt return unto Yahweh thy God, and writ hearken to his voice. For, a GOD of compassion, is Yahweh thy God, he will not forsake thee neither will he destroy thee,nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. For ask, I pray you, of the former days which were before thee, even from the day when God created man upon the earth, yea from one end of the heavens even to the other end of the heavens,whether aught was ever brought to pass, like this great thing, or was ever heard of like it: Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live? Or did a god ever make trial of entering in to take unto him a nation out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors,according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? Thou, wast allowed to see that thou mightest know, that Yahweh, he is God, there is none other than he alone. Out of the heavens, he let thee hear his voice to instruct thee,and, upon the earth, he let thee see his great fire, and his own words, thou didst hear out of the midst of the fire. And because that he loved thy fathers, therefore chose he his seed after him,and brought thee forth with his presence with his great might, out of Egypt; to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou from before thee,to bring thee in. to give unto thee their land for an inheritance: As at this day. So then thou must consider to-day, and bring it back to thy heart, that, Yahweh, he is God in the heavens above and upon the earth beneath,there is none other. So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee,and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days. Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan,towards the rising of the sun: that the manslayer might flee thither who should slay his neighbour unawares, he, not having hated him, aforetime,and might flee unto one of these cities, and live: namely Bezer, in the desert of the table-land, for the Reubenites,and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. This, then is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel: These, are the testimonies, and the statutes and the regulations,which Moses spake unto the sons of Israel when they came forth out of Egypt: over the Jordan in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,whom Moses and the sons of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt: so they took possession of his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan the two kings of the Amorites, who were over the Jordan,towards the rising of the sun; from Aroer which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, the same, is Hermon; and all the waste plain over the Jordan, towards sunrise, even unto the sea of the waste plain,under the slopes of the Pisgah. Then called Moses unto all Israel and said unto themHear, O Israel, the statutes and the regulations, which I am speaking in your ears to-day,so shall ye learn them, and observe to do them. Yahweh our God, solemnised with us a covenant in Horeb: not with our fathers did Yahweh solemnise this covenant,but with us, ourselvesthese here to-day, all of us living. Face to face, spake Yahweh with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire, (I was standing between Yahweh and you, at that time, to declare unto you the word of Yahweh,for ye shrank with fear from the presence of the fire, and went not up in the mount) saying: I, am Yahweh thy God, who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants: Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me: Thou shalt not make unto thee an image, any form that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters beneath the earth: thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve them,for, I Yahweh thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons even unto three generations and unto four, unto them that hate me; but shewing lovingkindness unto a thousand generationunto them who love me, and keep my commandments: Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God, for falsehood,for Yahweh will not at him go unpunished who uttereth his name for falsehood: Observe the sabbath day, to hallow it,as Yahweh thy God, hath commanded thee: six days, shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but, the seventh day, is a sabbath unto Yahweh thy God,thou shalt do no workthou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy servant nor thy handmaid nor thine ox nor thine ass nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates, that thy servant and thy handmaid may rest, as well as thou. So shalt thou remember that a servant, wast thou in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God brought thee forth from thence, with a firm hand, and with a stretched-out arm,for this cause, hath Yahweh thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day: Honour thy father and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee,that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee: Thou shalt not commit murder: Neither shalt thou commit adultery: Neither shalt thou steal: Neither shalt thou testify against thy neighbour with a witness of falsehood: Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbours wife,neither shalt thou desire thy neighbours house, his field, or his servant, or his handmaid, his ox or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbours. These words, spake Yahweh unto all the convocation of you in the mount out of the midst of the fire the cloud and the thick gloom, a loud voice, and added not,and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, the mountain also burning with fire, then drew ye near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes and your elders, and ye saidLo! Yahweh our God hath let us see his glory and his greatness, his voice also, have we heard out of the midst of the fire,this day, have we seen, that God may speak with man who yet may live. Now, therefore why should we die? for this great fire, will consume, us,if we ourselves, hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, we shall die. For who of all flesh, that ever heard the voice of a Living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we, and yet lived? Go, thou, near, and hear, all that Yahweh our God shall say,so shalt thou speak unto us, all that Yahweh our God shall speak unto thee and we will hear and do. And Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me,and Yahweh said unto meI have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee, they have well said all which they have spoken. Oh that this their heart might remain in them to revere me, and to keep all my commandments all the days,that it might he well with them and with their sons unto times age-abiding. Go, say unto them,Return ye to your tents. Thou, therefore here stand with me and let me speak unto theeall the commandment and the statutes and the regulations which thou shalt teach them,that they may do in the land which I am giving unto them to possess it. So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you,ye must not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. In all the way which Yahweh your God hath commanded you, must ye walk,that ye may live and it be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which ye shall possess. This, then is the commandment the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God bath commanded to teach you,that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it: that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou and thy son and thy sons son, all the days of thy life,and that thy days may be prolonged. Therefore shalt thou hear, O Israel, and shalt observe to do, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may multiply greatly, as Yahweh the God of thy fathom hath spoken to thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: Yahweh, is our God,Yahweh alone. Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might; so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart; and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up; and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand,and they shall serve for bands between thine eyes; and thou shalt write them upon the pests of thy house and within thy gates. So shall it be, when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land, which he sware to thy fathersto Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give unto thee,into cities great and goodly, which thou didst not build; and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and hewn cisterns which thou hewedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not,and shalt eat and be full, take heed unto thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh,who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants. Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere And him, shalt thou serve,And by his name, shalt thou swear. Ye shall not go after other gods,of the gods of the peoples who are surrounding you; for a jealous GOD, is Yahweh thy God in thy midst,lest the anger of Yahweh thy God kindle upon thee, and so he destroy thee from off the face of the ground. Ye shall not put Yahweh your God to the proof,as ye put him to the proof in Massah Ye shall, keep, the commandments of Yahweh your God and his testimonies and his statutes which he hath commanded thee; so shalt thou do what is right and what is pleasing in the eyes of Yahweh,that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest enter in and possess the good land, which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers; to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee,As spake Yahweh. When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying,What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh our God commanded you? Then shalt thou say unto thy son, Servants, were we unto Pharaoh in Egypt,and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a firm hand; and Yahweh put forth signs and wonders great and sore upon Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his household before our eyes; but he brought us forth from thence,that he might bring us in, to give unto us the land, which he sware unto our fathers. So then Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to revere Yahweh our God,for our good, all the days, to preserve us alive as at this day; and righteousness, shall it he to us,when we take heed to do all this commandment, before Yahweh our God, as he commanded us. When Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art going in to possess, and shall clear away many nations from before theethe Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusitesseven nations greater in number and stronger than thou; and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them, thou shalt devote them to destruction, thou shalt not solemnise with them a covenant neither shalt thou shew them favour; neither shalt thou intermarry with them,thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son; for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily. Verily, thus, shall ye do unto them: Their altars, shall ye tear down, And their pillars, shall ye break in pieces,And their sacred stems, shall ye hew down, And their carved images, a shall ye burn up in the fire. For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground: not because ye were more in number than any of the peoples, did Yahweh become attached to you and make choice of you,for, ye, were fewer than any of the peoples; but because Yahweh loved you and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, did Yahweh bring you forth with a firm hand,and redeem thee out of the house of servants, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations but requiting them who hate him unto his face to destroy them,he will not be slack towards him that hateth him, unto his face, will he requite him. So shalt thou keep the commandment and the statutes and the regulations, which I am commanding thee to-day, to do them. Then shall it come to pass if ye will hearken unto these regulations, and keep and do them, then will Yahweh thy God keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers; and will love thee, and bless thee and multiply thee,and bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground thy corn and a thy new wine and thine ell the young of thy kine and the ewes of thy flock, upon the soil which he swart unto thy fathers to give unto thee. Blessed shalt thou be beyond all the peoples,there shall not be in thee a barren male or female, nor among thy cattle; and Yahweh, will turn away, from thee, all disease,and as for all the sore sicknesses of Egypt which thou knowest, he will not lay them upon thee, but will put them upon all who hate thee; and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for a snare, would it be unto thee. Although thou mightest say in thy heart: More in number, are these nations than I,how can, I dispossess them? thou must not be afraid of them,thou must, remember, what Yahweh thy God did, unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt: the great provings which thine own eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the firm hand and the stretched-out arm, wherewith Yahweh thy God brought thee forth,so, will Yahweh thy God do unto all the peoples, before whom thou art afraid. Moreover also, the hornet, will Yahweh thy God send among them,until they are destroyed who are left remaining, and who are hiding themselves from thy face. Thou shalt not be affrighted at their presence,for Yahweh thy God in thy midst is a Go great and to be revered. So will Yahweh thy God, clear away these nations from before thee little by little,thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the wild beast of the field should multiply ever thee. But Yahweh thy God will deliver them up before thee,and discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they are destroyed; and will deliver their kings into thy hand and thou shalt destroy their name, from under the heavens,not a man shall stand before thee, until thou hast destroyed them. The carved images of their gods, shalt thou consume with fire,thou shalt not covet the silver and gold upon them to take unto thee, lest thou be ensnared thereby; for the abomination of Yahweh thy God, it is; and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and so become devoted to destruction, like it, thou shalt, abhor, it, and thou shalt, loathe it, because a thing devoted to destruction, it is. All the commandment which I am commanding thee to-day, shalt thou, observe, to do,that ye may, live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land, which Yahweh sware unto your fathers. So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,that he might humble time to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart,whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not. So he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou hadst not known, neither had thy fathers known,that he might lead thee to consider that not on bread alone, shall the son of earth live, but on whatsoever cometh from the bidding of Yahweh, shall the son of earth live. Thy mantle, hath not fallen with age from off thee, and, thy foot, hath not become swollen,these forty years. Thou must consider, then with thy heart,that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God,to walk in his ways and to revere him. For, Yahweh thy God, is bringing thee into a good land; a land of ravines of water, of fountains and depths, coming forth in valley, and in mountain: a land of wheat and barley, and vine and fig-tree, and pomegranate,a land of olive oil, and honey: a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein,a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper. So then thou shalt eat and be satisfied,and bless Yahweh thy God, for the good land which he hath given unto thee. Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh thy God,so as not to keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day; lest thou eat, and be satisfied,and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit; and thy herd and thy flock, increase, and silver and gold, increase unto thee,and all that thou hast, increase; and so thy heart be lifted up,and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants; who caused thee to journey through the great and terrible desert, of fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty wastes where was no water,who brought forth for thee water out of the flinty rock; who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter, and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart,Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember Yahweh thy God, that it was, he, who had been giving thee strength to get wealth,that so he might establish his covenant which he sware to thy fathers as at this day. But it shall be if thou forget, Yahweh thy God, and go after ether gods, and serve them, and bow thyself down to them, I testify against you to-day, that ye shall perish: like the nations which, Yahweh, is causing to perish from before you, so, shall ye perish, because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God. Hear O Israel! thou art passing, to-day, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,cities great and fortified into the heavens; a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim,whom, thou, knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? So then, thou must consider to-day, that Yahweh thy God, he it is that is passing over before thee as a consuming fire, he, will destroy them, and, he, will cause them to bow down before thee,so shalt thou dispossess them, and destroy them speedily, as Yahweh hath spoken unto thee. Do not speak in thy heart, when Yahweh thy God casteth them out from before thee saying, For mine own righteousness, hath Yahweh brought me in, to possess this land,whereas it is for the lawlessness of these nations, that, Yahweh, is dispossessing them from before thee. Not for thine own righteousness, nor for the uprightness of thine own heart, art thou going in to possess their land,but or the lawlessness of these nations, is, Yahweh thy God driving them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob. So then, thou must consider that, not for thine own righteousness, is Yahweh thy God giving unto thee this good land to possess it,for a stiff-necked people, thou art. Rememberdo not forget, how thou didst provoke Yahweh thy God, in the desert,yea from the day when thou earnest forth out of the and of Egypt until ye entered as far as this place, have ye been quarrelling, with Yahweh. Even in Horeb, ye provoked Yahweh to wrath,so that Yahweh showed himself angry with you to destroy you. When I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stonethe tables of the covenant, which Yahweh had solemnised with you, then abode I in the mountain forty days and forty nights, food, did I not, eat, and water, did I not drink. Then did Yahweh deliver unto me the two tables of stone, written with the finger of God,and upon them, according to all the words which Yahweh had spoken with you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the convocation. So then it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave unto me the two tables of stone the tables of the covenant. Then said Yahweh unto meUp! get down quickly out of this mountain, for thy people whom thou hast brought forth out of Egypt, have broken faith,they have turned aside quickly, out of the way which I commanded them,they have made them a molten image. And Yahweh spake unto me saying,I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is. Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and wipe out their name from under the heavens,and make thee into a nation stronger and more in number than they. So I turned, and came down out of the mountain, now the mountain was burning with fire,and the two tables of the covenant were upon my two hands. Then looked I, and lo! ye had sinned against Yahweh your God, ye had made you a molten calf,ye had turned aside quickly, out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you. So I seized the two tables, and cast them from off my two hands,and brake them in pieces before your eyes. Then lay I prostrate before Yahweh as at the first, forty days and forty nights, food, did I not eat, and water, did I not drink,because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing the thing that was wicked, in the eyes of Yahweh. to provoke him to anger. For I shrank with fear from the face of the anger and the hot displeasure, wherewith Yahweh was provoked against you to destroy you,but Yahweh hearkened unto me, even at that time. And with Aaron, did Yahweh show himself exceedingly angry, to destroy him,so I prostrated myself, even in behalf of Aaron at that time. And your sin which ye had made even the calf, took I and burned it up with fire, and pounded it very small, until it was fine as dust,then cast I the dust thereof into the torrent that descended out of the mountain. Also, at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hataavah, a cause of provocation, became ye unto Yahweh. Also when Yahweh sent you out of Kadesh-barnea saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given unto you then quarreled ye with the bidding of Yahweh your God, and trusted him not, neither hearkened unto his voice. Ye have been quarrelling, with Yahweh,from the day that I first knew you. Thus, then lay I prostrate before Yahweh, the forty days and the forty nights that I did lie prostrate,because Yahweh spake of destroying you. Therefore I prostrated myself unto Yahweh and said, My Lord Yahweh! Do not destroy thy people even thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness,which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a firm hand. Have remembrance of thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob,do not regard the obduracy of this people, or their lawlessness or their sin: lest the land out of which thou hast brought us forth say, Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them,and because he hated them, took he them forth to put them to death in the desert. Yet, they, are thy people and thine inheritance,whom thou hast brought forth with thy great strength, and with thy stretched-out arm. At that time, said Yahweh unto meCut thee out two tables of stone like the first, and come up unto me into the mountain,and make thee an ark of wood; that I may write, upon the tables, the words which were on the first tables which thou brakest in pieces,then shalt thou put them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut out two tables of stone like the first,and went up the mountain, having the two tables in my hand. And he wrote upon the tables according to the first writingthe ten words, which Yahweh had spoken unto you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire in the day of the convocation,and Yahweh delivered them unto me. Then turned I, and came down out of the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made,and they have remained there, as Yahweh commanded me. And, the sons of Israel, set forward out of Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah,there, died Aaron and was buried there, and Eleazar his son became priest in his stead. From thence, set they forward unto the Gudgodah,and from the Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of torrents of water. At that time, did Yahweh separate the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,to stand before Yahweh to wait upon him and to bless in his name (until this day). For this cause, hath Levi neither portion nor inheritance with his brethren,Yahweh, is his inheritance, as Yahweh thy God spake unto him. But, I, stayed in the mountain according to the former days, forty days and forty nights,and Yahweh hearkened unto me at that time also, Yahweh was not willing a to destroy thee. So then Yahweh said unto me, Up with theeto break away onward, before the people,that they may enter in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers, to give unto them. Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,but to revere Yahweh thy God to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day,for thy good? Lo! unto Yahweh thy God, belong the heavens even the highest heavens,the earth, with all that is therein. Only unto thy fathers, Yahweh became attached so as to love them,therefore made he choice of their seed after themof youout of all the peoples, (as at this day). Therefore must ye circumcise the foreskin of your hearts,and your necks, must ye stiffen no more. For as touching Yahweh your God, he, is God of gods, and Lord of lords; the great the mighty, and the fearful GOD, who respecteth not persons, nor accepteth a bribe; executing the vindication of the orphan and the widow,and loving sojourner, giving him food and raiment. Therefore shall ye love the sojourner,for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt. Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere, Him, shalt thou serve,And unto him, shalt thou cleave, And in his name, shalt thou swear. He, is thy song of praise, And, he, thy God,who hath done with thee these great and fearful things, which thine own eyes have seen. As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude. Therefore shalt thou love Yahweh thy God and keep his observance and his statutes and his regulations and his commandments all the days. And ye must know to-day, (for not with your sons who know not, neither have they seen) the discipline of Yahweh your God,his greatness, his firm hand, and his stretched-out arm; and his signs and his doings, which he did in the midst of Egypt,unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto all his land; and what he did unto the forces of Egyptunto his horses and unto his chariots in that he caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow over their faces, when they were pursuing after you,and so Yahweh destroyed them (unto this day); and what he did unto you, in the desert,until ye came in as far as this place; and what he did to Dathan and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, in that the earth opened wide her mouth, and swallowed-up them and their households and their tents,and all the living things that attended them, in the midst of all Israel. For yours, are the eyes that have seen every great deed of Yahweh,which he hath done. Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I am commanding thee, today,that ye may be strong, and so enter and possess the land, whither ye are passing over to possess it; and that ye may prolong your days upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them and unto their seed,a land flowing with milk and honey. For the land which thou art entering to, possess, not like the land of Egypt, it is, from whence ye came out,where thou didst sow thy seed, and then water it with thy foot, like a garden of herbs; but the land whereinto ye are passing over to, possess it, is a land of hills, and valleys,which of the rain of the heavens, cloth drink water: a land which Yahweh thy God careth for,continually are the eyes of Yahweh thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year. And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken, unto my commandments, which, I am commanding you to-day,to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him, with, all your heart, and with all your soul, then I will give the rain of your land in it season, the early rain and the latter rain; so shalt thou gather in thy corn, and thy new wine and thine oil; and I will give grass in thy field for thy cattle,and thou shalt eat and be satisfied. Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be befooled,and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them. So would the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you and he would shut up the heavens, that them should he no rain, and the ground, would not yield her increase,so should ye perish speedily, from off the good land, which Yahweh is giving unto you. Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul,and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes; and ye shall teach them unto your children by speaking of them,when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up; and thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house and within thy gates: that your days may multiply, and the days of your children, upon rite soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them,like the days of the heavens upon the earth. For if ye do, indeed keep, all this commandment which I am commanding you to do it,to love Yahweh your God, to Walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him, then will Yahweh dispossess all these nations, from before you,and ye shall dispossess nations greater and stronger than ye: every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread yours, shall it be,from the desert and the Lebanon from the riverthe river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea, shall be your boundary. No man shall stand before you,the dread of you and the fear of you, will Yahweh your God put forth over the face of all the land whereon ye shall tread, as he spake unto you. See! I am setting before you to-day,a blessing, and a curse: the blessing, when ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding you to-day; and the curse if ye, shall not hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God, but shall turn aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day,to go after other gods which ye know not. And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal. Are, they, not over the Jordan on the way towards the entering in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite who dwelleth in the plain over against Gilgal beside the Teachers Terebinths? For ye are passing over the Jordan, to enter to possess the land which Yahweh your God, is giving unto you,so shall ye possess it and dwell therein. Therefore shall ye observe to do all the statutes and the regulations,which I am setting before you to-day. These are the statutes and the regulations which ye must observe to do, in the land which Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath given unto thee, to possess it,all the days that ye are living upon the sell: Ye must utterly destroy, all the places where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods,Upon the high mountains And upon the hills, And under every green tree; And ye must tear down their altars And break in pieces their pillars, And, their sacred stems, must ye consume with fire, And the carved images of their gods, must ye fell to the ground,And destroy their name out of that place. Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God; but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there,as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither; and bring in thither your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand,and your vow-offerings and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; and shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households,wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee. Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here to-day,every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes. Because ye have not entered as yet,into the resting-place and into the inheritance which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. But, when ye shall pass over the Jordan, and settle down in the land which, Yahweh your God, is causing you to inherit,and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell securely, then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh. So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants and your handmaids,and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you. Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see; but, in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of thy tribes, there, shalt thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up, and, there, shalt thou do all that I am commanding thee. Howbeit of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat fleshaccording to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean may eat thereof,as the gazelle and as the hart, Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat,upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn or of thy new wine or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock,nor any of thy vow-offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill, offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand; but before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite,all thy days upon thy soil. When Yahweh thy God shall enlarge thy boundaryas he hath spoken unto theeand thou shalt say. I would eat flesh because thy soul desireth to eat flesh, of whatsoever thy soul desireth, mayest thou eat flesh. When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be I too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee,and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth. Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it,the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it. Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life,therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it,upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. Thou shalt not eat it,that is may be well With thee and With thy children after the when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. Howbeit, thy holy things which thou shalt have and thy vow-offerings, shalt thou take and come in, unto the place which Yahweh shall choose; and shalt offer thine ascending-sacrifices, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Yahweh thy God,and the blood of thine sacrifices, shall be poured out upon the altar of Yahweh thy God, and then the flesh, shalt thou eat. Observe and hear all these things which I am commanding thee,that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee,unto times age-abiding, so long as thou shalt do that which is pleasing and right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God. When Yahweh thy God shall cut off from before thee, the nations Whom thou art going in to dispossess,and thou do dispossess them, and dwell in their land, take heed to thyself lest thou be thrust after them, after they have been destroyed from before thee,and lest thou enquire after their gods, sayingIn what manner, did these nations serve their gods, that, I too, may do likewise? Thou shalt not do likewise unto Yahweh thy God,for everything that is an abomination unto Yahweh which he doth hate, have they done unto their gods, for even their sons and their daughters, do they consume with fire unto their gods. Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom. When there shall arise in thy midsta prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,and he shall give unto thee a sign or a wonder; and the sign or the wonder shall come in, whereof he spake unto thee, saying,Let us go after other gods, which ye know not and let us serve them thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams,for Yahweh your God, is putting you to the proof, to know whether ye do love Yahweh your God, with all your heart and with all your soul. After Yahweh your God, shall ye walk And him, shall ye revere,And his commandments, shall ye observe. And unto his voice, shall ye hearken, And him, shall ye serve And unto him, shall ye cleave. And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death because he hath spoken revolt against Yahweh your God,who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt and redeemed thee out of the house of servants, to seduce thee out of the way wherein Yahweh shy God hath commanded thee to walk,so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. When thy brotherson of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee,from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth, thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shalt thou hearken unto him,neither shall thine eye look with pity upon him, neither shalt thou spareneither shalt thou conceal him; but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,and the hand of all the people afterwards. And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die,for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,and shall not again do according to this wickedness in thy midst. When thou shalt hearin one of thy cities which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to dwell theresaying: There have gone forth men sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,Let us go, and serve other gods which ye have not known; and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently,and lo! truecertain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst, then shalt thou smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof: with the edge of the sword, and all the spoil thereof, shalt thou gather together into the midst of the broad way thereof, and shalt consume with fire the city and all the spoil thereof every whirl unto Yahweh thy God,and it shall be a heap unto times age-abiding, it shall be built no more. So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing,that Yahweh may turn away, from the glow of his anger and grant thee compassion and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers; so long as thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep all his commandments, which I am commanding thee to-day,to do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God. Sons, are ye unto Yahweh your God,ye shall not cut yourselves, neither shall ye put baldness between your eyes for the dead. For, a holy people, thou art unto Yahweh thy God,and, of thee, did Yahweh make choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. These, are the beasts which ye may eat,the ox, the young of sheep, and the young of goats; the hart and the gazelle and the roebuck,and the wild goat and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep. And every beast that parteth the hoof and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, chewing the cud, among beasts, the same, shall ye eat. Nevertheless these, shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, and of them that divide the cloven hoof,the camel and the hare and the rabbit for, though they do chew the cud, yet the hoof, do they not part, unclean, they are unto you. And, the swine, because though he doth divide the hoof, yet he cheweth not the cud, unclean, he is unto you,of their flesh, shall ye not eat, and their carcases, shall ye not touch. These, may ye eat of all that that are in the waters,whatsoever hath fins and scales, ye may eat; and, whatsoever hath not, fins and scales, ye may not eat,unclean, it is unto you. Of every clean bird, ye may eat; saving these, of which ye may not eat,the eagle and the ossifrage and the osprey; and the vulture and the kite, and the falcon after its kind; and every raven after its kind; and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich and the sea-gull,and the hawk, after its kind; and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan; and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture and the gannet; and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind,and the mountain-cock, and the bat. And, as for every creeping thing that flieth, unclean, it is unto you,they, shall not be eaten. All clean fowls, ye may eat. Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: to the sojourner who is within thy gates, mayest thou give it and he may eat it or thou mayest sell it to a foreigner, for a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam. Thou shalt surely tithe, all the increase of thy seed,which the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy Godin the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there,the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock,that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days. But, when the way becometh too long for thee because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there,because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee, then shalt thou turn it into silver,and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desirethof the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for,and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him,for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year,and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come inbecause he hath neither portion nor inheritance with theeand the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied,that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do. At the end of seven years, shalt thou make a release. And, this, shall be the manner of the release, Every creditor who lendeth aught to his neighbour, his hand shall release it,he shall not exact it of his neighbour or his brother, because there hath been proclaimed a release unto Yahweh. Of a foreigner, thou mayest exact it,but, what thou hast with thy brother, thy hand shall release; save, when there shall be among you no needy person,for Yahweh will indeed bless, thee, in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance to possess it: only if thou do hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God,to observe to doall this commandment which I am commanding time to-day. When, Yahweh thy God, hath blessed thee, as he spake unto thee, then shalt thou lead unto many nations but thou, shalt not borrow, and, thou shalt rule over many nations but over thee, shall they not rule. When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him. Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, sayingDrawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin! Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him,for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the landfor this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. When thy brother a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years,and in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free from thee; and when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out empty: thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat,of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him; and thou shalt remember that a servant, thou wast in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee,for this cause, am I commanding thee this thing, to-day. And it shall be, if he shall say unto thee, I will not go away from thee,because he loveth thee, and thy household, because he is well off with thee, then shalt thou take an awl and thrust it through his ear unto the door, so shall he be thy servant all his life. And unto thine handmaid also, shalt thou do thus. It shall not be hard in thine eyes when thou lettest him go out free, from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling, hath he served thee six years,-so will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest. Every firstling that is brought forth in thy herd and in thy flock that is a male, shalt thou hallow unto Yahweh thy God,thou shalt not work with a firstling of thine oxen, neither shalt thou shear a firstling of thy flock: before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it year by year, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,thou, and thy households. But, when there is in it any blemish, lameness or blindness, any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Yahweh thy God: within thine own gates, mayest thou eat it,the unclean of you and the clean alike, as the gazelle and as the hart. Only the blood thereof, shalt thou not eat,on the earth, shalt thou pour it out like water. Observe the month of Abib, when thou shalt keep a passover unto Yahweh thy God,for in the month of Abib, did Yahweh thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night: therefore shalt thou sacrifice a passover unto Yahweh thy God of flock or herd,in the place which Yahweh shall choose to make a habitation for his name there. Thou shalt not eat therewith any thing leavened, seven days, shalt thou eat therewith unleavened cakes the bread of humiliation,for in haste, camest thou forth out of the land of Egypt, that thou mayest remember the day when thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life. And there shall not be seen with thee leaven in any of thy bounds seven days,neither shall there remain all night of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice in the evening, on the first day, unto the morning. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover,within any of thine own gates which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee; but in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to make a habitation for his name, there, shalt thou sacrifice the passover in the evening,at the going in of the sun, at the very time thou earnest forth out of Egypt. Therefore shalt thou cook and eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose,and shalt turn away in the morning, and go thy way unto thy tents. Six days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,and, on the seventh day, shall be a closing feast, unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt do no work. Seven weeks, shalt thou count unto thee,from the beginning of thrusting in the sickle into the standing corn, shalt thou begin to count, seven weeks. So shalt thou keep the festival of weeks unto Yahweh thy God, in the measure of the freewill offering of thy hand which thou shalt give,as Yahweh thy God shall bless thee. So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy Godthou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst,in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. So shalt thou remember that a servant, thou wast in Egypt,and shalt observe and do these statutes. The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days,when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat. And thou shalt rejoice in thy festival,thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates. Seven days, shalt thou keep festival unto Yahweh thy God, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,for Yahweh thy God, will bless thee, in all thine increase and in all the work of thy hands,therefore shalt thou do nothing but, rejoice. Three times in the year, shall each one of thy males see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, at the festival of unleavened cakes and at the festival of weeks and at the festival of booths,and none shall see the face of Yahweh empty-handed: every man according as his hand can give,according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God, which he hath bestowed upon thee. Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes,and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment, Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men. What is right, what is right, shalt thou pursue,that thou mayest live and possess the land, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving unto thee. Thou shalt not plant thee, as a sacred stem, any tree,near unto the altar of Yahweh thy God which thou shalt make for thyself; neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar,which Yahweh thy God, doth hate. Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God a bullock or a sheep wherein is a blemish, any unseemly thing: for an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, it would be. When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God by transgressing his covenant; yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them,whether unto the sun or unto the moon or unto any of the host of the heavens which I have not commanded; and it shall be told thee and thou shalt hear,and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! truecertain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel, then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gatesthe man, or the woman,and shalt stone them with stones that they die. At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death,he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness. The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people, afterwards,so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for theebetween blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days,and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment; and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, out of that place, which Yahweh, shall choose,yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee: according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do,thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left. And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel. And, all the people, shall hear and fear,and shall not act presumptuously any more. When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, and shalt possess it and dwell therein,and shalt sayI will set over me a king, like all the nations that are round about me, thou shalt, set, over thee as king, him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose,out of the midst of thy brethren, shalt thou set over thee a king, thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner, who is not thy brother. Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses, neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses,when, Yahweh, hath said unto you, Ye shall not again return this way any more. Neither shall he multiply to himself wives, that his heart turn not aside,nor silver and gold, shall he multiply to himself greatly. But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life,that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them: that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,that he may prolong his days over his kingdomhe and his sons, in the midst of Israel. Neither the priests the Levites any of the tribe of Levi, shall have either portion or inheritance with Israel,the altar-flames of Yahweh and his inheritance, shall they eat. But inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren,Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him. This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb,there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw: the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him. For of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes,to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh of him and his sons all the days. And when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning,yea shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose, then may he minister in the name of Yahweh his God,like any of his brethren the Levites who are standing there before Yahweh. Portion for portion, shall they eat,apart from his possessions upon his patrimony. When thou art coming into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominable doings of those nations. There shall not be found in thy midstOne who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through fire,Or who useth divination, hidden arts or enchantments Or who muttereth incantations; Or who bindeth with spells,Or who asketh of a familiar spirit or an oracle, Or who seeketh unto the dead. For, an abomination unto Yahweh, is everyone who doeth these things,and on account of these abominations, is Yahweh thy God dispossessing them from before thee. Blameless, shalt thou be with, Yahweh thy God; for, these nations whom thou art dispossessing, unto them who use hidden arts and unto diviners, do hearken, but as for thee, not so, doth Yahweh thy God suffer thee. A prophet out of thy midst of thy brethren like unto me, will Yahweh thy God, raise up unto theeunto him, shall ye hearken: according to all which thou didst ask of Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the convocation saying,Let me no further hearken unto the voice of Yahweh my God, and this great fire, let me not see any more lest I die. And Yahweh said unto me: They have well said what they have spoken. A prophet, will I raise up unto them, out of the midst of their brethren, like unto thee,and I will put my words in his mouth, so shall he speak unto them whatsoever I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that, the man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I, myself will require it of him. Howbeit the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shah speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. And, when thou shalt say in thy heart,In what manner shall we know the word which Yahweh hath not spoken!?, When the prophet shall speak in the name of Yahweh and the word shall not come to pass, neither shall come in, that, is the word which Yahweh, hath not spoken,presumptuously, hath the prophet spoken it, thou shall not be in dread of him. When Yahweh thy God, shall cut off the nations whose land Yahweh thy God is giving thee,and thou shalt dispossess them, and dwell in their cities and in their houses, three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee,in the midst of thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess. Thou shalt prepare for thee a way, and shalt divide into three parts the boundary of thy land which Yahweh thy God shall cause thee to inherit,and it shall be that every manslayer shall flee thither. And, this, is the case of the manslayer, who shall flee thither and live,Whoso shall smite his neighbour unwittingly, he, not having hated him aforetime; as when one entereth with his neighbour into a forest, to fell trees, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, to cut down the tree, and the head flieth off from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die, he, shall flee into one of these cities, and live; lest the blood redeemer pursue the manslayer because his heart is hot, and overtake him because the way is long, and he smite him so as to take away his life,he not being worthy of death, seeing that he had not been hating him aforetime. For this cause, am I commanding thee saying,Three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee. But, if Yahweh thy God should enlarge thy heralds, as he aware unto thy fathers,and should give thee all the land, which he spake of giving unto thy fathers; because thou dost observe all this commandment to do it which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Yahweh thy God and to walk in his paths all the days, then shalt thou add unto thee yet three cities, unto these three; that innocent blood may not be sired in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance,and so shed-blood be upon thee. But, when any man shall be hating his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise up against him, and smite him so as to take away his life that he dieth,and shall then flee into one of these cities, then shall the elders of his city send and fetch him from thence,and deliver him into the hand of the blood redeemer that he die; thine eye shall not look with pity upon him,so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shah go well with thee. Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first,in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess. One witness I shall not rise up, against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, with regard to any sin that he may commit,at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, must a matter be establish. When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man,to answer against him perversely, then shall the two men who are at variance stand before Yahweh,before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; and the judges shall make diligent inquisition,and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered against his brother, then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to de unto his brother,so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst; and, they who remain shall hear and fear,and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst: neither shall thine eye pity,life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. When thou shalt go out to wage war against thine enemy, and shalt see the horses and chariots of a people more in number than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them,for, Yahweh thy God, is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye are coming nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people; and shall say unto them,Hear, O Israel, ye are coming near to-day, unto battle against your enemies,let not your heart faint do not fear nor start nor quake because of them. For Yahweh your God, is he that is going with you,to fight for you against your enemies to save you. Then shall the officers speak unto the people saying, Who is the man that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house,lest he die in the battle, and, another man dedicate it. And who is the man that hath planted a vineyard and hath not thrown it open? let him go and return unto his house,lest he die in the battle, and another man, throw it open. And who is the man that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house,lest he die in the battle, and, another man, take her. Then shall the officers further speak unto the people, and sayWho is the man that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house,lest his brethrens heart melt as well as his heart. And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, then shall they appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. When thou shalt come nigh unto a city, to fight against it,then shalt thou proclaim unto itpeace, and it shall be if peace, be the answer it giveth thee, and it open unto thee, then shall it be, that, all the people that are found therein, shall become thy tributaries and shall serve thee. But if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then shalt thou lay siege to it; and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand,and thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword; but the women and the little ones and the cattle and all that shall be in the cityall the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey,so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee. Thus, shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far away from thee,which are not of the cities of those nations. But of the cities of these peoples which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, shalt thou not save alive, any breathing thing. But thou shalt devote them to destructionthe Hittites and the Amorites the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee: lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods,and so ye sin against Yahweh your God. When thou shalt besiege a city for many days to fight against it, to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding against them an axe, when of them, thou mightest eat, them, there-fore shalt thou not cut down,for, Is the tree of the field, a man, that it should enter, because of thee into the siege? Nevertheless, the tree of which thou knowest that it is, not a tree yielding food, the same, mayest thou destroy, and cut down,and so build up a siege-work against the city which is making war with thee, until thou hast subdued it. When there shall be found one slain on the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to possess, lying prostrate in the field,it not being known who smote him, then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth,and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain; and it shall be that the city that is nearest unto the slain, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in a yoke; and the elders of that city shall take down the heifer into a ravine with an everflowing stream, which is neither tilled nor sown,and shall behead there the heifer in the ravine. Then shall the priests the sons of Levi come near, for of them, hath Yahweh thy God made choice to wait upon him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh,and at their bidding, shall be settled every controversy and every punishment; and, all the elders of that city who are nearest unto the slain, shall bathe their hands over the heifer that hath boon beheaded in the ravine, and shall respond, and say,Our hands, shed not this blood, neither did, our eyes, see . Be propitious unto thy people Israel whom thou hast redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not impute innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel. So shall they obtain propitiation for the guilt of shedding blood. Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst,when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. When thou shalt go forth to war against thine enemies,and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them into thy hand and thou shalt take them captive; and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure,and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife, then shalt thou bring her into the midst of thy house,and she shall shave her head and pare her nails; and put away the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother for the space of a month,and after that, mayest thou go in unto her, and he her husband, and she shall be thy wife. And it shall be, if thou hast no pleasure in her, then shalt thou let her go whither she will but thou shalt not sell, her for silver,thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. When a man shall have two wivesthe one beloved and, the other hated, and they have borne him sons, both she that is beloved, and she that is hated,and it shall be that the firstborn son belongeth to her that is hated, then shall it be, that in the day when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, he may not treat the son of the beloved, instead of the son of the hated, as the firstborn; but the true firstborn the son of her that is hated, shall he treat as firstborn by giving him double out of all that is found to be his,for, he, is the beginning of hi strength, his, is the right of the firstborn. When a man hath a son, rebellious and insulting, who will not hearken to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother,though they chastise him, yet will not hearken unto them, then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him,and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; and shall say unto the elders of his city: This our son, is rebellious and insulting,he will not hearken unto our voice,a glutton and a tippler. Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,and, all Israel, shall hear and fear. But when there shall be in any man a sin worthy of death and he is to be put to death,and thou shalt hang him on a tree, his dead body shall not remain all night upon the tree but thou shalt bury, him on the same day, for a reproach unto God, is he that is hanged,so shalt thou not make unclean thy soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance. Thou shalt not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep, going astray, and turn away from them,thou shalt, bring them back unto thy brother. And, if thy brother be not nigh unto thee or thou know him not, then shalt thou make room for it within thee own shed and it shall be with thee, until thy brother seek after it, when thou shalt return it unto him. And, so, shalt thou do with his ass, and, so, shalt thou do with his mantle and, so, shalt thou do with any lost thing of thy brothers, which shall go astray from him and thou shalt find,thou mayest not turn away. Thou shalt not see the ass of thy brother or his ox fallen in the way, and turn away from them,thou shalt, raise, them with him. A woman shall not have on the wearing apparel of a man, nor shall a man put on the mantle of a woman; for an abomination to Yahweh thy God, is any one who doeth these things. When a birds-nest chanceth to be before thee,in the way, in any tree or upon the ground, whether with nestlings or eggs, and, the mother, be sitting upon the nestlings or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother upon the young; thou shalt let toll the mother, and then, her young, mayest thou take for thyself,that it may go well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. When thou buildest a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy roof, so shalt thou not treasure up blood-guiltiness against thy house, for he that is in danger of falling might fall therefrom. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two sorts of seed,lest the fulness of the seed which thou sowest, and the increase of thy vineyard be profaned. Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together, Thou shalt not put on linsey-woolsey, of wool and flax together. Tassels, shalt thou make thee,on the four corners of thy vesture, wherewith thou dost cover thyself. When a man taketh a wife,and goeth in unto her and hateth her; and raiseth against her occasions of speech, and bringeth upon her an evil name, and saithThis woman, I took, and approached her, and found not that she had the tokens of virginity, then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and bring forth the tokens of the virginity of the damsel, unto the elders of the city, in the gate; and the father of the damsel shall say unto the elders,My daughter, gave I unto this man to wife and he hated her; and lo! he, hath raised occasions of speech, sayingI found not that thy daughter had the tokens of virginity and yet, these, are the tokens of the virginity of my daughter. And they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city. Then shall the elders of that city take the man, and chastise him; and fine him a hundred of silver and give unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel, and she shall remain his wife, he may not put her away, all his days. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found with the damsel, then shall they bring forth the damsel into the entrance of her fathers house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die, because she hath wrought wickedness in Israel, by committing unchastity in her fathers house,so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then shall, both, of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel. When a damsel that is a virgin is betrothed to a husband,and a man findeth her in the city, and lieth with her, then shall ye bring them, both, out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die, the damsel, because she made not an outcry in the city, and the man because he hath humbled his neighbours wife,so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. But if in the field, the man find the betrothed damsel and the man force her and lie with her, then shall the man that lay with her die he alone; but, unto the damsel, shalt thou do nothing, the damsel, is not guilty of a sin worthy of death, for as when a man riseth up against his neighbour, and smiteth him so as to take away life, so, is this matter; for in the field, he found her,the betrothed damsel, made an outcry, and there was none to save her. When a man findeth a damsel that is a virgin who is not betrothed, and layeth hold of her and lieth with her, and they are found, then shall the man who lay with her give unto the damsels father fifty shekels of silver,and she shall be, his, wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away, all his days. A man shall not take his fathers wife,neither shall he turn aside his fathers coverlet. Neither he that hath been mutilated by crushing, nor he that hath had his privy member cut off, shall enter into the convocation of Yahweh. A bastard shall not enter into the convocation of Yahweh,even to the tenth generation, shall none of his enter into the convocation of Yahweh. Neither an Ammonite nor a Moabite shall enter into the convocation of Yahweh,even to the tenth generation, shall none that belong to them enter into the convocation of Yahweh, unto times age-abiding: because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,but hired against thee Balaam son of Beer from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. Nevertheless, Yahweh thy God consented not to hearken unto Balaam, but Yahweh thy God turned, for thee, the curse into a blessing,because Yahweh thy God loved thee. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their welfare,all thy days, unto times age-abiding. Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for thy brother, he is,thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, for a sojourner, becamest thou in his land; the sons who are born to them, of the third generation, may enter unto them in the convocation of Yahweh. When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then shalt thou beware of everything foul. When there is in thy midst a man who is not clean through a mischance of the night, then shall he go forth unto the outside of the camp, he shall not come into the midst of the camp; but it shall be, when the evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water,and at the going in of the sun, he shall come into the midst of the camp. And a place aside, shalt thou have, without the camp,whither thou canst go forth abroad; and a blade, shalt thou have upon thy staff,so shall it be, that when thou wouldest sit down outside, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which hath passed from thee: for, Yahweh thy God, walketh to and fro in the midst of thy camp, to rescue thee, and to deliver up thine enemies before thee, so shall thy camps be holy,and he shall see in thee no shameful thing, that he should turn away from following thee. Thou shalt not deliver up a slave unto his lord,one who maketh his escape unto thee, from his lord: with thee, shall he remain in thy midst, in the place which he shall choose in any of thy gates where it seemeth good to him,thou shalt not oppress him. There shall be no female devotee of the daughters of Israel,neither shall there be, a male devotee, of the sons of Israel. Thou shalt not bring the wages of an unchaste woman, or the hire of a dog, into the house of Yahweh thy God for any vow,for, an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, are they both. Thou shalt not lend on interest to thy brother, interest of silver, interest of food,interest of any thing that can be lent on interest: to a foreigner, thou mayest lend on interest, but to thy brother, shalt thou not lend on interest,that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in everything where-unto thou puttest thy hand, upon the land which thou art entering to possess. When thou shalt vow a vow unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt not delay to make it good,for Yahweh thy God would, require, it of thee, and it should be in thee sin. But, if thou refrain from vowing, it shall not be in thee sin. That which goeth forth out of thy lips, thou must observe and do,according as thou didst vow unto Yahweh thy God the free-will, offering of which thou didst speak with thy mouth. When thou enterest into the vineyard of thy neighbour, then mayest thou eat grapes at thy pleasure to thy fill,-but into thy vessel, shalt thou put none. When thou enterest the standing corn of thy neighbour, thou mayest pluck off ears with thy hand,but a sickle, shalt thou not wield against the standing corn of thy neighbour. When a man taketh a woman, and marrieth her, then shall it be, if she find not favour in his eyes, because he hath found in her some matter of shame, that he shall write her a scroll of divorcement, and put it into her hand, and shall send her forth, out of his house. And, when she cometh forth out of his house, then may she go her way, and become another mans. But if the latter husband hate her, and write her a scroll of divorcement and put it into her hand, and send her away out of his house,or, if the latter husband die, who had taken her to him to wife, then may her first husband who sent her away not again take her to become his wife after that she hath been defiled, for that were an abomination, before Yahweh,lest thou bring sin upon the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance. When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go forth to war, neither shall he be charged with any business,free, shall he be for his own house one year, and shall rejoice with his wife whom he hath taken. No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone,for he would be taking life, in pledge. When a man is found stealing any person from among his brethren of the sons of Israel, and making merchandise of him, or selling hint, then shall that thief die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do,according to all that the priests the Levites shall direct you, as I have commanded them, so shall ye observe to do. Remember that which Yahweh thy God did to Miriam,by the way, as ye came forth out of Egypt. When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house to secure his pledge: outside, shalt thou stand, and the man to whom thou art lending, shall bring forth unto thee his pledge outside, And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge: thou shalt, restore, to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, so shall he sleep in his own mantle, and bless thee,and, unto thee, shall it be righteous-ness before Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy,of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates; for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin. Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor shall sons, be put to death for fathers,every man, for his own sin, shall he put to death. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner the fatherless,neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow; so shalt thou remember that, a servant, becamest thou in Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee, from thence,therefore, am I commanding thee to do this thing. When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not turn back to fetch it, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong,that Yahweh thy God, may bless thee, in all the Work of thy hands. When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not glean after thee,to the sojourner to the fatherless and to the widow, shall it belong, When thou cuttest off the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not go about picking after thee,to the sojourner to the fatherless and to the widow, shall it belong: so shalt thou remember that a servant, becamest thou in the land of Egypt,therefore, am I commending thee to do this thing. When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless. And it shall beif the lawless man be, worthy of stripes, then shall the judge cause him to lie down and he beaten before him, according to the measure of his lawlessness, by number: forty stripes, may he give him not going beyond,lest, if he do go beyond to smite him above these, with many stripes, then should thy brother be of no account in thine eyes. Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the corn. When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth, having, no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger,her husbands brother, shall go in unto her, and take her unto him to wife and do for her as a husbands brother. And it shall be, that, the firstborn which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead,so shall his name not be wiped out from Israel. But, if the man like not to take his sister-in-law, then shall his sister-in-law go up unto the gate, unto the elders, and sayMy husbands brother hath refused, to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he is not willing to do as a husbands brother unto me. Then shall the elders of his city call him and speak unto him,and he shall stand and say, I like not to take her. Then shall his brothers wife come near unto him in the presence of the elders, and draw his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face,and respond and say, Thus shall it be done unto the man who will not build up the house of his brother. And his name shall be called in Israel,The house of him who had his shoe drawn off. When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him,and she putteth forth her hand, and seizeth him by his parts of shame, then shalt thou cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures,a great and a small. A weight full and just, shalt thou have, a measure full and just, shalt thou have,that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. For an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things,every one that doeth unjustly. Remember that which Amalek did unto thee by the way when ye came forth out of Egypt; how he encountered thee by the way and cut off in thy rear all the worn-out behind thee, thou thyself, being weary and worn,how he feared not God. Therefore shall it be when Yahweh thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance to possess it, then shalt thou wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens,thou shalt not forget. And it shall be when thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance,and shalt possess it and dwell therein, then shalt thou takeof the first of all the fruit of the soil which thou shalt bring in from thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee and shalt put it in a basket,and go thy way unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. And thou shalt come in unto the priest who shall be in those days,and shalt say unto himI declare to-day unto Yahweh thy God, that I am come into the land which Yahweh sware unto our fathers that he would give unto us. Then shall the priest take the basket out of thy hand,and set it down before the altar of Yahweh thy God. And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy GodA Syrian ready to perish, was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation great, mighty and numerous; and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us,and put upon us harsh service; so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers,and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression; and Yahweh, brought us forth, out of Egypt, with a firm hand and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terror,and with signs and with wonders; and brought us into this place, and gave unto us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Now, therefore lo! I have brought in the first of the fruit of the soil, which thou hast given unto me, O Yahweh. Thus shalt thou set it down before Yahweh thy God, and shall bow thyself down before Yahweh thy God; and shalt rejoice in all the good things which Yahweh thy God, hath given unto thee, and unto thy house,thou and the Levite, and the sojourner who is in thy midst. When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year the year of tithing,and shalt give unto the Levite unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates and be satisfied, then shalt thou saybefore Yahweh thy God:I have carefully removed that which was hallowed out of the house moreover also I have given it unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner unto the fatherless and unto the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me,I have not transgressed any of thy commandments neither have I forgotten, I have not eaten in my sorrow therefrom neither have I removed therefrom when unclean, neither have I given thereof unto the dead,I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh my God, I have done according to all which thou hast commanded me. Look thou down out of thy holy habitation out of the heavens and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us,as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a and flowing with milk and honey. This day, is Yahweh thy God commanding thee to do these statutes and the regulations,thou shalt therefore observe and do them, with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Thou hast avowed to-day that Yahweh, shall be, thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his regulations and wilt hearken unto his voice. And, Yahweh, hath avowed to-day that thou shalt be, his people, as a treasure, as he spake unto thee,and that thou shalt observe all his commandments; and And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people saying,Observe all the commandment which I am commanding you to-day. So then it shall be in the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan, into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee,that thou shalt rear thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster; and shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou shalt pass over,to the end that thou mayest enter upon the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee. So then it shall be when ye shall pass over the Jordan, that ye shall rear up these stones which I am commanding you to-day in Mount Ebal,and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. And thou shalt build there an altar unto Yahweh thy God,an altar of stones, thou shalt not wield thereupon any tool of iron. Of whole stones, shalt thou build the altar of Yahweh thy God,then shalt thou cause to go up thereon ascending-sacrifices, unto Yahweh thy God; and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings and shalt eat there,and rejoice before Yahweh thy God. And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law doing it plainly and well. And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel saying,Keep silence and hear O Israel, This day, hast thou been made a people unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt therefore hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God,and do his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day. And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying: These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan,Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin; and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal,Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali. Then shall the Levites respond and say unto every man of Israel with voice uplifted: Cursed, be the man that maketh an imagecut or moltenan abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and sayAmen. Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cured, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that causeth the blind to wander in the way. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that lieth with his fathers wife, because he hath turned aside his fathers coverlet. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that lieth with his sister, daughter of his father or daughter of his mother. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall sayAmen. Cursed, be he that establisheth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall sayAmen. And it shall be, if thou wilt, hearken, unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I am commanding thee to-day, then will Yahweh thy God set thee on high, above all the nations of the earth; and all these blessings shall come in upon thee, and reach thee,because thou dost hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God: Blessed shalt, thou be in the city,and blessed shalt thou be in the field: Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle,the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock: Blessed, shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough: Blessed, shalt thou be when thou comest in,and, blessed, shalt thou be when thou goest out: Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee,one way, shall they come out against thee, and seven ways, shall they flee before thee: Yahweh will command to be with thee the blessing, in thy storehouses and in all whereunto thou settest thy hand,and will bless thee in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee: Yahweh will confirm thee unto himself for a holy people, as he sware unto thee,be-cause thou dost keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, and dost walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that, the name of Yahweh, hath been called upon thee,and shall be afraid of thee. And Yahweh will cause thee to abound in that which is good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy soil,upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, to give unto thee: Yahweh will open unto thee his rich storehousethe heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless ever, work of thy hand, so shalt thou lend unto many nations, but thou, shalt not borrow: And Yahweh, will give thee, to be the head, and not the tail, and thou shalt be only above, and shalt not be beneath,because thou dost hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh thy God, which I am commanding thee, to-day, to observe and to do; and dost not turn side from any of the words which I am commanding you to-day, to the right hand or to the left,to go after other gods, to serve them, But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, then shall come in upon thee all these curses and shall reach thee: Cursed, shalt thou be in the city,and cursed, shalt thou be in the field: Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading-trough: Cursed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy groundthe young of thy kine and the ewes of thy flock: Cursed, shalt thou be, when thou comest in,and, cursed, shalt thou be, when thou goest out: Yahweh will send upon thee cursing, confusion and rebuke, in all whereunto thou settest thy hand that thou mayest do it,until thou he destroyed and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. Yahweh will cause to cleave unto theethe pestilence,until he hath consumed thee from off the soil which thou art entering to possess. Yahweh, will smite thee, with consumption and with fever, and with inflammation and with violent heat and with the sword, and with blight and with mildew,and they shall pursue thee, until thou perish. And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze,and the earth which is under thee iron. Yahweh will cause the rain of thy land to he powder and dust,out of the heavens, shall it come down upon thee, until thou he destroyed. Yahweh will give thee up to be routed before thine enemies, one way, shalt thou go out against them, and, seven ways, shalt thou flee before them,and thou shalt become a terror unto all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy dead body shall become food for every bird of the heavens, and for the beast of the earth,with none to fright them away. Yahweh, will smite thee, with the burning sores of Egypt and with the hemorrhoids, and with scab, and with itch,of which thou canst not be healed. Yahweh, will smite thee, with madness and with blindness,and with terror of heart; and thou shalt he groping about in noonday brightness, as the blind man gropeth in thick darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosper,but shalt be only oppressed and spoiled all the days with none to save. A wife, shalt thou betroth, and, another man shall lie with her. A house, shalt thou build, and shalt not dwell therein,A vineyard, shalt thou plant, and shalt not throw it open; Thine ox slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof, Thine ass stolen from before thee, and shall not be restored to thee,Thy flock given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save. Thy sons and thy daughters given to another people, thine eyes looking on, and failing for them all the day, thine own hand being powerless. The fruit of thy soil, and all thy toilsome produce, shall a people whom thou knowest not, eat up,and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed, all the days; so that thou shalt be mad,for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not he healed,from the sole of thy foot even unto the crown of thy head. Yahweh will bring thee and thy king whom thou wilt set up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers,and thou shalt serve there other gods of wood and of stone. Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery, among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee. Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field,and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it. Vineyards, shalt thou plant, and dress,but wine, shalt thou not drink, neither shalt thou gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. Olive trees, shalt thou have in all thy bounds,but with oil, shalt thou not anoint thyself, for thine olives, shall drop off. Sons and daughters, shalt thou beget, and they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity. All thy trees, and the fruit of thy ground, shall the grasshopper, devour. The sojourner who is in thy midst, shall mount up above thee higher and higher,whereas, thou, shalt come down lower and lower: he, shall lend to thee, but, thou, shalt not lend to him,he, shall become head, and, thou, shalt become tail. Moreover, all these curses, shall come in upon thee, and pursue thee and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed,because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he hath commanded thee; and they shall be upon thee, for a sign, and for a wonder, and upon thy seed, unto times age-abiding. Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things, therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, whom Yahweh will send against thee, with hunger and with thirst and with nakedness, and with want of all things,and he, will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he hath destroyed thee. Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand; a nation of fierce countenance,who wilt not respect an elder nor to the young, show favour; then shall be eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,until he hath caused thee to perish. And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land,yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land which Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee. And thou wilt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Yahweh thy God hath given unto theein the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy will straiten thee. The man that is tender among you, and exceedingly delicate, his eye will be jealous of his brother and of the wife of his bosom, and of the remnant of his sons, whom be might leave behind; so that he will not give to any one of them, of the flesh of his sons which he will eat, because he hath nothing at all left him,in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy will straiten thee within all thy gates. The tender and delicate woman among you who hath never adventured the sole of her foot to set it upon the ground, through delicateness and through tenderness, her eye shall be jealous of the husband of her bosom, and of her own son, and of her own daughter; both as to her afterbirth that cometh forth from between her feet and as to her children which she shall bear, for she will eat them for want of all things secretly,in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy will straiten thee within thine own gates. If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law, which are written in this scroll,to revere this glorious and reverend name, Yahweh thy God, then will Yahweh make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,plagues great and lasting, and diseases grievous and lasting; and he will bring back on thee all the sickness of Egypt, because of which thou wast afraid,and they shall cleave unto thee; even every disease and, every plague, which are not written in this scroll of the law, will Yahweh bring up against thee, until thou art destroyed, And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens for multitude,because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God. And it shall come to pass that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish and to destroy you,and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it; and Yahweh will scatter thee among all the peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,and thou wilt serve there other gods whom thou hast not knownthou nor thy fathers,of wood and of stone. And among those nations, shalt thou find no ease, neither shall there be a place of rest for the sole of thy foot,but Yahweh will give unto thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes and faintness of soul. And thy life will be hung up for thee in front,and thou wilt be in dread by night and by day, and wilt not trust in thy life. In the morning, thou wilt sayOh that it were evening! and in the evening, thou wilt sayOh that it were morning! because of the dread of thy heart which thou wilt dread, and because of the sight of thine eyes which thou wilt see. And Yahweh will take thee back again to Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt not again any more see it. And ye will offer yourselves there for sale unto thine enemies as servants and as handmaids with no one to buy. These, are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to solemnise with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,besides the covenant, which he solemnised with them in Horeb. And Moses called unto all Israel and said unto them,Ye yourselves, saw all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, unto Pharaoh and unto all his servants and unto all his land: the great provings which thine own eyes saw,those great signs and wonders: yet hath Yahweh not given onto you a heart to know, or eyes to see or ears to hear,until this day. I led you, therefore forty years in the desert,your mantles fell not with age, from off you, even thy sandal, fell not with age from off thy foot: Bread, ye did not eat, and wine and strong drink, ye did not drink,that ye might know that, I, Yahweh, was your God. And when ye entered into this place, then came forth Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan to meet us in battle and we smote them; and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites,and unto the half tribe of Manasseh. Ye must, therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them,that ye may prosper in all that ye do. Ye are stationed, to-day, all of you, before Yahweh your God,your heads your tribes, and your elders and your officers, every man of Israel; your little ones your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps,from him that heweth thy wood unto him that draweth thy water: that thou mayest pass through into the covenant of Yahweh thy God and into his oath,which Yahweh thy God is solemnising with thee, to-day: that he may confirm thee to-day as his own people, while, he, becometh thine own God, as he spake unto thee,and as he sware unto thy fathers, unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob. And not with you alone, am I solemnising this covenant and this oath; but with him who is here with us, standing to-day before Yahweh our God,and with him who is not here with us to-day. (For, ye, know, how we dwelt in the land of Egypt,and how we passed through the midst of the nations which ye did pass through; and ye saw their disgusting images, and their manufactured gods,the wood and the stone, the silver and the gold that are with them.) Lest there be among youa man or a woman or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning to-day, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations,lest there be among you a root fruitful of poison and wormwood; and so it come to pass while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heartsaying, Prosperity, shall I have, although in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on,so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst: Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens; and Yahweh single him out for calamity, out of all the tribes of Israel,according to all the oaths of the covenant that is written in this scroll of the law. So that the generation coming afteryour sons who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come in from a far-off land, will saywhen they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses thereof wherewith Yahweh hath made it sick: brimstone and salt burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown neither shall it shoot forth neither shall there come up thereon any herbage,like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath: yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger? Then will men say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh the God of their fathers,which he solemnised with them, when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; and went and served other gods, and bowed down to them,gods which they had not known, and in which he had given them no share: therefore did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon that land,to bring in upon it all the curse that is written in this scroll; and therefore hath Yahweh rooted them out, from off their own soil, in anger and in wrath and in great indignation,and cast them into another land as at this day. The secret things, And it shall come to pass, when all these things shall come in upon theethe blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,and thou shalt bring them back unto thy heart among all the nations whither Yahweh thy God hath driven thee; and thou shalt return unto Yahweh thy God and shalt hearken unto his voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day,thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, then will Yahweh thy God bring back thy captivity and have compassion upon thee,and return and gather thee from among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God hath scattered thee. Though thou be driven out unto the utmost part of the heavens, from thence, will Yahweh thy God gather thee, and, from thence will he fetch thee; and Yahweh thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it,and he will do thee good and multiply thee beyond thy fathers. And Yahweh thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed,to love Yahweh thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. And Yahweh thy God will put all these oaths upon thine enemies and upon them who hated thee who persecuted thee. But, thou, wilt return, and hearken unto the voice of Yahweh,and wilt do all his commandments, which I am commanding thee, to-day, And Yahweh thy God will make thee pre-eminent, in every work of thy handin the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, for good,for Yahweh will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: if thou hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep his commandments, and his statutes, which are written in this scroll of the law,if thou return unto Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul. For as touching this commandment, which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not, too wonderful, for thee, neither is it far off. It is, not in the heavens,that thou shouldest sayWho shall ascend for us into the heavens that he may fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it, over the sea,that thou shouldest say, Who will pass over for us to the other side of the sea, that he may fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it? But, near unto thee, is the word, exceedingly,in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. See! I have set before thee, to-day, life and prosperity,and death and calamity; for thou must keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Yahweh thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his regulations,so shalt thou live and multiply, and Yahweh thy God will bless thee, in the land which thou art entering to possess. But, if thy heart shall turn away, and thou wilt, not hearken,but shalt be drawn away, and shalt bow thyself down to other gods and serve them, I declare unto you, to-day, that ye shall perish,ye shall not prolong your days, upon the soil which thou art passing over the Jordan to enter and possess. I call to witness against you to-day, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse,therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; to love Yahweh thy God, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him,for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them. And Moses went, and spake these words unto all Israel; and said unto themA hundred and twenty years old, am I to-day, I can no more go out and come in,Yahweh indeed hath said unto me, Thou shall not pass over this Jordan. Yahweh thy God, is passing over before thee, he, will destroy these nations from before thee so shalt thou dispossess them,Joshua is passing over before thee, as Yahweh hath spoken. So will Yahweh do unto them as he did unto Sihon and unto Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he destroyed. So will Yahweh deliver them up before you,and ye shall do unto themaccording to all the commandment which I have commanded you. Be firm and bold, do not fear nor tremble because of them,for Yahweh thy God, it is who is going with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee. And Moses called for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel. Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers to give unto them, and, thou shalt cause them to inherit it. But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he will be with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee,thou must not fear nor be dismayed. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,and unto all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, saying,At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths; when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt lead this law before all Israel, in their hearing. Call together the peoplethe men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates,that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God,all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess. Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near that thou must die. Call Joshua and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting. And Yahweh appeared in the tent, in a pillar of cloud,and the pillar of cloud stood, at the entrance of the tent. Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers,and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them. Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out,and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out? But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods. Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths,that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel. When I bring them upon the soil which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall eat and be filled and wax fat, then will they turn away unto other gods and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. And it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming to-day, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto their fathers. Moses therefore wrote this Song on that day,and taught it unto the sons of Israel. And he commanded Joshua, son of Nun, and saidBe firm and bold, for, thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to them,and, I, will be with thee. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law, upon a scroll,until he had finished them, then Moses commanded the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying: Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God,so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness. For, I, know thy perverseness, and thy stiff neck,lo! while I am yet alive with you to-day, ye are, quarrelling, with Yahweh, and how much more after my death? Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers,and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth. For I know that after my death, ye will break faith, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you,and calamity will befall you in the afterpart of the days, because ye will do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him with the work of your own hands. So Moses spake in the hearing of all the convocation of Israel the words of this Song, until they were ended: Give ear O ye heavens and I will speak, And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth: Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants. When, the name of Yahweh, I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness unto our God: A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he! They have broken faith with him to be no sons of histheir fault,A generation twisted and crooked. Is it Yahweh, ye thus requite, O impious people and unwise? Is not, he, thy father who begat thee? He, that made thee and established thee? Remember the days of age-past times, Remark the years of many generations,Ask thy father and he will tell thee, Thine elders and they will say to thee: When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel. For, Yahwehs portion is his people,Jacob, his inherited possession. He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness,He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye. As, an eagle, stirreth up his nest, Over his young ones, fluttereth, Spreadeth abroad his wings, taketh one, Beareth it up on his pinions, Yahweh alone did lead him,And there was with him no GOD of a stranger. He made him ride on the high places of the land, Caused him to eat the increase of the fields,And gave him to suck honey out of the cliff, And oil out of the rock of flint: Curds of kine and milk of sheep,With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed. Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation. They moved him to jealousy with foreign ,With abominations, angered they him: They sacrificed to mischievous demons to a No-GOD, Gods whom they knew not,New ones lately come in, Your fathers never shuddered at them! Of the Rock who had begotten thee, thou wast unmindful,And didst forget GOD who had given thee birth. When Yahweh, he derided,Because his sons and his daughters gave pro-vocation. So he said:I will hide any face from them, I will see what will be their hereafter,For a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting; They have moved me to jealousy with a No-GOD, They have angered me with their vanities: I, therefore, will move them to jealousy with a No-people, With an impious nation, will I anger them. For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains: I will heap on them, calamities,Mine arrows, will I spend upon them: The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust: Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror,To both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs. I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory; Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake,Lest they should sayOur own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this! For a nation of vanished sagacity, they are,And there is in them no understanding. If they had been wise, they would have understood this,They would have given heed to their here-after! Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight,Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; For, not like our Rock, is their rock, Our enemies themselves, being judges; For of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah,Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs: The poison of large serpents, is their wine,Yea the fierce venom of asps. Is not, that, stored up with me,Sealed up amongst my treasures; Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on. For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion,When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large, Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted; Who used to eat the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting! See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,I, killand make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver, For I lift up unto the heavens my hand,And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding: If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take bold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite: I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh,With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe. Shout for joy O ye nations So Moses came in and spake all the words of this Song in the hearing of the people,he and Hoshea son of Nun. And, when Moses made an end of speaking all these words unto all Israel, he said unto themApply your hearts unto all the words which I am witnessing against you, to-day,how that ye must command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law; for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life,and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are, passing over the Jordan to possess it. And Yahweh spake unto Moses, on this selfsame day, saying: Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jerichoand behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession; and die thou in the mount whither thou art going up, and he withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk,as Aaron thy brother died in Mount Hor, and was withdrawn unto his kinsfolk; for that ye acted unfaithfully against me in the midst of the sons of Israel, regarding the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the desert of Zin,for that ye hallowed me not in the midst of the sons of Israel. Yet, over against thee, shalt thou behold the land,but thereinto, shalt thou not enter, into the land which I am giving unto the sons of Israel. Now, this, is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel,before his death. And he saidYahweh from Sinai, came near,Yea he dawned, out of Seir, upon them, He shone forth out of Mount Paran, Yea he came out of holy myriads,Out of his right hand fire to guide them. Yea he loved the tribes, All his holy ones, were in thy hand,Yea, they, were encamped at thy feet, Each one bare away some of thy words. A law, did Moses command us,A possession, for the convocation of Jacob. Thus became he in, Jeshurun, a king,When the heads of the people gathered them-selves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. Let Reuben live and not die,Nor his men he easily counted. And, this, is for Judah, when he said, Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, That unto his own people, thou wouldst bring him home,Let, his own hands, suffice him, And, a helper from his adversaries, do thou become. And of Levi, he said: Let, thy perfections and thy lights, belong unto thy man of lovingkindness,Whom thou didst put to the proof at Massah, With whom thou didst contend over the waters of Meribah; Who saith of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve,; May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole-offering upon thine altar. Bless, O Yahweh his substance, And with the work of his hands, wilt thou be well pleased,Crush thou the loins of them who rise up against him, And of them who hate him, that they rise not again. Of Benjamin, he said, The beloved of Yahweh, shall settle down securely,With one to throw a shade over him all the day long, Yea, between his shoulders, hath he found rest. And of Joseph, he said, Blessed of Yahweh, be his land,With the precious things of the heavens with the dew, And with the abyss, couching beneath; And with the precious fruits of the sun,And with the precious yield of the moons; And with the chief of the ancient mountains,And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills; And with the precious things of the earth and its fulness, And with the goodwill of One who dwelt in a thorn-bush.Let it come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was consecrated among his brethren. His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth,Yea, And, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun in thy going out,And , Issachar in thy tents: The peoples, unto the mountain, will they call, There, will they offer the sacrifices of righteousness,For, the abundance of the seas, will they suck, Hidden treasures of the sand. And, of Gad, he said: Blessed, be he that hath made room for Gad,As a lioness, hath he laid himself down, And hath torn an arm likewise the crown of the head; And hath provided a first part for himself, For, there, a commanders portion hath been hid,So he cometh with the heads of the people, The righteousness of Yahweh, he executeth, And his regulations, with Israel. And, of Dan, he said, Dan, is a lions whelp,He leapeth out of Bashan. And, of Naphtali, he said, O Naphtali! satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh,The west and the sunny south, do thou possess. And, of Asher, he said, Most blessed of sons, be Asher,Let him have the goodwill of his brethren, And let him dip, in oil, his foot: Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength. There is none like GOD, O Jeshurun,Riding upon the heavens to thy help,And for his own majesty, on the skies; Above, is the God of aforetime, And, beneath, are the Arms of the ages,So he driveth before thee the foe, And doth sayDestroy! Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine,His heaven also droppeth down dew. How happy art thou, O Israel! Who is like unto thee, O people victorious in Yahweh? Thy helpful shield, who also is thy majestic sword,So that thy foes come cringing unto thee, And, thou, upon their heights, dost march along. So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho,and Yahweh showed him all the landeven Gilead as far as Dan; and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,and all the land of Judah, as far as the hinder sea; and the South,and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far as Zoar. And Yahweh said unto himThis, is the land which I sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed, will I give it. I have let thee see with thine own eyes, But thither, shalt thou not pass over. So Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there, in the land of Moab, at the bidding of Yahweh; and he buried him, in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor,but no man hath known his burying-place, until this day. Now, Moses, was a hundred and twenty years old, when he died,his eye had not dimmed, nor had his freshness fled. And the sons of Israel bewailed Moses in the waste plains of Moab thirty day,then were completed the wailing-days of the mourning for Moses. But, Joshua, son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him,so the sons of Israel hearkened unto him, and did, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet any more in Israel, like unto Moses,whom Yahweh acknowledged, face to face; by all the signs and the wonders which Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt,unto Pharaoh and unto all his servants and unto all his land; and by all the firm hand, and by all the great terror which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying: Moses my servant, is dead,Now, therefore, arise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, into the land which I am giving unto themunto the sons of Israel. Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread, unto you, have I given it,as I spake unto Moses. From the desert and this Lebanon, even unto the great riverthe river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going in of the sun, shall be your boundary. No man shall stand before thee, all the days of thy life,as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee, I will not fail thee, neither will I forsake thee. Be firm and bold,for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers,to give unto them. Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest. This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success. Have I not commanded thee, Be firm and bold, do not start nor be dismayed,for, with thee, is Yahweh thy God, whithersoever thou goest? So then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying: Pass ye through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Make ready for yourselves, provisions,for, in three days more, are ye to pass over this Jordan, to go in and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you, to possess. And, unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying: Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying,Yahweh your God, is granting you rest, and doth give you this land. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses hath given you over the Jordan,but, ye, shall pass over, armed, before your brethren,all ye mighty men of valour, and shall help them; until that Yahweh shall grant rest unto your brethren, as unto you, so shall, they also, possess the land which Yahweh your God giveth them,then shall ye return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh hath given you over the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun. Then responded they to Joshua, saying,All that thou hast commanded us, will we do, and, whithersoever thou shalt send us, will we go: As in every thing we hearkened unto Moses, so, will we hearken unto thee,only let Yahweh thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. Any man who shall rebel against thy bidding, and not hearken unto thy words in all that thou shalt command him, shall be put to death,only be firm and bold. Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there. And it was told the king of Jericho, saying,Lo! men, have come in hither to-night of the sons of Israel to search out the land. So the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying,Bring forth the men that are come in unto thee who have entered thy house, for, to search out all the land, have they come. And the woman took the two men and hid them,and said: Even so, the men did come in unto me, but I knew not from whence they were; and it came to pass, as the gate was about to be shut in the darkness, that, the men, went out, I know not whither the men went,pursue them quickly for ye shall overtake them. But, she, had taken them up to the roof,and concealed them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order for herself upon the roof. So, the men, pursued them by way of the Jordan unto the fords,the gate being shut as soon as they who pursued them had gone forth. And, ere yet they slept, she, went up unto them, upon the roof; and said unto the men, I know that Yahweh hath given unto you the land,and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before you. For we have heard how Yahweh, dried up, the waters of the Red Sea from before you, when ye came forth out of Egypt,and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan unto Sihon and unto Og, whom ye devoted to destruction; and, when we heard, then did our heart melt, and there rose up no longer any spirit in any man because of you,for, as for Yahweh your God, he, is Godin the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath. Now, therefore I pray you, swear unto me by Yahweh, since I have dealt with you in lovingkindness, that, ye also, will deal with the house of my father in lovingkindness, and will give me a token of faithfulness, and will save alive my father and my mother, and my brethren and my sisters, and all that they have,and will deliver our souls from death. And the men said unto her, Our souls in your stead unto death, if ye utter not this our business,so shall it be, when Yahweh shall give us the land, that we will deal with thee in lovingkindness and in faithfulness. And she let them down with a cord through the window,for, her house, was within the wall of the rampart, and, within the rampart, she was dwelling. And she said unto themTo the mountain, get you, lest the pursuers, fall in, with you,and hide yourselves there, three days until the pursuers return, and, afterwards, shall ye go your way. And the men said unto her,Free, will we be from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear: Lo! when we are coming into the land, this cord of crimson thread, must thou bind in the window by which thou didst let us down, and, thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all the household of thy father, must thou gather together unto thee unto the house. And it shall be, whosoever shall go forth out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood, shall be on his own head and, we, shall be free,but, whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood, shall be on our heads, if a, hand, be upon him. Or, if thou utter this our business, then shall we be free from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. And she saidAccording to your words, so, shall it be. Thus sent she them away and they departed,and she bound the crimson cord in the window. And they went and came into the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned,so the pursuers, made search, throughout all the way, but found them not. And the two men returned and came down out of the mountain, and crossed over and came unto Joshua, son of Nun,and recounted to him all that had befallen them; and they said unto Joshua, Yahweh, hath delivered, into our hand all the land,moreover also all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before us. So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel,and they lodged there before they passed over. And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp, and commanded the people saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and, the priests the Levites, bearing it, ye also, shall break up out of your place, and come after it. Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure,do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore. Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves,for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things. And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take ye up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant, and went on before the people. Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel,who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee. Thou, therefore, shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant, saying,When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan, shall ye stand. Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel,Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God. And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst,and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. Lo! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, is about to pass before you into the Jordan. Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel,one man severally for each tribe; and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above,and shall stand in one mound. And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to cross the Jordan,with the priests, bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters,the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest, that the waters which were coming down from above, stoodrose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failedwere cut off,and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho. And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing,while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan. And it came to pass, when all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan, that Yahweh slake unto Joshua, saying: Take unto you, from among the people, twelve men, one man severally from each tribe; and command ye them, saying, Take you up from hence, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where stood the feet of the priests with firm footing, twelve stones;and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge, tonight. So Joshua called unto the twelve men whom he had made ready, from among the sons of Israel,one man severally out of each tribe; and Joshua said unto them: Pass ye over, before the ark of Yahweh your God, into the midst of the Jordan,and lift ye up, each man one stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel: that this may be a sign in your midst,for your sons will ask in time to come, saying, What mean these stones to you? Then shall ye say unto themThat the waters of the Jordan, were cut off, from before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, when it passed into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, were cut off. So shall these stones become a memorial unto the sons of Israel, unto times age-abiding. And the sons of Israel did so, as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as spake Yahweh unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,and carried them with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. Twelve stones also, did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where stood the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant,and they have remained there until this day. Now, the priests who were bearing the ark, continued standing in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished which Yahweh commanded Joshua, to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua,the people therefore hasted, and passed over. And so it was, as soon as all the people had made an end of passing over,then passed over the ark of Yahweh, and the priests, in presence of the people. Also the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the hall tribe of Manasseh, passed over, armed, before the sons of Israel,as Moses had spoken unto them: about forty thousand, equipped for the war, passed over before Yahweh, to battle, into the waste plains of Jericho. On that day, did Yahweh magnify Joshua in the eyes of all Israel,and they revered him, as they revered Moses, all the days of his life. Then spake Yahweh unto Joshua, saying: Command the priests who are bearing the ark of testimony,that they come up out of the Jordan. So Joshua commanded the priests, saying,Come ye up out of the Jordan. And it came to pass, when the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the feet of the priests were withdrawn unto the dry ground, then returned the waters of the Jordan unto their place, and went, as before, over all his banks. So, the people, came up out of the Jordan, on the tenth of the first month,and encamped in Gilgal, at the eastern end of Jericho. And, these twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up, in Gilgal. Then spake he unto the sons of Israel, saying,When your sons shall ask, in time to come, of their fathers, saying,What mean these stones? then shall ye let your sons know, saying,On dry ground, came Israel over this Jordan; in that Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan, from before you, until ye had passed over,as Yahweh your God had done unto the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over: that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of Yahweh, that, firm, it is; that they might revere Yahweh your God, all the days. And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites who were over 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 sons of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel. At that time, said Yahweh unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint,and again circumcise the sons of Israel, a second time. So Joshua made him knives of flint,and circumcised the sons of Israel, at the Hill of Foreskins. Now, this, is the cause why Joshua did circumcise,all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the desert, by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. For, though all the people who came forth had been circumcised, yet, all the people who were born in the desert by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt, had they not circumcised. Because, for forty years, did the sons of Israel journey in the desert, until all the nation who were men of war, who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh,unto whom Yahweh sware that he would not let them see the land, which Yahweh sware unto their fathers, that he would give unto us, a land flowing with milk and honey. Their sons, therefore, whom he had raised up in their stead, them, did Joshua circumcise,for, uncircumcised, they were, in that they had not circumcised them by the way. And so it came to pass, when they had made an end of circumcising all the nation, they remained in their place, in the camp, until they were healed. Then said Yahweh unto Joshua, To-day, have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place is called Gilgal unto this day. \fs15 Thus then the sons of Israel encamped in Gilgal,and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the waste plains of Jericho. And they did eat of the corn of the land, on the morrow of the passover, unleavened cakes and parched ears of corn,on this selfsame day. And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they had eaten of the corn of the land, neither had the sons of Israel manna any more,so they did eat of the yield of the land of Canaan throughout that year. And it came to pass, while Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a man standing over against him, with his sword drawn, in his hand,so Joshua went unto him, and said to him, For us, art thou, or for our adversaries? And he saidNay, but, I, as prince of the host of Yahweh, have, now, come. So Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said unto him, What is my lord speaking unto his servant? Then said the prince of the host of Yahweh unto JoshuaSlip off thy sandals from thy feet, for, as for the place whereon thou art standing, holy, it is. And Joshua did so. Now, Jericho, was shut up and barred because of the sons of Israel,none came out and none went in. Then said Yahweh unto Joshua, See, I have delivered, into thy hand, Jericho and her king,the mighty men of valour. So then ye shall compass the city all ye men of war, going round the city, once,thus, shall thou do six days. And, seven priests, shall bear the seven rams horns before the ark, and, on the seventh day, shall ye compass the city seven times,and, the priests, shall blow with the horns. And it shall come to pass, when the rams horn soundeth, when ye hear the sound of the horn, that all the people shall shout with a great shout,and then shall the wall of the city fall down under it, and the people shall go up, every man straight before him. Then called Joshua son of Nun unto the priests, and said unto them, Bear ye the ark of the covenant,and let, seven priest, bear seven rams horns, before the ark of Yahweh. Then said he unto the people, Pass on and compass the city,and let, the armed host, pass on before the ark of Yahweh. And it was so, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that, the seven priests who were bearing the seven rams horns before Yahweh, passed on and blew with the horns,the ark of the covenant of Yahweh also coming after them. And, the armed host, went on before the priests who blew with the horns,and, the rear-guard, came after the ark, going on and blowing with the horns. Now, unto the people, had Joshua given command, sayingYe shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall there go out of your mouth, a word,until the day when I say unto you Shout! then shall ye shout. So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going round once,and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. And Joshua rose early in the morning,and the priests bare the ark of Yahweh; and, the seven priests who bare the seven rams horns before the ark of Yahweh, went on and on, and blew with the horns,with, the armed host going on before them, and, the rear-guard, coming after the ark of Yahweh, going on and blowing with the horns. So they compassed the city on the second day once, and returned into the camp,thus, did they, six days. And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that they rose early at the uprisings of the dawn, and compassed the city after this manner, seven times,only on that day they compassed the city seven times. And it came to pass, at the seventh timewhen the priests blew with the horns, then did Joshua say unto the peopleShout, for Yahweh hath delivered unto you the city. And it shall be, that, as for the city, devoted, shall it be and all that is therein unto Yahweh,nevertheless, Rahab the harlot, shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. But, in any wise, do, ye, beware of what is devoted, lest ye should covet, and then take of what is devoted,and so cause the camp of Israel to be devoted, and bring trouble upon it. But, as for all silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron, hallowed, it is to Yahweh,unto the treasury of Yahweh, shall it come. So the people shouted, when the horns were blown,yea it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down under it, and the people went up into the city every man straight before him, and so they captured the city. And they devoted all that were in the city, both man and woman, both young and old,and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword. But, unto the two men who spied out the land, Joshua said, Go into the house of the woman, the harlot,and bring out thence the woman and all that she hath, as ye aware unto her. So the young men the spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brethren and all that she had, yea, all her kindred, brought they out,and set them outside the camp of Israel. But, the city, burned they with fire, and all that was therein,save only, the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and of iron, put they into the treasury of the house of Yahweh. And, Rahab the harlot and the household of her father and all that she had, did Joshua save alive, so she hath dwelt in the midst of Israel until this day,because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. And Joshua imposed an oath at that time, saying,Cursed be the man before Yahweh who shall raise up and build this cityJericho, At the price of his firstborn, shall he lay its foundation, and, at the price of his youngest, shall he set up its doors. And so it was that Yahweh was with Joshua,and his fame was in all the land. But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth-aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai. And they returned unto Joshua and said unto himLet not all the people go up, about two thousand men or three thousand men, can go up and smite Ai,do not weary the whole people to go thither, for, but few, they are. There went up thither of the people therefore, about three thousand men,but they fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope,so that the heart of the people melted and became as water. Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,and they lifted up dust upon their heads. And Joshua saidAlas! My Lord Yahweh! Wherefore hast thou, brought, this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? Would then we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan! Oh My Lord,what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,what then wilt thou do for thy great name? And Yahweh said unto JoshuaGet thee up! wherefore is it that thou art lying upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, yea moreover they have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them,yea moreover they have taken of what was devoted, yea moreover they have stolen, yea moreover they have dissembled, yea moreover they have put it among their own goods. Therefore cannot the sons of Israel stand before their enemies, their back, do they turn before their enemies, because they have become devoted,I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the devoted thing out of your midst. Up! hallow the people, and thou shalt say, Hallow yourselves by to-morrow,for, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: A devoted thing, is in the midst of thee O Israel, Thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye have put away the devoted thing out of your midst. Therefore shall ye be brought near in the morning by your tribes,and it shall be thatthe tribe which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, by families, and the family which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, by households, and the household which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, man by man; and it shall be, thatHe that is seized with the devoted thing, shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath,because he hath transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he hath wrought impiety in Israel. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes,and, the tribe of Judah, was seized; and he brought near the family of Judah, and, the family of the Zarhites, was seized,and he brought near the family of the Zarhites, man by man, and, Zabdi, was seized; and he brought near his household, man by man,and, Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was seized. And Joshua said unto AchanMy son give I pray thee glory unto Yahweh God of Israel and make to him confession,and tell me I pray thee what thou hast done, do not hide it from me. And Achan answered Joshua and said,Of a truth, I, have sinned against Yahweh God of Israel, and, thus and thus, have I done: When I saw among the spoil a certain goodly mantle of Babylonia and two hundred shekels of silver and a certain wedge of goldfifty shekels the weight thereof, then I coveted them, then I took them,and, there they are, hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent,and, there it was, hid in his tent, and, the silver, under it. And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel,and poured them out before Yahweh. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achanson of Zerah, and the silver and the mantle and the wedge of gold, and his sons and his daughters, and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up the valley of Achor. And Joshua saidWhy hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones; yea they raised over him a great heap of stones Then said Yahweh unto JoshuaDo not fear nor be dismayed, take with thee all the army, and arise, go up to Ai,see! I have given into thy hand, the king of Ai and his people, and his city, and his land; so shalt thou do unto Ai and to her king, as thou didst unto Jericho unto her king, save only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof, shall ye take as your own prey,set thee an ambush for the city, behind it. 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 valour, and sent them forth by night. And he commanded them, sayingSee! ye, shall be lying in ambush against the city, behind the city, do not go very far from the city,so shall ye all be ready. But, I, and all the people who are with me, will draw near unto the city,and it shall be, when they come out to meet us, as at the first, then will we flee before them; so will they come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, Fleeing before us, as at the first! therefore will we flee before them. Then, ye, shall rise up out of the ambush, and take possession of the city,and Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand. And it shall be, when ye have seized the city, then shall ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Yahweh, shall ye do,see! I have commanded you. So Joshua sent them forth, and they went into ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai,but Joshua lodged that night in the midst of the people. And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,and went uphe and the elders of Israel, before the people, to Ai. And, all the people of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came in, right before the city,and pitched on the north of Ai, with, a valley, between them and Ai. And he took about five thousand men,and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city. And, when the people had set all the host that was on the north of the city, with the rear thereof on the west of the city, then went Joshua, during the night, into the midst of the valley. And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted, and rose up early, and the men of the city came out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the waste plain,he not knowing that there was an ambush lying in wait for him, behind the city. So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them,and fled, by the way of the wilderness; and all the people who were in the city were called out to pursue them,and they pursued Joshua, and so were drawn out away from the city. And there remained not a man, in Ai or Bethel, who had not gone out after Israel,and they left the city, open, and pursued Israel. Then said Yahweh unto JoshuaStretch out with the javelin which is in thy hand, towards Ai, for, into thy hand, will I deliver it. So Joshua stretched out with the javelin which was in his hand, towards the city. And, the ambush, rose up quickly, out of their place, and ran, when he stretched out his hand, and entered the city, and captured it,and hasted, and set the city on fire. And the men of Ai turned behind them, and looked, and lo! the smoke of the city had risen up towards the heavens, and there was in them no strength, to flee this way or that way,moreover, the people that were fleeing to the wilderness, turned back upon the pursuers. Yea, when, Joshua and all Israel, saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city had risen up, then returned they, and smote the men of Ai. And, the others, came forth out of the city to meet them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side,and they smote them, until there was left them none to remain or to escape. And, the king of Ai, they caught alive,and brought him near unto Joshua. And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness whither they had pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, then all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And so it was, that all who fell that day, both of men and of women, were twelve thousand,all people of Ai. Now, Joshua, drew not back his hand which he had stretched out with the javelin,until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Nevertheless, the cattle and the spoil of that city, Israel took as their own prey,according to the word of Yahweh, which he commanded Joshua. So then Joshua burned Ai,and made of it an age-abiding heapa desolation, until this day. And, the king of Ai, hanged he on a tree until eventide,but, at the going in of the sun, Joshua gave command and they took down his dead body from the tree, and cast it in at the opening of the gate of the city, and raised up over it a great heap of stones Than, built Joshua, an altar, unto Yahweh, God of Israel,in Mount Ebal: as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, whereon had not been wielded any tool of iron,and they caused to go up thereon, ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings. Then wrote he there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the sons of Israel. And, all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, before the priests the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the home-born, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal,as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded to bless the sons of Israel, first of all. And, after that, read he all the words of the law, the blessing and the cursing,according to all that was written in the scroll of the law. Them was not a word of all that Moses commanded,which Joshua read not before all the convocation of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the sojourner who was going on in their midst. And it came to pass, when they heard,namely, all the kings who were over the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in all the coast of the great sea, over against the Lebanon,the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; then gathered they themselves together as one man, to fight with Joshua, and with Israel,with one accord. Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai; they, however, acted craftily, and went and started,and took old sacks for their asses, and leathern wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; and sandals, old and patched, upon their feet, and worn-out mantles upon them,and, all the bread of their provision, was dry and broken. So they took their journey unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Gilgal,and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, From a far country, are we come, Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant? And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye? And they said unto himFrom a very far country, have thy servants come, because of the name of Yahweh thy God,because we had heard his fame, and all that he had done in Egypt; and all that he had done unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan,unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, and unto Og, king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth. So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spake unto us, sayingTake ye, in your hand, provision for the journey, and go your way to meet them,then shall ye say unto them, Your servants, we are. Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. This our bread, took we, hot, for our provision, out of our houses, on the day we came forth to journey unto you,but, now, lo! it is dry, yea it is broken; and, these leathern wine bottles, which we filled new, lo! also, they are rent,and, as for these our mantles and our sandals, they are worn out, by reason of the very long journey. So the men took of their provision,but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked. And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live,and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them. And it came to pass, at the end of three days after they had solemnised with them a covenant, that they heard that, near neighbours, they were unto them, and, in their midst, they were dwelling. So the sons of Israel brake up, and came in unto their cities on the third day,their cities, being Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. And the sons of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Yahweh, God of Israel,but all the assembly murmured against the princes. And all the princes said unto all the assembly, We, have sworn unto them, by Yahweh, God of Israel,now, therefore, we may not touch them. This, will we do unto them, even let them live,lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them. And the princes said unto themLet them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them. And Joshua called for them, and spake unto them, saying,Wherefore did ye deceive us, sayingWe are, very far, from you, whereas, ye, in our midst, are dwelling? Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God. And they responded to Joshua, and saidBecause it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing. Now, therefore, here we are, in thy hand,as may be good and right in thine eyes, to do unto us, do. And he did to them so,and rescued them out of the hand of the sons of Israel, and they slew them not. And Joshua appointed them that day to be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the assembly,and unto the altar of Yahweh, And it came to pass, when Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and devoted it to destruction, as he had done unto Jericho and her king, so, had he done unto Ai and her king,and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and had come into their midst, then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities,and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty: therefore sent Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, unto Hoham, king of Hebron, and unto Piram, king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia, king of Lachish, and unto Debir, king of Eglon, saying: Come up unto me and help me, that we may smite Gibeon,for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel. So they gathered themselves together and came up, even the five kings of the Amoritesthe king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,they, and all their hosts,and encamped near Gibeon, and made war against it. So the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not withhold thy hand from thy servants,Come up unto 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. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty men of valour. And Yahweh said unto Joshua: Do not fear because of them, for, into thy hand, have I delivered them,not a man of them shall stand before thee. So then Joshua came in unto them, suddenly,all the night, came he up, from Gilgal. And Yahweh confused them before Israel, and smote them with a great slaughter at Gibeon,and chased them along the way that goeth up Beth-horon, and smote them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah. And it came to pass, when they fled from before Israel, they, being on the slope of Beth-horon, that, Yahweh, cast down upon them great stones out of the heavens, as far as Azekah, and they died,more, were they who died by the hailstones, than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword. Then, spake Joshua unto Yahweh, on the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel,yea he said, in the presence of IsraelThou Sun! in Gibeon, be still, and thou Moon! in the vale of Aijalon. So the sun, was still, and, the moon, stayed, until a nation should be avenged on its fees. Is not, that, written in the Book of the Upright? So then the sun stayed in the middle of the heavens, and hastened not to go in, about a whole day. And there was no day like thatbefore it or after it, when Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of a man,in that, Yahweh, himself fought for Israel. So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal. So these five kings fled,and hid themselves in a cave, at Makkedah. And it was told Joshua, saying,The five kings are found, hid in a cave at Makkedah. And Joshua said, Roll ye great stones against the mouth of the cave,and set over it men, to watch them; but do not, ye, stay, chase after your enemies, so shall ye attack them in the rear,do not suffer them to enter into their cities, for Yahweh your God hath delivered them into your hand. And it came to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had made an end of smiting them with a very great slaughter, until they were spent, then did, the remainder that were left of them, enter into the fortified cities. And all the people returned unto the camp, unto Joshua at Makkedah, in peace,none sharpened his tongue at any man of the sons of Israel. Then said Joshua, Open ye the mouth of the cave,and bring out unto me, these five kings, out of the cave. And they did so, and brought out unto him, these five kings, out of the cave,namely, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. And it came to pass, when they brought out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war who had been with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. So they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. Then said Joshua unto them: Do not fear, nor be alarmed,be firm and bold, for, thus and thus, will Yahweh do unto all your enemies, against whom ye do fight. And Joshua smote them after this, and put them to death, and hanged them upon five trees,and they remained hung on the trees, until the evening, And it came to pass, at the time of the going in of the sun, that Joshua gave command, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave, where they had hid themselves,and put great stones upon the mouth of the cave, And Joshua captured, Makkedah, on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and, the king thereof, devoted he to destruction, them and all the souls that were therein, he left no survivor,but did unto the king of Makkedah, as he had done unto the king of Jericho. And Joshua passed over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah unto Libnah,and fought against Libnah; and Yahweh delivered, it also, into the hand of Israel, with the king thereof, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls that were therein, he left therein no survivor,but did unto the king thereof, as he had done unto the king of Jericho. And Joshua passed over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah unto Lachish,and encamped against it, and fought against it; and Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls that were therein,according to all that he had done unto Libnah. Then, came up Horam, king of Gezer, to help Lachish,and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had not left him a survivor. And Joshua passed over, and all Israel with him, from Lachish unto Eglon,and they encamped against it, and fought against it; and captured it on the same day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and, all the souls that were therein, on that day, devoted he to destruction,according to all that he had done to Lachish. And Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon unto Hebron,and they fought against it; and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, with all the souls that were thereinhe left not a survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon,he devoted it to destruction, and all the souls that were therein. Then Joshua turned back, and all Israel with him, unto Debir,and fought against it; and captured it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and devoted to destruction every soul that was therein, he left not a survivor,as he had done unto Hebron, so, did he unto Debir, and unto the king thereof, as also he had done unto Libnah, and unto her king. So Joshua smote all the landthe hill country, and the south, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings, he left not a survivor,but, every breathing thing, devoted he to destruction, as Yahweh, God of Israel, had commanded. Yea Joshua smote them, from Kadesh-barnea, even as far as Gaza,and all the land of Goshen, even as far as Gibeon. Yea, all these kings and their land, did Joshua capture at one time,because, Yahweh, God of Israel, fought for Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard, that he sent unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph; and unto the kings who were on the north in the hill country and in the waste plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland,and in the heights of Dor, on the west: 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; and they came outthey, and all their hosts with them, much people, like the sand that is upon the seashore for multitude,with horses and chariots very many. And, when all these kings were gathered together, they came in, and encamped as one man, at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. Then said Yahweh unto JoshuaDo not fear because of them, for, to-morrow, about this time, am I going to deliver up all of them, slain, before Israel,their horses, shalt thou ham-string, and, their chariots, shalt thou burn up with fire. So Joshua, and all the army with him, came in upon them, by the waters of Merom, suddenly, and fell upon them. And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward,yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor. And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him,their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire. Then Joshua turned back, at that time, and captured Hazor, and, the king thereof, smote he with the sword,for, Hazor, aforetime, was the head of all these kingdoms. And they smote all the souls that were therein, with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, there was left no breathing thing,and, Hazor, burned he up with fire. And, all the cities of these kings, and all the kings thereof, did Joshua capture, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction,as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded. Yet, none of the cities that were still standing upon their mound, did Israel burn, none but Hazor alone, did Joshua burn. But, all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, did the sons of Israel take as their prey,nevertheless, all the human beings, smote they with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, they left remaining no breathing thing. As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so, Moses commanded Joshua, and, so, Joshua, did, he set aside nothing of all that Yahweh commanded Moses. So Joshua took all this landthe hill country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the waste plain,and the hill country of Israel, and the lowland thereof: from Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even as far as Baal-gad, in the valley of the Lebanon, under Mount Hermon,and, all their kings, he captured, and smote them, and put them to death. Many days, did Joshua, with all these kings, make war. There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel, save the Hivites dwelling in Gibeon,the whole, took they in battle. For, from Yahweh, came it to pass, that their heart was emboldened to come out to war with Israel, that he might devote them to destruction, that they might find no favour,but that he might destroy them,as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Joshua came in, at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill countryfrom Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel,with their cities, did Joshua devote them to destruction. There was left remaining none of the Anakim, in the land of the sons of Israel,save only, in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,and, the land, had rest from war. Now, these, are the kings of the land, whom the sons of Israel had smitten, and of whose land they had taken possession, over the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun,from the ravine of Arnon, as far as Mount Hermon, and all the waste plain, on the east: Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, and the middle of the ravine, and half Gilead, even as far as the ravine Jabbok, the boundary of the sons of Ammon; and the waste plain as far as the sea of Chinneroth, on the east, even as far as the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth,and, on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah; and the boundary of Og, king of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants,him who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; ruling also in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, as far as the boundary of the Geshurites, and the Maacathites,and half Gilead, the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon: Moses the servant of Yahweh, and the sons of Israel, had smitten them,and Moses the servant of Yahweh, had given it, as a possession, unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh. And, these, are the kings of the land, whom Joshua and the sons of Israel smote over the Jordan, towards the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of the Lebanon, even as far as the Mount Halak that goeth up towards Seir,and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel, as a possession, according to their portions; in the hill country and in the lowland, and in the waste plain, and in the slopes, and in the desert, and in the south,the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: The king of Jericho, one, the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one, The king of Jerusalem, one, the king of Hebron, one, The king of Jarmuth, one, the king of Lachish, one, The king of Eglon, one, the king of Gezer, one, The king of Debir, one, the king of Geder, one, The king of Hormah, one, the king of Arad, one, The king of Libnah, one, the king of Adullam, one, The king of Makkedah, one, the king of Bethel, one, The king of Tappuah, one, the king of Hepher, one, The king of Aphek, one, the king of Lassharon, one, The king of Madon, one, the king of Hazor, one, The king of Shimron-meron, one, the king of Achshaph, one, The king of Taanach, one, the king of Megiddo, one, The king of Kadesh, one, the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one, The king of Dor, in the height of Dor, one, the king of Goim in Gilgal, one, The king of Tirzah, one,All the kings, thirty and one. Now, Joshua, was old, advanced in days,so then Yahweh said unto himThou, art old, advanced in days, and, much the larger part of the land, remaineth to be possessed. This, is the land that remaineth,all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshuri; from the Shihor which faceth Egypt, even as far as the boundary of Ekron, northward, to the Canaanites, is it counted,five princes of Philistines, the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, also the Avvim on the south: all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which belongeth to the Zidonians, as far as Aphek,as far as the boundary of the Amorites; and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon, to the rising of the sun, from Baal-gad, under Mount Hermon,as far as the entering in of Hamath: all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maimall the Zidonians, I myself, will dispossess them from before the sons of Israel,nevertheless, assign thou it by lot unto Israel, for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. Now, therefore, apportion this land as an inheritance, unto the nine tribes,and the half tribe of Manasseh. With them, the, Reubenites and the Gadites, received their inheritance,which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan, eastward, as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them: from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, and the city, which is in the midst of the ravine, and all the table-land of Medeba, as far as Dibon; and all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon,as far as the boundary of the sons of Ammon; and Gilead, and the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah; all the kingdom of Og, in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,he, being left of the remnant of the giants; and Moses smote them and dispossessed them; the sons of Israel, however, did not dispossess, the Geshurites or the Maacathites,but Geshur and Maacath have remained in the midst of Israel until this day. Howbeit, unto the tribe of Levi, gave he no inheritance,the altar-flames of Yahweh God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spake unto him. Thus then Moses gave unto the tribe of the sons of Reuben by their families; and their boundary was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon and the city which is in the midst of the ravine and all the table-land by Medeba; Heshbon and all her cities which are on the table-land,Dibon and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon; and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Maphaath; and Kiriathaim and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar on the mount of the vale; and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth; and all the cities of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon,whom Moses smotewith the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, dukes of Sihon dwelling in the land; Balaam also son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among their slain. And so the boundary of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan and district. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their families, the cities and the villages thereof. And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the sons of Gad by their families; and their boundary wasJazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon,as far as Aroer, which faceth Rabbah; and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh, and Botonim,and from Mahanaim as far as the boundary of Debir; and in the valleyBeth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and district,as far as the end of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan eastward. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Gad, by their families,the cities and the villages thereof. And Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh,so it belonged to the half tribe of the sons of Manasseh by their families; and their boundary wasfrom Mahanaim all Bashan all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan and all the Encampments of Jair which are in Bashan three-score cities; and, half Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, pertained to the sons of Machir son of Manasseh, to half the sons of Machir by their families. These, are which Moses gave for inheritance, in the waste plains of Moab,over the Jordan by Jericho eastward. But, unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance,Yahweh God of Israel, he, was their inheritance, as he spake unto them. And, these, are the inheritances which the sons of Israel received in the land of Canaan,which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancestral heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave them to inherit. By lot, was their inheritance divided,as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, unto the nine tribes and unto the half tribe. For Moses had given the two tribes and the half tribe their inheritance over the Jordan,but, unto the Levites, gave he no inheritance in their midst; for the sons of Joseph became two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim,so they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save only cities to dwell in, with the pasture lands thereof, for their cattle and for their substance. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel,when they apportioned the land. Then came near the sons of Judah unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, said unto him,Thou, knowest the word which Yahweh spake unto Moses the man of God in my behalf and in thine in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old, was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land,so I brought him back word, as was in my heart. But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt,whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God. So then Moses sware on that day saying, Surely, the land on which thy foot hath trodden, unto thee, shall belong, for an inheritance, and unto thy sons, unto times age-abiding,because thou hast wholly followed Yahweh my God. Now, therefore lo! Yahweh hath kept me alive as he spake these forty and five years from the time Yahweh spake this word unto Moses, while Israel journeyed in the desert. Now, therefore lo! Ito-day, am eighty and five years old: I remain, to-day, as courageous as on the day when Moses sent me, as my strength was then, so also my strength is now,for war, both to go out and to come in. Now, therefore, give me this mountain, whereof Yahweh spake, on that day,for, thou thyself, didst hear, on that day, that, Anakim, were there, and great cities fortified, if so be Yahweh be with me, then shall I dispossess them, as spake Yahweh. So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance. For this cause, hath Hebron belonged unto Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite, for an inheritance, unto this day,because he wholly followed Yahweh, God of Israel. Now, the name of Hebron, was formerly, City of Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim, was he. And, the land, had rest from war. So then the boundary of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families,reached unto the boundary of Edom, the desert of Zin southward, on the extreme south; so their south boundary beginneth at the end of the Salt Sea,from the bay that turneth to the south; and goeth forth on the south of the cliffs of Akrabbim, and crosseth over to Zin, and goeth up on the south of Kadesh-barnea,and passeth over by Hezron, and goeth up to Addar, and turneth round to Karka; and passeth over to Azmon, and goeth forth at the ravine of Egypt, and so the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. This, shall be your south boundary. And, a boundary eastward, is the Salt Sea, as far as the end of the Jordan. And, the boundary on the north side, is from the bay of the sea, from the end of the Jordan. And the boundary goeth up Beth-hoglah, and passeth over, on the north, by Beth-arabah,and the boundary goeth up by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben; and the boundary goeth up towards Debir, out of the vale of Achor, then northward, turning unto Gilgal, which is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the ravine,then the boundary passeth over unto the waters of En-shemesh, and so the extensions thereof are unto En-rogel: then ascendeth the boundary by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite, on the south, the same, is Jerusalem,and the boundary goeth up unto the top of the mountain which faceth the valley of Hinnom, to the west, which is at the end of the Vale of Giants, northwards; and the boundary turneth round, from the top of the mountain, unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and goeth out unto the cities of Mount Ephron,then the boundary turneth round to Baalah, the same, is Kiriath-jearim; then the boundary goeth round from Baalah westward, unto Mount Seir, and passeth over unto the slope of Mount Yearim, on the north, the same, is Chesalon,and descendeth Bethshemesh, and passeth over Timnah; then the boundary goeth forth unto the side of Ekron, northward, then the boundary turneth round towards Shikkeron, and crosseth over Mount Baalah, and goeth out at Jabneel,and the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. And, as a west boundary, are the great sea and coast. This, is the boundary of the sons of Judah, round about, by their families. And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua,even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron. And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak,Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. And he went up from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir,now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath-sepher. Then said Caleb, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah, my daughter, to wife. And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it,so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife. And it came to pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto herWhat aileth thee? And she saidGive me a present, for, dry land, hast thou given me, therefore must thou give me, pools of water. So he gave her upper pools and lower pools. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families. And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah, towards the boundary of Edom in the south, were,Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur, and Kinah and Dimonah, and Adadah, and Kedesh and Hazor, and Ithnan, Ziph and Talem, and Bealoth, and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron, the same, is Hazor; Amam and Shema, and Moladah, and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet. and Hazarshual and Beer-sheba, with the hamlets thereof, Baalah and Iyyim, and Ezem, and Eltolad and Chesil, and Hormah, and Ziklag and Madmannah, and Sansannah, and Lebaoth and Shilhim, and En-rimmon,all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages. In the lowland,Eshtaol and Zorah, and Ashnah, and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah; and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim,fourteen cities, with their villages. Zenan and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, and Dilan and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon, and Cabbon and Lahmas, and Chithlish, and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah, and Makkedah,sixteen cities, with their villages. Libnah and Ether, and Ashan, and Iphtah and Ashnah, and Nezib, and Keilah and Achzib, and Mareshah,nine cities, with their villages. Ekron with her towns, and her villages. From Ekron, even unto the sea,all that were by the side of Ashdod with their villages. Ashdod, her towns and her villages. Gaza, her towns and her villages, as far as the ravine of Egypt,and the great sea and coast. And in the hill-country,Shamir and Jattir, and Socoh, and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah, the same, is Debir, and Anab and Eshtemoh, and Anim, and Goshen and Holon, and Giloh,eleven cities, with their villages. Arab and Rumah and Eshan, and Janim and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah, and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron, and Zior,nine cities, with their villages. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah, and Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah and Timnah,ten cities, with their villages. Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, and Maarath and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon,six cities, with their villages. Kiriath-baal, the same, is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah,two cities, with their villages. In the desert,Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, and Nibshan and the City of Salt, and En-gedi,six cities, with their villages. But, as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not dispossess them,so the Jebusites have dwelt with the sons of Judah, in Jerusalem, until this day. Then came out the lot, for the sons of Joseph, from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho, eastward,the desert, going up from Jericho, through the hill country to Bethel; and it goeth out from Bethel towards Luz,and passeth over unto the boundary of the Archites at Ataroth; and descendeth westward, unto the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Bethhoron the nether, and as far as Gezer,and the extensions thereof are to the sea. So the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. And the boundary of the sons of Ephraim, by their families, was,yea the boundary of their inheritance on the east, was Ataroth-addar, as far as Beth-horon the upper; and the boundary goeth out westward at Michmethath, on the north, then the boundary bendeth round easward, to Taanath-shiloh,and passeth by it on the east to Janoah; and goeth down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah,and toucheth upon Jericho, and goeth out at the Jordan. From Tappuah, runneth the boundary along westward, to the ravine of Kanah, and the extensions thereof are to the sea,this, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, by their families; together with the cities which were separated for the sons of Ephraim, in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh,all the cities, with their villages. But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gazer,so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and have become tributary servants. And the lot for the tribe of Manasseh was, 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 had he Gilead and Bashan. So the lot pertained to the rest of the sons of Manasseh, by their families, to the sons of Abiezer, and to the sons of Helek, and to the sons of Asriel, and to the sons of Shechem, and to the sons of Hepher, and to the sons of Shemida,these, were the sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph, even the male descendants, by their families. But, Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters,and, these, are the names of his daughters, Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. And they had come near, before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh, commanded Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren,And he had given them, according to the bidding of Yahweh, an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father. Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh,besides the land of Gilead, and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; because, the daughters of Manasseh, received an inheritance in the midst of his sons,and, the land of Gilead, became the possession of the sons of Manasseh that remained. So then the boundary of Manasseh was from Asher, Michmethath, which faceth Shechem,and the boundary goeth along unto the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. Manasseh, had the land of Tappuah,but, Tappuah itself, towards the boundary of Manasseh, pertained unto the sons of Ephraim; and the boundary goeth down to the ravine of Kanah, southward of the ravine, these cities, belong to Ephraim, in the midst of the cities of Manasseh,but, the boundary of Manasseh, was on the north side of the ravine, and the extensions thereof were to the sea; southward, pertaineth to Ephraim, and, northward, to Manasseh, and the sea was the boundary thereof,and they touch, Asher, on the north, and Issachar on the east. And Manasseh hadin Issachar and in AsherBethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her townsthe three heights, The sons of Manasseh, however, could not dispossess these cities,but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land; but, when the sons of Israel had waxed strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute,though they, dispossessed, them not. Then spake the sons of Joseph unto Joshua, saying,Why hast thou given me, as an inheritance, but one lot and one portion, seeing that, I, am a numerous people, because hitherto hath Yahweh blessed me. And Joshua said unto them: If, a numerous people, thou art, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there, in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim,seeing that, too narrow for thee, is the hill country of Ephraim. And the sons of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us,and there are, chariots of iron, among all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley, belonging both to them in Bethshean, and her towns, and to them in the valley of Jezreel. And Joshua made answer unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying,A numerous people, thou art, and, great vigour, thou hast, thou shalt not have one lot only; for, the hill country, shall be thine, in that, a forest, it is, therefore canst thou cut it down, and thine shall be the extensions thereof,for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites, though, chariots of iron, they have, and though, strong, they are. Then were gathered together all the assembly of the sons of Israel at Shiloh, and they set up there, the tent of meeting,the land, having been subdued before them. But there remained among the sons of Israel, to whom had not been apportioned their inheritance,seven tribes. So Joshua said unto the sons of Israel,How long, will ye be too slothful, to enter in and take possession of the land, which Yahweh God of your fathers, hath given unto you? Set forth for you three men for each tribe,that I may send them, that they may ariseand go up and down in the landand map it out as required for their inheritance, and come in unto me. So shall they apportion it for themselves into seven parts,Let, Judah, stay upon his boundary, on the south, and, the house of Joseph, stay upon their boundary, on the north, but, ye, shall map out the unto me, here,then will I cast lots for you here, before Yahweh our God. For Levi hath no portion in your midst, for, the priesthood of Yahweh, is his inheritance,and, Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance, beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them. So the men arose, and went,and Joshua commanded them who were going, to map out the land, sayingTake your journey and go up and down in the land, and map it out, and return unto me, and, here, will I cast lots for you before Yahweh, in Shiloh. So the men went, and passed through the land, and mapped it out by cities, into seven parts, upon a scroll,and came in unto Joshua, unto the camp, in Shiloh. And Joshua cast for them lots, in Shiloh, before Yahweh,and Joshua there apportioned the land unto the sons of Israel, according to their portions. Then came up the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families,and the boundary of their lot came out, between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan,and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven; and the boundary passeth over from thence towards Luz, to the side of Luz, southwards, the same, is Bethel,and the boundary goeth down to Ataroth-addah, by the mountain that is on the south of Beth-horon the nether; then turneth the boundary and goeth round the west border, southward, from the mountain which faceth Beth-horon, southward, and so the extensions thereof are unto Kiriath-baalthe same, is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah,this, is the west border. And, the border southward, is from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim,and the boundary goeth out westward, yea it goeth out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; and the boundary goeth down to the uttermost part of the mountain which faceth the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the Vale of Giants, northward,and descendeth the valley of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite, southward, and then descendeth to En-rogel; and it turneth on the north, and goeth out at En-shemesh, and goeth out unto Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim,and goeth down by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben; and passeth along unto the side over against the Arabah, northward,and goeth down toward the Arabah; and the boundary passeth along unto the side of Beth-hoglah, northward, and so the extensions of the boundary are unto the bay of the Salt Sea, northward, unto the end of the Jordan, southward,This, is the south boundary. And, the Jordan itself, boundeth it as an eastward border. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by the boundaries thereof round about, by their families. So then the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, are,Jericho and Beth-hoglah, and Emekkeziz, and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel, and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah, and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni, and Geba,twelve cities, with their villages: Gibeon and Ramah, and Beeroth, and Mizpeh and Chephirah, and Mozah, and Rekem and Irpeel, and Taralah, and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite, the same, is Jerusalem, Gibeath And the second lot came out, for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families,and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. And they had for their inheritance,Beer-sheba or Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem, and Eltolad and Bethul, and Hormah, and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen,thirteen cities, with their villages: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan,four cities, with their villages, and all the villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families: Out of the portion of the sons of Judah, is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon,for it came to pass that what was allotted to the sons of Judah, was too much for them, therefore did the sons of Simeon receive an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. Then came up the third lot, for the sons of Zebulun, by their families,and the boundary of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. And their boundary goeth up westward, even towards Maralah, and toucheth Dabbesheth,and reacheth unto the ravine that faceth Jokneam; and turneth back from Sarid, eastward, toward the rising of the sun, upon the boundary of Chisloth-tabor,and goeth out unto Daberath, and ascendeth Japhia; and, from thence, it passed along in front on the east, towards Gath-hepher, towards Eth-kazin,and goeth out at Rimmon which turneth about towards Neah; and the boundary goeth round it, on the north to Hannathon,and so the extensions thereof are the valley of Iphtah-el; and Kattath and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah and Beth-lehem,twelve cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, by their families,these cities, with their villages. For Issachar, came out the fourth lot,for the sons of Issachar, by their families. And their boundary was,Jezreel and Chesulloth, and Shunem, and Hapharaim and Shion, and Anaharath, and Rabbith and Kishion, and Ebez, and Remeth, and En-gannim, and Enhaddah, and Beth-pazzez; and the boundary toucheth Tabor and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and so the extensions of their boundary are to the Jordan,sixteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, by their families,the cities, with their villages. Then came out the fifth lot, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families. And their boundary was,Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achshaph, and Allam-melech and Amad, and Mishal,and it toucheth Carmel to the west, and Shihor-libnath; and it turneth toward sun-riseto Beth-dagon, and toucheth Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el northward, and Beth-emek, and Neiel; and goeth out unto Cabul, on the left, and Ebron and Rehob, and Hammon and Kanah,as far as Zidon the populous; and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre,then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib; Ummah also and Aphek, and Rehob,twenty-two cities, with their villages, This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families,these cities, with their villages. For the sons of Naphtali, came out the sixth lot,for the sons of Naphtali, by their families. And their boundary was from Heleph, from the terebinth of Bezaannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; and so the extensions thereof were to the Jordan; and the boundary turneth westward, to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence, toward Hukkok,and toucheth Zebulun on the south, and, Asher, it toucheth on the west, and Judah, at the Jordan towards sunrise. And, the fortified cities, are,Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth, and Adamah and Ramah, and Hazor, and Kedesh and Edrei, and En-hazor, and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh,nineteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, by their families,the cities, with their villages. And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their families, came out the seventh lot. And the boundary of their inheritance was,Zorah and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, and Shaalabbin and Aijalon, and Ithlah, and Elon and Timnah, and Ekron, and Eltekeh and Gibbethon, and Baalath, and Jehud and Beneberak, and Gath-rimmon, and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon,with the boundary over against Joppa. And, when the boundary of the sons of Dan went out beyond these, then went up the sons of Dan and fought against Leshem, and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and took possession thereof, and dwelt therein, and they called LeshemDan, after the name of Dan their father, This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their families,these cities, with their villages. When they had made an end of distributing the land by the boundaries thereof, then gave the sons of Israel an inheritance unto Joshua son of Nun, in their midst: at the bidding of Yahweh, gave they unto him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim,and he built the city and dwelt therein. These, are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the ancestral heads distributed for inheritance to the tribes of the sons of Israel, by lot, in Shiloh, before Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,so they made an end of apportioning the land. And Yahweh spake unto Joshua, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,Set out for you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you, by the hand of Moses: that the manslayer who slayeth a person by mistake, unwittingly, may flee thither,so shall they be unto you for refuge from the blood-redeemer, and he shall flee unto one of these cities and present himself at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall speak, in the ears of the elders of that city, his defence,and they shall take him for protection into the city unto them, and shall give him a place, so shall he dwell with them. And, when the blood-redeemer pursueth after him, then shall they not deliver up the manslayer, into his hand,because, unwittingly, it was that he slew his neighbour, and had not been, cherishing hatred, towards him, aforetime; so shall he remain in that city, until he standeth before the assembly, for judgment, until the death of the high-priest who shall be in those days,then, shall the manslayer return, and enter into his own city, and into his own house, within the city from whence he fled. So then they set apart Kadesh 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. And, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben,and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh. These, were the cities appointed for all the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who sojourneth in their midst, that whosoever should slay a person by mistake, might flee thither,and not die by the hand of the blood-redeemer, until he should stand before the assembly. Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun,and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel; and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in,with their pasture-lands for our cattle. So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh,these cities, with their pasture-lands. And, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levitesout of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjaminby lot, thirteen cities. And, the sons of Kohath that remained, hadout of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manassehby lot, ten cities. And, the sons of Gershon, hadout of 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 Bashanby lot, thirteen cities. The sons of Merari, by their families, hadout of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands,as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot. Thus then they gaveout of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeonthese cities which are mentioned by name. And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them,because, theirs, was the first lot; yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah,with the pasture land thereof, round about it; whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession. But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof,Libnah also, with her pasture lands; and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land; and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land; and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land,nine cities, out of these two tribes. And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land,Geba, with her pasture land; Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land,four cities. All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands. And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim. So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim,also Gezer, with her pasture land; and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land,Gibbethon, with her pasture land; Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land,two cities. All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained. And, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land,two cities. And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land,Daberath, with her pasture land; Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land; Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayereven Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land,three cities. All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands. And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land,Kartah, with her pasture land; Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land,and Jahaz, with her pasture land; Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land,four cities. And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayereven Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land,and Mahanaim, with her pasture land; Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land,in all, four cities. All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities. All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands: these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities. So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers,and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein. And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers,and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand. There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel,the whole, came to pass. Then, called Joshuafor the Reubenites, and for the Gadites,and for the half tribe of Manasseh; and said unto them, Ye, have observed all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you,and have hearkened unto my voice, in all that I commanded you: ye have not forsaken your brethren, these many days, unto this day,but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God. Now, therefore, that Yahweh your God hath given rest unto your brethren, according as he spake unto them,now, therefore, turn ye and get you to your homes within the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto you, over the Jordan. Only, take ye diligent heed, to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded youto love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him,and to serve himwith all your heart, and with all your soul. So Joshua blessed them,and sent them away, and they took their journey unto their homes. Now, unto the half, did Joshua give possession with their brethren, over the Jordan, westward,moreover also, when Joshua sent them away unto their homes, he blessed them, and spake unto them, sayingWith much wealth, return ye unto your homes, even with very much cattle, with silver and with gold, and with copper and with iron, and with very much raiment,divide ye the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. returned and departed from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh, which was in the land of Canaan,to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, wherein they had received their possessions, at the bidding of Yahweh by the hand of Moses. And, when they came into the circles of the Jordan, which were in the land of Canaan,then did the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh build there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of large dimensions, And the sons of Israel heard say,Lo! the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the circles of the Jordan, in the region opposite the sons of Israel. And, when the sons of Israel heard, all the assembly of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. And the sons of Israel sent unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead,Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest; and ten princes with him, one prince of an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel,they being, severally heads of their ancestral houses, among the thousands of Israel. So they came in unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead,and spake with them, saying: Thus, say all the assembly of YahwehWhat is this act of treachery which ye have committed against the God of Israel, that ye should turn back, to-day, from following Yahweh,in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel, to-day, against Yahweh? Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh; but that, ye, must turn back to-day from following Yahweh,though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel to-day against Yahweh, then, to-morrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth? Howbeit, if, unclean, be the land of your possession, do ye on your part come over into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where abideth the habitation of Yahweh, and take your possession in our midst,but, against Yahweh, do not rebel, nor, against us, rebel, by building yourselves an altar apart from the altar of Yahweh our God. Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath,so that not, heone man alone, died in his iniquity. Then responded the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh,and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel: El-Elohim-Yahweh, El-Elohim-Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know,if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day: that we should build for ourselves an altar, to turn back from following Yahweh,or, if that we might cause to go up thereon ascending-sacrifice or meal-offering, or if that we might offer thereon peace-offerings, let Yahweh himself require it; if, indeed, we have not, rather, out of anxiety and of purpose, done this thing, saying,. In time to come, your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have ye to do with Yahweh, God of Israel; seeing that, a boundary, hath Yahweh put between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and ye sons of Gadeven the Jordan, ye have no portion in Yahweh,so might your sons cause our sons, to cease from revering Yahweh. We said, therefore, Let us prepare, we pray you, to build us an altar,not for ascending-offering, nor for sacrifice; but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending-offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings,that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh. Therefore said we, And it shall be, when they say to us, or to our generations, in time to come,that we will sayBehold ye the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for ascending-offerings nor for sacrifice, but that, a witness, it might be between us and you. Far be it from usthat we should rebel against Yahweh, or turn back, to-day, from following Yahweh, by building an altar, for ascending-offering, or meal-offering or for sacrifice,other than the altar of Yahweh our God, which is before his habitation. And, when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the assembly, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spake, then was it well-pleasing in their eyes. And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of ManassehTo-day, we know that, in our midst, is Yahweh, in that ye have not committed, against Yahweh, this act of treachery,now, have ye rescued the sons of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh. So Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the princes returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel,and brought them back word. And the thing was well-pleasing in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God,and spake not of going up against them, to war, to lay waste the land, wherein the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt. So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar And it came to pass, after many days, when Yahweh had given rest unto Israel, from all their enemies round about,and, Joshua, had become old, advanced in days, that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,and said unto them, I, am old, advanced in days; but, ye, have seenall that Yahweh your God hath done unto all those nations, because of you,for, Yahweh your God, is he that hath fought for you. Behold, I have allotted to you these nations which remain, as an inheritance, for your tribes,from the Jordan, and all the nations which I have cut off, even unto the great sea, at the going in of the sun. But, Yahweh your Godhe, will thrust them out from before you, and drive them away out of your sight,so shall ye possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke unto you. Therefore must ye be very firm to observe and to do all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses,so as not to turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left; so as not to go in among these nations, these which remain with you,and, with the name of their gods, shall ye neither make memorial nor put on oath, and neither serve them,nor bow down to them. But, unto Yahweh your God, must ye cleave,as, ye have done until this day; therefore hath Yahweh dispossessed, from before you, nations great and strong,but, as for you, not a man hath stood before you, until this day. One man of you, can chase a thousand,for, Yahweh your God, is he that fighteth for you, as he spake to you. Take diligent heed, therefore, unto your souls,to love Yahweh your God. But, if ye, do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, these which remain with you,and intermarry with them, and go in with them, and, they, with you; know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you. But lo! I am going to-day, in the way of all the earth,ye must acknowledge, therefore, with all your heart and with all your soul, that there hath not failed a single thing, out of all the good things which Yahweh your God spake concerning you, the whole, hath come to pass to you, there hath not failed thereof, a single thing. But it shall be that, as all the good things have come unto you, which Yahweh your God spake unto you, so, will Yahweh bring upon you all the evil things, until he hath destroyed you from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you. When ye transgress the covenant of Yahweh your God which he hath commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down unto them, then will the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and ye will perish quickly, from off the good land which he hath given unto you. And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel, unto 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. Then said Joshua unto all the peopleThus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age-past times, Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,and they served other gods. So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan,and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac; and gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau,and gave unto Esau, Mount Seir, to possess it, but, Jacob and his sons, went down into Egypt. Then sent I Moses and Aaron, and plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in their midst, and, afterwards, brought you forth. Yea I brought forth your fathers, out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers, with chariots and with horsemen, unto the Red Sea. So they made outcry unto Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought in upon them the sea, and covered them,and your eyes beheld what I did with the Egyptians. And, when ye had remained in the desert many days, then I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who were dwelling over the Jordan, and they fought with you,then delivered I them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land, so I destroyed them from before you. Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel,and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you; but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam,so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand. Then passed ye over the Jordan, and came in unto Jericho, and, when they would have made war with youeven the lords of Jerichothe Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, then delivered I them into your hand. And I sent before you the hornet, which drave them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites,not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. Thus I gave unto you a land on which thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye had not built, and ye proceeded to dwell therein,of vineyards and oliveyards, which ye planted not, ye are eating. Now, therefore, revere ye 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 ye Yahweh. But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, to-day, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling,but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh. Then responded the people, and said, Far be it from us, that we should forsake Yahweh,to serve other gods; for, as for Yahweh our God, he, brought up both us and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants,and who did before our eyes, these great signs, and preserved us throughout all the way wherein we journeyed, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; then did Yahweh drive out all the peoples, even the Amorites were dwelling in the land, from before us,we too, will serve Yahweh, for, he, is our God. Then said Joshua unto the peopleYe cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins. When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you. But the people said unto Joshua,Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve. Then said Joshua unto the peopleWitnesses, are ye, against yourselves, that, ye yourselves, have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. And they said: Witnesses! Now, therefore, put ye away the gods of the stranger, that are in your midst,and incline your heart unto Yahweh, God of Israel. And the people said unto Joshua,Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken. So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the scroll of the law of God,and took a great stone, and set it up there, under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. And Joshua said unto all the peopleLo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us,so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God. And Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. And it came to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him within the bounds of his own inheritance, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash. So then Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and who had known all the work of Yahweh, which he had wrought for Israel. And, the bones of Josephwhich the sons of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of field, which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money,and they belonged unto the sons of Joseph, as an inheritance. And, Eleazar son of Aaron, died,and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him, in the hill country of Ephraim.

And it came to pass, after the death of Jeshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying,Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites, first, to make war upon them? And Yahweh saidJudah, shall go,lo! I have delivered the land into his power. Then said Judah, unto Simeon his brotherCome up with me into the territory allotted me, and let us make war on the Canaanites, then will, I also, go with thee, into thy territory. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand,and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men. And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, and fought with him,and smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him,and took him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes. Then said Adoni-bezekSeventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there. And the sons of Judah made war upon Jerusalem, and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword,and, the city, they set on fire. And, afterwards, the sons of Judah went down to make war upon the Canaanites,dwelling in the hill country, and in the south, and in the lowland. And Judah went against the Canaanites who were dwelling in Hebron, now, the name of Hebron, formerly, was Kiriath-arba,and they smote Sheshai and Ahiman, and Talmai. And he went from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir,now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath-sepher. And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah my daughter, to wife. Then Othniel, son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother, captured it,and he gave him Achsah his daughter, to wife. And it came pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto herWhat aileth thee? And she said unto himGive me a present; for, south land, hast thou given me, give me therefore pools of water. So Caleb gave her Upper-pools, and Lower-pools. Now, the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, had come up from the city of palm-trees, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad,so they went and dwelt with the people. Then went Judah, with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites dwelling in Zephath,and devoted it to destruction, and the name of the city was called Hormah. And Judah captured Gaza with the boundaries thereof, and Ashkelon, with the boundaries thereof,and Ekron, with the boundaries thereof. And it same to pass that Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country,but did not dispossess the inhabitants of the vale, because they had, chariots of iron. So they gave unto Caleb Hebron, as spake Moses,and he drave out from thence the three sons of Anak. But, the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin did not drive out,but the Jebusites have dwelt with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, unto this day. Then went up the house of Josephthey also,unto Bethel,and, Yahweh, was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel,now, the name of the city, formerly, was, Luz. So the watchers saw a man, coming forth from the city,and they said unto himShew us, we pray thee, the way to get into the city, and we will deal with thee, in lovingkindness. And he shewed them the way to get into the city, and they smote the city, with the edge of the sword,but, the man and all his family, they let go. And the man went into the land of the Hittites,and built a city, and called the name thereof, Luz, that, is the name thereof, unto this day. But Manasseh took not possession of Beth-shean and her towns, nor of Taanach and her towns, nor dispossessed the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns,but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land; when Israel, however, had waxed strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute,though they, dispossessed, them not. And, Ephraim, dispossessed not the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gezer,so the Canaanites remained in their midst, in Gezer. Zebulun, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol,but the Canaanites remained in their midst, and came under tribute. Asher, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon,nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; but the Asherites dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,for they dispossessed them not. Naphtali, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but they dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land,and, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, and of Beth-anath, became theirs, under tribute. And the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country,for they suffered them not to come down into the vale; and, though the Amorites were determined to remain in the hill country of Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, yet was the hand of the house of Joseph heavy, so that they came under tribute. And, the boundary of the Amorites, was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upwards. And the messenger of Yahweh came up from Gilgal, unto Bochim. And he saidI led you up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land, which I had sworn unto your fathers, And I said, I will not break my covenant with you, to times age-abiding; But, ye, must not solemnise a covenant with the inhabitants of this land, Their altars, must ye tear down,But ye have not hearkened unto my voice, what is this ye have done? Wherefore also I said, I will not drive them out from before you,but they shall be your adversaries, and, their gods, shall become unto you a snare. And it came to pass, when the messenger of Yahweh had spoken these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. So they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifice there, unto Yahweh. Now, when Joshua had let the people go, the sons of Israel went their way, every man to his inheritance, to take possession of the land. And 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 which he had wrought for Israel. So then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died,being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim,on the north of Mount Gaash. All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel. So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,and served the Baals; and forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them,and angered Yahweh. Yea, they forsook Yahweh,and did service unto the Baal and unto Ashtaroth. Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers, who plundered them,and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was found to be against them for misfortune, as spake Yahweh, and as sware Yahweh unto them,and they were distressed exceedingly. And, though Yahweh raised up judges,who saved them out of the hand of them that plundered them, yet, even unto their judges, did thy not hearken, for they went unchastely astray after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them,they turned aside speedily out of the way wherein their fathers who hearkened unto the commandments of Yahweh, walked, they did not so. And, when Yahweh raised them up judges, then was Yahweh with the judges, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies, all the days of the judge,for Yahweh was grieved at their outcry, because of them who oppressed them, and ill-treated them. But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them,they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way. So then the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel, and he saidForasmuch as this nation have transgressed my covenant, which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, I also, will no further dispossess a man from before them,from among the nations which Joshua left remaining, when he died; that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof,whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not. Thus then Yahweh left these nations, not dispossessing them speedily,neither had he delivered them into the hand of Joshua Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof,all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan; that the generations of the sons of Israel might certainly get to know, by being taught to make war,such, at least, as aforetime knew nothing thereof: five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon,from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath. So then , that, by them, he might put Israel to the proof,to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites,the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods. Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,and served the Baals and the Asherahs. Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia,and the sons of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim, eight years. And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, so Yahweh raised up a saviour unto the sons of Israel, who saved them,even Othniel son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother. And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war, and Yahweh delivered into his hand, Chushan-rishathaim, king of Syria,and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim. And the land had rest forty years,and Othniel son of Kenaz, died. And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he gathered unto him, the sons of Ammon, and Amalek,and came and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm-trees. So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years. And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed,and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto Eglon king of Moab. So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length,and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh. So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man. And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present; but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he saidSilence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him. And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat. And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh,and thrust it into his body; and, the handle also, went in after the blade, and the flesh closed upon the blade, for he withdrew not the sword out of his body,and he came out into the ante-chamber. And, when Ehud came out into the porch, he closed the doors of the parlour upon him, and bolted them. When, he, had come out, his servants, went in, and looked, and lo! the doors of the parlour were bolted,so they said, Surely he covereth his feet, in the summer chamber. But, though they tarried a long time, yet lo! he opened not the doors of the parlour,so they took the key, and opened , when lo! their lord, fallen to the ground dead. But, Ehud, escaped while they delayed,yea, he, passed the images, and escaped into Seirah. And so it was, when he came, that he blew with a horn, throughout the hill country of Ephraim,and the sons of Israel came down with him, out of the hill country, he, being before them. And he said unto themCome down after me, for Yahweh hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. So they came down after him, and captured the fords of the Jordan, towards Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour,and, there escaped not a man. And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death. And, after him, was Shamgar, son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad,and, he also, saved Israel. And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,when, Ehud, was dead. So Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor,now, the prince of his host, was Sisera, and, he, dwelt in Harosheth of the nations. And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh,for he had, nine hundred chariots of iron, and, he, oppressed the sons of Israel heavily, twenty years. And, Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess, wife of Lapidoth, she, was judging Israel, at that time: she used to sit, therefore, under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country of Ephraim,and the sons of Israel came up to her, for justice. And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh-naphtali,and said unto himHath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded,Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with theeten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun; and I will draw unto thee, unto the torrent of Kishon, Sisera, prince of the host of Jabin, with his chariots, and with his multitude,and will deliver him into thy hand? And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then will I gobut, if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. And she saidI will, go, with thee; only, it shall not be, thine own honour, that shall arise from the journey which thou art about to take, for, into the hand of a woman, will Yahweh sell Sisera. So Deborah arose, and went with Barak, towards Kadesh. And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali, towards Kadesh, and there went up at his feetten thousand men,and Deborah, went up with him. Now, Heber the Kenite, had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab, father-in-law of Moses,and moved his tent as far as the oak of Zaanaim, which is near Kadesh. And they told Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor. So Sisera called together all his chariotsnine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him,from Harosheth of the nations, unto the torrent of Kishon. Then said Deborah unto BarakUp! for, this, is the day on which Yahweh hath delivered Sisera into thy hand, hath not, Yahweh, gone forth before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him. And Yahweh put to flight Sisera and all the chariots and all the host, with the edge of the sword, before Barak,so Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled on foot. Now, Barak, pursued the chariots, and the host, as far as Harosheth of the nations,and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, there was not left so much as one. Now, Sisera, had fled on foot, unto the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazer, and the house of Heber the Kenite. And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him: Turn aside, my lord, turn aside with me, do not fear. So he turned aside with her into the tent, and she threw over him a coverlet. And he said unto herLet me drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty. So she opened the bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and spread over him the coverlet. And he said unto her, Stand at the entrance of the tent,and it shall be, if any man come and ask thee and sayIs there here a man? that thou shalt say, There is not. Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent-pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent-pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground,he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died. And lo! Barakin pursuit of Sisera! So Jael went forth to meet him, and said unto him, Come and let me shew theethe man whom thou art seeking. And he came in with her, and lo! Siseralying dead, with the tent-pin in his temples. Thus God subdued, on that day, Jabin king of Canaan,before the sons of Israel. And the hand of the sons of Israel went on, waxing more and more heavy upon Jabin king of Canaan,until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan. Then sang Deborah, and Barak, son of Abinoam,on that day, saying: For the leadership of leaders in Israel, For the volunteering of the people,Bless ye Yahweh! Hear, ye kings! Give ear, ye princes! I, unto Yahweh,I, will sing, Will make melody to Yahweh, God of Israel. O Yahweh! When thou didst come forth out of Seir, When thou didst march along out of the field of Edom, Earth, trembled, Heaven also, poured forth,Yea, dark clouds, poured forth waters; From, mountains, came down streams In presence of Yahweh,From this Sinai, In presence of Yahweh, God of Israel. In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were forsaken,and, the frequenters of highways, betook them to roundabout paths: There was a failure of rulers, in Israel, a failure,until I arose, a Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel: They chose gods that were new, Then,war at the gates! Was there, a shield, to be seen? or a spear? among forty thousand in Israel? My heart for the governors of Israel, for the volunteers among the people, Bless ye Yahweh! Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on carpets, and ye that walk upon the road, speak! In the place of the noise of bowmen among the wells, there, laud yethe righteous acts of Yahweh, the righteous acts of his rule over Israel. Then, had come down to the gates the people of Yahweh. Awake! awake! Deborah, Awake! awake! utter words of song,Arise! Barak, and bind fast thy captives, O son of Abinoam! Then, came down a remnant to the noblesa people,Yahweh, came down with me against the mighty. Out of Ephraim, they whose root was in Amalek, After thee, Benjamin, among thy tribes,Out of Machir, had come down governors, And, out of Zebulun, such as bear aloft the staff of the marshal; And, my princes in Issachar, were with Deborah, yea, Issachar, was the support of Barak, Into the vale rushed they forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben, great were the resolves of the heart: Wherefore abodes thou among the folds? To hear the mocking of the flocks? The divisions of Reuben, had great counsellings of heart. Gilead, beyond the Jordan, took his rest, but, Dan, wherefore remained he with the ships? Asher, abode by the shore of the seas, and, by his creeks, must needs rest. Zebuluna people that scorned their souls unto death; and, Naphtali,upon the heights of the field. On came kings, they fought, Then, fought the kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,Plunder of silver, they took not away! From heaven, was the battle fought,The stars in their courses, fought against Sisera. The torrent of Kishon, swept them away, the torrent of olden times, the torrent of Kishon! Let my soul march along, with victorious strength! Then, stamped hoofs of horses, With the gallopings, gallopings of his mighty steeds. Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of Yahweh, Curse ye with a curse, the inhabitants thereof,because they came not in to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh, against the mighty. Blessed above women, shall be Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite,Above women in the tent, be blessed: Water, he asked, Milk, she gave,In a bowl for nobles, presented cream: Her hand, to the tent-pin, put she forth, and, her right hand, to the toilers mallet,Then smote she Sisera, She shattered his head, Yea she split open and pierced through his temples: Between her feet, he bowedhe fell, he lay,Between her feet, he bowedhe fell, Where he bowed, There, he felldestroyed! Through the window, looked out and shrilly cried, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice,Why is his chariot ashamed to come? Why delay the wheels of his chariot? The wise ladies, her princesses, responded,Nay! she, returned answer to, herself: Is it not They keep findingdividing spoil, One damsel, two damsels, to every several hero, Spoil, of divers coloured raiment for Sisera, Spoil, of divers coloured raiment, embroidered, Coloured raiment richly embroidered, on the necks of them who are taken as spoil? So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years. And the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years; and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel,because of Midian, did the sons of Israel prepare for themselves the hollows which were in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. And so it used to be, if Israel had sown, then came up Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east, yea came up against them, and encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the land, until thou comest unto Gaza,neither left they sustenance in Israel, nor sheep nor ox, nor ass; for, they with their cattle, used to come up, with their tentsyea they used to come like locusts, for multitude, both they and their cattle, were without number,so they came into the land, to lay it waste. Thus was Israel greatly impoverished, because of Midian,and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh. And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried unto Yahweh,on account of Midian, then sent Yahweh a prophet unto the sons of Israel,who said unto themThus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, I, led you up out of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of servants; Yea I rescued you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you,that I might drive them out from before you, and I gave unto you their land; Yea and I said to you,I, Yahweh, am your God, Ye must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are about to dwell,But ye have not hearkened unto my voice. Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites; so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him,and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour! And Gideon said unto himPardon, my lord! if Yahweh be with us, then wherefore hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders, which our fathers have recounted to ussaying, Was it not, out of Egypt, that Yahweh brought us up? But, now, hath Yahweh abandoned us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. And Yahweh, turned unto him, and saidGo in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel, out of the hand of Midian,have I not sent thee? And he said unto himPardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father. And Yahweh said unto himI will be with thee,so shalt thou smite the Midianites, as one man. And he said unto him, If, I beseech thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, then wilt thou work for me a sign, that it is, thou, who art speaking with me. Do not, I beseech thee, withdraw from hence, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said: I, will tarry until thou return. So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot,and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them. And the messenger of God said unto himTake the flesh and the cakes, and set them on this crag, and, the broth, do thou pour out. And he did so. Then the messenger of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff, that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the cakes,and there came up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh, and the cakes, and, the messenger of Yahweh, had departed out of his sight. Then saw Gideon that, the messenger of Yahweh, it was,so Gideon saidAlas, My Lord Yahweh! forasmuch as I have seen the messenger of Yahweh, face to face! And Yahweh said unto himPeace be unto thee! Do not fear,thou shalt not die. So Gideon built there an altar unto Yahweh, and called it, Yahweh-shalom. Unto this day, it remaineth, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto himTake the young bullock that belongeth to thy father, even the second bullock of seven years,and throw thou down the altar of Baal, that belongeth to thy father, and, the sacred stem that is by it, shalt thou cut down. Then shalt thou build an altar, unto Yahweh thy God, on the top of this fort, with the pile,and shalt take the second bullock, and cause it to go up as an ascending-sacrifice, with the wood of the sacred stem which thou shalt cut down. So Gideon took ten men from among his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken unto him,and so it was that, as he too much feared the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do it by day, he did it by night. And the men of the city rose up early in the morning, and lo! the altar of Baal, had been overthrown, and, the sacred stem that was by it, had been cut down, and the second bullock had been caused to ascend upon the altar that had been built. So they said, one to another, Who hath done this thing? And they inquired, and made search, and it was said, Gideon son of Joash, hath done this thing. So the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring forth thy son, that he may die,because he hath overthrown the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the sacred stem that was by it. And Joash said unto all who stood by himWill, ye, plead for Baal, or will, ye, save him? Whoso pleadeth for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning,if, a god, he be let him plead for himself, because one hath overthrown his altar. So he was called on that day, Jerubbaal, saying,Let Baal, plead against him. Because he had overthrown his altar. Now, all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east, were gathered together,and they crossed over and pitched in the vale of Jezreel. But, the spirit of Yahweh, clothed Gideon,so he blew with a horn, and Abiezer was gathered after him. Messengers also, sent he throughout all Manasseh, and, they also, were gathered after him,messengers also, sent he throughout Asher, and throughout Zebulun, and throughout Naphtali, and they came up to meet them. And Gideon said unto God,If thou art about to bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken, lo! I am placing a woollen fleece, on the threshing-floor,if, dew, be on the fleece alone and, on all the ground, it be dry, then shall I know that thou wilt bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken. And it was so, and he rose up early, on the morrow, and pressed together the fleece,and wrung out the dew from the fleece, a small bowl full of water. Then said Gideon unto God, Let not thine anger kindle upon me, but let me speak, only this once,Let me, I pray thee, put to the proof, only this once, with the fleece, I pray thee, let it be dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there be dew. And God did so on that night,and it was dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there was dew. Then Jerubbaal, the same, is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped by the fountain of Harod,and, the camp of Midian, was on the north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the vale. And Yahweh said unto Gideon, Too many, are the people that are with thee, for me to deliver the Midianites into their hand,lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand, hath saved me. Now, therefore, proclaim, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso feareth and tremblethlet him turn and go hack from Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and, ten thousand, remained. Then said Yahweh unto GideonYet, are the people too many, take them down unto the waters, that I may prove them for thee, there,and it shall be, that, he of whom I say unto thee, This one, shall go with thee, the same, shall go with thee, and, every one of whom I say unto thee, This one, shall not go with thee, the same, shall not go. So he took down the people unto the waters,and Yahweh said unto GideonEvery one that lappeth with his tongue of the water, as a dog lappeth, thou shalt set him by himself, likewise, every one that boweth down upon his knees, to drink. And so it was, that, the number of them that lapped with their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men,but, all the rest of the people, bowed down on their knees, to drink water. Then said Yahweh unto GideonBy the three hundred men that lapped, will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let, all the people, go every man to his own place. So the people took provisions in their hand, and their horns, but, every man of Israel besides, sent he away every man to his home, whereas, the three hundred men, he retained. Now, the camp of Midian, was beneath him in the vale. And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto him, Arise! go down against the camp,for I have delivered it into thy hand. Or, if, thou, art afraid to go down, go downthou and Purah thy young man, unto the camp; so shalt thou hear what they shall say,and, afterward, shall thy hands grow strong, and thou shalt go down against the camp. Then went he down, he and Purah his young man, unto the outmost part of the armed men that were in the camp. Now, the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east, were lying along in the vale, like locusts for multitude,their camels also, were without number, as the sand that is by the sea side, for multitude. And Gideon came in, and lo! a man relating to his neighbour a dream,and he saidLo! a dream, have I dreamt, and lo! a round cake of barley bread tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came as far as the tentand smote it that it fell, and turned it upside down, and the tent lay along. Then responded his neighbour and said:Nothing else, is this, than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel,God hath delivered into his hand, both Midian and all the host. And it was so, when Gideon heard the story of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he bowed himself down,and returned unto the camp of Israel, and saidArise! for Yahweh hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. And he divided the three hundred men, into three companies,and put horns into the hands of them all, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. Then he said unto them, On me, shall ye look, and, in like manner, shall ye do,and lo! when I am coming unto the outermost part of the camp, then shall it be, that, as I do, so, shall ye do. When I shall blow with the horn, I and all who are with me, then shall, ye also, round about all the camp, blow with your horns, and shall say, For Yahweh and for Gideon! So Gideon came, and the hundred men that were with him, unto the outermost part of the camp, at the beginning of the middle watch, they had but, newly set, the watchers,and they blew with the horns, and brake in pieces the pitchers, that were in their hand. Yea the three companies blew with the horns, and shivered the pitchers, and caught holdwith their left handsof the torches, while, in their right hands, were the horns, to blow with,and they cried, A sword for Yahweh, and for Gideon! And they stood still, every man in his place, round about the camp,and all the host ran and shouted, and fled. When the three hundred blew the horns, Yahweh set the sword of every man, against his neighbour, and against all the host,and the host fled, as far as the Place of Acacias, towards Zererath, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. And the men of Israel were called together, out of Naphtali and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh,and pursued Midian. And, messengers, did Gideon send through all the hill country of Ephraim, sayingGo down to meet Midian, and capture, before them, the waters, as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and captured the waters, as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan. And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb at Orebs Rock, and, Zeeb, they slew at Zeebs Winepress, and pursued Midian,and, the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, brought they in unto Gideon at the ford of the Jordan. And the men of Ephraim said unto himWhat is this thing thou hast done to us, in not calling us, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him, sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done, now, in comparison with you? Is not the grape-gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? Into your hand, hath God delivered the princes of MidianOreb and Zeeb, what then had I been able to do in comparison with you? Then, was their spirit softened toward him, when he had spoken this word. And Gideon came towards the Jordan, being about to pass overhe, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing. So he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that are following me; for, faint, they are, and, I, am in pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. And the princes of Succoth said, Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power,that we should give to thine army bread? And Gideon said, Therefore, when Yahweh hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the nettles. So he went up from thence, to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner,and the men of Penuel answered him, as had answered the men of Succoth. So he spake to the men of Penuel also, saying,When I return with success, I will break down this tower. Now, Zebah and Zalmunna, were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left out of all the host of the sons of the east,and, the fallen, were a hundred and twenty thousand men, who had drawn the sword. So Gideon went up by the way of the tent-dwellers, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host, when, the host, had become secure. And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, then he pursued them, and captured the two kings of MidianZebah and Zalmunna, and, all the host, put he in terror. And Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle,from the ascent of Heres; and caught a young man, of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him,so he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men. Then came he in unto the men of Succoth, and said, Lo! Zebah and Zalmunna,concerning whom ye did taunt me, sayingAre the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power, that we should give to thy weary men bread? So he took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness and the nettles, and taught therewith the men of Succoth: the tower of Penuel also, brake he down,and slew the men of the city. Then said he unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, What manner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? And they said, As thou art, so were they, each one, as handsome as the sons of a king. And he said: My brethren, sons of my mother, they were! As Yahweh liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not have slain you. So he said to Jether his firstborn, Up! slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared, because he was yet a youth. Then said Zebah and ZalmunnaUp! thou, and fall upon us, for, like the man, is his might. So Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels. Then said the men of Israel, unto Gideon, Rule over useven thou, and thy son, and thy sons son,for thou hast saved us out of the power of Midian. And Gideon said unto them, I, will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you,Yahweh, shall rule over you. And Gideon said unto themI would make to you a request, Give me, then, every man the nose-ring of his spoil. For they had, nose-rings of gold, for, Ishmaelites, they were. And they said, We will, freely give. So they spread out a mantle, and cast therein, every man the nose-ring of his spoil. And so it was, that the weight of the nose-rings of gold which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred of gold,besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the raiment of purple that were upon the kings of Midian, and besides the ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. And Gideon made thereof an Ephod, and set it up in his own city, in Ophrah, and all Israel went unchastely astray after it there,so it became, to Gideon and to his house, a snare. Thus was Midian subdued, before the sons of Israel, neither did they again lift up their head,and the land had rest forty years, in the days of Gideon. So then Jerubbaal, son of Joash, went and dwelt in his own house. And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins,for, many wives, had he. And, his concubine who was in Shechem, she also, bare him a son,and he gave him the name of Abimelech. And Gideon, son of Joash, died in a good old age,and was buried in the grave of Joash his father, in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites. And it came to pass that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the sons of Israel turned back, and went unchastely astray after the Baals,and appointed them Baal-berith, to be god: so the sons of Israel remembered not Yahweh, their own God,who had rescued them out of the hand of all their enemies, on every side; neither dealt they in lovingkindness with the house of Jerubbaal Then went Abimelech son of Jerubbaal, to Shechem, unto the brethren of his mother,and spake unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mothers father, saying; Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of ShechemWhich is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I. So the brethren of his mother spake for him, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem, all these words,and their heart inclined after Abimelech, for they saidOur own brother, is he. So they gave him seventy pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith,and Abimelech hired therewith, loose and unstable men, and they followed him. And he entered the house of his father, at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone,but there remained Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, for he had hidden himself. Then were gathered together all the owners of Shechem, and all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king,by the oak of the pillar, that was in Shechem. And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud,and said unto themHearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you. The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king,and they said unto the olive treeReign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, which, in me, gods and men do honour,and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? Then said the trees unto the fig-tree,Come! thou reign over us. But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and mine excellent increase,and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? Then said the trees unto the vine,Come! thou, reign over us. But the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, that rejoiceth gods and men,and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? Then said all the trees, unto the bramble,Come, thou, to reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If, in truth, ye are about to anoint me to be king over you, come, take refuge in my shade,but, if not, there shall come forth fire out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. Now, therefore, if, in truth and sincerity, ye have acted, in making Abimelech king,and if ye have dealt, well, with Jerubbaal and with his house, and if, according to the deserving of his hands, ye have done unto him; in that my father fought for you, and cast his soul away from before him, and rescued you out of the hand of Midian; yet have, ye, risen up against the house of my father, to-day, and slain his sonsseventy men, upon one stone,and made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the owners of Shechem, because he is, your brother; if then, in truth and in sincerity, ye have dealt with Jerubbaal and with his house, this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let, him also, rejoice in you; but, if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the owners of Shechem, and the house of Millo,and let fire come out from the owners of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech! And Jotham hasted away, and fled, and went to Beer,and dwelt there, away from the face of Abimelech his brother. And Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Then God let go a spirit of mischief between Abimelech and the owners of Shechem,and the owners of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: that the cruel wrong to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might ,and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the owners of Shechem who strengthened his hands, to slay his brethren. So the owners of Shechem set for him liers in wait, upon the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who crossed over them by the road,and it was told Abimelech. And Gaal son of Ebed came, with his brethren, and they passed through to Shechem,and the owners of Shechem put their trust in him. Then went they out into the fields, and gathered the fruit of their vineyards and trode , and held a vintage festival,and entered the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and poured contempt on Abimelech. And Gaal son of Ebed said: Who is Abimelechand who is the son of Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve ye the men of Hamor, Shechems father, but why should, we, serve him? Would, then, this people were in my hand! that I might set aside Abimelech,and say to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out! And, when Zubul, governor of the city, heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, then was kindled his anger. And he sent messengers unto Abimelech, by deceit, saying,Lo! Gaal son of Ebed, and his brethren, are coming into Shechem; and lo! are fortifying the city against thee. Now, therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field; and it shall be, in the morning, about sunrise, thou shalt get up early, and spread thyself out against the city,when lo! he and the people that are with him coming out against thee, so shalt thou do unto him as thy hand shall find opportunity. So Abimelech rose up,, and all the people that were with him, by night,and they lay in wait above Shechem, in four companies. Then came forth Gaal son of Ebed, and took his stand at the opening of the gate of the city,so Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the place of ambush. And, when Gaal saw the people, he said unto Zebul, Lo! people coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, The shadow of the mountains, thou seest, like men. Then did Gaal yet further speak, and sayLo! people coming down from the highest part of the land,and one company, coming in by way of the Conjurers Terebinth. So then Zebul said unto himWhere, then, is thy mouth that kept on saying, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not, this, the people which thou didst despise? Go forth, I pray thee, now, and fight with them! And Gaal went forth before the owners of Shechem,and fought against Abimelech. And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him,and there fell a multitude of slain as far as the entering of the gate. Then dwelt Abimelech in Arumah,and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. And it came to pass, on the morrow, that the people went forth into the field,and they told Abimelech. So he took the people and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field,and he looked, and lo! the people coming forth out of the city, so he rose up against them, and smote them. And, Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, spread themselves out, and took their stand at the opening of the gate of the city,while, the two companies, spread themselves out against all that were in the field, and smote them. And, Abimelech, fought against the city, all that day, and captured the city, the people also that were therein, he slew,and brake down the city, and sowed it with salt. And, when all the owners of the tower of Shechem heard, they entered into the basement of the house of El-berith. And it was told Abimelech, that all the owners of the tower of Shechem had gathered themselves together. So Abimelech went up Mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him, and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and lifted it, and laid it on his shoulder,and said unto the people that were with himWhat ye have seen me do, haste! do likewise. So, even all the people cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and laid them over the basement, and set it on fire over them who were therein,even all the men of the tower of Shechem died about a thousand men and women. Then went Abimelech unto Thebez,and encamped against Thebez, and captured it. Now, a strong tower, was in the midst of the city, and there fled thither all the men and the women, and all the owners of the city, and shut themselves in,and went up on the roof of the tower. And Abimelech came in as far as the tower, and fought against it,and so came near, as far as the entrance of the tower, to burn it with fire. And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon the head of Abimelech,and brake in pieces his skull. Then called he hastily unto the young man bearing his armour, and said unto himDraw thy sword, and put me to death, lest they say of me, A woman, slew him! So his young man thrust him through, and he died. And, when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was, dead, they went their way every man to his own place. Thus did God requite the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; all the wickedness also, of the men of Shechem, did God requite upon their own head,and so brought in upon, them the curse of Jotham, son of Jerubbaal. And there arose, after Abimelech, to save IsraelTola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man of Issachar,and, he, used to sit in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim; and he judged Israel, twenty-three years,and died, and was buried in Shamir. And there arose, after him, Jair the Gileadite,and judged Israel twenty-two years. Now he had thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had, thirty cities,they are called Havvoth-jair, until this day, which are in the land of Gilead. And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines,and forsook Yahweh, and served him not. So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon; and they enfeebled and oppressed the sons of Israel in that year,eighteen years, did they this unto all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, that was in Gilead. And the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan, to fight, even against Judah and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim,so that Israel was sore distressed. Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying,We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. Then said Yahweh unto the sons of Israel,Was it not, from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, ? The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you,and ye made outcry unto me, and I saved you out of their hand. Yet have, ye, forsaken me, and served other gods,therefore will I not again save you. Go and make outcry unto the gods whom ye have chosen,they, must save you, in the time of your tribulation. And the sons of Israel said unto YahwehWe have sinned, do, thou, with us, according to all that is fitting in thine eyes,only rescue us, we beseech thee this day. And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel. Now the sons of Ammon were called out, and they encamped in Gilead,and the sons of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. Then said the people, the princes of Gilead, one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? he shall become head to all the inhabitants of Gilead. Now, Jephthah the Gileadite, was a mighty man of valour, but, he, was the son of an unchaste woman,yet Gilead was the father of Jephthah. And the wife of Gilead bare him sons,and, when the wifes sons grew up, they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto himThou shalt not inherit with the house of our father, for, son of an alien woman, art thou. So Jephthah fled from the face of his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob,and there gathered about Jephthah unemployed men, who went forth with him. And so it came to pass, after a time,that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel. When, therefore, it came to pass that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel, then went the elders of Gilead, to summon Jephthah out of the land of Tob. And they said to Jephthah, Oh! come and be our commander,that we may do battle with the sons of Ammon. But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Have not, ye, hated me, and thrust me out from the house of my father? Wherefore then, are ye come unto me, now, when ye are in distress? And the elders of Gilead said unto JephthahTherefore, have we, now, returned unto thee, that, if thou go with us, and do battle with the sons of Ammon, then shalt thou become our head, for all the inhabitants of Gilead. And Jephthah said unto the elders of GileadIf ye do bring me back to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them up before me, shall, I myself, become your head? And the elders of Gilead said unto JephthahYahweh himself, will be hearkening between us, if, according to thy word, so, we do not. Then went Jephthah with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them, as head and commander,and Jephthah spake all his words before Yahweh, in Mizpah. So then Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon, saying,What occasion is there between us, that thou shouldst have come unto me, to fight against my land? And the king of the sons of Ammon said unto the messengers of JephthahBecause Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan,now, therefore, restore them in peace. And Jephthah yet once more sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon; and said a unto him, Thus, saith Jephthah,Israel took not away the land of Moab, or the land of the sons of Ammon; for, when they came up out of Egypt, and Israel journeyed through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and came in unto Kadesh, then did Israel send messengers unto the king of Edom, sayingLet me pass, I pray thee, through thy land, but the king of Edom hearkened not, unto the king of Moab also, sent they, but he would not consent,so Israel abode in Kadesh. Then journeyed they through the desert, and went round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and so came, from the rising of the sun, to the land of Moab, but encamped beyond Arnon,and entered not within the boundary of Moab, for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab. Then did Israel send messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon,and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land as far as my own place. But Sihon trusted not Israel, to pass through his boundary, so Sihon gathered together all his people, and encamped in Jahaz,and fought against Israel. Then did Yahweh, God of Israel, deliver up Sihon, and all his people, into the hand of Israel, and they smote them,so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that land. Yea they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites,from Arnon, even as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert, even as far as the Jordan. Now, therefore, it was, Yahweh God of Israel, that dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,and shalt, thou, possess it? What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess? Now, therefore, art thou, really better, than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Hath there been any, striving at all, with Israel, or any, fighting at all, with them, all the time that Israel hath been dwelling in Heshbon and in her towns, and in Aroer and in her towns, and in all the cities that are on the banks of Arnon,for three hundred years? Wherefore, then, have ye not made a rescue within that time? I, therefore, have not sinned against thee; but, thou, art doing me a wrong, in fighting against me,Let Yahweh, the Judge, give judgment today, between the sons of Israel, and the sons of Ammon! But the king of the sons of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah, which he sent unto him. Then came upon Jephthah the spirit of Yahweh, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh,and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and, from Mizpeh of Gilead, he passed through the sons of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Yahweh, and said,If thou wilt, deliver, the sons of Ammon into my hand, then shall it be, that, whosoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house, to meet me, when I return successful, from the sons of Ammon, shall belong unto Yahweh, and I will offer him up, as an ascending-sacrifice. So then Jephthah passed over unto the sons of Ammon, to fight against them,and Yahweh delivered them into his hand; and he smote them, from Aroer even till thou enterest in to Minnith, even twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with an exceeding great smiting,and thus were the sons of Ammon subdued before the sons of Israel. Then came Jephthah towards Mizpah, unto his own house, and lo! his daughter, coming forth to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances,and, she, was none other than his only child, he had not, besides her, either son or daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and saidAlas! my daughter, Thou hast, brought me low, Even, thou, hast come to be among them who trouble me,Yet, I, opened wide my mouth unto Yahweh, and cannot go back. And she said unto himMy father! Thou hast opened wide thy mouth unto Yahweh, Do with me, according to that which hath gone forth out of thy mouth,after that Yahweh hath exacted for thee an avenging from thine enemies, from the sons of Ammon. And she said unto her father, Let this thing, be done for me,Let me alone two months, that I may depart, and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions. And he saidDepart. So he let her go, for two months,and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity, upon the mountains. And it came to pass, at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, and he fulfilled on her his vow which he had vowed,she not having known man. And it became a statute, in Israel: From year to year, departed the daughters of Israel, to lament aloud for the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, four days in the year. And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northward,and said unto JephthahWherefore didst thou pass over to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and, for us, didst not call, to go with thee? Thy house, will we consume over thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, Great strife, had, I and my people, even with the sons of Ammon; but, when I cried unto you for help, ye saved me not out of their hand. So, when I saw that thou wast not going to save, then put I my life in my hand, and passed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Wherefore, then, have ye come up against me this day, to fight against me? And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim,and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they saidFugitives of Ephraim, are, ye, O ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh. And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan, against the Ephraimites,and so it was, that, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me pass over, the men of Gilead said to him, An Ephraimite, art thou? and, if he saidNay! they said to him, Come now, say Shibboleth, and, if he said Sibboleth, and he could not take heed to speak in that manner, then laid they hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan,and there fell, at that time, of the Ephraimites, forty-two thousand. And, when Jephthah had judged Israel six years, then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in And there judged Israel, after him, Ibzan of Bethlehem. And so it was, he had thirty sons, and, thirty daughters, sent he abroad, while, thirty daughters, brought he from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. And Ibzan died, and was buried in Bethlehem. And, after him, did Elon the Zebulunite judge Israel,and he judged Israel, ten years. And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun. And there judged Israel, after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite. And so it was, he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts,and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite died,and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,so Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of the Philistines, forty years. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and, his name, was Manoah; and, his wife, was barren, and had borne no child. And the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto the woman,and said unto herLo! I pray thee, thou, art barren, and hast borne no child, but thou shalt conceive, and shalt bear a son. Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and do not drink wine or strong drink,nor eat anything unclean; for lo! thou, art about to conceive and bear a son, and no, razor, shall come on his head, for, one separate unto God, shall the boy be from his birth,and, he, shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. So the woman came in, and told her husband, saying, A man of God, came unto me, and, his, appearance, was as the appearance of the messenger of God, reverend exceedingly,and I asked him not whence he was, and, his name, he told me not. But he said unto me, Lo! thou art about to conceive, and bear a son,now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean, for, one separate unto God, shall the boy be, from his birth until the day of his death. Then Manoah made entreaty unto Yahweh, and said: Pardon, O My Lord! the man of God whom thou didst send, I pray thee, let him come again unto us, that he may teach us what we are to do, unto the boy that is to be born. And God hearkened unto the voice of Manoah,and the messenger of God came again unto the woman, as, she, was sitting in the field, Manoah her husband, not being with her. So the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband,and said unto him, Lo! the man, hath appeared unto me, who came the other day unto me. Then Manoah arose, and followed his wife,and came unto the man, and said unto himArt, thou, the man that spake unto the wife? And he saidI am. And Manoah said, Now, let thy words come to pass,What shall be the rule for the boy, and his work? And the messenger of Yahweh said unto Manoah,Of all that I said unto the woman, let her beware. Of nothing that cometh of the vine, may she eat, nor wine nor strong drink, let her drink, nor, anything unclean, let her eat,all that I commanded her, let her observe. And Manoah said unto the messenger of Yahweh,I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready for thy presence, a kid. But the messenger of Yahweh said unto ManoahThough thou detain me, yet will I not eat of thy food, and, though thou make ready an ascending-sacrifice, unto Yahweh, must thou cause it to ascend. For Manoah had not discerned that, the angel of Yahweh, he was. Then said Manoah unto the messenger of Yahweh, What is thy name,that, when thy word cometh to pass, we may do thee honour? And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore is it, that thou shouldst ask after my name,seeing that, it, is Wonderful? So Manoah took the kid, and the meal-offering, and caused them to ascend upon the rock unto Yahweh, who was about to do, wondrously, while Manoah and his wife were looking on. And it came to pass, when the flame ascended from off the altar, towards the heavens, that the messenger of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar,while Manoah and his wife were looking on. Then fell they on their faces, to the earth. And the messenger of Yahweh did no more appear unto Manoah or unto his wife. Then, Manoah knew that, the messenger of Yahweh, he was. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall, die,for, upon God, have we looked. But his wife said unto him, If Yahweh had been pleased to put us to death, he would not have received at our hand, an ascending-sacrifice and a meal-offering, nor would he have shewed us all these things,and, at such a time, have let us hear the like of this! So the woman hare a son, and called his name Samson,and the boy grew, and Yahweh blessed him. And the spirit of Yahweh began to urge him to and fro, in the camp of Dan,between Zorah and Eshtaol. And Samson went down to Timnath,and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines. So he came up, and told his father and his mother, and saidA woman, have I seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines,now, therefore, take her for me, to wife. And his father and his mother said to himIs there not, among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, a woman, that thou art going away to take a woman from among the uncircumcised Philistines? But Samson said unto his fatherTake, her, for me, for, she, is pleasant in mine eyes. Now, his father and his mother, knew not, that, from Yahweh, it was, that, an occasion, he was seeking of the Philistines,at that time, the Philistines having dominion over Israel. So Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnath, when lo! a young lion, roaring to meet him. And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he tore it in pieces as if he had torn in pieces a kid, there being, nothing at all, in his hand,but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. So he went down, and spake unto the woman,and she was pleasant in the eyes of Samson. And he returned, after a time, to take her, and went aside to see the carcass of the lion,and lo! a swarm of bees, in the body of the lion, and, honey, which he took into his hands, and went oneating as he went, and came unto his father and unto his mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat,but he told them not that, out of the carcass of the lion, he had taken the honey. And his father went down unto the woman,and Samson made there a banquet, for, so, used the young men, to do. And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him. And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle,if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment; but, if ye cannot tell me, then shall, ye, give me thirty linen wraps, and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. And he said to themOut of the eater, came forth food, And, out of the strong, came forth sweetness. But they could not tell the riddle, in three days. And it came to pass, on the fourth day, that they said to Samsons wife, Entice thy husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father, with fire. Was it not, to impoverish us, that ye invited uswas it not? And the wife of Samson wept upon him, and saidThou dost, altogether hate me, and dost not love me, a riddle, hast thou put forth to the sons of my people, and, unto me, thou hast not told it! And he said to her, Lo! to my own father and mother, have I not told it, and, to thee, shall I tell it? So she wept upon him the seven days,while their banquet lasted,and it came to pass, on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him, and she told the riddle unto the sons of her people. And the men of the city said to him, on the seventh dayere yet the sun went in, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle! And the Spirit of Yahweh, came suddenly over him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote of them thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes to them who had told the riddle,and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his fathers house. And the wife of Samson was given unto his companion who had served him as his friend. And it came to pass, after a time, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson went to visit his wife, with a kid, and he saidI will go in unto my wife, in the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. And her father saidI, thought, that thou didst, hate, her, so I gave her to thy companion,Is not, her younger sister, fairer than she? Pray let her be thine, in her stead. And Samson said of them, I shall be more blameless, this time, than the Philistines,though I should do them a mischief. So Samson went, and caught three hundred jackals,and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between the two tails, in the midst. And, when he had set fire to the torches, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines,and set fire, both to the stack of sheaves and to the standing corn, and besides to the olive plantation. Then said the PhilistinesWho hath done this? And they saidSamson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father, with fire. And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease. So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting,and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam. Then went up the Philistines, and encamped in Judah,and were spread abroad in Lehi. And the men of Judah said, Wherefore have ye come up against us? And they saidTo bind Samson, are we come up, to do unto him as he hath done unto us. Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto SamsonKnowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them. And they said to himTo bind thee, are we come down, to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me, yourselves. And they answered him, sayingNay; but we will, bind, thee, and deliver thee into their hand, but we will not, put thee to death. So they bound him with two new ropes, and took him up from the crag. He, was coming in as far as Lehi, and, the Philistines, came shouting to meet him,when the Spirit of Yahweh came suddenly over him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as threads of flax which have been ignited with fire, so that his bonds melted from off his hands. Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain,so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, a thousand men. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass,have I piled them up in heaps! With the jawbone of an ass, have I smitten a thousand men! And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand,and called the name of that place, Ramath-lehi. And he was sore athirst, so he cried unto Yahweh, and said, Thou thyself, hast given, into the hand of thy servant, this great salvation,and, now, must I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? So then God clave open the hollow that is in Lehi, and there came therefrom water, and he drank, and his spirit came back, and he revived,for this cause, called he the name thereofAin-hakkore, which is in Lehi, until this day. And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years. Then went Samson unto Gaza,and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, sayingSamson hath come in hither. So they came round, and lay in wait for him, all the night, in the gate of the city,but kept themselves quiet all the night, saying, Until the light of the morning, then will we slay him. And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and of the two doorposts, and tare them away, with the bar, and put them on his shoulders,and carried them up to the top of the hill that faceth Hebron. And it came to pass, after this, that he loved a woman in the ravine of Shorek, whose, name, was Delilah. So the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said to herEntice him, and see wherein lieth his great strength, and wherewith we may prevail against him, and bind him, to humble him,and, we, will give thee, every man, eleven hundred pieces of silver. So Delilah said unto Samson, Do tell me, I pray thee, wherein lieth thy great strength,and wherewith thou mightest be bound, to humble thee. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green cords, that have not been dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man. So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords, that had not been dried,and she bound him therewith. Now, the liers in wait, were tarrying for her, in an inner chamber,and she said unto him,The Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he snapped the cords as a thread of tow is broken, when fire bloweth thereon, so his strength was not discovered. And Delilah said unto Samson, Lo! thou hast been laughing at me, and speaking unto me falsehoods,Now, do tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If they, bind me fast, with new ropes, wherewith work was never done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto himThe Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! Now, the liers in wait, were tarrying in an inner chamber. And he snapped them off his arms like a thread. And Delilah said unto SamsonHitherto, hast thou been laughing at me, and speaking unto me falsehoods, do tell me, wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weave the seven braids of my head with the warp. So she beat them up with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he awaked out of his sleep, and pulled out the pin of the loom, and the warp. And she said unto himHow canst thou say, I love thee, when, thy heart, is not with me? These three times, hast thou laughed at me, and hast not told me wherein lieth thy great strength. And it came to pass, when she urged him with her words continually, and pressed him, that his soul became impatient, unto death; so he told her all his heart, and said to herNo, razor, hath come on my head, for, one separate unto God, have I been, from my birth,if I were shaven, then would depart from me my strength, and I should become weak, and be as any other man. And, when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, sayingCome up this once, for he hath told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought up the silver in their hand. And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called for a man, and caused him to shave off the seven braids of his head,and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him. And she saidThe Philistines, are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and saidI will go out now, as time after time, and shake myself free: he, not knowing, that, Yahweh, had departed from him. And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison. And the hair of his head began to grow, after he had been shaven. Now, the lords of the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice,and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand, Samson our enemy. And, when the people saw him, they praised their god,for they saidOur god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, even him who laid waste our land, and who multiplied our slain. And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the youth that held him by his hand, Place me where I may feel the pillars whereon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them. Now, the house, was full of men and women, there, also were all the lords of the Philistines,and, on the roof, were about three thousand men and women, looking on while Samson made sport. So then Samson cried unto Yahweh, and said,My Lord Yahweh! remember me, I pray thee,and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged, with one avenging, for my two eyes, upon the Philistines. Then did Samson grasp the two middle pillars, whereon the house rested, and whereon it was upheld, and he braced himself against them,the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. And Samson saidLet my soul die with the Philistines! And he bowed mightily, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead, whom he slew at his death, were more than they whom he slew in his life. Then came down his brethren, and all the house of his father, and lifted him, and carried him up, and buried him, between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the buryingplace of Manoah his father,he, having judged Israel twenty years. And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose, name, was Micah. And he said unto his motherThe eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken by thee, when, thou, didst utter a curse, and didst also say in my hearing, Lo! the silver, is with me! I took it. Then said his mother, Blessed, be my son by Yahweh. And, when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother saidI had, hallowed, the silver unto Yahweh out of mine own hand, for my son, to make a graved (molten) image, now, therefore, I will restore it unto thee. But he restored the silver to his mother,so his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made thereof a graved (molten) image, and it was in the house of Micah. Now, the man Micah, had a house of gods,and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest. In those days, there was no king in Israel,every man did, that which was right in his own eyes. And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah,he, being a Levite, and, he, being a sojourner there. So the man took his journey out of the city, out of Bethlehem-judah, to sojourn, wheresoever he could find ,and he came into the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, in pursuing his journey. And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto himA Levite, am I, from Bethlehem-judah, and, I, am taking my journey to sojourn, wheresoever I can find . And Micah said unto himDwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and, I, will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy sustenance. So the Levite went. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man,and the young man became to him, as one of his sons. And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest,and remained in the house of Micah. Then said MicahNow, I know that Yahweh will do me good,seeing I have a Levite as my priest. In those days, there was no king in Israel,and, in those days, the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in for there had not fallen to them, unto that day, in the midst of the tribes of Israel, enough for an inheritance. So then the sons of Dan sent, out of their family, five men out of their boundsmen who were sons of valourout of Zorah and out of Eshtaolto spy out the land, and to explore it, and they said unto them, Go! explore the land. And they came into the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and lodged there. They, being by the house of Micah, knew the voice of the young man, the Levite,so they turned aside there, and said to himWho brought thee in hither? and what art thou doing in this place, and what hast thou here? And he said unto them, Thus and so, hath Micah dealt with me, and hath hired me, and I am become his priest. So they said unto himAsk of God, we pray thee,that we may know whether the journey on which we are going shall have good success. And the priest said unto themGo! and prosper,before Yahweh, is your journey on which ye go. So the five men went their way, and entered Laish,and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one. So they came unto their brethren, in Zorah and Eshtaol,and their brethren said unto themWhy are ye minded to do nothing? And they saidArise! and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo! it is very good,are, ye, then, minded to do nothing? do not be too slothful to go, and enter, and take possession of the land. When ye do enter, ye will enter amongst a people secure, and, the land, is of ample bounds,yea God hath delivered it into your hands,a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth. So there brake up from thence, out of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war. And they went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah,wherefore they have called that place, Mahaneh-danunto this day, lo! it is behind Kiriath-jearim. And they passed on from thence unto the hill country of Ephraim,and came as far as the house of Micah. Then responded the five men who had been to spy out the land of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Know ye that there are in these houses, an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image,now, therefore, know what ye will do! So they turned aside thither, and entered into the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah,and asked him of his welfare. Now, the six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate,they being of the sons of Dan. Then went up the five men who had been to spy out the land, they came in thither, they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image,now, the priest, was standing at the entrance of the gate, with the six hundred men who were begirt with weapons of war. But, when, these, had entered the house of Micah, and taken the graven image and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What are ye doing? And they said unto himHold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest,is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel? Then was the heart of the priest glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image,and came into the midst of the people. So they turned, and went their way,and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods, before them. They, had gone a good way from the house of Micah, when, the men that were in the houses near to the house of Micah, were called out and overtook the sons of Dan. And they called unto the sons of Dan, who turned their faces,and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy neighbours? And he saidMy gods which I had made, ye have taken away, and the priest, and have departed, and what have I more? How then is it that ye can say unto me, What aileth thee? And the sons of Dan said unto him, Do not let thy voice be heard among us,lest men embittered in soul fall upon you, and thou gather in thy life and the lives of thy household. And the sons of Dan went on their journey,and, when Micah saw that they were, too strong, for him, he turned and went back unto his house. They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword,the city also, burned they with fire. And there was no one to rescue, because it was, far, from Zidon, and they had no, dealings, with any one, it, being in the vale that pertaineth to Beth-rehob. Then built they the city, and dwelt therein, and called the name of the city, Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel,howbeit, Laish, was the name of the city, at the first. And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image,and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land. So they set up for themselves the graven image of Micah, which he had made, And it came to pass in those days, when, king, there was none 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. And his concubine went astray against him, and departed from him, unto the house of her father, in Bethlehem-judah,and remained there, the space of four months. Then arose her husband, and went after her, to speak unto her heart, that he might bring her back again, having his young man with him, and a couple of asses,and she brought him into the house of her father, and, when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he abode with him three days,and they did eat and drink, and lodged there. And it came to pass, on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, and gat up to go, that the father of the damsel said unto his son-in-law,Stay thy heart with a morsel of bread, and, afterwards, ye shall go your way. So they both of them sat down and did eat together, and drink. Then said the father of the damsel unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry the night, and let thy heart be glad. And, when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, so he turned back and tarried the night there. And, when he arose early on the morning of the fifth day, to go, the father of the damsel saidCome now, stay thy heart, and tarry ye until the decline of the day. And they did eat, both of them. And, when the man rose up to gohe and his concubine and his young man,his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, said to him, Come now, see! the day hath sunk down towards evening, come now! tarry the night; lo! the day goeth down, tarry the night here, and let thy heart be glad, so shall ye rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go thy way to thine own home. But the man would not tarry the night, but rose up and went his way, and came as far as over against Jebus, the same, is Jerusalem,and, with him, were a couple of asses, saddled, his concubine also, was with him. They being by Jebus, and, the day, having gone far down, the young man said unto his lordDo come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and tarry the night therein. And his lord said unto him, We will not turn aside into a city of aliens, who are, not of the sons of Israel,but will pass on as far as Gibeah. And he said to his young man, Come and let us draw near unto one of the places,and tarry the night in Gibeah, or in Ramah. So they passed on, and went their way,and the sun went in upon them beside Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. Then turned they aside there, to go in and tarry the night in Gibeah,so he went in and abode in the broadway of the city; and there was no one minded to take them into a house, to tarry the night. But lo! an old man, coming in from his work, out of the field, in the evening, and, the man, was from the hill country of Ephraim, he himself, being a sojourner in Gibeah,but, the men of the place, were Benjamites. So he lifted up his eyes, and saw a wayfaring man in the broadway of the city,and the old man saidWhither goest thou? and from whence hast thou come? And he said unto himWe, are passing along, from Bethlehem-judah, unto the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, whence I am, but I have been as far as Bethlehem-judah, and now, unto the house of Yahweh, am I going, and there is no one minded to take me into a house. Nevertheless, straw and fodder too, is there for our asses, yea moreover, bread and wine, there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants,there is lack, of nothing. And the old man saidThou art welcome! only, all thy wants, be on me,by no means, in the broadway, mayest thou lodge. So he brought him into his house, and gave provender to the asses,and they bathed their feet, and did eat and drink. They, were gladdening their heart, when lo! men of the city, men of the sons of the Abandoned One, beset the house round about, beating violently against the door,and they spake unto the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring forth the man that hath entered into thy house, that we may know him. And the man, the owner of the house, went forth unto them, and said unto them, Do not, my brethren, do not act vilely, I pray you,after this man hath entered into my house, do not commit this impiety. Lo, my virgin daughter, and his concubine, I must needs now bring, them, forth, and ye must humble, them, and do, unto them, what seemeth good in your own eyes,but, unto this man, must ye not do this impious thing! But the men would not hearken unto him, so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them, outside,and they knew, her, and abused her all the night, until the morning, and let her go at the uprisings of the dawn. So the woman came in at the turnings of the morning,and fell down at the entrance of the mans house where her lord was, and till it was light. So then her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went forth, to go on his journey,when lo! the woman, his concubine, fallen at the entrance of the house, with her hands upon the threshold. And he said unto herUp! and let us be going. But there was no answer. So he took her up on the ass, and the man rose up, and went his way to his own place. And, 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 bounds of Israel. And so it was, that every one who beheld saidThere hath not happened, nor been seen the like of this, from the day when the sons of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt, until this day: Put it to yourselves contemning it, take counsel and speak! Then went forth all the sons of Israel, and the assembly came together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba with the land of Gilead,unto Yahweh at Mizpah. And the chiefs of all the peopleall the tribes of Israelpresented themselves in the convocation of the people of God,four hundred thousand footmen, that drew the sword. And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. Then said the sons of Israel, Tell , In what manner was brought to pass this vileness? And the Levite, husband of the woman that was cut in pieces, responded and said,Into Gibeah that pertaineth to Benjamin, I entered, I and my concubine, to tarry the night. And the owners of Gibeah rose up against me, and beset the house, for my sake, by night,me, they thought to slay, and, my concubine, they so humbled, that she died. So I laid hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel,because they had wrought lewdness and impiety, in Israel. Lo! ye all, are sons of Israel,give your word and counsel, here. Then arose all the people, as one man, saying,No man of us will go to his tent, and no man of us will turn aside to his house. Now, therefore, this is the thing, that we will do to Gibeah, against it by lot; and we will take ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch provisions for the people,that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the impiety that it hath wrought in Israel. So all the men of Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man knit together. And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the divisions of Benjamin, saying,What is this vile thing that hath been brought to pass, among you? Now, therefore, deliver up the menthe sons of the Abandoned Onewho are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and vileness be consumed out of Israel. But Benjamin would not hearken unto the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel. Then did the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together out of the cities, unto Gibeah,to go forth to battle against the sons of Israel. And the sons of Benjamin were numbered on that day, out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men, that drew the sword,besides, of the inhabitants of Gibeah, were numbered seven hundred chosen men. Out of all this people, were seven hundred chosen men, left-handed,any one of whom could sling with a stone to a hairs-breadth, and not miss. And, the men of Israel, were numbered, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, that drew the sword,every one of these being a man of war. And they arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked of God, and the sons of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first, to fight against the sons of Benjamin? And Yahweh saidJudah, first. And the sons of Israel arose in the morning,and encamped against Gibeah. And the men of Israel went forth, to fight against Benjamin,so the men of Israel set themselves in array against them, to fight against Gibeah. Then came forth the sons of Benjamin out of Gibeah,and laid low of Israel, on that day, twenty-two thousand men, to the ground. And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves,and again set themselves in array for battle in the place where they had set themselves in array on the first day. Now the sons of Israel had gone up, and wept before Yahweh, until the evening, and asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the sons of Benjamin, my brother? And Yahweh said, Go up against him. So the sons of Israel came near against the sons of Benjamin, on the second day. And Benjamin came forth to meet them out of Gibeah, on the second day, and laid low, of the sons of Israel, yet eighteen thousand men, to the ground,all these, drew the sword. Then went up all the sons of Israel, and all the people, and came to Bethel, and wept, and tarried there before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, until the evening,and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and peace-offerings, before Yahweh. And the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh,there, being the ark of the covenant of God, in those days; and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was standing before it in those days, saying: Shall I yet again go forth to battle, against the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or shall I forbear? And Yahweh saidGo up, for, to-morrow, will I deliver him into thy hand. And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about. So the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day,and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as time after time. And the sons of Benjamin came forth against the people, they were drawn away from the city,and began to smite of the people, slaying as time after time, in the highways, whereof, one, goeth up to Bethel, and, the other, to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men in Israel. Then said the sons of Benjamin, They are, being smitten, before us, as at the first. But the sons of Israel had saidLet us flee, and draw them away from the city, into the highways. And, all the men of Israel, rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array in Baal-tamar,and, the liers in wait of Israel, began to break forth out of their place, out of the forest of Gibeah. And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, and the battle was severe,they, not knowing that disaster was overtaking them. Thus Yahweh smote Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed in Benjamin, that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men,all these, drew the sword. So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were smitten,and that the men of Israel had given place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers in wait, whom they had set near Gibeah. And, the liers in wait, hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah,and the liers in wait marched forward, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. Now, the appointed sign, between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, had been,to cause a great cloud of smoke to ascend out of the city. So, when the men of Israel turned in the battle,and, the Benjamites, began to smite and slay of the sons of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, Yea! they are, smitten, before us, as in the first battle, then, the cloud, began to ascend out of the city, a pillar of smoke,and the Benjamites looked behind them, and lo! the whole city flamed up towards the heavens. And, when, the men of Israel, turned, then were the men of Benjamin dismayed,for they saw that disaster had overtaken them. And, when they turned before the men of Israel unto the way of the desert, the battle, over took them,while, as for them that came out of the cities, they began to destroy them in their midst: they hemmed in the Benjamites, they pursued them, with ease, trode they them down,as far as over against Gibeah, towards sunrise. So there fell of Benjamin, eighteen thousand men,all these being men of valour. And, when they turned and fled towards the desert unto the cliff Rimmon, then gleaned they of them, in the highways, five thousand men,and they followed hard after them as far as Gidom, and smote of them, two thousand men. So then it came to pass that, all the fallen of Benjamin, were twenty-five thousand men, that drew the sword, on that day,all these being men of valour. But there turned and fled, towards the desert, unto the cliff Rimmon, six hundred men,who abode in the cliff Rimmon, four months. Thus, the men of Israel, turned against the sons of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, beginning with the city, each and every one down to the beast, even to every one that was met with,moreover, all the cities they came to, they set on fire. Now, the men of Israel, had sworn in Mizpah, saying,Not a man from among us, shall give his daughter unto Benjamin, to wife. So then the people came to Bethel, and abode there, until the evening, before God,and lifted up their voice, and wept bitterly, and said, Wherefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel, hath this come about in Israel,that there should be lacking, to-day, out of Israel, one tribe? And it came to pass, on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there, an altar,and offered ascending-sacrifices, and peace-offerings. And the sons of Israel said, Who was there that came not up, in the convocation, out of all the tribes of Israel, unto Yahweh? For, the great oath, had been taken, as to any who came not up unto Yahweh at Mizpah, sayingHe shall be, put to death. And the sons of Israel grieved for Benjamin, their brother,and they said, There is cut off, to-day, one tribe out of Israel. What are we to do for them who remain, for wives,seeing that, we ourselves, have sworn by Yahweh, not to give them of our daughters, for wives? So they said, What one of the tribes of Israel is there, that hath not come up unto Yahweh at Mizpah? And lo! no man had come into the camp, out of Jabesh-gilead, unto the convocation: When the people were numbered, lo! there was not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead. So the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men, of the sons of valour,and commanded them, saying:Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead, with the edge of the sword, with the women, and the little ones. And, this, is the thing that ye shall do,Every male, and every woman that hath cohabited with man, shall ye devote to destruction. And they foundof the inhabitants of Jabesh-gileadfour hundred young women, virgins, who had not cohabited with man,so they brought them into the camp, at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. Then the whole assembly sent, and spake unto the sons of Benjamin, who were in the cliff Rimmon,and proclaimed to them, peace. So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead,but they found not for them , even so. Now, the assembly, had grieved for Benjamin,because Yahweh had made a breach, in the tribes of Israel. So then, the elders of the assembly said, What are we to do for them who remain, for wives,for womankind, hath been destroyed out of Benjamin? And they said, There is an inheritance for the escaped of Benjamin,and there must not be wiped out, a tribe, out of Israel. Yet, we, may not give them wives, of our own daughters, For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed, be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. Then said theyLo! the festival of Yahweh in Shiloh, from year to year, Which is on the north of Bethel, towards sunrise, by the highway that goeth up from Bethel, towards Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying,Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; and look, and lo! if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then shall ye come forth out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife, of the daughters of Shiloh,and go your way to the land of Benjamin. And it shall be, when their fathers, or their brethren, come in to complain to us, that we will say unto themAs a favour to us, grant them, because we took not for each man his wife in the battle,for, ye yourselves, gave them not unto them, so as, now, to be guilty. And the sons of Benjamin did so, and carried off wives, according to their number, of them who were dancing, whom they seized,and they went their way, and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt therein. And the sons of Israel at that time went their several ways from thence, every man to his own tribe, and to his own family,yea they went forth from thence, every man to his own inheritance. In those days, there was no king in Israel,every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.

And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land,and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And, the name of the man, was Elimelech, and, the name of his wife, Naomi, and, the name of his two sons, Mahlon and ChilionEphrathites out of Bethlehem-judah,so they came into the country of Moab, and remained there. And Elimelech, husband of Naomi, died,and she was left, she and her two sons. And 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 dwelt there, about ten years. And, they also, both, died, Mahlon and Chilion,so the woman was bereft of her two sons, and of her husband. Then she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned out of the country of Moab,for she had heard, in the country of Moab, how that Yahweh had visited his people, in giving unto them, bread. So she went forth out of the dwelling-place where she had remained, and her two daughters-in-law with her,and they went on the way, to return unto the land of Judah. Then said Naomi to her two daughters-in- law: Go return, each one to the house of her mother,Yahweh deal with you in lovingkindness, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. Yahweh grant you, that ye may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband,And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. And they said to her,With thee, will we return, unto thy people. Then said NaomiGo back, my daughters! wherefore should ye journey with me? Have I, yet, sons in my womb, that they should become your, husbands? Go back, 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 to-night have a husband, and should, even bear sons, would ye, therefore, tarry until they were grown? would ye, therefore, shut yourselves up from having husbands? Nay! my daughters, for it is far more bitter for me than for you, that forth hath gone against me, the hand of Yahweh. And they lifted up their voice and wept, yet more. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in- law, but, Ruth, clave unto her. And she saidLo! thy sister-in-law hath gone back, unto her people, and unto her gods,go thou back, after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth saidDo not urge me to leave thee, to go back from following thee,for, whither thou goest, I will go, and, where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people, shall be my people, and, thy God, my God; where thou diest, I will die, and, there, will I be buried: So, let Yahweh do to me, and, so, let him add, if, death itself, part me and thee. And, when she saw that, bravely determined, was she to go with her, she ceased entreating her. So, they two, went their way, until they entered Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they entered Bethlehem, that all the city was moved concerning them, and the women saidIs this Naomi? And she said unto them, Do not call me Naomi,call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me: \fs15 I was full when I departed, but, empty, am I brought back of Yahweh,wherefore should ye call me Naomi, when, Yahweh, hath given answer against me, and, the Almighty, hath crushed me? So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab,and, they, entered Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. Now, Naomi, had an acquaintance of her husbands, a man of great integrity, of the family of Elimelech,whose name, was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto NaomiLet me go, I pray thee, to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I may find favour. And she said to herGo, my daughter. So she went her way, and came, and gleaned in the field, after the reapers,and it happened to her, to light upon the portion of field-land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. And lo! Boaz coming from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, Yahweh, be with you! and they said to him, Yahweh bless thee! Then said Boaz to his young man, that was set over the reapers,Whose is this maiden? And the young man that was set over the reapers answered and said,The Moabitish maiden, is she who came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab; and she saidLet me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little. And Boaz said unto RuthHearest thou not, my daughter? Do not go to glean in any other field, neither indeed shalt thou pass on, from hence,but, here, shalt thou keep fast by my maidens: thine eyes, be on the field which they shall reap, and go thou after them, Have I not commanded the young men, that they touch thee not? And, when thou art athirst, then go unto the vessels, and drink of what the young men shall draw. Then she fell upon her face, and bowed herself to the ground,and said unto himWherefore have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, seeing that, I, am, a stranger? And Boaz answered, and said to her, It hath been, told, meall that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law, since the death of thy husband,and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and come unto a people whom thou knewest not, aforetime. Yahweh recompense thy deed,and let thy reward be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, unto whom thou hast come to take refuge under his wings. And she saidLet me find favour in thine eyes, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy handmaid,though, I, be not as, one of thine own handmaidens. And Boaz said to her at mealtimeDraw nigh hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and there was reached to her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof remaining. And, when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, sayingEven between the sheaves, let her glean, and reproach her not; yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles,and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not. So she gleaned in the field, until the evening,and beat out that which she had gleaned, and there was about an ephah of barley. And she took it up, and came into the city, and, when her mother-in-law had seen what she had gleaned, she brought forth and gave her what had been left remaining, after that she was satisfied. And her mother-in-law said to herIn what place hast thou gleaned, today? and where hast thou wrought? May he that took notice of thee, be blessed! So she told her mother-in-law, with whom she had wrought, and saidThe name of the man with whom I wrought today, is Boaz. Then said Naomi, to her daughter-in-lawBlessed, be he of Yahweh, who hath not left off his lovingkindness to the living, and to the dead. And Naomi said to herNear to us, is the man, of our own kinsmen, is he! And Ruth the Moabitess said,Yea for he said unto meBy my young men, shalt thou keep fast, until they have ended all my harvest. And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law,Good, is it, my daughter, that thou go forth with his maidens, and that they meet thee not, in any other field. So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest,and dwelt with her mother-in-law. Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her,My daughter! shall I not seek for thee a place of rest, in which it may be well with thee? Now, therefore, is not, Boaz, of our kindred, with whose maidens thou hast been? Lo! he is winnowing the barley threshing-floor, to-night! Thou wilt, therefore, bathe thee, and anoint thee, and put thine apparel upon thee, and go down to the threshing-floor,do not make thyself known to the man, until he have done eating and drinking. And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he doth lie, and shalt go in and turn aside the covering of his feet, and lay thee down,and, he, will tell thee what thou shalt do. And she said unto her,All that thou sayest, will I do. So she went down to the threshing-floor,and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her. And, when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was glad, he went in to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then came she in softly, and turned aside the covering of his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass, in the middle of the night, that the man started up, and turned,and lo! a woman, lying at his feet. And he said, Who art, thou? And she said, I, am Ruth, thy handmaid, spread, therefore, thy wing over thy handmaid, for, a kinsman, thou art. And he saidBlessed, be thou of Yahweh, my daughter, for thou hast made thy last lovingkindness better than the first,in not following after young men, whether poor, or rich. Now, therefore, my daughter, do not fear, whatsoever thou shalt say, I will do for thee,for all the gate of my people doth know, that, a virtuous woman, thou art. And, now, although it is true that, a kinsman, am I, yet is there a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry the night, and it shall be, in the morning, if he will act as kinsman to thee, well, let him so act, but, if he inclineth not to act as kinsman to thee, then will, I, so act to theeby the life of Yahweh,Lie still, until the morning. So she lay at his feet, until the morning, and rose up before one could know his neighbour. And he saidDo not let it be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor. And he saidBring the cloak that is upon thee, and hold it. So she held it,and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it upon her, and he went into the city. And, when she came unto her mother-in- law, she saidWho art, thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done for her. And she saidThese six measures of barley, gave he unto me,for he said, Do not go in empty, unto thy mother-in- law. And she saidAbide, my daughter, until that thou get to know, how the matter will fall out,for the man will not rest, except he have finished the thing to-day. Now, Boaz, went up to the gate, and sat him down there, and lo! the kinsman, passing by, of whom Boaz had spoken, so he saidTurn aside! and sit down here, such a one! And he turned aside, and sat down. Then fetched he ten men of the elders of the city, and saidSit ye down here. And they sat down. Then said he to the kinsman, The parcel of land that was our brother Elimelechs, is to be disposed of by Naomi, who hath returned out of the country of Moab; and, I, thought, I would unveil thine ear, sayingTake it over in presence of such as are here seated, and in presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt act as kinsman, act as kinsman, but, if thou wilt not so act, only tell methat I may know, for there is none who can set thee aside as kinsman, but, I, am after thee. And he said, I, will act as kinsman. Then said Boaz, What day thou takest over the land from the hand of Naomi, also, of Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, dost thou take , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. Then said the kinsmanI cannot act as kinsman for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance,do, thou, for thyself act as kinsman in my right, for I cannot so redeem. Now, this aforetime, in Israel, at a redeeming, and at an exchanging, to confirm every word: A man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour,yea, this, was the way of taking to witness, in Israel. So the kinsman said unto Boaz, Take it over for thyself,and he drew off his shoe. Then said Boaz to the elders, and all the peopleWitnesses, are ye to-day, that I have taken over all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions, and Mahlons,from the hand of Naomi: Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, have I taken over, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut offfrom among his brethren, and from the gate of his dwelling- place,Witnesses, are ye to-day! Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the eldersWitnesses!,Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem, And let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare to Judah,of the seed whichmay Yahweh give thee, of this young woman. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her,and Yahweh granted her conception, and she bare a son. Then said the women unto Naomi, Blessed, be Yahweh! who hath not let thee fail of a kinsman to-day,and may his name, be proclaimed, in Israel; So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age,for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons. So Naomi took the boy, and laid him in her bosom, and she became his nurse. And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, There is born a son to Naomi,So they called his name Obed, he, was, the father of Jesse, the father of David. These, then, are the generations of Perez: Perez, begat, Hezron; And, Hezron, begat, Ram, and, Ram, begat, Amminadab; And, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, and, Nahshon, begat, Salmon, And, Salmon, begat, Boaz, and, Boaz, begat, Obed; And, Obed, begat, Jesse, and, Jesse, begat, David.

And there was a certain man, of Ramathaim-zuphi, of the hill country of Ephraim,whose name, was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite; and, he, had two wives, the name of the one, Hannah, and, the name of the other, Peninnah,and Peninnah had children, but, Hannah, had no children. So then that man went up, out of his city, from time to time, to worship and to sacrifice unto Yahweh of hosts, in Shiloh,and, there, were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Yahweh. And, when the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give, to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions; and, unto Hannah, used he to give one portion,howbeit, Hannah, he loved, although, Yahweh, had restrained her from having children. And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,because Yahweh had restrained her from having children. And, thus, used she to do, year by year, whenever she went up to the house of Yahweh, thus, used she to vex her,and she wept, and would not eat. So Elkanah her husband said to herHannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons? And Hannah rose up, after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drunk,and, Eli the priest, was sitting upon his chair, by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh; and, she being in bitterness of soul, prayed unto Yahweh, and, wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and saidYahweh of hosts! If thou wilt, look, upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then will I give him unto Yahweh, all the days of his life, and no, razor, shall come upon his head. And so it was, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth. But as for, Hannah, she, was speaking in her heart, only her lips, were moving, but, her voice, could not be heard,so Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long, wilt thou be, drunken? Put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah responded and saidNay! my lord; A woman depressed in spirit, am I: neither wine nor strong drink, have I drunk,but I poured out my soul, before Yahweh. Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman,for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto. Then responded Eli, and saidGo and prosper! And the, God of Israel, grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him! And she said: Let thy serving-woman find favour, in thine eyes. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and, her countenance, was sad no longer. And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,and called his name Samuel, Because, of Yahweh, I asked him. \fs15 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up, to offer unto Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his own vow. But, Hannah, went not up,for she said to her husband till the boy is weaned, then will I take him, and he shall appear before Yahweh, and abide there evermore. And Elkanah her husband said to herDo what is good in thine own eyes, tarry until thou have weaned him, only may Yahweh establish his word! So the woman tarried, and nursed her son, until she weaned him. Then took she him up with her, when she had weaned him, with a bullock of three years old, and one ephah of meal, and a skin of wine, and took him to the house of Yahweh, at Shiloh,the boy yet being young. So they slew the bullock,and took the boy in, unto Eli. And she saidPardon, my lord! By the life of thy soul, my lord,I, am the woman who was standing near thee here, praying unto Yahweh: For this boy, I prayed,And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him. Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh. Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, oer my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy like Yahweh, Nay! there, is none, except Thee, Nor, is, there a rock, like our God. Do not multiply words, so loftilyloftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm. The bow of the mighty, is dismayed,While, the fainting, are girded with strength; The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth: Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive,Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up: Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,Layeth low, yea exalteth; Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world. The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,For, by strength, shall no man prevail. As for Yahweh,they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth,That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One. Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house,but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest. Now, the sons of Eli, were abandoned men,they knew not Yahweh. And, the custom of the priests with the people, waswhen any man offered a sacrifice, then would come the priests young man, as the flesh was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand; and would strike it into the boiler, or into the trough, or into the kettle, or into the pot, all that the fork would bring up, the priest took for himself. Thus and thus, used they to do unto all Israel, who came thither, in Shiloh. Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priests roastings,for he will not take of thee boiled fleshonly raw. And, if the man said to him, Let them at least, make incense, at once with the fat, then take thou as much as thy soul craveth, Then said he to him, But, at once, shalt thou give it; or else, I will take it by force. And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh,for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh. But, as for Samuel, he was ministering before Yahweh,a boy girded with an ephod of linen. Also, a little robe, used his mother to make for him, and bring it up to him, from year to year,when she came up with her husband, to offer the sacrifice of the year. And Eli used to bless Elkanah and his wife, and to sayYahweh give thee seed of this woman, instead of the loan that hath been lent unto Yahweh. So they went their way to his own place. And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh. Now, Eli, was very old,but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting. So he said to them, Wherefore should ye do such things as these? for I keep hearing of your wicked doings, from all these people. Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh. If one man sin against another, God will interpose, but, if, against Yahweh, a man sin, who will intercede, for him? But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for Yahweh was pleased to put them to death. But, the boy Samuel, went on growing in stature, and in favour,both with Yahweh, and also with men. And there came a man of God, unto Eli,and said unto himThus, saith Yahweh, I, did indeed reveal myself, unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, as servants unto the house of Pharaoh; choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me,Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar-flames of the sons of Israel. Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me? Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age-abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Lo! days are coming, when I will hew off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father,that there shall be no elder in thy house; But thou shalt descry distress at home, in all that shall gladden Israel,and there shall not be an elder in thine own house, all the days. But, any man of thine whom I may not cut off from mine altar, it shall beto consume his eyes, and grieve his soul; Howbeit, all the multitude of thy house, shall die, by the sword of men. And, this, for thee is the sign, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas,In one day, shall they, both of them, die; And I will raise me up a faithful priest, According to that which is in my heart and in my soul, will he do; Therefore will I build for him an assured house, and he shall go to and fro in presence of mine Anointed, all the days. And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli,and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well-known vision. But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see, though, the lamp of God, was not yet to be put out, and, Samuel, was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where was the ark of God, that Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he saidBehold me! So he ran unto Eli and saidBehold me! for thou calledst me. And he saidI called not, returnIts down. So he went, and lie down. And again Yahweh called once thereSamuel! Then rose Samuel, and went unto Eli, and saidBehold me! for thou calledst me. And he saidI called not, my son, returnlie down. Now, Samuel, as yet knew not Yahweh,nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh. And again Yahweh calledSamuel! a third time. Then he arose, and went unto Eli, and saidBehold me! for thou calledst me. Then did Eli perceive, that, Yahweh, was calling the boy. So Eli said to SamuelGo, lie down, and it shall be, if he call unto thee, that thou shalt saySpeak, Yahweh, for thy servant is listening. And Samuel went, and lay down in his place. Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after timeSamuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening. And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel,at which both ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle. In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,beginning and finishing. Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them. And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli,that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory-covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age-abiding. And Samuel lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh,but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli. So Eli called Samuel, and saidSamuel! my son. And he saidBehold me! And he saidWhat is the word, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto thee. So Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Yahweh, he is; what is good in his own eyes, let him do. And Samuel grew,and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground. So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know,that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh. Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh,for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh. And so it was, when the word of Samuel had reached all Israel, that Israel went forth to meet the Philistines in battle, and they encamped near Eben-ezer, while, the Philistines, encamped in Aphek. And the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and, when the battle spread, then was Israel smitten before the Philistines,and there were slain of the army in the field about four thousand men. And, when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Yahweh smitten us to-day, before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us, out of Shiloh, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that, when it cometh into our midst, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. So the people sent to Shiloh, and bare from thence the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim,and, there, were the two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, namely, Hophni and Phinehas. And so it was, when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, that all Israel brake out into a loud shout of joy,so that the earth rang again. And, when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they saidWhat meaneth the noise of this loud shout of joy in the camp of the Hebrews? And they learned that, the ark of Yahweh, had come into the camp. And the Philistines were afraid, for they saidGod hath come into the camp. And they saidWoe to us! for there hath not happened the like of this, heretofore. Woe to us! Who shall rescue us out of the hand of these majestic gods? These, are the gods, who smote the Egyptians with all manner of smiting in the desert! Take courage, and quit yourselves like men, ye Philistines, lest ye come into bondage to the Hebrews, as they have been in bondage unto you,therefore must ye quit yourselves like men, and fight. So the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his home; and the slaughter became exceeding great,and there fell of Israelthirty thousand footmen. And, the ark of God, was taken,and, the two sons of Eli, were slain, Hophni and Phinehas. And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and entered Shiloh on the same day,with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. And, when he entered, lo! Eli was sitting upon his chair, by the wayside, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God,and, the man, entered to tell the news in the city, and all the city made outcry. And, when Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he saidWhat meaneth the noise of this tumult? And, the man, hasted, and came, and told Eli. Now, Eli, was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see. So the man said unto Eli, I, am he that came in from the army, yea, I, from the army, fled to-day. And he saidWhat is the thing that hath happened, my son? And the bearer of tidings answered, and saidIsrael hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken. And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backwards, at the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died, for, old, was the man, and, heavy,and, he had judged Israel forty years. Now, his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, was with child, ready to give birth, and, when she heard the tidings, as to the taking of the ark of God, and the death of her father-in-law, and her husband, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains had seized her. And, about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said: Do not fear, for, to a son, hast thou given birth. But she neither answered nor regarded. And she called the boy I-chabod! saying, Exiled is the glory from Israel,In regard to the taking of the ark of God, and to her father-in-law, and to her husband. \fs15 So she saidExiled is the glory from Israel,For the ark of God hath been taken. Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God,brought it in from Eben-ezer, unto Ashdod. And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon,and placed it by the side of Dagon. And, when they of Ashdod rose early on the morrow and entered into the house of Dagon, they looked and lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh,so they took Dagon and restored him to his place. And, when they rose up early in the morning of the morrow, lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahwehand, the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, had been cut off against the threshold, only, Dagon himself, was left to him. For this cause, do not the priests of Dagon, nor any that enter into the house of Dagon, tread upon the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod,until this day. Then was the hand of Yahweh heavy against them of Ashdod, and he astounded them,and smote with tumours Ashdod and her bounds. And, when the men of Ashdod saw that, so, it was, then kept they saying, Let not the ark of the God of Israel abide with us, for, hard, is his hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god. So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and saidWhat shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said: To Gath, let the ark of the God of Israel go round. So they took round the ark of the God of Israel. And so it was, after they had taken it round, then was the hand of Yahweh against the city, with an exceeding great consternation, and he smote the men of the city, from the least, even unto the greatest,and they brake out with tumours. Then sent they the ark of God to Ekron,and so it was, when the ark of God entered Ekron, that the Ekronites made outcry, sayingThey have brought round unto me the ark of the God of Israel, to slay me, and my people! So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and saidSend away the ark of the God of Israel, and restore it to its own place, that it slay not me, and my people. For there had come a deadly consternation, throughout all the city, heavy exceedingly, was the hand of God there. And, the men who died not, were smitten with the tumours,so the cry of the city for help, ascended the heavens. And it came to pass, that the ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines, seven months. Then called the Philistines for the priests and for the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Let us know, wherewith we shall send it to its own place. And they saidIf ye are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away, empty, but ye must, surely return, to him, a guilt-offering,then, shall ye be healed, and it shall be known to you, wherefore his hand would not turn away from you. And they saidWhat shall be the guilt-offering, that we shall return to him? And they saidBy the number of the lords of the Philistines, five tumours of gold, and five mice of gold,for, one plague, was on you all, and on your lords. Wherefore ye shall make likenesses of your turnouts, and likenesses of your mice that are laying waste the land, and shall, give unto the, God of Israel, glory,Peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your god, and from off your land. Wherefore, then, should ye make your heart dull, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh made their heart dull! When he had done his great doings upon them, did they not let them go, and they departed? Now, therefore, take and get ready, one new waggon, and two milch kine, whereon hath never come yoke,then shall ye fasten the kine in the waggon, and withdraw their calves from them, into the shed; and ye shall take the ark of Yahweh, and place it in the waggon, also, the jewels of gold which ye send back to him as a guilt-offering, shall ye put into a coffer, at the side thereof,so shall ye let it go, and it shall depart. Then shall ye lookif, by the way of its own boundary, it goeth up to Beth-shemesh, he, it was who caused us this great affliction,but, if not, then shall we know that it was not, his hand, that smote us, a chance, it was, that befell us. The men, therefore, did so, and took two milch kine, and fastened them in the waggon,but, their calves, shut they up in the shed. And they put the ark of Yahweh, into the waggon,also the coffer, with the mice of gold, and the likenesses of their tumours. And the kine went straight along the road, on the way to Beth-shemesh, yea, along the main highway, they went, lowing as they went, turning not aside, to the right hand or to the left. And, the lords of the Philistines, went along after them, as far as the bounds of Beth-shemesh. Now, they of Beth-shemesh, were reaping their wheat-harvest in the vale,so they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to meet it. And, the waggon, entered into the field of Joshua, a man of Beth-shemesh, and stood still, there, where also, was a great stone,so they clave into pieces the planks of the waggon, and, the kine, offered they up as an ascending-sacrifice, unto Yahweh. And, the Levites, took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, wherein were the jewels of gold, and put them upon the great stone,and, the men of Beth-shemesh, caused to go up ascending-offerings and offered sacrifices, that day, unto Yahweh. And, the five lords of the Philistines, saw it,and returned unto Ekron, the same day. Now, these, are the golden boils which, the Philistines returned as a guilt-offering unto Yahweh,For Ashdod, one, for Gaza, one, for Ashkelon, one, for Gath, one, for Ekron, one; And the golden mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines, pertaining to the five lords, both fortified cities, and country villages,yea, even the great meadow whereon they rested the ark of Yahweh, until this day, is in the field-land of Joshua, the man of Beth-shemesh. And, when he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea smote of the people seventy men fifty thousand men, the people mourned, for that Yahweh had smitten the people with a great smiting. Then said the men of Beth-shemesh, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and, unto whom, shall he go up from us? And they sent messengers unto the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying,The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh, come down, fetch it up unto you. Then came the men of Kiriath-jearim and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab, in the hill,and, Eleazar his son, hallowed they, to guard the ark of Yahweh. And so it was, that, from the day the ark came to dwell in Kiriath-jearim, the days multiplied, and became twenty years,and all the house of Israel went mourning after Yahweh. And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If, with all your heart, ye are returning unto Yahweh, then put away the gods of the foreigner out of your midst, and the Ashtorethsand firmly set your heart towards Yahweh, and serve him, alone, that he may deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. So the sons of Israel put away the Baals, and the Ashtoreths,and served Yahweh, alone. And Samuel said, Gather all Israel unto Mizpah,that I may pray for you, unto Yahweh. So they gathered themselves unto Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said, there, We have sinned against Yahweh. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah. And, when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered themselves together unto Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel,and, when the sons of Israel heard it, they shrank with fear, from the face of the Philistines. And the sons of Israel said unto Samuel, Do not turn in silence from us, from making outcry unto Yahweh our God,that he would save us out of the hand of the Philistines. So Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it up, as an entire ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh,and Samuel made outcry unto Yahweh, for Israel, and Yahweh answered him. And, when Samuel was offering up the ascending-sacrifice, the Philistines, drew near to fight against Israel,but Yahweh thundered with a great noise throughout that day, over the Philistines, and confused them, and they were smitten before Israel. And the men of Israel went forth out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines,and smote them as far as under Beth-car. And Samuel took a certain stone, and set it between Mizpah and Yeshanah, and called the name thereof Eben-ezer,and said, Hitherto, hath Yahweh helped us. So the Philistines were subdued, and, no more, came within the boundary of Israel,and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel. And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even as far as Gath; even the boundaries thereof, did Israel rescue out of the hand of the Philistines,thus came there to be peace between Israel and the Amorites. And Samuel judged Israel, all the days of his life. And he used to take his journey, from year to year, and go round to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah,and used to judge Israel, at all these places. And, his returning, was to Ramah, for, there, was his house, and, there, judged he Israel,so he built there an altar unto Yahweh. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges to Israel; and the name of his firstborn son was, Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah,they were judges in Beer-sheba. Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,and took bribes, and perverted judgment. So then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,and came unto Samuel, to Ramah; and said unto himLo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations. But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh. And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them. According to all the doings which they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt, even until this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so, are they doing even unto thee. Now, therefore, hearken to their voice,save that thou, enter protest, against them, and tell them the manner of the king who will reign over them. So then Samuel spake all the words of Yahweh unto the people, who were asking of him, a king. And he said, This, will be the manner of the king who will reign over you,Your sons, will he take and appoint for himself, as his charioteers and as his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots; and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties,and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots; And, your daughters, will he take,as perfumers and as cooks, and as bakers; And, your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best of them, will he take, and give to his servants; And, your seed, and your vineyards, will he tithe, and give to his courtiers and to his servants; And, your men-servants, and your maidservants, and your oxen, even the goodliest, and your asses, will he take,and put them to his work; Your flocks, will he tithe,and, ye yourselves, shall become his servants. Then will ye make outcry, in that day, because of your king whom ye have chosen for yourselves,and Yahweh will not answer you, in that day. But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel,and they saidNay! but, a king, shall be over us: so shall, even we, become like all the nations,and our king shall judge us, and go forth before us, and fight our battles. And Samuel heard all the words of the people,and spake them in the ears of Yahweh. And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: Go ye, every man to his own city. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, was Kishson of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjamite,a mighty man of valour; and, he, had a son, whose name, was Saul, a choice young man and of noble appearance, and there was not a man of the sons of Israel, more noble than he,from his shoulders and upwards, was he taller than any of the people. Now there had gone astray asses belonging to Kish, Sauls father,so Kish said unto Saul his sonI pray thee, take with thee one of the young men, and arisego, seek the asses. And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not,then passed they through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, then passed he through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. They, had come into the land of Zuph when, Saul, said to his young man who was with him, Come! and let us return; lest my father leave off for the asses, and be concerned for us. And he said to him: Lo! I pray thee, a man of God, in this city, and, the man, is held in honour, all that he saith, surely cometh to pass. Now, let us go thither; peradventure he may tell us our way, whereon we should have gone. Then said Saul to his young man: Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man, for, the bread, hath failed from our sacks, and, present, there is none to bring to the man of God,what is there with us? And the young man again answered Saul, and saidLo! there is found in my hand, the fourth part of a shekel of silver,which thou canst give to the man of God, and he will tell us our way. Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer,for, the prophet of to-day, used to be called, beforetime, the seer. And Saul said unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was. They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water,so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place? And the young women answered them and said: He is, lo! before you now, even as, to-day, hath he entered the city, for the people have a sacrifice, to-day, in the high place. As ye enter the city, so, shall ye surely find him, ere yet he shall go up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he hath come, for, he, doth bless the sacrifice, after that, will they eat who have been bidden. Now, therefore, go up, for, about this very time, shall ye surely find him. So they went up into the city. As they were entering into the midst of the city, lo! Samuel, coming out over against them, to ascend the high place. Now, Yahweh, had unveiled the ear of Samuel,one day before Saul came, saying: About this time to-morrow, will I send unto thee, a man out of the land of Benjamin, whom thou shalt anoint, to be leader over my people Israel, and he shall save my people, out of the hand of the Philistines,for I have looked upon the oppression, because their outcry hath come in unto me. And, when, Samuel, beheld Saul, Yahweh, answered him, Lo! the man, of whom I said unto thee, Here, is one shall control my people. And Saul drew near unto Samuel, in the midst of the gate,and saidI pray thee, do tell me, where is the house of the seer? And Samuel answered Saul, and saidI, am, the seer! Go up before me, to the high place, so shall ye eat with me, to-day,and I will let thee go in the morning, and, all that is in thy heart, will I tell thee. And, as for the asses that went astray from thee three days ago, do not regard them, for they are found,but to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? is it not to thee, and to all the house of thy father? Then answered Saul, and saidAm not I, a man of Benjamin, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and , my family, the poorest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore, then, hast thou spoken unto me of such a thing as this? And Samuel took Saul and his young man, and brought them into the guest-chamber,and gave them a place at the head of them who were bidden, they being about thirty persons. And Samuel said to the cook, Set on the portion that I gave thee,of which I said unto thee, Put it by thee. And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and placed it before Saul, and saidLo! the part reserved! Set it before thee eat, for, unto the time appointed, hath it been kept for thee, since the time that I said, The people, have I bidden. So Saul did eat with Samuel, on that day. And, when they had come down from the high place into the city, he spread a couch for Saul upon the house-top, and he lay down. And it came to pass, at the uprisings of the dawn, that Samuel called unto Saul on the house-top, saying, Arise! that I may send thee away. So Saul arose, and they two, he and Samuel, went forth abroad. As they were going down the end of the city, Samuel, said unto SaulBid the young man, that he pass on before us, (and he passed on) but, thou, stand still where thou art, that I may let time hear the word of God. Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him,and saidIs it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader? When thou departest, to-day, from me, then shalt thou find two men by the grave of Rachel, within the boundary of Benjamin, in Zelzah,and they will say unto thee, The asses are found, which thou wentest to seek, and lo! thy father hath abandoned caring for the asses, and is concerned for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? Then shalt thou pass on quickly from thence onwards, and come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there shall find thee there, three men going up unto God, at Bethel,one, carrying three kids, and, another, carrying three cakes of bread, and, another, carrying a skin of wine; then will they ask thee, of thy welfare,and give thee two cakes of bread, which thou shalt receive at their hand. After that, shalt thou come unto the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines,and it shall be, as thou comest in thither into the city, thou shalt light upon a band of prophets, coming down from the high place, and, before them, a harp, and a timbrel, and a flute, and a lyre, they having been moved to prophesy. Then will come suddenly upon thee, the Spirit of Yahweh, and thou shalt be moved to prophesy with them,and shalt be changed into another man. And it shall be, when these signs shall come unto thee, then act thou for thyself, as thou shalt find occasion, for, God, is with thee. And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal, for lo! I am coming down unto thee, to offer up ascending-offerings, to sacrifice peace-offerings,seven days, shalt thou tarry, until I come unto thee, then will I let thee know what thou shalt do. And so it was, that, when he turned away to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart,and all these signs came to pass that day. And, when they came thither to the hill, lo! a band of prophets coming to meet him,then came suddenly upon him, the Spirit of God, and he was moved to prophesy in their midst. And it came to pass, that, all who knew him aforetime, looked, and lo! with the prophets, he did prophesy. So the people said, one to anotherWhat, now, hath befallen the son of Kish? Is, even Saul, among the prophets? Then responded one of that place, and said, But who is, their father? For this cause, it became a proverb, Is, even Saul, among the prophets? And, when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. Then said Sauls uncle unto him, and unto his young manWhither have ye been? And he said, To seek the asses, and, when they were nowhere, to be seen, we came unto Samuel. And Sauls uncle said,Do tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you. And Saul said unto his uncle, He, told, us that the asses were found,but, as to the matter of the kingdom, he told him not what Samuel had said. Then Samuel called out the people, unto Yahweh, at Mizpah, and said unto the sons of IsraelThus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: I myself, brought up Israel, out of Egypt,and rescued you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that distressed you. Yet, ye, to-day, have rejected your God, who, himself, hath been giving you salvation from all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him: A king, shalt thou set over us,Now, therefore, present yourselves before Yahweh, by your tribes, and by your thousands. And, when Samuel had brought near all the tribes of Israel, then was taken the tribe of Benjamin. And, when he had brought near the tribe of Benjamin, by their families, then was taken the family of Matri,and, when he had brought near the family of Matri, man by man, then was taken Saul the son of Kish; so they sought him, but he was not to be found. Then asked they again of Yahweh, Hath there yet to come in hither a man? And Yahweh said, Lo! he, hath hid himself among the stores. So they ran, and fetched him thence, and, when he presented himself in the midst of the people, then was he taller than any of the people, from his shoulders and upwards. And Samuel said unto all the peopleHave ye seen him whom Yahweh hath chosen, that there is none like him, among all the people? And all the people shouted, and saidLet the king live! Then Samuel declared unto the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a scroll, and laid it up before Yahweh. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his own house. Yea, even Saul, went to his own house, at Gibeah,and the valiant men whose heart God had moved went with him. But, abandoned men, saidHow can this one save us? So they treated him with contempt, and brought him no present,but he was as one that was deaf. Then came up Nahash the Ammonite, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead,and all the man of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Solemnise with us a covenant, that we may serve thee. And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, Hereby, will I solemnise with you by digging out for you, every ones right eye,and laying it for a reproach, upon all Israel. And the elders of Jabesh said unto himGive us a respite of seven days, that we may send messengers throughout all the bounds of Israel,and then, if there is none to save us, we will come out unto thee. And, when the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spake the words in the ears of the people, all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. But lo! Saul, came in, following the oxen, out of the field, and Saul said, What aileth the people, that they should weep? Then were recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh. And the Spirit of God came suddenly upon Saul, when he heard these words,and his anger raged furiously. So he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the bounds of Israel by the hand of messengerssaying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul, and after Samuel, so, shall it be done unto his oxen. Then felt the dread of Yahweh, upon the people, and they came forth, as one man. And, when he numbered them in Bezek, the sons of Israel were found to bethree hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. So they said unto the messengers who had comeThus, shall ye surely say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, shall ye have deliverance, about the time the son is hot. And, when the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced. So the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow, will we come out unto you,Then shall ye do with us, according to all that is good in your eyes. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul set the people in three companies, and they entered into the midst of the host, during the morning watch, and smote Ammon until the day was hot. And it came to pass that, they who were left, were scattered, so that there were not left among them, two together. Then said the people unto Samuel, Who is he that was saying, Shall, Saul, reign over us? Give up the men, that we may put them to death. But Saul said, There shall not be put to death a man, this day,for, to-day, hath Yahweh wrought deliverance in Israel. Then said Samuel unto the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal,and let us there renew the kingdom. So all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul king there, before Yahweh, in Gilgal, and offered there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh,and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced there, exceedingly. And Samuel said unto all Israel, Lo! I have hearkened unto your voice, in all that ye said to me,and have set over you a king. Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day. Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his AnointedWhose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you. And they said, Thou hast not oppressed us, neither hast thou crushed us,neither hast thou taken, at the hand of any man, any thing. And he said unto themWitness, is Yahweh against you, and, witness, is his Anointed, this day, that ye have not found in my hand, any thing! And they said: Witness! And Samuel said unto the people: Witness, is Yahweh, who wrought with Moses and with Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt. Now, therefore, take your stand and let me plead with you, before Yahweh,and tell you all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he wrought with you, and with your fathers: How that, when Jacob had come into Egypt,and your fathers had made outcry unto Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and he caused them to dwell in this place; And, when they forgat Yahweh their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, prince of the host of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them; But, when they made outcry unto Yahweh and saidWe have sinned, in that we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,now, therefore, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve thee, then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies, on every side, and ye dwelt in safety. But, when ye saw that, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon, came upon you, then said ye unto me, Nay! but, a king, shall reign over us, when, Yahweh your God, was your king! Now, therefore, lo! the king whom ye have chosen, for whom ye have asked,lo! therefore, Yahweh hath set over you a king. If ye will revere Yahweh, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then shall, both ye and your king that reigneth over you, continue to follow after Yahweh your God. But, if ye hearken not unto the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh continue to be against you, and against your fathers. Even now, stand still and see this great thing,which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes: Is it not wheat harvest, to-day? I will cry unto Yahweh, that he may give forth thunderings and rain,know ye then and see, that, your wrong, is great which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves, a king. So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day,and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel. And all the people said unto SamuelPray for thy servants, unto Yahweh thy God, and let it not be that we die,For we have added, to all our sins, a wrong, in asking for ourselves a king. Then said Samuel unto the peopleDo not fear, ye, have done all this wrong,nevertheless, do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh, with all your heart; and turn not aside after vanities, that can neither profit nor deliver, because, vanities, they are. For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people. As for me also, far be it from me, that I should sin against Yahweh, by ceasing to pray for you,but I will direct you, in the good and right way. Only, revere Yahweh, and serve him in truth, with all your heart,for see, what great things he hath done with you. But, if ye, will do wrong, both ye and your king shall be swept away. Saul was years old when he began to reign; and, when he had reigned two years over Israel, Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin,but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home. Then did Jonathan smite the garrison of Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it,and, Saul, blew with a horn throughout all the land saying, Let the Hebrews hear! And, all Israel, heard saySaul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines, Moreover, also, Israel have made themselves odious among the Philistines,so the people were called together to follow Saul, to Gilgal. And, the Philistines, gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, a people also like the sand that is on the sea-shore for multitude,and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. So, the men of Israel, saw they were in a strait, for the people had been harassed,and the people had hidden themselves in caves, and in thickets, and among cliffs, and in holes, and in pits. And, Hebrews, had passed over the Jordan, to the land of Gad, and Gilead,but, Saul, was yet in Gilgal, and all the people, trembled after him. And he waited seven days, by the set time that Samuel had named, but Samuel came not to Gilgal,and the people were scattered from him. Then said Saul, Bring near unto me, the ascending-sacrifice and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the ascending-sacrifice. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of offering up the ascending-sacrifice, lo! Samuel, had come,and Saul went out to meet him, that he might bless him. Then said SamuelWhat hast thou done? And Saul saidBecause I saw that the people had been scattered from me, and, thou, hadst not come within the appointed days, and, the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to Michmash, therefore I saidNow, will the Philistines come down against me, at Gilgal, but, the face of Yahweh, have I not appeased: So I forced myself, and offered up the ascending-sacrifice. And Samuel said unto SaulThou hast shewn thyself foolish,thou hast not kept the commandment of Yahweh thy God, which he commanded thee, for, now, would Yahweh have established thy kingdom unto Israel until times age-abiding; Whereas, now, shall thy kingdom not be established,Yahweh hath sought out for him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh hath commanded him to be leader over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Yahweh commanded thee. And Samuel arose, and ascended from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were found with him, about six hundred men. Now, Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with him, were abiding in Geba of Benjamin,but, the Philistines, had encamped in Michmash. And the spoilers came forth out of the camp of the Philistines, in three companies, the first company, turned unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual; and, the second company, turned unto the way of Beth-horon,and, the third company, turned unto the way of the boundary that overlooketh the valley of Zeboim, towards the wilderness. Now, a smith, could not be found, throughout all the land of Israelfor the Philistines had said, Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear. So all Israel went down to the Philistines,to sharpen every man his share, and his mattock, and his axe, and his sickle. Howbeit they had a file for the sickles, and the mattocks, and the three-pronged forks, and the axes,and for setting the goads. Thus would it come to pass, in the day of battle, that there was foundneither sword nor spear, in the hand of any of the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan, but such were found belonging to Saul and to Jonathan his son. Now the garrison of the Philistines had come out to the pass of Michmash. And it came about, on a certain day, that Jonathan son of Saul said unto the young man bearing his armour: Come! and let us pass over unto the garrison of the Philistines, that is on the other side, yonder! but, to his father, he told it not. Now, Saul, was tarrying in the uttermost part of Gibeah, under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron,and, the people that were with him, were about six hundred men; and, Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, was priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod,and, the people, knew not that Jonathan had departed. And, between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over up to the garrison of the Philistines, there was a crag of rock on the one side, and a crag of rock on the other side; and, the name of the one, was Bozez, and the name of the other, Seneh. The one crag, was a pillar on the north, over against Michmash,and, the other, on the south, over against Geba. So Jonathan said unto the young man bearing his armourCome! and let us cross over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised, peradventure, Yahweh may work by us,for there is no restraint with Yahweh, to save by many, or by few. And his armour-bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart,decide for thyself (lo! I am with thee!), according to thine own heart. Then said Jonathan, Lo! we, are crossing over unto the men,and will discover ourselves unto them. If, thus, they say unto us, Keep quiet until we get to you, then will we stand still where we are, and will not go up unto them; but, if thus, they say, Come up unto us, then will we go up; for Yahweh hath delivered them into our hand,This, then, is our sign. So they two discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines,and the Philistines saidLo! Hebrews, coming forth out of the holes, wherein they had hidden themselves. And the men of the garrison responded to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and saidCome up unto us, and we will let you know a thing. Then said Jonathan unto his armour-bearerCome up after me, for Yahweh hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. So Jonathan went up on his hands and on his feet, and, his armour-bearer, followed him,and they fell before Jonathan, and, his armour-bearer, was slaying after him. And the first smiting wherewith Jonathan and his armour-bearer smote, was about twenty men,within, as it were, half a furrows length of a yoke of land. And there came to be a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the outposts and the spoilers, they too, trembled,and the earth quaked, so it became a preternatural trembling. And the scouts of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and lo! the camp, melted away, hither and thither. Then said Saul unto the people who were with him: Number, I pray you, and see who hath departed from us. So they numbered; and lo! Jonathan and his armour-bearer were missing. Then said Saul unto Ahijah, Bring near the ark of God; for the ark of God was, on that day, in the midst of the sons of Israel. And it came to pass, as soon as Saul had spoken unto the priest, that, the tumultuous noise that was in the camp of the Philistines, went on and on, increasing. Then said Saul unto the priest,Withdraw thy hand. And Saul and all the people that were with him gathered themselves together, and came as far as the host,and lo! the sword of every man was against his fellow, an exceeding great confusion. And, the Hebrews who had aforetime belonged to the Philistines, who had come up with them in the host, even they, turned round so as to be with Israel who were with Saul and Jonathan. And, all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves throughout the hill country of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines had fled, and, they also, followed hard after them in the battle. Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel,and, the battle, passed over by Beth-aven. Now, the men of Israel, were tired out on that day,yet had Saul bound the people by an oath, sayingCursed, be the man that eateth food until the evening, and I be avenged upon mine enemies. So none of the people had tasted food. And, all the land, had entered into the forest,and there was honey upon the face of the ground. So the people came into the forest, and lo! there were streams of honey,but no man reached his hand to his mouth, because the people revered the oath. But, Jonathan, heard not his father putting the people on oath, so he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honey-copse,and brought back his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened. Then responded one from among the people, and saidWith an oath, did thy father charge the people, sayingCursed, be the man that eateth food to-day! And so the people were faint. Then said Jonathan: My father hath afflicted the land,See, I pray you, how my own eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. How much more if haply the people had, eaten freely, to-day of the spoil of their enemies, which they found? for, now, would not the smiting of the Philistines have been, mighty? Howbeit they smote the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon,but the people became exceeding faint. And the people darted greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and felled them to the ground,and the people did eat, with the blood. And they told Saul, saying, Lo! the people, are sinning against Yahweh, by eating with the blood. And he saidYe have dealt treacherously, roll unto me, here, a great stone. And Saul saidDisperse yourselves among the people, and say unto themBring near unto me every man his ox,, and every man his lamb, and slay them here, and then eat, so shall ye not sin against Yahweh, by eating with the blood. And all the people brought nearevery man that which was in his hand, that night, and they slew them there. And Saul built an altar unto Yahweh,the same, was the first altar that he built unto Yahweh. Then said SaulLet us go down after the Philistines by night, and make of them a prey until the morning light, and let us not leave of them, a man. And they said, All that is good in thine eyes, do! Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. So Saul asked of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not, that day. Then said Saul, Come near hither, all ye chiefs of the people,and get to know and see, wherein, hath been this sin, to-day. For, by the life of Yahweh, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, yet shall he, die. But there was none ready to answer him, of all the people. Then said he unto all IsraelYe, shall be on one side, and, I and Jonathan my son, will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, What is good in thine eyes, do! And Saul said unto YahwehO God of Israel! now set forth the truth. Then were, Jonathan and Saul, taken, and, the people, escaped. And Saul said, Cast lots between me, and Jonathan my son. Then was, Jonathan, taken. And Saul said unto Jonathan, Come tell me, what thou hast done. So Jonathan told him, and said, I, just tasted, with the end of the staff that was in my hand, a little honey, here I amI must die! Then said Saul: So, may God do, and, so, may he add, surely thou must, die, Jonathan! But the people said unto SaulShall, Jonathan, die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! By the life of Yahweh, there shall not fall a hair of his head to the ground, for, with God, hath he wrought this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not. Then Saul went up from following the Philistines,and, the Philistines, departed unto their own place. And, Saul, took possession of the kingdom over Israel,and made war round about against all his enemiesagainst Moab, and against the sons of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and, whomsoever he turned against, he was victorious. Then made he ready a force, and smote the Amalekites,and delivered Israel out of the hand of such as plundered them. And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua,and, the names of his two daughters, were, the name of the firstborn, Merab, and, the name of the younger, Michal, and, the name of Sauls wife, was Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz,and the name of the prince of his host, Abner, son of Ner, Sauls uncle. And, Kish, was Sauls father, and, Ner, Abners father, was son of Abiel. And the war was severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul,and, whensoever Saul saw any mighty man, or any son of valour, he drew him unto himself. And Samuel said unto Saul, It was, me, Yahweh sent to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel,now, therefore, hearken thou to the voice of Yahwehs words. Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I have well considered what Amalek did unto Israelhow he lay in wait for him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass. So then Saul called together the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen,and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came as far as the city of Amalek,and stirred up strife in the ravine. Then said Saul unto the KenitesGo, depart, get you down out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them, yet, ye, dealt in lovingkindness, with all the sons of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed out of the midst of the Amalekites. And Saul smote Amalek,from Havilah, till thou enterest Shur, which is over against Egypt. And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive,but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction,but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction. Then came the word of Yahweh unto Samuel, saying I am grieved that I made Saul to be king, for he hath turned back from following me, and, my words, hath he not established. And it was vexing to Samuel, so that he made outcry unto Yahweh, all the night. And Samuel rose early to meet Saul, in the morning, and it was told Samuel, sayingSaul having come to Carmel, and lo! having set him up a sign, hath gone round, and passed over, and descended to Gilgal. And Samuel came unto Saul,and Saul said unto himBlessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh. And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of sheep, in mine ears,and the lowing of oxen, which I can hear? Then said SaulFrom the Amalekites, have they brought them in; in that the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God,but, the rest, have we devoted to destruction. Then said Samuel unto Saul, Stay, and let me tell thee, that which Yahweh hath spoken unto me, this night. And he said to himSpeak. And Samuel said, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel,and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel? So then Yahweh sent thee on a journey,and saidGo, and devastate to destruction, the sinnersthe Amalekites, and make war against them, until they have consumed them. Wherefore, then, didst thou not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh,but didst rush upon the spoil, and do that which was wrong in the sight of Yahweh? And Saul said unto SamuelAs indeed I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh, and have been on the journey on which Yahweh sent me,and have brought in Agag, king of Amalek, and, the Amalekites, have I devoted to destruction. And the people took, of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things so devoted,to sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God, in Gilgal. Then said SamuelDoth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending-offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams; For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king. Then said Saul unto SamuelI have sinned; for I have transgressed the bidding of Yahweh, and thy words,for I feared the people, and hearkened unto their voice. Now, therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin,and turn again with me, that I may bow down unto Yahweh. And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not turn again with thee,Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath Yahweh rejected thee from being king over Israel. And, when Samuel turned about to go away, then laid he hold of the skirt of his robe, and it was rent. And Samuel said unto him, Yahweh hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee, to-day,and will give it unto a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou. Moreover also, the Eminence of Israel, will not lie, neither will he repent,For no, iron of earth, is, he, to repent! Then he said: I have sinned, Now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel,and turn again with me, then will I bow down unto Yahweh thy God. So then Samuel turned again, after Sauland Saul bowed down unto Yahweh. Then said SamuelBring ye near unto meAgag, king of Amalek, And Agag came unto him, in fetters. Then said Agag, Surely, terrible, is the bitterness of death! And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal. Then Samuel departed unto Ramah,but, Saul, went up unto his own house, at Gibeah of Saul. And Samuel did no more see Saul, until the day of his death, for Samuel pined for Saul,but, Yahweh, was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel. And Yahweh said unto SamuelHow long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king. And Samuel said, How can I go? As soon as Saul heareth, he will slay me. Then said Yahweh, A heifer, take thou with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come. Then shall thou bid Jesse to the sacrifice,when, I, will let thee know what thou must do, so shalt thou anoint for me him whom I shall name unto thee. And Samuel did that which Yahweh had spoken, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and one saidPeaceably, comest thou? And he saidPeaceably: to sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come. Hallow yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and bade them to the sacrifice. And it came to pass, when they entered, that he looked upon Eliab,and said to himself, Surely, before Yahweh, is his Anointed. But Yahweh said unto SamuelDo not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart. Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel,and he said, Neither of this one, hath Yahweh made choice. Then Jesse made Shammah pass by,and he saidNor of this one, hath Yahweh made choice. So Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel,and Samuel said unto Jesse, Yahweh hath not made choice of these. Then said Samuel unto JesseAre these all the young men? And he saidThere yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto JesseDo, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither. So he sent, and brought him in. Now, he, was ruddy, a stripling with handsome eyes, and noble mien. Then said YahwehRiseanoint him, for, this, is, he. And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David, from that day forward. Then arose Samuel, and went his way unto Ramah. But, the spirit of Yahweh, departed from Saul,and there terrified him a sad spirit, from Yahweh. Then said the servants of Saul unto him,Lo! we pray thee, a sad superhuman spirit, doth terrify thee: Pray let our lord bid thy servants before thee, seek out a man, skilled in playing on the lyre,so shall it be, when a sad superhuman spirit cometh on thee, then shall he play with his hand, and thou shalt be joyful. And Saul said unto his servants,I pray you, look out for me a man that excelleth in playing, and bring him in unto me. Then responded one of the young men and saidLo! I have seena son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, skilled in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and of intelligent speech, and a handsome man, and, Yahweh, is with him. So Saul sent messengers unto Jesse,and said, Send, unto meDavid thy son, who is with the sheep. Then took Jesse an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid,and sent by the hand of David his son, unto Saul. And David came in unto Saul,and stood before him,and he loved him greatly, and he became his armour-bearer. And Saul sent unto Jesse, saying,I pray thee, let David stand before me, for he hath found favour in mine eyes. And so it used to be, when a superhuman spirit came unto Saul, then would David take the lyre, and play with his hand,and Saul would be refreshed, and be joyful, and, the sad spirit, would depart from him. And the Philistines gathered together their hosts, unto battle, and they were gathered together unto Socoh, which belongeth unto Judah,and they encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim; and, Saul and the men of Israel, gathered themselves together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the army in array against the Philistines. And, the Philistines, were standing near the hill on one side, and, the Israelites, were standing near the hill on the other side,while, the valley, was between them. And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath,his height, six cubits and a span; with a helmet of bronze on his head, and, with a scaly coat of mail, was he clad,the weight of the coat, being five thousand shekels of bronze; and, greaves of bronze, on his feet,and, a javelin of bronze, between his shoulders; and, the shaft of his spear, was like a weavers beam, and, the flashing head of his spear, was six hundred shekels of iron,and, his shield-bearer, was coming on before him. And he took his stand, and cried unto the ranks of Israel, and said unto them, Wherefore should ye come out, to set in array for battle? Am not, I, a Philistine, while, ye, are servants unto Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down unto me: If he prevail in fighting with me, and smite me, then will we become your servants,but, if, I, prevail over him, and smite him, then shall ye become our servants, and serve, us. And the Philistine saidI, reproach the ranks of Israel, this day,give me a man, that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and feared exceedingly. Now, David, was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose, name, was Jesse, and, who, had eight sons,and, the man, in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years. And the three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle,and, the names of his three sons who went into the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and, the next to him, Abinadab, and, the third, Shammah. But, as for David, he, was the youngest,and, the three eldest, followed Saul; whereas, David, kept going and returning from Saul,to tend his fathers sheep at Bethlehem. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,and presented himself forty days. And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, unto thy brethrenthis ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves,and run to the camp unto thy brethren; also these ten slices of soft cheese, shalt thou take to the captain of their thousand,and, as for thy brethren, give good heed to their welfare, their pledge, also shalt thou receive. Now, Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, ready to fight with the Philistines. So then David rose up early in the morning, and entrusted the sheep to a keeper, and took up and went his way, as Jesse had commanded him,and came into the circular rampart, as, the force, was going forth into the ranks, and shouted for the fight. So Israel and the Philistines set in array for battle, army against army. Then David entrusted the provisions that were upon him to the care of the keeper of the stores, and ran unto the ranks,and came and asked for the welfare of his brethren. Now, as he was speaking with them, lo! the champion coming up, Goliath the Philistine, by name, of Gath, . Now, all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and feared exceedingly. And the men of Israel saidHave ye seen this man that is coming up? For, to reproach Israel, is he coming. So then it shall be, that, the man that shall smite him, the same, will the king enrich with great riches, and, his own daughter, will give him, and, his fathers house, will he make free in Israel. Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God? And the people answered him, according to this word saying,So, shall it be done to the man that shall smite him. Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men,then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he saidWherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I, know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for, to see the battle, hast thou come down. And David said, What have I done, now? Was there not, a cause? Then turned he from him unto another, and saidaccording to this word,and the people returned him an answer, like the first. And the words which David spake were overheard,and, when they told them before Saul, he summoned him. And David said unto Saul, Let not the heart of my lord fail, because of him,thy servant, will go, and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said unto DavidThou art not able to go against this Philistine, to fight with him,for, a youth, art, thou, but, he, a man of war, from his youth. Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his fathers sheep,and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock; and I would go out after him, and smite him, and rescue it out of his mouth,and, if he rose against me, I would catch him by his beard, and smite him, and slay him. Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear,and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God. And David said, Yahweh, who hath rescued me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, he, will rescue us out of the hand of this Philistine. Then said Saul unto DavidGo! and, Yahweh, will be with thee. And Saul clad David with his own military coat, and set a helmet of bronze upon his head,and clad him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword above his military coat, but was reluctant to go, for he had not proved them,so David said unto SaulI cannot go in these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. Then took he his stick in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the torrent-bed, and put them in the shepherds-pouch which he hadeven in the wallet, and had his sling in his hand,and so drew near unto the Philistine. And the Philistine came on and on, and drew near unto David,and the man carrying the shield was before him. And, when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him,for he was a youth, and ruddy, a stripling of fair countenance. Then said the Philistine unto David, A dog, am, I, that thou art coming unto me, with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David, by his god. And the Philistine said unto David,Come, unto me, that I may give thy flesh to the birds of heaven, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David unto the PhilistineThou, art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin,but, I, am coming unto thee in the name of Yahweh of hosts, God of the ranks of Israel which thou hast reproached. This day, will Yahweh deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee, and will give thy dead body and the dead bodies of the host of Philistines, this day, unto the birds of heaven, and unto the wild beasts of the earth,that all the earth may know that Israel hath a God; and that all this gathered host may know that, not with sword and with spear, doth Yahweh save,for, unto Yahweh, belongeth the battle, and he will deliver you into our hand. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the ranks to meet the Philistine. And David thrust his hand into his pouch, and took from thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine, in his forehead,that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face, to the earth. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine, with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him,but, sword, was there none in the hand of David. So David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off, therewith, his head,and, when the Philistines saw that their hero was slain, they fled. Then arose the men of Israel and Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, as far as the entrance into Gath, and as far as the gates of Ekron,and the slain of the Philistines fell in the way to the two gates, even as far as Gath and as far as Ekron. And the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines,and plundered their camps. And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it into Jerusalem,but, his armour, put he into his tent. And, when Saul saw David going forth to meet the Philistine, he said unto Abner, prince of the host, Whose son is the young man, Abner? And Abner said, By the life of thy soul, O king! I know not. Then said the king,Ask, thou, whose son the stripling is? And, when David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul,with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said unto him, Whose son art, thou, O young man? And David said, Son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul. And Saul took him, that day,and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father. And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe which was upon him, and gave it to David,and his equipments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. And David went forthwhithersoever Saul sent him, he behaved himself prudently, so Saul set him over the men of war,and he became a favourite in the eyes of all the people, yea even in the eyes of the servants of Saul. But so it was, when they came in on the return of David from the smiting of the Philistine, that the women went forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet Saul the king,with timbrels, with rejoicing, and with instruments of three strings. And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said,Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands. Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said,They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands,What, more, then, can he have but, the kingdom? And Saul was eyeing David from that day forward. And, when it came to pass, on the morrow, that a superhuman spirit of sadness came suddenly upon Saul, and he was moved to raving in the midst of the house,and, David, began playing with his hand, as he had done day by day, that a spear being in Sauls hand, Saul hurled the spear, and said to himselfI will smite David, even to the wall! But David moved round from before him, twice. And Saul feared because of David,for Yahweh was with him, whereas, from Saul, he had departed. So Saul removed him from him, and appointed him to be for him the captain of a thousand,and he went out and came in before the people. And it came to pass that David, in all his ways, acted prudently,and, Yahweh, was with him. And, when Saul saw that, he, was acting very prudently, he was afraid of him. But, all Israel and Judah, were in love with David,for he was going out and coming in before them. So then Saul said unto DavidLo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himselfLet not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him. And David said unto SaulWho am, I, or who are my kinsfolk, the family of my father, in Israel,that I should become son-in-law, to the king? But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, to wife. Then did Michal, Sauls daughter, love David,and it was told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. And Saul said to himselfI will give her unto him, that she may prove to him a snare, and that, the hand of the Philistines, may be upon him. So then Saul said unto David, A second time, mayest thou become my son-in-law to-day. And Saul commanded his servantsSpeak ye unto David quietly saying, Lo! the king delighteth in thee, and, all his servants, love thee,now, therefore, become thou son-in-law to the king. And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David saidSeemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son-in-law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed? So the servants of Saul told him, saying,According to these words, spake David, Then said SaulThus, shall ye say unto DavidThe king hath no delight in purchase-price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand of the Philistines. So, when his servants told David these words, the thing was right in the eyes of David, to become son-in-law unto the king,and the days had not expired. Wherefore David arose, and wenthe and his men, and smote among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brought in their foreskins, and gave them in full tale unto the king, that he might become son-in-law unto the king, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter, to wife. And Saul saw and knew that, Yahweh, was with David, and that, all Israel, loved him. So then Saul went on to fear because of David, yet more,and it came to pass that Saul was hostile to David, all the days. And, when the princes of the Philistines came forth, so it was, that, as often as they came forth, David was more circumspect than any of the servants of Saul, so that his name was, precious exceedingly. Then spake Saul unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, that they should put David to death; but, Jonathan, Sauls son, delighted in David, exceedingly,so Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father, is seeking to put thee to death,now, therefore, take heed to thyself I pray thee, in the morning, and abide thou in concealment, and hide thyself; and, I, will come out and stand beside my father, in the field where, thou, art, and, I, will speak of thee unto my father,and, if I see aught, I will tell thee. So then Jonathan spake of David things that were good, unto Saul his father,and said unto himMay the king not sin against his servantagainst David; for he hath not sinned against, thee, nay, indeed, his doings have been good to theeward exceedingly. And, when he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Yahweh wrought a great victory for all Israel, thou sawest, and didst rejoice. Wherefore, then, shouldst thou sin against innocent blood by putting David to death, without cause? And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan,and Saul sware, By the life of Yahweh, he shall not be put to death! And Jonathan called for David, and Jonathan told him all these things,and Jonathan brought in David unto Saul, and so he was in his presence, as aforetime. But, when the war again brake out,and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great smiting, and they fled before him, then came there a sad spirit of Yahweh unto Saul, he being in his house, seated, with his spear in his hand,while, David, played with his hand, Saul sought to smite David with the spear, even to the wall, but he slipped away from before Saul, who smote the spear into the wall,whereas, David, fled and escaped, that night. And Saul sent messengers unto Davids house, to watch him, and to put him to death, in the morning! And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou do not deliver thyself to-night, to-morrow, art thou to be put to death. So Michal let down David, through the window, and he departed and fled, and escaped. And Michal took the household god, and put it in the bed, and, a fly-net of goats-hair, put she at its head,and covered it with the clothes. And, when Saul sent messengers to take David, she saidHe is, sick. So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying,Bring him up in the bed unto me, that I may put him to death. And, when the messengers entered, lo! the household god in the bed,with a fly-net of goats-hair at its head. And Saul said unto MichalWherefore, in this way, hast thou deceived me, and let go mine enemy, that he hath escaped? Then said Michal unto Saul, He, himself, said unto meLet me go, wherefore should I put thee to death? So, David, fled, and escaped, and came in unto Samuel in Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him,and he and Samuel departed, and dwelt in Naioth. And it was told Saul, saying,Lo! David, is in Naioth, in Ramah. So Saul sent messengers to take David, but, when they saw the assembly of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, then came the Spirit of God upon the messengers of Saul, and, they also, were, moved to prophesy. And, when they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, then were, they also, moved to prophesy. And, when Saul again sent messengers a third time, then were, they also, moved to prophesy. Then went, he also himself, to Ramah, and came in as far as the well of the threshing-floor which is in Sephi, and asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one saidLo! in Naioth, in Ramah. And, when he departed from thence towards Naioth in Ramah, then came upon, him also, the Spirit of God, and he went on and on, and was moved to prophesy, until he entered Naioth in Ramah. And, even he, stripped off his upper garments, and, even he, was moved to prophesy before Samuel, and lay prostrate, disrobed, all that day, and all the night. For this cause, do they say, Is, even Saul, among the prophets? And David fled from Naioth, in Ramah,and came in, and said before JonathanWhat have I done? What is my transgression, and what my sin, before thy father, that he seeketh my life? And he said unto himFar be it! thou shalt not die. Lo! my father doeth nothing, great or small, without unveiling mine ear,wherefore, then, should my father hide from me, this thing? There is, nothing, in this. But David sware yet further, and saidThy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he,Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death! And Jonathan said unto David,Whatsoever thy soul shall desire, I will do for thee. And David said unto JonathanLo! the new moon, is to-morrow, and, I, must not sit with the king, to eat,let me go then, and hide myself in the field, until the evening. If thy father, enquire, for me, then shalt thou sayDavid, did ask leave, of me, to run to Bethlehem, his own city, for, a yearly sacrifice, there for all the family. If, thus, he sayIt is well,thy servant shall have, peace,but, if it, anger, him, know that harm hath been determined by him. Thus shalt thou do a lovingkindness for thy servant, for, into a covenant of Yahweh, hast thou brought thy servant, with thee,But, if there is in me transgression, put me to death, thyself, for, unto thy father, wherefore shouldst thou bring me in? And Jonathan saidFar be it from thee! but, if I, get to know, that harm is determined by my father, to bring it upon thee, is not, that, the thing that I will tell thee? Then said David unto Jonathan, Who shall tell me,if thy father answer thee aught that is, harsh? And Jonathan said unto David, Come! and let us go out into the field. And they two went out into the field. Then said Jonathan unto DavidWitness Yahweh God of Israel, that I will sound my father about this time to-morrow or the third day, and lo! if there he good towards David, will I not, then, send unto thee, and unveil thine ear? So, let Yahweh do unto Jonathan, and, so, let him addwhen harm against thee seemeth good unto my father, then will I unveil thine ear, and let thee go, and thou shall depart in peace,then Yahweh be with thee, as he hath been with my father. And, not only while I yet live, shalt thou deal with me in the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I die not: but thou shalt not cut off thy lovingkindness from my house, unto times age-abiding,no! not when Yahweh hath cut off the enemies of David, every one from off the face of the ground. Thus Jonathan solemnised a covenant with the house of David ,So let Yahweh require it, at the hand of the enemies of David. And again Jonathan sware unto David, by his love to him,for, as he loved his own soul, so loved he him. Then said Jonathan unto himTo-morrow, is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty; and, when thou hast tarried three days, thou shalt come down quickly and enter the place, where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the deed, and shall remain by the side of this mound. And, as for methree arrows to the side, will I shoot,as though I shot at a mark. And lo! I will send the boy , by the life of Yahweh. But, if, thus, I say to the youth, Lo! the arrows are beyond thee, depart, for Yahweh hath sent thee away. But, as touching the matter whereof we spakeI and thou, lo! Yahweh, be betwixt me and thee, unto times age-abiding. So David hid himself in the fieldand, when the new moon had come, the king sat down to eat, food, yea the king sat down on his seat, as at other times, by the seat against the wall, and, when Jonathan arose, Abner seated himself by the side of Saul,but Davids place was empty. Saul, however, spake nothing that day,for he said to himselfIt is, an accident, he is, not clean, because he hath not been cleansed. And it came to pass, on the morrow, the second of the month, that Davids place was empty,and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore hath not the son of Jesse come in, either yesterday or to-day, to meat? And Jonathan answered Saul,David, asked leave, of me, as far as Bethlehem; and saidLet me go, I pray thee, for, a family sacrifice, have we in the city, and my brethren have commanded me, now, therefore, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me slip away, I pray thee, that I may see my brethren. For this cause, hath he not come in unto the table of the king. Then was Sauls anger kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of rebellious perversity! do I not know that thou art, confederate, with the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and to the confusion of the shame of thy mother? For, as long as, the son of Jesse, liveth on the ground, thou wilt not be established, thou nor thy kingdom, Now, therefore, send and fetch him unto me, for, doomed to death, is he! And Jonathan responded to Saul his father,and said unto himWherefore must he be put to death, What hath he done? And Saul hurled his spear at him, to smite him. So Jonathan knew that it was, determined, of his father, to put David to death. Jonathan therefore rose up from the table, in a glow of anger,and did eat no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had reviled him. And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went forth into the field, to the place appointed with David,a little lad, being with him. And he said to his ladRun, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am about to shoot. The boy, ran, but, he, shot the arrow beyond him. And, when the lad came as far as the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow, beyond, thee? And Jonathan cried after the lad, Haste theebe quick, do not stay! so Jonathans lad picked up the arrows and brought unto his master. But, the lad, knew, nothing, only Jonathan and David, knew the matter. So Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said to him, Go carry them into the city. As soon as, the lad, was gone, David, arose from beside the South, and fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself down three times,and they kissed each other, and wept over each other, until, David, exceeded. Then said Jonathan unto DavidGo in peace, Then came David to Nob, unto Ahimelech, the priest,and Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said unto himWhy art thou, alone, and, no man, with thee? And David said unto Ahimelech the priestThe king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto meLet, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee,But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place. Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand,or, whatever can be found. And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand,but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from women. And David answered the priest and said to himOf a truth, women, have been withheld from us, of late, through my coming out, and the wallets of the young men have become hallowed,while to be hallowed, in the vessel. So the priest gave him hallowed ,because there was there no bread, save the Presence-Bread, which had to be removed from before Yahweh, to put hot bread, on the day when it should be taken away. Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite,chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul. Then said David to Ahimelech, See whether there is here, under thy hand, a spear or a sword? for, neither my sword, nor my other weapons, did I take in my hand, for, the kings business, was, urgent. And the priest said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David saidThere is none, like it, give it me. Then arose David, and fled, that day, from the face of Saul,and came in unto Achish, king of Gath. And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not, this, David, king of the land? Was it not, of this man, that they kept responding in the dances, saying, Saul, hath smitten his, thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands? And David laid up these words in his heart,and feared greatly, because of Achish king of Gath. So he feigned himself mad, in their sight, and raged in their hand,and struck against the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down upon his beard. Then said Achish unto his servants,Lo! ye can see, a madman playing his pranks, wherefore should ye bring him in, unto me? Lacking of madmen, am I that ye should bring in this one to play his mad pranks, unto me? Shall, this, one enter my household? David therefore departed thence, and escaped, into the cave of Adullam,and, when his brethren and all the household of his father heard it, they went down unto him, thither. And there gathered themselves unto himevery one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one embittered in soul, and he came to be over them as a prince,and there were with him, about four hundred men. And David departed thence, to Mizpah of Moab,and said unto the king of Moab, I pray thee, let my father and my mother dwell with you, until that I know what God will do for me. So he set them before the king of Moab,and they dwelt with him, all the days that David was in the fortress. Then said Gad the prophet unto DavidThou must not abide in the fortress, go and get thee into the land of Judah. So David departed, and entered the forest of Hereth. And, when Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with himSaul, being seated in Gibeah under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants stationed by him, then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by himHear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds? That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear ,that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then answered Doeg the Edomitehe, being stationed near the servants of Sauland said,I saw the son of Jesse coming into Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub; Then enquired he for him of Yahweh, Provisions also, gave he unto him,and, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, gave he unto him. Then the king sent to call Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his fatherthe priests, who were in Nob,and they came, all of them, unto the king. And Saul said, Hear, I pray thee, thou son of Ahitub! And he saidBehold me! my lord. And Saul said unto him, Wherefore have ye conspired against me, thou, and the son of Jesse,in that thou gavest him bread and a sword, and didst enquire for him of God, that he might rise up against me, that he might lie in wait, as at this day? Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said,But who, among all thy servants, like David, is, faithful, being son-in-law to the king, and, cometh near to have audience with thee, and is, honoured in thy household? Did I, that day, begin to enquire for him of God? Far from me! Let not the king impute to his servant such a thing, nor to any of the household of my father, for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. And the king said: Thou shalt, die, Ahimelech,thou and all the household of thy father. And the king said unto the runners that were stationed by himTurn ye round and put to death the priests of Yahweh, because, their hand also, is with David, and because they knew that he was, in flight, and unveiled not mine ear. But the servants of the king were not willing to thrust forth their hand, to fall upon the priests of Yahweh. Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen; Nob also, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings,and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword. But there escaped one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, whose, name, was Abiathar,and he fled after David. So Abiathar told David,that Saul had slain the priests of Yahweh. Then said David to AbiatharI knew, that day, when Doeg the Edomite was, there, that he would, surely tell, Saul. I, am chargeable with all the lives of the house of thy father. Abide with me! do not fear, for, whoso seeketh my life, seeketh thy life,for, in safeguard, shall thou be, with me. Then told they David, saying,Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors. So David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Yahweh said unto DavidGo, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. But the men of David said unto him, Lo! we, here, in Judah, are afraid,how much more, then, if we go to Keilah, against the ranks of the Philistines? So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him,and saidArise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand. David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. Now it came to pass, when Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, fled unto David to Keilah, that he came down with, an ephod, in his hand. And, when it was told Saul that David had entered Keilah, Saul saidGod hath given him over into my hand, for he hath shut himself in by entering into a city with folding doors and bar. So Saul summoned all the people to war,to go down to Keilah, to besiege David, and his men. And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,to destroy the city, for my sake: Will the owners of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yahweh, God of Israel, I pray thee, tell thy servant. And Yahweh saidHe will come down. Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh saidThey will surrender. Then arose David and his men, about six hundred, and went forth out of Keilah, and went to and fro, whithersoever they could,and, unto Saul, it was told that David had escaped out of Keilah, so he forbare to go forth. Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand. Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, David, being in the wilderness of Ziph, in the thicket. So Jonathan, Sauls son, arose and went unto David in the thicket,and strengthened his hand in God; and said unto him,Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, but, thou, shalt become king over Israel, and, I, shall be, next, unto thee, yea and, Saul my father, knoweth this. And they two solemnised a covenant before Yahweh,and David remained in the thicket, but, Jonathan, departed to his own house. Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon? Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, to surrender him into the hand of the king. Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,because ye have taken pity upon me. Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he! See, then, and get to knowof all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah. So they arose and departed to Ziph, before Saul,but, David and his men, were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of Jeshimon. Then Saul and his men departed, to seek ; but it had been told David, and he had gone down the cliff, and taken up his abode in the wilderness of Maon,and when Saul had, heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain,wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then: when, a messenger, came unto Saul, saying,Haste thee and come! for the Philistines have spread over the land. Then returned Saul from pursuing David, and departed to meet the Philistines,for which cause, they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth "the Cliff of Separation" . And David went up from thence,and abode in the strongholds of En-gedi. And it came to pass, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying: Lo! David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel,and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats. And he came into the sheep-folds by the way, there, being a cave, which Saul entered, to cover his feet,David and his men, in the hinder part of the cave, having taken up their abode. So Davids men said unto himLo! the day of which Yahweh said unto theeLo! I am about to deliver up thine enemy, into thy hand: therefore shall thou do unto him, as shall be good in thine eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which belonged to Saul, by stealth. And it came to pass afterwards that Davids heart smote him,because he had cut off the corner which belonged to Saul. And he said unto his menFar be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should do this thing unto my lord, unto the Anointed of Yahweh, to thrust forth my hand against him,for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he! So David did chide his men with the words, and did not suffer them to rise up against Saul. And, Saul, rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. Then David rose up, afterwards, and went forth out of the cave, and cried out after Saul, sayingMy lord, O king! And, when Saul looked about behind him, David inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himself down. Then said David to Saul, Wherefore shouldst thou hearken unto the words of the sons of earth, saying,Lo! David is seeking thy hurt? Lo! this day, have thine own eyes seen, how Yahweh had delivered thee up, to-day, into my hand in the cave, and, when one bade me slay thee, I looked with compassion upon thee,and I saidI will not thrust forth my hand against my lord, for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he! But, my father, see, yea, see, the corner of thy robe in my hand,for, in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and yet did not slay thee, know thou, and see, that there is not in my hand either wrong or transgression, neither have I sinned against thee, yet art thou hunting my life, to take it. Let Yahweh do justice betwixt me and thee, and let Yahweh avenge me of thee,but, mine own hand, shall not be upon thee. As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness,mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee. After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea! Therefore shall, Yahweh, become, judge, and do justice betwixt me and thee,that he may see, and plead my cause, and justly deliver me out of thy hand. And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Thy voice, is this, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And he said unto David, More righteous, art thou than I, for, thou, hast requited me, good, but, I, have requited thee, evil. Thou, then, hast told to-day, how thou hast dealt with me, for good,how, when Yahweh had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not slay me. Yet, when a man findeth his enemy, will he let him get easily away? Yahweh, then, give thee, good, reward for what, this day, thou hast done unto me. Now, therefore, lo! I know that thou, shalt indeed become king,and that the kingdom of Israel, shall be established in thy hand. Now, therefore, swear unto me by Yahweh, that thou wilt not eat off my seed, after me,and wilt not destroy my name out of the house my father. So David sware unto Saul,and Saul departed unto his own house, but, David and his men, went up on the stronghold. And Samuel died, and all Israel were gathered together, and made lamentation for him, and buried him within his own house, in Ramah,and David arose and went down into the wilderness of Maon. Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats,and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now, the name of the man, was Nabal, and, the name of his wife, Abigail,and, the woman, was of good understanding, and of beautiful figure,but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite. So then David heard in the wilderness,that Nabal was shearing his sheep. David, therefore, sent ten young men,and David said unto the young men,Go up to Carmel, and enter in unto Nabal, and ye shall ask him, in my name, of his welfare; and say thusLong life to thee! Mayest, thou, prosper, And, thy household, prosper, And, all that thou hast, prosper! Now, therefore, have I heard that thou hast shearers,Well, the shepherds that thou hast, have been with us, we reproached them not, neither missed they, anything, all the days they were in Carmel. Ask thy young men, that they may tell thee, that so my young men may find favour in thine eyes, for, on a good day, have we come! Give, I pray thee, what thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David! So Davids young men came, and spake unto Nabal, according to all these words, in the name of David,and waited. Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord: Shall I, then, take my bread, and my wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers,and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are? So the young men of David turned away for their journey,and came back, and drew near, and told him, according to all these words. Then said David unto his menGird on you every man his sword. And they girded on them, every man his sword, and, David also, girded on his sword,and there went up after Davidabout four hundred men, and, two hundred, abode by the stores. But a certain one of her young men told, Abigail, Nabals wife, saying,Lo! David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he treated them with contempt. But, the men, were exceeding good to us,and we were not harmed, neither missed we, anything, all the days we went to and fro with them, while we were in the fields: A wall, became they unto us, both by night and by day, all the days we were with them, tending the flock. Now, therefore, know thou, and see, what thou canst do, for mischief is determined against our lord, and against all his household,but, he, is such an abandoned man, that one cannot speak unto him. Then Abigail hastenedand took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs,and put them on the asses. And she said to her young menPass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing. And so it was, as she was riding on her ass, and descending within the covert of the hill, lo! David and his men, descending over against her,so she met them. Now, David, had saidSurely, in vain, did I guard all that pertained to this man in the wilderness, so that there was, nothing, missed of all that he had,seeing he hath returned to me evil for good. So may God do to David and so may he add, if I leave remaining, of all that he hath, until the morning,so much as a little boy. And, when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from off her ass,and fell down before David upon her face, and prostrated herself on the ground; yea she fell at his feet, and saidOn me, even me, my lord, be the transgression,But, I pray thee, let thy handmaid speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. Let it not be, I pray thee, that my lord regard this abandoned manNabal; For, as his name is, so, is he. Nabal, is his name, and, baseness, is with him,But, I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. \fs15 Now, therefore, my lordBy the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul,seeing Yahweh hath withholden thee from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving thyself, with thine own hand, now, therefore, like Nabal, be thine enemies, and they who are making search for my lord, wrongfully. Now, therefore, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord, let it even be given unto the young men who are going to and fro at the feet of my lord. Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid,for Yahweh, will certainly make, for my lord an assured house, for, the battles of Yahweh, is my lord fighting, and, wrong, shall not be found in thee, all thy days; yea, though there hath arisen a sun of earth to pursue thee, and to seek thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of the living, with Yahweh thy God, but, as for the life of thine enemies, he shall sling it out with the middle of the hollow of the sling. And it shall be, when Yahweh shall do for my lord, according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,and shall put thee in charge as leader over Israel, then shall this not become to thee a staggering and stumbling of heart, unto my lordthat thou didst either shed blood without need, or that the hand of my lord saved himself. And, when Yahweh hath dealt well with my lord, then remember thou thy handmaid. Then said David unto Abigail,Blessed, be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day, to meet me; and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself,who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand. Nevertheless, by the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath restrained me from harming, thee, surely, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, there had not been left unto Nabal, by the light of the morning, so much as a little boy. So David received at her hand, that which she had brought him,and, unto herself, he saidGo up, in peace, unto thy house, see! I have hearkened unto thy voice, and accepted thy person. And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply,so she told him nothingless or more, until the light of the morning. And it came to pass, in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. And it came to pass, in about ten days, that Yahweh smote Nabal, that he died. And, when David heard that Nabal was dead, he saidBlessed, be Yahweh, who hath maintained the plea of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath restrained, his servant, from wrong, yea, the wrong of Nabal, hath Yahweh turned back on his own head. Then sent David, and spake with Abigail, to take her to himself wife. And the servants of David came unto Abigail the Carmelitess,and spake unto her, saying, David, hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself to wife. And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth,and saidLo! thy handmaid, as serving-woman to bathe the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hastened, and mounted, and rode upon her ass, with her five damsels that used to journey at her feet,and she went her way after the messengers of David, and became his wife. David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel,and, they two, became his wives. Saul, indeed, had given his daughter Michal, Davids wife,to Palti, sun of Laish, who was of Gallim. And the Ziphites came unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, overlooking Jeshimon? Then Saul arose, and went down into the wilderness of Ziph, and, with him, three thousand chosen men of Israel,to seek David in the wilderness of Zip. And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which overlooketh Jeshimon, by the way,but, David, was staying in the wilderness, so he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness. David therefore sent runners,and took knowledge that Saul had come, for a certainty. So then David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped, and David saw the place where Saul was lying, with Abner, son of Ner, prince of his host,and, Saul, was lying within the circular trench, with, the people, encamped round about him. And David responded, and said unto Ahimelech the Hittite, and unto Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me unto Saul, within the camp? And Abishai said, I, will go down with thee. So David came, with Abishai, unto the people by night, and lo! Saul lying asleep, within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground, at his head,and Abner and the people lying round about him. Then said Abishai unto David, God hath surrendered, to-day, thine enemy, into thy hand: Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth, at one stroke, I, will not do it twice. But David said unto Abishai, Do not destroy him,for who that hath thrust forth his hand against the Anointed of Yahweh, shall be guiltless? And David saidBy the life of Yahweh, surely, Yahweh himself, must smite him,or, his day, must come that he die, or, into battle, must he go down, and be swept away. Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should thrust forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh! Now, therefore, take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go our way. So David took the spear, and the cruse of water, from near the head of Saul, and they went their way,and no man saw, and no man knew, and no man awoke, for all of them were sleeping, for, a deep sleep from Yahweh, had fallen upon them. Then David crossed over to the other side, and took his stand on the top of the mountain, afar off,a great space, being between them. And David cried aloud unto the people, and unto Abner son of Ner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner? Then answered Abner, and said, Who art thou, that hast cried aloud unto the king? And David said unto AbnerArt not thou, a man? Who indeed is like thee, in Israel? Wherefore, then, hast thou not kept watch over thy lord, the king? For one of the people hath entered, to destroy the kingthy lord. Not good, is this thing which thou hast done, by the life of Yahweh, verily, worthy of death, ye are, in that ye have not kept watch over your lord, over, the Anointed of Yahweh. Now, therefore, see where the spear of the king is, and the cruse of water, that was at his head? And Saul knew the voice of David, and saidThy voice, is this, my son David? And David said, My voice, my lord O king! And he said, Wherefore is it, that my lord is in pursuit of his servant? For what have I done? or what is in my hand that is wrong? Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant,If, Yahweh, have goaded thee on against me, let him accept the sweet smell of a gift, but, if the sons of men, accursed, they are before Yahweh, for they have driven me out, to-day, from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, sayingGo, serve other gods! Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth, away from the presence of Yahweh,for the king of Israel hath come out to hunt for a single flea, as when one pursueth a partridge among the mountains. Then said SaulI have sinned, Return, my son David, for I will harm thee no more, because my life was precious in thine eyes, this day,lo! I have acted foolishly and, greatly, erred. And David responded, and said, Lo! the spear of the king! Let, therefore, one of the young men come over, and fetch it. And let, Yahweh, give back to each man, his righteousness, and his faithfulness,in that Yahweh delivered thee, to-day, into my hand, but I would not thrust forth my hand against the Anointed of Yahweh. Lo! then, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so, let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let him rescue me out of all tribulation. Then said Saul unto DavidBlessed, be thou, my son David, thou shalt both, do, and shalt, prevail. And David went on his way, but, Saul, returned unto his own place. And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul,there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand. And David arose, and he and the six hundred men that were with him passed over, unto Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath. And David abode with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household,David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal, the Carmelite. And, when it was told Saul, that David had fled to Gath, he added no more, to seek him. Then said David unto AchishIf, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there,for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city, with thee? So Achish gave him, on that day, Ziklag,wherefore Ziklag hath pertained unto the kings of Judah, unto this day. And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines became a year and four months. And David and his men went up, and made a raid against the Geshurites and the Gizrites and the Amalekites,for, they, were the inhabitants of the land who had been from age-past times, as thou enterest Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt. Now, when David would smite a land, he used to save alive neither man nor woman,but took sheep and oxen, and asses and camels, and apparel, and returned, and came in unto Achish. Then said Achish, Whither have ye made a raid, to-day? And David saidAgainst the South of Judah, or against the South of the Jerahmeelites, or as far as the South of the Kenites. But, neither man nor woman, used David to save alive, to bring into Gath, for he said, Lest they tell of us, saying,So, hath David done, and, such, his manner, all the days that he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines. And Achish believed in David, saying,He hath made himself, odious, unto his own people, unto Israel, therefore shall he be my servant all his life long. And it came to pass, in those days, when the Philistines gathered together their hosts for war, to fight with Israel, that Achish said unto David, Thou must, know, that, with me, shalt thou go forth in the host, thou and thy men. And David said unto Achish, Therefore, now, shalt thou know what thy servant can do. And Achish said unto David, Therefore, keeper of my head, will I appoint thee, all the days. Now, Samuel, was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city,Saul, moreover had put away them who had familiar spirits and them who were oracles, out of the land. So then the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came in, and encamped in Shunem,and Saul gathered together all Israel, and they encamped in Gilboa. And, when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled exceedingly. Then Saul enquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh answered him not,neither by Dreams, nor by the Lights, nor by prophets. Then said Saul unto his servantsSeek me out a woman that owneth a familiar spirit, that I may even go unto her, and enquire of her. And his servants said unto him, Lo! there is a woman that owneth a familiar spirit in En-dor. Saul therefore disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and departedhe and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night,and he saidDivine for me, I pray thee, by the familiar spirit, and bring up for mewhomsoever I shall name unto thee. And the woman said unto himLo! thou, knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off them who have familiar spirits and him who is an oracle, out of the land,wherefore, then, art thou striking at my life, to put me to death? So then Saul sware unto her by Yahweh, saying,By the life of Yahweh, there shall no punishment befall thee for this thing. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up for thee? And he said, Samuel, bring thou up for me. And, when the woman saw Samuel, she made outcry with a loud voice,and the woman spake unto Saul, sayingWherefore hast thou deceived me, thou thyself being Saul? And the king said unto herBe not afraid, but what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, A god, saw I, coming up out of the earth. And he said to herWhat was his form? And she saidAn old man, coming up, he being wrapped about with a robe. Then Saul knew, that it was, Samuel, so he inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himself down. And Samuel said unto Saul, Wherefore hast thou disquieted me, by bringing me up? And Saul saidI am in sore distress, for, the Philistines, are making war against me, and, God, hath turned away from me, and answereth me no moreeither by means of the prophets, or by dreams, therefore have I even called for thee, to let me know, what I am to do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore, then, shouldst thou ask me,when, Yahweh, hath turned away from thee, and hath come to be with thy neighbour? Therefore hath Yahweh done for him, as he spake by me,yea Yahweh hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to a neighbour of thineto David. As thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh, neither didst execute the glow of his anger upon Amalek, therefore, this thing, hath Yahweh done unto thee this day; that Yahweh may deliver, Israel also, with thee, into the hand of the Philistines, and, to-morrow, thou and thy sons with thee are about to fall,the host of Israel also, will Yahweh deliver, into the hand of the Philistines. Then Saul hastened, and fell prostratethe whole length of himto the earth, and was sore afraid, at the words of Samuel, and indeed, no, strength, was left in him, for he had not eaten food all the day and all the night. And the woman came unto Saul, and, when she saw that he was greatly terrified, she said unto himLo! thy handmaid hearkened unto thy voice, and I put my life into my hand, and heard thy words which thou didst speak unto me. Now, therefore, I pray thee, hearken, thou also, unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set before thee a morsel of food, and eat thou,that there may be in thee strength, when thou goest on thy journey. But he refused, and saidI will not eat. But, when his servants, and the woman also, strongly urged him, then hearkened he unto their voice,and rose up from the earth, and sat on the bed. Now, the woman, had a calf fattening, in the shed. So she hastened, and sacrificed it,and took meal, and kneaded, and baked thereof, unleavened cakes; and brought near before Saul and before his servants, and they did eat. Then rose they up and departed, the same night. Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts, towards Aphek,and, the Israelites, were encamping by the fountain, that is in Jezreel. And, the lords of the Philistines, were passing on by hundreds, and by thousands,but, David and his men, were passing on in the rear, with Achish. Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews ? And Achish said unto the princes of the PhilistinesIs not this David, servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me this year, or two, and I have found in him nothing, from the day of his coming over unto me unto this day? But the princes of the Philistines raged against him, and the princes of the Philistines said unto himLet the man go back, that he may return unto the place which thou didst appoint him, and let him not go down with us, into battle, so shall he not become to us a traitor, in the battle,for, wherewith, should this fellow gain favour with his lord? Would it not be with the heads of those men? Is not this David, of whom they made responses in the dances, saying,Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, But, David, his, tens of thousands? So Achish called for David, and said unto himBy the life of Yahweh, surely, upright, thou art, and, pleasing in mine eyes, have been thy going out and thy coming in with me, in the host, for I have found in thee no wrong, from the day of thy coming in unto me, until this day,but, in the eyes of the lords, displeasing, thou art. Now, therefore, return, and go in peace,so shalt thou not do wrong in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines. Then said David unto AchishBut what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, from the day that I came before thee, unto this day,that I may not go in and fight, with the enemies of my lord the king. Then answered Achish, and said unto David, I acknowledge that, pleasing, thou art in mine eyes, as a messenger of God,notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines, have said, He shall not go up with us, into the battle. Now, therefore, rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee,yea, as soon as ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then depart. So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines,but, the Philistines, went up to Jezreel. And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death,but had driven them forth, and gone their way. So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire,and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive. Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept,until they had no more strength to weep. And, the two wives of David, had been taken captive,Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters,but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God. Then said David to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, Do bring near me, I pray thee, the ephod. So Abiathar brought near the ephod, unto David. And David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake it? And he said unto him: Pursue, for thou shalt, overtake, and thou shalt, rescue. So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor,where, they who had to be left behind, stayed. But David pursued, he. and four hundred men,but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and took him unto David,and gave him food, and he did eat, and they gave him water to drink; and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two cakes of raisins, and, when he had eaten, his spirit came back unto him,for he had neither eaten food, nor drunk water, three days and three nights. Then David said to himWhose art thou? and whence art thou? And he said, A young man of Egypt, am I, servant to an Amalekite, and my lord left me behind, because I fell sick, three days ago. As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb,and, Ziklag, burned we with fire. And David said unto him, Wilt thou bring me down unto this troop? And he saidSwear unto me by God, that thou wilt not put me to death, neither wilt thou surrender me into the hand of my lord, and I will bring thee down unto this troop. So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled. And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken,his two wives also, did David rescue; and there was nothing missing to themwhether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves,the whole, did David recover. And David took all the flocks and the herds,they drave them before those other cattle, and they said, This, is Davids spoil. And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor,and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success. Then responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and saidBecause they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued,save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go. Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren,with that which Yahweh hath given to us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the storesalike, shall they share. And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day. And, when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil, unto the elders of Judah, unto his friends, saying,Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh: to them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in Ramoth of the South, and to them who were in Jattir, and to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa, and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites, and to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Cor-ashan, and to them who were in Athach, and to them who were in Hebron,and to all the places where David had been to and fro, he and his men. Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons,and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him,and he was terrified at the archers. Then said Saul to his armour-bearerDraw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon. And, when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also, fell upon his sword, and died with him. Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together. And, when the men of Israel who were across the vale, and who were across the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled, and the Philistines entered, and took up their abode therein. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul, and his three sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa. So they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour,and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and unto the people. And they put his armour in a house of Ashtoreths,and, his dead body, fastened they on the wall of Beth-shan. And, when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, what the Philistines had done unto Saul, then arose all the men of valour, and journeyed all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-shan,and came to Jabesh, and burned them there; and took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh,and fasted seven days.